Arcade Machine Console with 680 Games

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I saw an advertisement on facebook for

https://todayztrendz.com/products/arcade-box-2-players-over-600-games

** BLOWOUT SALE ** Retro Station Arcade - 2 PLAYERS OVER 600 GAMES

Always admired things that "players" lots of games  



Also on ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2017-Pandoras-box-4S-680-in-1-Arcade-Machine-Retro-Video-game-Console-2-in-1-/182519457341



I'm guessing these games are illegal roms stuffed into a cheap system. Just wanted to check with all of you, because I would LOVE LOVE to be able to play classic arcade games like this (but I don't want to support thieves).

Comments

  • SilverspoonSilverspoon
    Buy it and let us know how it is.
  • AbelardoAbelardo
    It's a MAME system, some of the games are hacks like all the Metal Slug and KoF Plus nonsense, Cadillacs & Dinosaurs 2 is no real game either!
  • MrWunderfulMrWunderful
    Its a mame supergun
  • avatar!avatar!
    I will now show my ignorance by noting that I do not know what MAME systems are? I take it "mame supergun" is a system, and if I had to guess this is "legit" in say Hong Kong which has weak copyright laws and thus they are made in HK and sold (illegally?) here in the USA since ebay obviously could care less as long as they take in their share of the pie. That about right?
  • Bort License PlateBort License Plate
    Mame is basically an emulator as far as I know. You get an old computer with the emu and build a custom cabinet around it
  • AbelardoAbelardo
    BTW there are flashcart like alternatives for a couple of arcade systems that I know of, you'd need a jamma arcade machine, supergun, or in case of Neo Geo you could use a consolized MVS system:

    -Darksoft's CPS2 Multikit, for CPS2 games, tons of Capcom fighters starting from Super Street Fighter II onward, some nice shooters & beat'em ups.

    -NeoSD for Neo Geo MVS (arcade) or AES (home console) games.



    Both are expensive, but there's also a bootleg 161 in 1 Neo Geo MVS that it's relatively cheap and works OK, and I know that there are bootleg X in 1 CPS2 boards out there too that I'd imagine would be cheaper that Darksoft's.
  • Bort License PlateBort License Plate
    Originally posted by: Abelardo

    BTW there are flashcart like alternatives for a couple of arcade systems that I know of, you'd need a jamma arcade machine, supergun, or in case of Neo Geo you could use a consolized MVS system:

    -Darksoft's CPS2 Multikit, for CPS2 games, tons of Capcom fighters starting from Super Street Fighter II onward, some nice shooters & beat'em ups.

    -NeoSD for Neo Geo MVS (arcade) or AES (home console) games.



    Both are expensive, but there's also a bootleg 161 in 1 Neo Geo MVS that it's relatively cheap and works OK, and I know that there are bootleg X in 1 CPS2 boards out there too that I'd imagine would be cheaper that Darksoft's.



    there's flash carts for jamma? How much will a decent supergun, plus one of those cost me?
  • MuNKeYMuNKeY
    If it's on the interwebs it's gotta be legit!
  • NintendoAge ModeratorNintendoAge Moderator
    Originally posted by: avatar!



    I'm guessing these games are illegal roms stuffed into a cheap system. 

     



    That's exactly what this is. 



     
  • AbelardoAbelardo
    Originally posted by: Bert



    there's flash carts for jamma? How much will a decent supergun, plus one of those cost me?



    Yeah, well those two are just for specific hardware systems, CPS2 is a capcom hardware system kind of similar to the Neo Geo MVS in which the games are interchangeable from the system, all games run in the same hardware so they've developed flash carts for those.



    Unless I'm missing something, anything else that runs a lot of arcade games is basically a MAME machine, even if it has a JAMMA edge, nothing wrong with that I think those are very convenient, but it's not running on real hardware.



    No idea on what a supergun costs, NeoSD goes for about $400 I think, Darksoft's CPS2 Kit I saw it was for sale in some online shop at $325 but it shows at out of stock, don't know if you can get it elsewhere, this kit was a bit cumbersome, I wouldn't recommend it unless you know what you're getting into, however NeoSD is just like the flash carts that we know, the cheap alternative is the 161 in 1 which costs about $70 shipped from China.

     
  • Astor ReinhardtAstor Reinhardt
    I'm a complete idiot when it comes to this but a MAME is an arcade emulator that you can load up with roms. MAME cabs usually house an older computer that it just used for running MAME...and possibly getting the roms.



    I was planning to do this but with a Raspberry Pi running Retro Pi and shove it into an iCade housing...tabletop gaming on the cheapish and doesn't take up a shit ton of room.



    It's somewhat easy if you have a higher IQ then I do...and can do basic wiring for the controls. Tons of tutorials online for this sort of thing...even on Youtube. So you don't have to buy one, you can make one.
  • Tyree_CooperTyree_Cooper
    this is not legit/legal and it's all over the place in hk atm
  • MrWunderfulMrWunderful
    Originally posted by: Bert

     
    Originally posted by: Abelardo



    BTW there are flashcart like alternatives for a couple of arcade systems that I know of, you'd need a jamma arcade machine, supergun, or in case of Neo Geo you could use a consolized MVS system:

    -Darksoft's CPS2 Multikit, for CPS2 games, tons of Capcom fighters starting from Super Street Fighter II onward, some nice shooters & beat'em ups.

    -NeoSD for Neo Geo MVS (arcade) or AES (home console) games.



    Both are expensive, but there's also a bootleg 161 in 1 Neo Geo MVS that it's relatively cheap and works OK, and I know that there are bootleg X in 1 CPS2 boards out there too that I'd imagine would be cheaper that Darksoft's.







    there's flash carts for jamma? How much will a decent supergun, plus one of those cost me?





    750-900$
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