by Ziggy587 Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:52 am
Ugh, I no longer own any arcade hardware.
Once upon a time, I wanted a Mortal Kombat II cabinet. It's probably my brother's and my favorite game to play 2-player together. I bought the complete PCB for the game, and had an authentic control panel overlay and marquee. I even picked up a PCB, CPO, and marquee for MK1 too, as I knew I'd be able to swap games in the same cab. I was planning to build and recreate an exact MKII cab. But for various reasons (money, space, time) I ended up selling off all the stuff I bought. Though I still have the MKII marquee, I've been meaning to turn into a back lit wall mounted sign.
Anyway, I totally regret selling off the MKII board. MK1 I don't really care, but I really wish I kept that MKII board. About a year ago I realized I don't really need a cabinet (nor do I have the room for it). I'd really like to get the authentic game board and build a consolized version of it, with two controller inputs and TV output. But I checked eBay and it seems the prices on the game boards have gone way up. When I got mine, quite a few years ago, it was sub $100. Now there's not as many of them for sale and they're all several hundred dollars.
Son of a bitch.
I'm parting with some duplicate Blu-Ray and DVD movies. Check out this thread if interested.