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So short story time. I recently purchased this cab from a good friend and fellow arcade collector. He purchased it new from Betson in I believe '07. It's currently loaded with about 160 titles but has the capability to be expanded to 256 games. With the cabinet came a bag full of thumb drives and a couple of burned CDs and an itemized receipt for the cabinet and most of the game packs. The receipts total over $7k! I couldn't believe he spent that much on what's basically a glorified hyperspin setup for arcade use.
I haven't been able to find any details online about this "pedestal" cab varient and seeing as most appear to be in Dynamo style cabs with CRTs this was likely the past version produced. I heard they didn't actually have the rights to release the game packs and were eventually shut down, which makes total sense to me.
Been playing a lot of non JAMMA early 80s stuff and for being run off a PIII processor it does alright. High score saves of course, which is what I'm all about. Is it perfect? No, but it does offer a way to play some games I'll never have dedicateds of and my friends like jamming out on it. Joysticks could use swapping out as the diagonals are difficult to register on fighters. Track ball is smooth as silk, games like Marble Madness, Rampart, Centipede and Gimme A Break all okay great.
If any of my haxzors out there know where I could download the games I'm missing or even a complete set I'd like to get this bad boy up to the 256 max game list.
Anyone seen this cab version before, have any Ultracade stories or know it's history?
I haven't been able to find any details online about this "pedestal" cab varient and seeing as most appear to be in Dynamo style cabs with CRTs this was likely the past version produced. I heard they didn't actually have the rights to release the game packs and were eventually shut down, which makes total sense to me.
Been playing a lot of non JAMMA early 80s stuff and for being run off a PIII processor it does alright. High score saves of course, which is what I'm all about. Is it perfect? No, but it does offer a way to play some games I'll never have dedicateds of and my friends like jamming out on it. Joysticks could use swapping out as the diagonals are difficult to register on fighters. Track ball is smooth as silk, games like Marble Madness, Rampart, Centipede and Gimme A Break all okay great.
If any of my haxzors out there know where I could download the games I'm missing or even a complete set I'd like to get this bad boy up to the 256 max game list.
Anyone seen this cab version before, have any Ultracade stories or know it's history?