Posted by The Man on 8, 2001 at 2:10 PM:
In Reply to: How much? posted by Ringlancer on 8, 2001 at 1:51 PM:
: I folks! Just getting started here.
: Heck, REALLY just getting started, have had MAME32 for only two days, have downloaded three games! :o)
: I found a local distributor and earned my 10 minutes at the warehouse.
: Saw all sorts of things, he mostly wanted to foist off either a Streetfighter cabinet (with control panel and whatever boards happened to be in there) for $100 or a Mortal combat II cabinet, $150 if the monitor doesn't work, $500 if it does (too rich for my blood). He also showed me a shelf where he had a bunch of control panels...
: He had a Wayne Gretzky 3d Hockey board up there, which supports four players and is huge. As I would eventually like to make or convert a cabinet and have friends over to play gauntlet, this would be great.
: I'm leary that he might try to gouge me on prices though. i tend to get enthusiastic, and get suckered easily. :o) What would be a fair price for that control panel?
: Thanks!
I don't know how much I would pay for it... I would have to see it. Just keep in mind that 4 joysticks is around $80, 12 player buttons is around $18 and 4 start buttons is about $6 for a total of $104.
First I would look a the controls and determine how much wear they have. If it was in good shape and I didn't have to build much to make the pannel work (not including the encoder or whatever your going to use), I would pay around $70 to $80 for it..... but thats just me :)
I would see what others have to say about it.
Have Fun.... and welcome to the rest of your life :)
TM