haha alright man thanks, and i have a good buddy of mine who is an electric engineer, he is very good at that stuff. He got my fathers Lord of the Rings pinball machine, and his Midway Sea Raider game working. Anyways, my price range is anywhere up to 800 dollars. I found a on Tekken 2, with an asteroids cabinet, for 300. The asteroids is not working right, but I figured I could sell it to someone who wants a project to work on. Also found a Street Fighter Alpha 3 for 400.

Double majoring in Finance and Entrepreneurship

Thanks for all the help man, I really appreciate it. Doing this so I can earn a little extra cash in my last years of college, and hopefully get my own KI cabinet one day

iankellogg, I am located in Indiana, about 2 hours north of Indianapolis

Hello guys, I am new to the forums, and found John on youtube when I was researching arcade cabinets. I have always been a huge fan of arcades, not only the games and environment, but the promotional items and cabinet art. Growing up in the mid 1990's, arcades were very big to me. I have respect for classic arcade games, but am truly a fan or beat em ups, and my personal favorite, fighting games. I love games like Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Street Fighter II, and my personal favorite, Killer Instinct. Enough about the background information though. I am looking to purchase an arcade machine. I want an actual cabinet, does not have to be original, could be a conversion, but I want a classic cabinet, not a MAME. I know an owner of a local business where I am from, and already pitched the idea of investing in an arcade cabinet with him. The is that if I purchase a game, and take care of repairs and maintenance, he will house the cabinet at his shop. His shop is very popular in my town, and in the summer there is always at least 7-10 guys in the shop just hanging out. They are anywhere from the age of 9-20's. I was thinking either a beat em up, like Alien Vs Predator, or The Avengers would be good for that crowd, those games are hard, and would keep the quarters flowing. I also thought about purchasing a Marvel Superheroes, Street Fighter II, Or Marvel Vs Capcom Cabinet. I have heard that games that use the CPS2 format are the easiest to repair, and AVP, Street Fighter II and Marvel are all CPS2. I Have looked on Ebay for them, and they are priced anywhere from $450-$1500. I am new to this and was wondering if there are any other places to look, other than ebay, what to look for, price range on these games, and repair costs. Also i would be more than open to hear from all of your experiences with arcades on what games pull in attention and get played a lot. Any response can help!

Thanks

Ben