Pre-Orders Are Live For This Fully-Playable 1/4 Scale Pac-Man Arcade Cabinet

If that's 1/4th then I don't know math very well. Looks more like 1/6th or worse to me.

I'd buy it if they made the Japanese version -

https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=2066&image=1

never liked the American Pac-Man side art

They have something very very similar same game same size at Wal-Mart where I live for 20 bucks lol

@Spoony_Tech That's what I was thinking, as well.

@Spoony_Tech Pac-Man original cabinet height = approx 68 inches. 68/4 = 17 inches (431.8mm)

@NintoRich I stand corrected then. How about the width though.

Does it save high scores?

@Spoony_Tech Pac-Man original width = approx 24.75 inches. 24.75/4 = 6.19 inches (157.2 mm)

But where will I find a quarter-sized quarter to play it?!

@NintoRich Thanks!

Here are some arcade cabinets available from walmart.ca. they've actually been available for preorder for quite some time now. Lots of different ones to choose from. They're also smaller than regular arcade cabinets but much bigger than the tiny tabletop ones
https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/arcade-1up-street-fighter-ii-arcade-game/6000198432102

Cool collectible, but it looks too fiddly to be much fun.

@KoopaSlayer92

Those are a tiny at 3.5 inches tall. The ones featured here are 16 inches tall...that’s a gigantic difference.

LOL, I remember that arcade cabinet with that artwork! So bad it's good. That just triggered a memory I had of the Coleco Pac-Man I used to have in all its C battery glory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oEXM2XzWU

This reminds me of the Kickstarter for Replicade, which is doing the same thing with Atari licenses. However those are smaller at 12 inches, but cost much less.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/529306246/replicade-mini-centipede-arcade-machine-replica-12

@MeloMan

Yup, I have the Donkey Kong one. Those are great, real collectors items now.

Why hasn't anyone made downsized Cocktail Table arcade cabinets? Lots of nostalgia for those in pizza parlors and such. Also seems like a good way to make comfortable 2-player on a small cabinet.

This is overpriced in my book. In US dollars it’s $194, which is way too much for something that small. I considered it but passed as it’s just too expensive for the product you get.

@ACK

I recently played one again at an arcade museum in San Francisco. Pac-Man. I agree those are great and full of pizza parlor nostalgia! When I was very young in the mid 80s, I used to go to Roundtable Pizza in the US and have a pie and some games. I loved sitting down with my coke, rest it on the arcade table, and play a few rounds as you wait for your pizza. I’d love one for the home!

Ha nice. That's pretty cool they got a licence and all.
Better have a 4way stick though :3

There's so many of these smaller arcade cabinets being released all of a sudden - I absolutely love it! Tiny Arcade, MyArcade, New Wave Toys, Arcade1Up, NeoGeo, and now Numskull are all making various mini arcade machines. I'm particularly excited about Arcade1Up's forthcoming 3/4 scales cabinets, those look so dope.

It's only a matter of time before the Switch gets a true arcade cabinet that you can slide the screen into, with actual joysticks and Bluetooth connectivity - al la iPad with iCade. I'll be all over that when it releases.

Looks nice. If I had tons of money to burn i'd pick one up but doesn't seem like a huge necessity for anyone else..

too small to play lol

@adam9431 Wow. Thanks for that link. Those are pretty great. The 4-in-1 with Asteroids, Lunar lander, Tempest and Major Havoc with a spinner is enticing. The spinner is all wrong and it should include blasteroids, though. A great package those things are, though.

For that money though, I'm thinking this: https://www.recroommasters.com/Xtension-Control-Board-Emulator-Edition-Plus-p/rm-xt-sd-board-ee-plus.htm

All depends on how much the physical cabinet is part of the draw.

I want this ... but not at that price.

@adam9431 That Galaga machine is beautiful.

@NintoRich Well, the width is just one dimension. If each dimension is 1/4 scale, one could say that makes it 1/(4)(4)(4), or 1/64 scale. To be fair, I'm not in the model industry or an enthusiast, so 1/x scale may in fact refer to just a single of the three dimensions, so while one could say 1/64 scale, one may easily be wrong as well.

On a different note, that price tag... For collectors only in my book

Nevermind I've been seeing stuff like this at walmart and gamestop.