Interesting clip. I hadn't seen it before.
At least this is the real game. If you look at Hammacher-Schlemmer and the
holiday issues of similar catalogs, they are selling multi-game units (like
Galaga and Qix, MacMan/Ms. PacMan for example) for $3000.
I've seen these hybrid games up close at the Fortunoff store near me and
they're smaller than the real arcade games and have crappy decals on the
front and sides. Even the coin door on the front is a decal -- not that
you'd need a real coin door for use at home.
For much less you can build a MAME machine (I have a MAME machine in
progress) and have as much or more fun with it.
Now, in Namco's defense, parts alone, using eBay and Happ Controls as a
proxy, might cost $700 or so. I'd figure that $999-$1199 would be a good
retail price.
Rich
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Bryan Pope
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:25 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
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 - 12:51:21 GMT