Whats an arcade game you would want but can't have?

[Will]

720 in mint condition and a disc of tron enviromental cab.There are moonwalker cabs still around saw one for sale last year.

[zvar]

I would have to say Star Wars Pod Racer, but if course one would have to have 2 of them to make it fun.

[paigeoliver]

I have always wanted the Hercules pinball game. It is freakin humongous, if you havent seen it, youve missed out. The ball inside is like a bowling ball(yes im exaggerating) but it is one awesome pinball machine.

I know a warehouse that has two of them in it. No description can prepare you for how large they really are.

Just like photographs can't prepare you for how small candy cabs are.

[the3eyedblindman]

720 in mint condition and a disc of tron enviromental cab.There are moonwalker cabs still around saw one for sale last year.

How much was it do you recall? How much are older (around 1990) upright cabinets roughly at auctions? Are they very expensive, NBA Jam or Moonwalker for example, how much roughly do these kind of cabs normally cost at auctions?

[sasuke_kun12]

if i was to buy an astrocity cabinat with metal slug 5 with stool and all, well lets just say that it would take me a while to get it. I live in Australia so you can imagine how much it would cost.................. mmmmmmmm ghost squad.....

[Tailgunner]

I can think of a few I want but don't have *yet*.

But can't have?

A maintanence free electro-mechanical pin. 

[nipsmg]

Steel Talons.

[Dave_K.]

Hands down, the Namco O.R.B.S. (Over Reality Booster System).  It was (and still is) a prototype brought to several tradeshows 2-3 years back.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20011102/orbs.htm

[stroh]

no doubt, golden tee, a current version.

[DYNAGOD]

ahh, i forgot all about the orbs! good call..
shame it only plays rail shooters.

[Lilwolf]

My first choices would be a pinball machine.  And why I can't get them is my wife allowing me to put that much cash on a game.

Games that are in my reach... be worth more then using a mame machine?

Good shooting game.  But most will get old I would guess... But still fun.

[ChadTower]

My first choices would be a pinball machine.

[Sephroth57]

I have always wanted the Hercules pinball game. It is freakin humongous, if you havent seen it, youve missed out. The ball inside is like a bowling ball(yes im exaggerating) but it is one awesome pinball machine.

they have one of those in an arcade near me, its so cool. but its really boring if youre good cause the old style playfields are so boring without cool ramps and stuff. i played 1 ball for like almost 10 min one time, and this one gives you 5 balls for 50c.


I would want.. an Initial D ver 3 machine, and IIDX machine, and a PopN Music machine =)

[fredster]

Any driving cab machine, I just don't have the room for it.

[unclet]

Stunt Cycle ...... loved that as a kid.

I believe paigeoliver has this arcade game in his playroom.    I understand it is not emulated since it is all coded by circuitry (?) and does not have any Roms.    Although, I bet since someone could emulate Pong (which I think pagieoliver has as well), then someone could spend some time and emulate this great game and put it in the "NoName Mame" distributable.

[paigeoliver]

Yes, I have a Stunt Cycle. Stunt Cycle has a ROM I believe, but it has no CPU. The 1975-78 era saw quite a few games that did use roms, but did not use CPUs. These games are very difficult to emulate because you have to build the ENTIRE BOARD in software, and it all has to be correct.  You have to emulate each circuit, each component, EVERYTHING.

Microprocessor games are cake to emulate, because the processor is running a program, one command after the next. A non microprocessor game has no commands at all.

Of course it is certainly possible to emulate these games, it is just more difficult, and made doubly so by the fact that few coders have much practice at such a project.

A good programmer with access to a machine and the rom data should be able to make a very good clone without too much trouble.

Now, next issue. Candy Cabs in Australia. They are much cheaper in Au. You are so much closer to the source. Some Au game companies in import the suckers just for the monitors and then throw the cabs away.

Ok, yes I have Stunt Cycle, and I have 2 different Pongs. Want to make a deal? North American van lines can ship 2 games for around $300 total.

[subzero23]

does anyoine remember a game in arcades where you shot ghosts? I KNOW it was behind a plexi/glass screen but I Honest to god couldn't tell if it was a video game or some kind of other contraption

[ErikRuud]

SubZero,

I think you might be referring to Haunted House by Midway - 1972

There is a collectibel toy store/museum in Elmhurst, IL that has one, but it is not for sale.

[GGKoul]

Indoor Golf Simulator

Any 2/4 car linked driving game - Daytona/Virtua Racing/Indy 500

Elvis Pinball 

[RacerX]

I have the ROM images for Stunt Cycle.  I forgot where I tracked them down.  I believe they are more for keeping score in the game than anything else, if I recall correctly. 

[HaRuMaN]

DUAL VIRTUA ON 

Hell yes!  I kick ass at that game.    I would love to have one!!

[unclet]

paigeoliver: I do not think I could place another arcade game in my home while remaining married

[subzero23]

SubZero,

I think you might be referring to Haunted House by Midway - 1972

There is a collectibel toy store/museum in Elmhurst, IL that has one, but it is not for sale.

Nope it's gotta be something else
it's so strange I've never seen it again

[ErikRuud]

Ok then, How about this one?
Coney Island, 1976 Chicago Coin Acade Company

Or this one?
Laser Ghost - 1989 Sega

Or possibly one of these?
Ghost Hunter - 1994 LAI
Miner's Revenge, 1996 LAI

A little more decription might help.

[subzero23]

Most of those didn't have pics so I honestly couldn't tell