Holy crap! This is awesome. I will definatly be getting one of these. I’m into modding of consoles and this one will just be another one to hack up. I hope the screen will be good. If not I can stick in a LCD screen or something.
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The Galaga is missing because it’s not a Midway game. NAMCO holds the copyright on that one.

ow my back

I love the back thing, before I posted this piece I looked up the dimensions of the classic arcade units from a couple of different sites and they ranged from 60″ to 68″. I thought that 62″ seemed short but the last time I played in a arcade I was just a young thing and everything seemed tall. To the person with the Mame box over 6 ft I checked out your site and I would buy your system any day.

I’m squinting as best as I can, How do you play Defender with 3 buttons?

I hate to ruin anyone’s day but this thing is tiny. Almost all full sized games are close to 6 feet tall. This is even smaller than mini or cabaret cabs. I’m a collector and I’ve gone through close to 200 games and I’d have to see this to see what’s up with it. You can buy other multigames out there with a real 19″ arcade monitor and anywhere from 3 to 39 games on it for just over double what this costs. I have to think this is very cheaply put together and the 13″ TV in it will make all the games really small. It’s cheap and I think that it’s low cost will show in it’s workmanship. Mame is cool, just not my thing. You can check out my site of games at http://www.agelessarcade.com

Anything to kick Foleys butt is fine by me. By the way, http://www.byoac.com is where you need to go to check out MAME. It is the way to go.

hmmm particle board ans a jakks sytem.

sorry I’ll just build my own…….

BYOAC

I agree, if you are going to spend 500 bucks on a cabinet with 12 games, spend the extra money and either build or buy a more capable cabinet. My brother and I built a full size 4 player with authentic arcade monitor for under $1500 or so.

The Lunacade

Look at this pics here.
http://www.mybiggames.com/index_files/page0004.htm
You can see it looks a little short. Also look at both pictures of the kid in the red shirt. His left hand is in exactly the same position. It looks to me like they superimposed the pic of the two guys in front of the games.

Who cares if it is “easy” to build one. Some people actually have LIVES and would rather spend the time with member of the opposite sex. When you modders realize this, you will understand what a horrible waste of time your lives have been.

Sorry, but under $500 for a prebuilt one sures seems like a hell of a lot better option than spending hours gathering all the parts, and then several more hours building it, just to save $100 or so. Don’t know abut you, but MY free time is worth something to me.

just played one at target the cab design is all right for the price the 2 joysticks and 6 buttons a side were all right picture quality was an issue games did look similar to arcade but looked cheaply graphics wise a good idea but i will pass because of game quality

These are NOT the original arcade versions of these games, although “Big Electronic Games” is representing that they are indeed the ‘arcade versions”. This fact is glaringly obvious when playing Rampage & Tapper (these barely look better than the NES versions).

Again, these games are not emulated (like MAME), they are poorly reproduced.

Some reviewers are blaming the poor graphics on the sub-par monitor, but this is not the case. The game sounds are pretty cheesy, too.

The only game that passes for the original arcade version is Robotron.

These games don”t look OR feel like the original games. Very disappointing, as I was looking forward to getting one of these. The games feel even less authentic than the remakes that you”ll find in those 20-in-1 joysticks.

Unless you”re buying this thing just for the diminutive arcade cabinet-shaped case and tiny monitor, beware.

I can tell you guys a couple of things,..those midway arcade games are intended for kids instead of old school gamers,like us that are in our thirties and forties.. i wouldnt mind seeing the guts on ebay!,..id bid on the chipset…(besides that cheezy monitor and control pad)the chip,wires,everything else that makes this thing run,..cause i’ll tell ya,..i built several mini arcade machines with the jakks 5 in 1 controller and ive been selling my arcades like HOTCAKES!! and to say that ive put alot more effort into making my arcades look and feel more comfortable!..i made my cabinets 49 inches tall!,…so that you can sit and play!..and the 13 inch monitor is in your face and not at an angle,..NO hunching over with mine,..and they are so sturdy 1 inch mdf!..i used happs buttons and jakks controllers,..which is a crazy mix!…galaga and pacman themes! and real t-molding but it works for me,..if anyone knows how i can post pics on this site,from my digital camera..i could use the help from you guys!,..gotta see what i have!…mine are worth 500 bucks! after all the crazy posts ive read, and pics ive seen from target, and other sites and reviews,..i think im sick to my stomach and having nightmares from that arcade!,..check out this review!>>http://retroblast.com/reviews/biggames.html

I saw one of these at my local target store. It is more like a kids toy than a real arcade machine. The marquee isnt lighted, the TV is only 13 inches, the buttons and joystick are cheesy junk and i do not think they will hold up to hard gaming. The joystick didnt respond very well when i was playing rampage. It the controls were real arcade type, larger TV, lighted marquee and built a little more sturdy, this would be something neat for the family room.. but as it stands now, i’ll pass and spend my 500 bucks on building my own MAME machine where I have full control of the quality.

I own one.
I broke the joystick after getting up to about 560,000 points in robotron.

defender was unplayable (control layout).

joust was great.

Sinistar wasn’t good (I think the joysticks are 49 position in the real game and only 8 position here).

the other games were not to my tastes.

I have callouses on both hands and at times my left thumb and finger have been numb. My arms have been sore.

If you are a robotron fan- this is great.

Otherwise– probably not so great.