ArcadeCab

8/23/05

X-Arcade™ Refurbished Sale
For those who have been considering the X-arcade, X-gaming has a limited quantity of the two-player X-Arcade available for just $119.95 shipped.   Note these are refurbished but still carry the lifetime warranty. 
From their announcement:

"We have a limited quantity of X-Arcade Dual Joysticks for an all-time low price of $119.95, including shipping anywhere in the USA, a PC Adapter and 6 Full Version Midway Arcade Games. This is the lowest price the X-Arcade Dual Joystick has ever been available for since it's release."

8/20/05

Store Update
The existing stock of the single-player controllers is now depleted.  As a result, no further orders will be taken for these until further notice due to baby.  There are still a few of the Ultra-trackball shells and completed units available.  My best guess is that everything will be available once again at the start of 2006.

8/6/05

Mamewah Information Update
I have made some changes, corrections, and (hopefully) improvements to the Mamewah Overview page.  This was done as a direct result of my adding the Atari 2600 page last week.  I noticed that the text of the page was not as instructional as it could be, so I revisited it.  The traffic to the Mamewah page is consistently very high so I hope it is even more helpful now.  Check it out and see what you think.

8/3/05

Atari Flashback 2
Relating to my 7/29/05 News item and the accompanying Project page, I read in Wired about the Atari Flashback 2 being released very soon. According to the press releases it will include 40 classics and a couple bonus games, including Adventure II. Pricing appears to be $30 MSRP. Looks very cool and hacks are already available for it to enable the original cartridges to be plugged in. In my opinion, this is an excellent sign that the market is continuing to support retrogaming.  It is also encouraging to see the younger set embracing the classic games of our youth, games which did not include the graphic violence prevalent in many of today's offerings.  Look for the Atari Flashback 2 coming to a store near you soon.

7/29/05

Atari 2600 emulator added to the cabinet
Over the last week I have been fumbling with adding the Atari 2600 games to my cabinet.  These games, in my opinion, are a natural fit for the arcade games.  I used a modified version of the Z26 emulator from here.  This version changed a couple of the buttons to be more "cabinet friendly."  For the layout that is shown to the right, the home of CPViewer provided that, in addition to some other great information. All the details of how Z26 was added into my Mamewah setup can be found on the new Z26 Information page.