KeeperofLindblum

Well you won't have to restrain any longer... I ended up selling on eBay. After listing in a few places and with absolutely no luck, I went to eBay instead. Sold a day after I listed.

Bump for a small price drop!

All right.... I have spun the random wheel thing at a website. Our winner is.... @mmbe!!! I'll be messaging shortly to get an address.

Today's the final day! You have until midnight central time (About 11 hours from now) to enter! I'll pull a winner using a randomizer website and post the results tomorrow. The winner gets 2 days from there to respond, or I'll pull a new winner.

It is not in the Giveaway box for sure. I'm not... that well to due. Unfortunately not looking for trades at this time. Really only looking to sell it.

Throwing up a random image to preview what's in it. Not much focus on this box, but I'll make sure it's jam packed full!

Unfortunately I was still holding onto the hope of actually using it.

Think I finally have enough material to do another Giveaway box... I'll try and get it organized and post a preview picture later tonight! Feel free to start posting for your chance to win! It's been long enough that I won't limit who can win this one like I've done previously. The final day to enter will be 1/28. I'll draw a winner on 1/29.

Ended up selling on eBay. Thanks to any who took interest!

In their defense (and to clarify), the $400 was covering the build and the materials to make it. I think they were uncertain as they normally do cabinets, so they were uncertain about this in general.

This project ended up taking a drastic turn. The cost to have this cabinet person craft the cabinet for me ended up being like $300-400, and I felt like that was a lot for a single plywood board cabinet setup. I ended up choosing the SNK MVSX (link!) as it matched a good price, good look, and a large variety. It came down to either spending like $800+ on a multicade setup, spending $250-300 for a 5-10 game 1UpArcade, or the around $600ish for the MVSX, riser, and a chair that came with it. I decided the MVSX had both a large variety as well as a really nice quality build to even out what I was getting compared to cost. The 1UpArcades are okay for the price, but the overall build quality seems kind of cheap. And nothing against the RaspPi, but I wanted a better setup than the generic RetroPi build (which is perfectly fine). I am happy with the SNK MVSX. I wish it had a bigger variety sometimes, but it's a nice cabinet overall. I'd still consider a 1UpArcade if they were cheap, but overall I'm happy with what I have for the moment. Granted, I also have a MiSTer now, and that easily fills in the gap of anything missed by the MVSX. In the future, I would consider building a cabinet to house the MiSTer in the future, but it's currently attached to my living room TV so no rush there.

PM Sent!

The Winner is... @DavidC!!! A WINNER IS YOU! Message will go out shortly, and they'll get 48 hours to respond. (More like 56 hours cause I'm doing this randomly around midnight and feel 8am is a better start time.)

Okay the polls are closed. I'll be rolling up the winner soon and will PM them. Winner must respond within 48 hours, or I'll reroll.

I will let the entire day run out before I do the drawing. You need to post by midnight tonight (central time) to enter. Only 12-1/2 hours left! I'll draw tomorrow.

Hello! Sorry I just realized posting on Sunday and saying next Sunday with no other identifiers was confusing. I am doing the drawing on NEXT Sunday (January 1st). There's still plenty of time! SORRY ABOUT THAT!

PS1 Giveaway box... GOOOOOOO 7 days from this post and I'll draw a winner!

Not a massive find, but I got two PS1 games, Tomb Raider 2 (Black) and Crash Bandicoot 2 (Greatest Hits), for like $10 apiece at a Half-Priced Books. It's a bit cheaper than getting either on eBay cause of no shipping cost. (No pictures of either at this time). Both in pretty solid condition with only some scratches and minor cracks on cases.

Bump for Wii!

I'm unable to message @boog, so I hope they see this post on the forum. If I don't hear from them in 72 hours, I'm gonna do a re-draw.

And our winner is.... @boog!!! A WINNER IS YOU! I'll be messaging you shortly for your address. You have 72 hours to respond to the message or to the thread. Otherwise, we'll have a re-draw.

Just a reminder! Only 1 day left to enter. I'll do a roulette on a random site and screenshot the winner at that time... WHO WILL WIN?

I did manage to find this on eBay, but it's going for $40 with free shipping. The stupid part is I looked around my cables and realized... I already had a cheap S-Video cable for my PS1. (I'm an idiot.) I will still probably consider upgrading at some point and passing my cheaper cable along for free though. If anybody else has experience or input, I would definitely be interested in hearing it!

So I'm currently debating on S-Video cable choice for the PlayStation 1. Seems like I have four options here... Cheap generic PS1 S-Video cable - One of those cheap Tomee/Hyperkin. Seems like it works but can do better - Cost around $6 Generic PS1 S-Video only cable - Kind of like the previous one, but supposedly having ONLY S-Video (and no composite) on the cable makes it a bit better? - Cost around $10 Generic All-in-One cable - You know this style! That one that has a connector for all the consoles and outputs (usually) composite and S-video. Unsure of quality comparative to the rest. - Cost around $15 Official Sony S-Video cable - I'm considering this as it's the highest quality... but also the most expensive. - Cost around $30 (with shipping) Just hoping to avoid buying several cables and/or a pointless cable if I can. I know I should probably just get a set of HDRetrovision ones, but that requires the Sega Genesis cable plus adapter. The Sega Genesis cables are sold out. Anybody here have experience with these and offer their opinion?

For those curious, I've added a picture to the first post showing a top view of what's inside. Don't want to ruin the full surprise. Also... quite a few more PS3 games in there than I initially realized. If you don't a PS3, you'll miss out on several pieces. lol