Ok this is pretty cool. I’m longtime fan of M.A.M.E and occasionally daydream about building myself one of those excellent MAME cabinets you might have happened across, but time, money and other priorities have always kept it as mostly a pipe dream. This christmas might change all that for me as Target will be carrying a pre-built arcade cabinet for around $500 that has a large collection of Midway games on it. The cabinet also has a collection of AV inputs on it so that you can connect some of your other equipment – videogame consoles and so on – to it. No word on whether the controls built into the cabinet can be easily connected to any add-in equipment is my one concern with this unit. Hopefully my local Target will get one in stock so I can check it out in person. Siblings note: you all could also band together to get this for me for xmas 😉
I strongly encourage the siblings to pool their resources!!
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Just to post a followup to this – this unit is now shipping and the reviews have been terrible. Better to build your own:
http://chris.polymathic.net/cabinet/
than buy this thing. The old saw about getting what you pay for remains true.
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