Office Arcade machine

[bigmike20vt]

We had one at work, cost £2k and it just gathered dust.

if our office had one it may tempt me to go in on days i dont *have* to.

 

[bigmike20vt]

Are there modern arcade machines? I thought it was an 80s/90s thing, and last time I went to an arcade, it was full of fruit machines.

Also, I don't think that emulation talk is allowed on here. At least in the PC Games section, there is a rules thread which is stickied. It says that discussion of ROMs is a grey area because Nintendo/Sega/etc still sell their retro games on their digital platforms and this includes arcade games.

there are a few modern machines but mostly with some form of gimmick. the golden era of the jamma cab are over sadly.

most if not all of the machines linked have actual licensed games on afaik so are legit. i dont think they are against the rules here

 

[ZXSpectrum]

That's why people need an emulator based one so the game can be swapped out quickly rather than a static choice like those Costco ones.

Those 1Up machines can have the board swapped out for a Rasberry Pi There are a few guides on the web on how to do it.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

Just had another thought. You could buy a Pandora 2 Player unit and a Cheap 4K TV, then you have loads of retro games and a useable tv when people are not on the Arcade games.

 

[thenewoc]

Those 1Up machines can have the board swapped out for a Rasberry Pi There are a few guides on the web on how to do it.

nice

 

[GSXRMovistar]

Stuff like the 1up systems won't last in a office/work environment, they are designed for light home use.

Things like custom Mame systems raise a lot of questions around legalities, don't want to be giving your employees an excuse to get the company in trouble.

Ideally it would be a licensed multi game machine with proper controls/components in it, however budget for that will probably be 2-4 times what you have to spend.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

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