Space Invaders returning to arcades...

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Fri Dec 5 13:56:43 2003

> 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

Companies need to make a profit, they more they can squeeze out of a
customer the better. These units are for arcades I assume, where the
operator will make the money back and hopefully then some from kids with
pockets full of cash. Not many home users would spend $400 let alone $3495
for a cabinet with just 1 or 2 games in it.

I would pump a few quarters into a pacman machine if I ran into one
somewhere just because I played quite a few games on them when they were
originally released (more quarters then I care to think about).
Received on Fri Dec 05 2003 - 13:56:43 GMT