... and I was sorely tempted to buy this.

I'd seriously get it for Contra alone.

The frick!? I didn't know Target carried those!

If they could work in a free shipping deal, I might have to look into it (though $99 is much more reasonable than anything I've seen, which normally involves crating fees and air shipping). See if I can get that little monitor out and go with something bigger...

I wonder how the insides are...If the Konami arcade thing is a Jamma board or not.

As is...that's not a bad deal at all.

I remember reading reviews for similar arcade cabinets at target, featuring King of Fighters and Samurai Showdown games. The reviews weren't good--the cabinet was lousy, the video quality was poor, the controls left a lot to be desired, and I believe the games were emulated. Certainly not the same construction as an actual arcade unit.

Bah...Figured as much. The 15" monitor was the giveaway...Most cabinets have either 19" or 25". They probably did that to keep the weight/cost down.

Still, I can see it being useful in a modding community.

Thanks.

Worst thing is, I actually have the perfect place for this one:

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/re … DRUMO5WVA9

(see the customer reviews though...LOL)

Looks pretty sweet to me!
Which makes me wonder, has anyone here actually ever owned an arcade system?  Although it would be very cool, I'm happy that systems these days are nice and small

Now, if only Sega would release the arcade versions of Golden Axe and Shinobi, and I would be a happy boy!!

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Actually, I knew many people who owned their own arcade cabinets. Mostly people who always swore by arcade controls and joysticks for fighting games. And insane shipping costs aside, it can be surprisingly practical. In the Neo Geo community, it's probably cheaper than owning the home system (due to the fact that home carts cost MUCH more than the MVS carts...home carts are cooler to look at though). Capcom is similar, especially their CPS2 games, where you connect different 'B'boards (the game boards) to the main 'A' board. The idea is to have 1 cabinet and swap boards out (which is why I wondered if it the Target one had a JAMMA board in it...non-JAMMA means the cabinet is dedicated to a single game). It's pure novelty nowadays considering ROMs and retro comps (unless you NEED to play fighters on a cabinet), but almost worth it for the nostalgia...

I've fought with myself to not get one until I settle down, but I've come close on more than one occasion. Main reasons I passed: No room and I don't have the time to get into the technical side of them, incase something bad happens.

Neat.  I didn't know Target sold stuff like that.  Not that it's worth the price, but neat all the same.

Not all of them carry that on the floor. It's a destined catalog item for obvious reasons, apart from some of us on this forum and brink-of-compulsive buying...

Saw it in one of my Target stores, didn't care for it simply because it's no better than throwing your NES (or Arcade via MAME) version on a bigger screen and getting a little creative to emulate the arcade experience (like possibly buttering/greasing up your controllers). It's not official so... yeah I'd rather own an original (say) Street Fighter II Champion Edition coin-op machine.