Author Topic: Mini Arcade Cab- LCD handhelds @ Walmart (Read 3737 times)

MameMaster! · « **on:** September 27, 2005, 03:35:36 pm »

Greetings all!...I just picked up 5 mini arcade machine style handhelds from Walmart for $9.97 each.

They're branded MGA Electronic Handheld Games (the makers of "Bratz" toys believe it or not) and I got 'em in Pac Man, Missile Command, Centipede, Super Breakout and I'm blanking on the 5th one.....hmm....I really can't remember....sorry old age creeping in!.....

I looked on their (Walmart and MGA) website but don't see them even listed....so I'll try to post some pics in the next day or so unless someone beats me to it.

The packaging is really neat and these are NOT the ones you'll find on MGA's site presently....as these look like mini arcade machines (side art and all!).

I think these will go into storage or perhaps display.

MameMaster!

Harry Potter · « **Reply #1 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:38:20 pm »

Photos?

MameMaster! · « **Reply #2 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:39:14 pm »

Quote from: bosss7 on September 27, 2005, 03:38:20 pm

Photos?

....ooops....sorry, I meant to add... "I'll take some photos tonight or tomorrow if I can."

Harry Potter · « **Reply #3 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:39:44 pm »

Phew.

Kinda curious to see this one.

ChadTower · « **Reply #4 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:39:56 pm »

There was another thread someplace about some of these at Sears Canada... are they the same ones?

MameMaster! · « **Reply #5 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:41:40 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 27, 2005, 03:39:56 pm

There was another thread someplace about some of these at Sears Canada... are they the same ones?

...I don't know. Do you remember the name of the thread? I can take a lookie.

ChadTower · « **Reply #6 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:44:05 pm »

Linky

MinerAl · « **Reply #7 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:45:52 pm »

I've debated these a few times with myself, but the games themselves are of the calculator display sort.

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:47:00 pm »

Vacuum fluorescent?

MameMaster! · « **Reply #9 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:47:10 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 27, 2005, 03:44:05 pm

Linky

DARN....scooped again. Yep those are the ones. I only paid $9.97 and literally bought all 5 they had (they were all different).....I'm sure the games suck (crappy LCD games rehashed from a prior line of MGA games)....but the design was too cool to pass up.

I also picked up a Flashback 2.0. Big day for me at the big W!

ChadTower · « **Reply #10 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:48:42 pm »

Those don't look like LCD. They look like VFD.

MameMaster! · « **Reply #11 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:50:38 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on September 27, 2005, 03:48:42 pm

Those don't look like LCD. They look like VFD.

....wishful thinking.....sorry Chad!....definitely LCD....these ain't no Coleco minis!

ChadTower · « **Reply #12 on:** September 27, 2005, 03:52:19 pm »

I was playing one of these this past weekend.

Level42 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 27, 2005, 05:49:19 pm »

Saw these at a retro computing fair here too. They look nice. Maybe we can remove the LCD and other electronics, and hack in a PocketPC running MAME ?

Or that handheld game that is running all those emulators, what's it called again ? Game....

patrickl · « **Reply #14 on:** September 27, 2005, 06:19:33 pm »

Quote from: Level42 on September 27, 2005, 05:49:19 pm

Saw these at a retro computing fair here too. They look nice. Maybe we can remove the LCD and other electronics, and hack in a PocketPC running MAME ?

NiN^_^NiN · « **Reply #15 on:** September 27, 2005, 11:17:46 pm »

use a phone it has the perfect lcd size and run pacman perfectly

hehe

ChadTower · « **Reply #16 on:** September 28, 2005, 07:31:22 am »

Or a GBA SP.

NiN^_^NiN · « **Reply #17 on:** September 28, 2005, 07:43:14 am »

with metal slug

if u made it in the style of a aussie (japanese) cocktail cab you could actually hold the thing and play it like a gameboy but when resting it looks like a mini cab

Stingray · « **Reply #18 on:** September 28, 2005, 11:30:00 am »

A mini NEO-GEO cab with a GBA inside running metal slug would be quite sweet indeed.

-S

SirPoonga · « **Reply #19 on:** September 28, 2005, 02:24:26 pm »

Sounds like we might need another micro-cabinet contest...

Stingray · « **Reply #20 on:** September 28, 2005, 02:48:01 pm »

If it happens I would definitely build the mini NEO-GEO.

-S

nighthawk2099 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 28, 2005, 09:51:38 pm »

I agree, it would cool to see what new ideas would come about. It has been over a year since the last one. I might even try my hand at it.

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #22 on:** September 29, 2005, 07:43:19 am »

i have an extra lcd screen for sale if anyone is interested.

it was originally for the ps1 (generic brand, brand new)


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