Its ridiculous price gouging, the cost to put such a unit together is under
$400. Midway has been doing this same thing for a while with its Ms Pac
Man/Galaga units, Atari has a Missile Command/Millipede/Centipede machine
out there and one thing that article doesn't mention is just like the Midway
machine, the Taito unit is also a dual machine with both Space Invaders and
Qix together...
These are already available in the US, Frontgate has them for $3495 each,
you can also find them through Amazon.com and Walmart.com as well... all
way overpriced.
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Pope" <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:25 PM
Subject: Space Invaders returning to arcades...
>
> Check this out:
>
>
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/12/05/space.invaders.reut/index.html
>
> 10,000 Space Invaders units to be sold in the US for $2,772 apiece. But
> because of inflation, the cost per game is now going to be 50 cents!
>
> <rant>
> Are these people on crack?! What development time went into this? What
> costs are they recouping? Or do they just want to gouge the classic
> gamers?
> </rant>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bryan Pope
>
Received on Fri Dec 05 2003 - 12:52:05 GMT