Basically my wonderful Missus has offered to buy me an Astro City Candy Cab from the new batch that Killer Cabs are getting.
Now obviously i'm absolutely chuffed to bits. I've wanted my own cabinet for what seems like for ever, but for some reason or another i could either not afford it when one i liked was available or just couldn't justify the cost. Now, thats not an issue so you'd think that everything would be great wouldn't you?
Not so unfortunately. Basically i've got nagging doubts at the back of my mind that having finally gotten my own cabinet i'll either :
a) Become obsessed with it thus rendering a lot of console stuff worthless in my mind. I'll be the first to admit that i can be extremely snobbish when it comes to videogame's. I can quite easily see myself ignoring home ports of some great games just because i've got some crazy idea in my head that only the proper arcade version is good enough. Even now i've got no interest in emulation and when you think about it a home port of an arcade game is even worse than that. If money was no object then this wouldn't be a problem as i could just buy the arcade version everytime. Since money does have to come into consideration, in most cases i'll only be able to afford the console version. I just don't want to ruin my enjoyment of these.
b) Play on the cab for a month or so but then revert back to the 'easier' route of console gaming because it's proving extremely difficult and / or expensive to get hold the PCBs i want. As cool as a mint Astro City would look in my games room, its going to cost far too much for it to be not much more than an ornament.
So what i'm looking for are the views and experience of other arcade cabinet owners, especially those with a slightly obbsessive personality which i guess you must have to some degree to even consider buying one in the first place. How has it effected your game playing? Was it for better or worse? Looking back honestly would you still have bought one?
Now obviously i'm absolutely chuffed to bits. I've wanted my own cabinet for what seems like for ever, but for some reason or another i could either not afford it when one i liked was available or just couldn't justify the cost. Now, thats not an issue so you'd think that everything would be great wouldn't you?
Not so unfortunately. Basically i've got nagging doubts at the back of my mind that having finally gotten my own cabinet i'll either :
a) Become obsessed with it thus rendering a lot of console stuff worthless in my mind. I'll be the first to admit that i can be extremely snobbish when it comes to videogame's. I can quite easily see myself ignoring home ports of some great games just because i've got some crazy idea in my head that only the proper arcade version is good enough. Even now i've got no interest in emulation and when you think about it a home port of an arcade game is even worse than that. If money was no object then this wouldn't be a problem as i could just buy the arcade version everytime. Since money does have to come into consideration, in most cases i'll only be able to afford the console version. I just don't want to ruin my enjoyment of these.
b) Play on the cab for a month or so but then revert back to the 'easier' route of console gaming because it's proving extremely difficult and / or expensive to get hold the PCBs i want. As cool as a mint Astro City would look in my games room, its going to cost far too much for it to be not much more than an ornament.
So what i'm looking for are the views and experience of other arcade cabinet owners, especially those with a slightly obbsessive personality which i guess you must have to some degree to even consider buying one in the first place. How has it effected your game playing? Was it for better or worse? Looking back honestly would you still have bought one?
Already have one of the Super Neo replicas and it's changed my life....well, ish. 
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