/vr/ - Retro Games

Posted in a recent thread I had this on the way, finally arrived. Extremely happy with the quality of the thing. The 1.21 giggawatt speakers lived up to the hype, they can get incredibly fucking loud. Quality of the wood was great, Sanwa sticks and super good quality clone buttons. Also a great height and a breeze to put together. Apparently the board on it is a little more powerful than most newer cabs out there.

Two main caveats are the price and game selection. I got mine $200 off but you're looking at $799 when its not on sale. I would have went Arcade Legends Ultimate if I could get the Sam's club deal for $500 with the pinball flippers, but my only option is $600+Shipping right now so I said fuck it. I don't trust the quality of Arcade 1ups after their initial launch, and I wanted a multicade without modding.

The game library is light but has solid games, I've been playing
>Wind Jammers
>Magical Drop III
>Boogie Wings
>Dragon's Lair
>Dead Cells
>Gun Bird
>R-Type
I like the idea of the modern games on there. A lot of them are mobileshit or indie garbage but there are some solid and interesting titles in there like Ys Chronicles I and Riptide. Really I'm just hoping they get some 3D Arcade games that Rasperry Pi's struggle with at some point, and Super Dodgeball since they already have some Technos games.

I absolutely love it and recommend it on-sale IF you'd be happy with the library as-is. They add games every week but sometimes there are gaps between quality releases, and no guarantee of getting license deals with more big names like Midway down the line. I'm still looking to get an ALU down the line and probably a custom Pandora/RPi cab at some point.