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Can't get enough Donkey Kong? Check THIS out!!!


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#1 Curt Vendel OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 4, 2004 12:25 PM

WOW!


http://www.bidiots.c...ail.asp?id=1478


Me wants, me wants now!!!! :-)



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#2 tiggerthehun OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 4, 2004 12:40 PM

Lots of good games in there I'd love to have... Is that a licensed thing, or a bootleg of sorts?

#3 Cassidy Nolen OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 4, 2004 1:17 PM

I'd bet money its a bootleg. The cabinet has probably been rewired JAMMA and running a standard monitor. That one looks a 'bit' pricey (ie; sold my last Mario Brothers cabinet for 20 bucks), but still a neat looking machine.

Neat idea. Wonder how well it plays Gyruss with a four way stick?

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#4 Nukey Shay OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 4, 2004 2:43 PM

How is this loading the games? It's not a Mame-modified machine, is it? I mean it loads actual PCB's right?

#5 Curt Vendel OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 4, 2004 6:52 PM

I've seen some Multi arcades that have modified rom's on a board that supports all those games and it just loads them up, I know the multipacs have Pac Man, PM Plus, Ms Pac Man and I think a Pachack game. However they can't play Super Pac Man or Pac Man Jr since it was different h/w, this may be the same case, which unlike a Jamma or mame system makes it's a little bit more worth that asking price.



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#6 Pixellated Ghost OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 4, 2004 11:22 PM

That's a nice machine. If I had the money and space I'd probably get it just for Lady Bug and Mr. Do.

#7 Vic George 2K3 OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 25, 2004 7:53 PM

Like one of the Multicade pictures shot right next to side of a Coke machine, where it reads, "Multicade...things go better with Coke"

#8 Dav OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:29 AM

Nukey Shay said:

How is this loading the games?  It's not a Mame-modified machine, is it?  I mean it loads actual PCB's right?

It's emulation. I wouldn't mind them so much if they'd just tell people it's not the real thing. It's a single board computer, possibly a bootleg playstation type board, running mame or something similar. It comes with a jamma adaptor, or possibly the adaptor is built in now on the newer models. They run around $300. The early models had really poor emulation, I hear they're a little better now. Regardless, I'd stay far away.

#9 Saikyo OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:12 PM

So Dav are you saying that whoever buys the Multicade will own illegal software?
Man people have got the nerve these days its almost as bad as paying
for a disc full of roms :x

But passing it off as an original! :o now thats what I call a rip off!

#10 Dav OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat May 1, 2004 11:13 AM

Saikyo said:

But passing it off as an original! :o  now thats what I call a rip off!

Yes, the other thing that bothers me is they're aimed primarily at operators. The last auction I went to had 1 real galaga/mspac and 4 of these games with boards running mspac/galaga/donkey kong. So they are competing directly with Namco. It's just a matter of time before Namco comes down hard on these guys. Hopefully it won't drag down emulation in general.




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