/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10464745
>I always heard that they wouldn't sell you two-player cabinets. Instead they would have you buy two cabinets and network them together.
Believe me. Those Japanese companies know exactly what they are doing. They try to push a 1 player fighting game cabinet as "more comfortable" for the player, but we all know they just want us to buy 2 cabinets for $36K (tax and shipping not included of course).

Several years ago they tried to push arcade cabinets that required online connectivity so they could "download updates". But in reality the cabs wouldn't function unless you were connected online to their servers. American arcades told them to f*ck off with that nonsense. And the Japanese companies very reluctantly created "offline cabinets" for export only (not sold in Japan). And we have to call them to order updates to the cabinet and they used us a USB drive with the software updates. America won that battle. No cabinets that require online connectivity get sold to American arcades.

Makes me miss the old days of (pic related) and the internet wasnt a thing, and arcade manufacturers had to make the best game they could on the first try. No "DLC" or updates to download.

>>10076771
>But i think candy cabs consistently look next level. We dont have a lot in the west thats quite on the level of a sega or taito cab. Its just so striking, theyre always minimalistic yet with just enough detail to be eye catching.
What about Neo Geo cabinets, Dynamo Cabinets, or any showcase cabinets?

>And yeah monitors are always like 29 inches, control panels are never cramped, and you can sit down. And the cab will never have water damage.
Well Candy Cabs can rust. It is not pretty.

>To be honest i dont mind yellowing so long as it doesn get too bad ,not past a shade of creme. But i DO hate water damage on wood cabs.

I understand where you are coming from. But I prefer the wooden cabs because if you take care of a wooden cabinet, then it will last...decades. You can also do repairs yourself and use fresh wood and repaint it. If something happens to a candy cab shell, like a crack or something breaks and falls off, then there isn't much you can do. It's plastic (unless you have a metal shell candy cab). I heard it is very difficult to get replacement parts for old candy cabinets.