Ultimate 2D console

[Michael Helgeson]

To mess with the MVS and AES subject again,the Phantom 1 worked well, I had one a couple of years back before I switched over to MVS stuff. The problem with it was not liking newer games,and the death grip it had on carts. It was hard to place on and remove carts. For the price you would have to spend on a AES console and  a Phantom 1 or Super MVS converter you could afford to buy a consolized 2 Slot and some games.

MVS carts are far cheaper,and are constructed better then the AES carts. You also have a larger selection to choose from readily available on ebay and other net shops dealing in arcade hardware. Average MVS cart prices tend to be from $7-90 depending on the game. If you want to own Shock Troopers or Blazing Star its a easier task with a MVS in your hands.

Yea the NEO has a ton of fighters,but it also has a ton of other types of games,shooters,top view racers,puzzle titles,action games,and sports games. The Saturn is a great system too,for its 2d and its 3d depending on the games you plan to buy. Neither system can do wrong in my eyes.

[TR0N]

To mess with the MVS and AES subject again,the Phantom 1 worked well, I had one a couple of years back before I switched over to MVS stuff. The problem with it was not liking newer games,and the death grip it had on carts. It was hard to place on and remove carts. For the price you would have to spend on a AES console and  a Phantom 1 or Super MVS converter you could afford to buy a consolized 2 Slot and some games.

Agreed that's why i don't recomend the Phantom 1 to any body.

Had the same experince as well with the converter and i still, see it as junk and to be overated as well.

[terrormask]

Take a look at this.

http://www.chicago-gaming.com/alegends.php

They need to start making something like this more cheaper so that everybody can afford them. It basically is an arcade machine cabinet with great arcade games already installed on it. I would get one (especially for the mortal kombat, ghost'n goblins and goulsn' ghost's), but I can't afford one. Damn things cost at least 2 grand.

[Joe Redifer]

The monitor is laying too flat in the upright.  I've never seen an arcade with a near-horizontal monitor unless it was one of those tabletops that you found at Godfather Pizza.  Also the connection is probably s-video and not even RGB, and I wouldn't be surprised if the games were emulated.

[Kitsunexus]

They have some of those that run in the $200 - $400 range. They're not very good, they're just game-on-chip units wired up to a subpar arcade cabinet.

It's like, if you WANT a multi-arcade cabinet, go build a MAME cab or liberate a Nintendo Playchoice from some abandoned bowling alley.

[Kitsunexus]

I figured no one would believe me, so here you go:

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Electronic-Games-43100-Konami/dp/B000GYV4W8

http://www.amazon.com/Midway-Series-I-Arcade-Game/dp/B000AQHKR0/ref=pd_sbs_t_2/105-5976708-7191643


To me, there's just something wrong about owning multi-cabs, I'd rather walk into a room full of old arcade cabinets that I owned, then just having one of these very poor emulators in the house.

[Necromancer]

I played around with one of those cabinets at a local Target and it was better than I expected.  The cabinet wasn't very stout and the monitor sucked, but overall it was pretty decent for the price.  Still, building your own MAME cabinet is the best choice.

[Kitsunexus]

No, THIS is the best choice: the Arcadia Multi Select System!

IT'S A MULTI-GAME AMIGA POWERED ARCADE CABINET!!!

http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/arcadia.html

Ninja Masters PWNZ!

[SignOfZeta]

The best 2D console right now that is still being supported would be the DS, or the PS2. If you consider the GBA still active (technically it is) then that pretty rad as well.

The best 2D systems of all time would be the NeoGeo (don't buy an AES, get an MVS), or Saturn. The DC is pretty great too.

[terrormask]

They have some of those that run in the $200 - $400 range. They're not very good, they're just game-on-chip units wired up to a subpar arcade cabinet.

It's like, if you WANT a multi-arcade cabinet, go build a MAME cab or liberate a Nintendo Playchoice from some abandoned bowling alley.

It probably would cost equal to build a MAME cabinet and I did think about it a few times while back. I just don't know if I'm ready to put in hundreds of hours and dollars for something that I could rather just buy instead of building, then again, it would be better if I built it instead because then I have put in all the effort and my own imaginative customizations to it. Then I would truly have more a right to call it my own if I built it.

[Kitsunexus]

They have some of those that run in the $200 - $400 range. They're not very good, they're just game-on-chip units wired up to a subpar arcade cabinet.

It's like, if you WANT a multi-arcade cabinet, go build a MAME cab or liberate a Nintendo Playchoice from some abandoned bowling alley.

It probably would cost equal to build a MAME cabinet and I did think about it a few times while back. I just don't know if I'm ready to put in hundreds of hours and dollars for something that I could rather just buy instead of building, then again, it would be better if I built it instead because then I have put in all the effort and my own imaginative customizations to it. Then I would truly have more a right to call it my own if I built it.

Plus if you build it, you'll have good emulation, not shit emulation.

[Keranu]

You know, the PC-FX could've been the ultimate 2D console (at least game wise) with the right developers and encouragement since it was pure 2D, but just failed flat. Hopefully independent development can fix that.

[Michael Helgeson]

Sometimes you can run across a local arcade vendor that will gladly help you convert a cab into a mame cab,so long as you supply the computer and parts and buy a cab. You will have to pay them,but it usually wont be more then 200-300 bucks depending on how much work it will require,if the monitor needs a new cap kit,ect ect.

[Kitsunexus]

You know, the PC-FX could've been the ultimate 2D console (at least game wise) with the right developers and encouragement since it was pure 2D, but just failed flat. Hopefully independent development can fix that.

I agree 100% with this.

[GUTS]

I don't know about the PCFX, even the most impressive 2D games on it aren't as impressive as Saturn and PSX 2D games.  The Saturn was a beast, although the PCFX definitely had the advantage in full screen video playback.