Comments on: Review: Big Games Midway arcade http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:08:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Shawn http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-794246 Shawn Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:07:26 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-794246 Does anybody know if the either the Konami or the Midway game PCB or cartridge can be taken out of one of these cabinets and wired up to work in a real arcade cabinet such as a jamma wired unit. All of my original upright arcade games have 19" or large monitors. I trying to convert an old jamma wired Donkey Kong cabinet into a Multi-Williams (Defender, Sinistar, Joust, ect.) unit. I have found someone selling a Biggames Midway here in town locally. I have not had the chance to look inside one yet. Please if any one has any thoughts as to if I could do such a thing using a Biggames game please let me know. Does anybody know if the either the Konami or the Midway game PCB or cartridge can be taken out of one of these cabinets and wired up to work in a real arcade cabinet such as a jamma wired unit. All of my original upright arcade games have 19″ or large monitors. I trying to convert an old jamma wired Donkey Kong cabinet into a Multi-Williams (Defender, Sinistar, Joust, ect.) unit. I have found someone selling a Biggames Midway here in town locally. I have not had the chance to look inside one yet. Please if any one has any thoughts as to if I could do such a thing using a Biggames game please let me know.

]]> By: Charles http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-668092 Charles Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:19:25 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-668092 hey i love these, i found one the other day or actually i should say just the box then you could put your own system in it but hell even that was close to 600 dollars, and the funny thing is you dont get the high score leds etc. so kewl post hey i love these, i found one the other day or actually i should say just the box then you could put your own system in it but hell even that was close to 600 dollars, and the funny thing is you dont get the high score leds etc. so kewl post

]]> By: jjct1 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-627161 jjct1 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:43:38 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-627161 Anyone mod their konami? If I can find something that displays composite out in landscape I was thinking of putting it in the bottom cabinet and then cutting a hole up to the monitor compartment to display. Either their would be an extra video/audio in or I would get some sort of switch. I also noticed the Joysticks seem like they are the same as those $10 all in-one battery powered arcade joysticks you plug into your tv. If someone breaks their joystick, you could probably replace it with the joystick from one of those. Anyone mod their konami? If I can find something that displays composite out in landscape I was thinking of putting it in the bottom cabinet and then cutting a hole up to the monitor compartment to display. Either their would be an extra video/audio in or I would get some sort of switch.

I also noticed the Joysticks seem like they are the same as those $10 all in-one battery powered arcade joysticks you plug into your tv. If someone breaks their joystick, you could probably replace it with the joystick from one of those.

]]> By: kim dupuie http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-606712 kim dupuie Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:46:22 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-606712 HOW can you upgrade the joysick??????? HOW can you upgrade the joysick???????

]]> By: big wil http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-593565 big wil Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:30:04 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-593565 just purchased the midway arcade classics.....i'm back at the arcade in 1985...........without the quarters.......paid 500 with shipping.i'm in love......can anyone take my wife and kids so i can play in peace...all reasonable offers accepted!!! just purchased the midway arcade classics…..i’m back at the arcade in 1985………..without the quarters…….paid 500 with shipping.i’m in love……can anyone take my wife and kids so i can play in peace…all reasonable offers accepted!!!

]]> By: ron http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-455648 ron Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:42:47 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-455648 Both the Konami and Midway look very fun. I came very close to purchasing the Konami,but...I stumbled across the Samsclub.com site and found an amazing system! It is much more expensive (about $1500 after taxes and shipping) but it is ABSOLUTELY worth the cost. My two boys are GOING CRAZY over it! You can hook up many modern systems to it (like xbox, playstation, gamecube, your pc) and PLAY ANY GAMES FROM YOUR VARIOUS SYSTEMS WITH CLASSIC ARCADE CONTROLS! It comes with a PS2 and many games (Sams Club said "200" games but it was closer to 119 games in total). But the cool thing is you can go to amazon and order playstation 1 or 2 games to add to your collection. And there are many compilations that include 20 or more games per playstation disk. So it includes a sound system with subwoofer, 20 inch tv, and the ps2 with games and the cabinet, which I believe is taller than the Midway/Konami cabinets. A cheaper option is to go to quasicade.com and order the cabinet alone and add your own games system, monitor and sound system. I think its about $599 for the cabinet. Which may or may not include taxes and shipping. I figured that after I pieced together the system bit by bit I could just order the complete package with less headaches from one vendor that I could return it to locally if there were any problems. P.S. It did take me and my son about 5 hours to put together. We were a little slow, though. Both the Konami and Midway look very fun. I came very close to purchasing the Konami,but…I stumbled across the Samsclub.com site and found an amazing system! It is much more expensive (about $1500 after taxes and shipping) but it is ABSOLUTELY worth the cost. My two boys are GOING CRAZY over it!
You can hook up many modern systems to it (like xbox, playstation, gamecube, your pc) and PLAY ANY GAMES FROM YOUR VARIOUS SYSTEMS WITH CLASSIC ARCADE CONTROLS!
It comes with a PS2 and many games (Sams Club said “200″ games but it was closer to 119 games in total). But the cool thing is you can go to amazon and order playstation 1 or 2 games to add to your collection. And there are many compilations that include 20 or more games per playstation disk.
So it includes a sound system with subwoofer, 20 inch tv, and the ps2 with games and the cabinet, which I believe is taller than the Midway/Konami cabinets.
A cheaper option is to go to quasicade.com and order the cabinet alone and add your own games system, monitor and sound system. I think its about $599 for the cabinet. Which may or may not include taxes and shipping.
I figured that after I pieced together the system bit by bit I could just order the complete package with less headaches from one vendor that I could return it to locally if there were any problems.

P.S. It did take me and my son about 5 hours to put together. We were a little slow, though.

]]> By: Nick http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-430937 Nick Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:30:55 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-430937 Which JC Penney store did you find it for $78 ?!?! Which JC Penney store did you find it for $78 ?!?!

]]> By: myko http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-398360 myko Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:56:39 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-398360 just wanted to mention in case anyone is looking for the Midway Classics arcade game that I just picked one up for my son at JC Penny for a whopping $78 on clearance (Jan 27th). It was 75% off and my 9 year old is estatic and I am thrilled to have gotten it for him at that price. just wanted to mention in case anyone is looking for the Midway Classics arcade game that I just picked one up for my son at JC Penny for a whopping $78 on clearance (Jan 27th). It was 75% off and my 9 year old is estatic and I am thrilled to have gotten it for him at that price.

]]> By: llayam http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-382609 llayam Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:34:39 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-382609 I set the number of lives to 255 for Gyruss and once I made it to Earth it went back out to Neptune, I was bummed out. I set the number of lives to 255 for Gyruss and once I made it to Earth it went back out to Neptune, I was bummed out.

]]> By: texascpa http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-373567 texascpa Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:06:49 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061108/3917/#comment-373567 Under $200? Wow, what a great deal. Makes me wish I had waited a little longer :( BTW, has anyone made it to Mercury on Gyruss yet? Under $200? Wow, what a great deal. Makes me wish I had waited a little longer :(

BTW, has anyone made it to Mercury on Gyruss yet?

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