04-22-2020, 05:42 PM
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
[quote=Gilbert]
Been looking for one, but can't find any at that price. Can only find the TMNT machines in stock at $399. If anyone finds one, I'll pay for it plus shipping! Would probably still be cheaper than the prices here.
Looking for what? Free standing cabinet, counter top, table model... which games do you want it to be able to play?
I have not really been paying attention. Can these be hacked to play all the games, or are they limited to only the two games advertised?
You can hack the crap out of them--by which I mean, you can pull the trash stock electronics and put in better stuff. People have hacked the stock motherboards for a few things, but IYAM that's not worth the effort. There are a ton of tutorials around for replacing the stock gear with a Raspberry Pi setup, and having full access to MAME is a lot better than screwing around with the limited stock board.
I myself hacked an Asteroids to make a 225-ish game multi using a $20 used Dell (Hackintoshed, natch) and a $10 thrift shop monitor, plus a bunch of old arcade parts I had sitting in a box. Lacking a box of parts, you can easily buy a joystick/buttons/USB encoder kit from Amazon, there are a ton of them around right now.