I'll take some pictures and put them up later. One machine has a clean chassis but no monitor, and its down in the garage. They were ordered in February, and they arrived today. Having a source of parts available is also going to be pretty convenient - saves me trying to find mounting frames, the right types of screws, harnesses, light fittings, speakers etc. Given how cheap they were (relatively speaking ) I ended up picking up two machines because the freight was similar between one or two cabinets. ![]() Then around February they got in a bunch of dead machines - 25% of the price of a new machine, and in various states of disrepair. I also already had the monitor which tends to be about half the value of the arcade machine in the first place. The main source for these in Australia is Highway Entertainment -Īt least, they are the main source who is interested in dealing with the public and has a website A working Blast City in reasonable condition usually goes for around $1,200, which was too much for a machine I was going to repurpose and not keep in original condition. I kept an eye on the internet for a good Blast City cabinet. Instead I decided to go with the original and look for a Blast City. It was also non trivial to mount the monitor in a way that was safe given my limited woodworking skills. If I scaled up the NEO-GEO shape then it looked pretty awkward - it would have looked like it had arcade machine gigantism. There were some Western 29 inch cabs but they tended to be huge. The difficulty is most of the classic western machines of that shape were 25 inch, whereas the Nanao is 29. I started to think about what cabinet I wanted, and originally settled on a copy of a NEO-GEO MVS: This makes it really appealing for MAME projects because being able to send 640x480 to the screen makes life a lot easier.Īfter acquiring the monitor I started work on the MAME setup and configuration - I'll detail that in another post. The monitor is a 29 inch Nanao MS-2931 CRT, which is pretty rare amongst arcade monitors in that it can accept both traditional 15khz arcade resolutions (320x240 and 20 or so other resolutions thereabout), as well as 'high def' 31khz resolutions (640x480) without you having to switch jumpers around on the screen. I came to the Blast City after acquiring a restored Blast City monitor from the forums - these are a pretty rare find so I snapped it up and put it on my desk. There are a few mistakes at both sites though, most notably that the cabinet is actually constructed from fibreglass rather than metal or plastic. You can find a bunch of info on the Blast City all over the place, but notably here. ![]() Given I live up a flight of stairs in an apartment these are both desirable qualities. It is also much lighter than an MDF based Western stand up cab. The Blast City is a Japanese style sit down arcade cabinet that was manufactured to live in Japanese Game Centers like this -īeing a Japanese style cabinet it is quite compact despite having a large 29 inch screen. First, some background on how I got here. More have come out since this list was originally made, and some classics were left off - we've fixed that.As promised, here is my Blast City restoration thread. There are some arcade racers that take themselves more seriously too, so it's a genre that caters to most members of the racing fanbase. ![]() They make for a great party game as players try to outmatch their competition and come out victorious in races that can range from goofy to downright bizarre. Updated by Ritwik Mitra: Arcade racing games are one of the most fun and enjoyable titles to play with friends. So, keeping this in mind, here are some of the best arcade racing games ever made. While the past games set the foundations for the future of this genre, modern games have also done their part in making this genre even more accessible and fun to play. Both these types of arcade racing games deserve their time in the spotlight. Along with that, there are also modern takes on the genre that perfectly capture the spirit of these classic titles and make them feel fresher and more engaging. When it comes to the arcade racing game, there are a lot of old-school games that still have that nostalgic feel to them.
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