the sickening profiteering and price inflation of the last years is starting to affect my enjoyment of getting original boards
Unfortunately this is simply the way things are going; even retro console shizzle is always increasing in price.
Thankfully I got into my retro gaming near the start (of the retro-gaming trend), and I class my arcade gaming as retro too. As I now have most of the games and consoles I want to own, I'm in a fortunate position that I don't need/want to use emulators.
I can't see buying original hardware/software getting any cheaper any time soon, but it is still possible to pick up "bargains" now and again.
I have a particularly fine Rage of the Dragons kit for sale, for example.
Forums like this mean it is possible to bypass Ebay and the profiteering **** that live there.
I haven't noticed much more sickening profiteering. An average price increase, plus those overly optimistic ebay BINs - as always. I first bought an arcade board 'only' 6 years ago so I missed the real bargains that followed lots of arcades dumping stock.
I meant to buy just a few games in the last few months to sink my teeth into with my new cab. I've ended up buying 20. Already that's far more than enough. I'll need an awful lot of time to make the most of them - more time than I'm likely to find in years.
pubjoe wrote:I haven't noticed much more sickening profiteering. An average price increase, plus those overly optimistic ebay BINs - as always. I first bought an arcade board 'only' 6 years ago so I missed the real bargains that followed lots of arcades dumping stock.
I meant to buy just a few games in the last few months to sink my teeth into with my new cab. I've ended up buying 20. Already that's far more than enough. I'll need an awful lot of time to make the most of them - more time than I'm likely to find in years.
This is my dilemma too, but it's a good place to be rather than having nowt to play
Still, at least when I'm 50 I'll be able to put the requited time into them
I think MAME is very good for some games but the emulation of others is inaccurate enough that if you were a huge fan of the game you could be annoyed by the differences.
I'm not fond of the people who collect stuff for the sake of collecting it. Thankfully I think with PCB's this doesn't happen as much as it does with console game collectors with their rooms full of shelving... putting out videos about their dream of finding a rare boxing game on the Master System. PCBs take up so much space (and aren't necessarily that aesthetically pleasing to be in display cabinets -- although I'm sure some of you sickos would love that) people who collect them tend to have played them to completion a few times, or be aiming at 1CC's.
I've started dabbling in collecting retro and I think there's still tons of value out there if you choose the right platform. I've been picking up Japanese Mega Drive games and PAL PS2 games and they're both cheap as chips.
Molloy wrote:
I'm not fond of the people who collect stuff for the sake of collecting it.
Without people like us, half the PCBs which exist now would have been lost to time. You need archivists for your hobby to exist (well that's my excuse for hoarding anyway!)
I play every game I own on arcade system. I see no point in hoarding things without playing. Also I go with my cabs to conventions, so other people may enjoy them.
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WINNOWING wrote:I play every game I own on arcade system. I see no point in hoarding things without playing. Also I go with my cabs to conventions, so other people may enjoy them.
My reason for not wanting to use MAME (or emulators in general) is that I simply don't enjoy it as much as owning and playing the hardware/software.
The thrill of the chase. The commitment made. The sense of some sort of misplaced pride.
"Yes. I own R-Type.
And R-Type II.
And R-Type Leo.
Not forgetting a mint boxed R-Type III."
Or:
"Yeah, I played all the R-Type games on my PC.
That Leo one seems a bit crap."
I will admit that this is more of a character flaw than something I would put on my CV.
And as bad as I am, I would never buy an empty Cave cardboard box.
Yes, you guys.
For me, the most important thing is: Are you satisfied to play on Mame? If the answer for this question is a positive answer, then it's great. I started to pick some boards recently. I have only 9 pcbs and one cab. I don't know how explain but I think is a different feeling play on the real thing. Now I still playing Mame but only games I don't have the pcb. Probably I never will have money to pick a CAVE pcb then I play it on MAME.
ArcadeSTG wrote:
but I really understand your point:
monouchi wrote:
pcb = flip the power switch and its on!
(Yes, booting/loading is something I am too old for..)
I think of my groovy set-up as a library, but for the games that you really love, you should go for the real thing
Yes, I am coming back to this....my mame-box gets no use....My X360-in-cab with nice HD CAVE ports gets no use.
Cos I flip the switch on my PCB and the game is on!!!
Since my original posts in this thread my situation has changed significantly (less space for cabs and PCBs, less time to faff about swapping them) - and I'm now almost exclusively emulation. Helps that GroovyMAME/UME makes it practically indistinguishable from the real thing.
cools wrote:Since my original posts in this thread my situation has changed significantly (less space for cabs and PCBs, less time to faff about swapping them) - and I'm now almost exclusively emulation. Helps that GroovyMAME/UME makes it practically indistinguishable from the real thing.
So, what hardware are you using and how is it connected in the cab?
And how long does it take to boot?
(well that's my excuse for hoarding anyway!)
