WTB Arcadeshop multi board

i was shooting for around 150-175.... 300+ is steep... for the SD

i have th me ARPicade it's cool, paradise has been out of stock on the "bootlegs"? for months. I'm on the email list.

just had hopes somebody had a spare set up vertically and needed some christmas bucks lol
 
also stating the obvious but that xxx-1 vertical isn't too bad if you turn off a majority of the oddball games. Nice and cheap, too.
 
also stating the obvious but that xxx-1 vertical isn't too bad if you turn off a majority of the oddball games. Nice and cheap, too.



Maybe I could give it another shot, but the last 412 and 1 I had felt really really odd to me, it was the second one I've owned. The first board I owned, that one was great, But there was something really strange about the second one. some of the games were just slow running, almost like
the things were lagging, it was weird, it kind of scared me away.

I wonder if it was just that board and not all of them. I kinda thought maybe they cut cost somehow and that's why they were not as good anymore??
 
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300+ is hella steep. (I wish Phoenix would have the occasional Black Friday sale on it.) But I understand the pricing. It's so far and away the best vertical classic compilation out there.

If everyone could take the money they would've put toward two 412-in-1's and save it for an ArcadeSD, we'd be better off. The Game Elves and 60-in-ones are noticeably 'off' to me too. I'm still surprised there's no competition for ArcadeSD. I feel like any day it must be coming...
 
I'm still surprised there's no competition for ArcadeSD. I feel like any day it must be coming...

Raspberry Pi in context of items like the jamma-based Arpicade have filled in that gap.

Where ArcadeSD has no competition is as a vertical compilation used on service routes to make money, due to the outstanding menu simplicity.
 
I suspect there will be an Arpicade breakthrough in the coming year.

I've probably spent 50 hours of my life configuring and rebuilding my arpicade and it still isn't 100% where I want it to be. But that's OK with me. I consider myself an "early adopter." But I couldn't recommend it to most of my arcade friends who don't have as much patience with troubleshooting.
 
300+ is hella steep. (I wish Phoenix would have the occasional Black Friday sale on it.) But I understand the pricing. It's so far and away the best vertical classic compilation out there.

If everyone could take the money they would've put toward two 412-in-1's and save it for an ArcadeSD, we'd be better off. The Game Elves and 60-in-ones are noticeably 'off' to me too. I'm still surprised there's no competition for ArcadeSD. I feel like any day it must be coming...

I am glad you understand that price point, I will never buy one at even close to that. If I was to drop 300.00 on emulation I will build a nice MAME box. (Oh wait I did)
 
I am glad you understand that price point, I will never buy one at even close to that. If I was to drop 300.00 on emulation I will build a nice MAME box. (Oh wait I did)

I went to buy one years ago, saw the price and immediately closed my window. But I kept thinking about it.

Then later in the year (I remembered the price wrong) and had $225 to spend so I went to buy, and discovered it was actually $325! @!#?@! Closed my window again.

Came back a month later and pulled the trigger. A few years later, it's still the biggest hit in our home arcade. ...and the only machine the wife truly approves of. :(

I also have a $300 (+!) MAME setup with a J-pac, and ArPiCade, and a Pandora's box. and uh, etc. But I am also certifiably insane.
 
If someone made a image for the jammapi "arpicade"

that was an exact clone, joe would never keep them in stock
 
I suspect there will be an Arpicade breakthrough in the coming year.

I've probably spent 50 hours of my life configuring and rebuilding my arpicade and it still isn't 100% where I want it to be. But that's OK with me. I consider myself an "early adopter." But I couldn't recommend it to most of my arcade friends who don't have as much patience with troubleshooting.

In general, Pi can be absolutely maddening. Something that might have been working fine will stop working and 5hrs later and about 30 open-ended google research threads later it might work again, it might not.
Which often leads to waxing the image and starting from scratch.

The breakthru I'm waiting for is a virtual pin emulator to run smoothly on Pi, so a virtual pin can be setup easily. The lcd marquee might be an issue, but a person can dream.

32inch LED TVs at walmart are down in the price range of computer monitors.
 
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