Pepsi/Mountain Dew Old School New School Classic Arcade Giveaway

[Fort Apocalypse]

Information on it at: http://pepsi.yahoo.com/oldschoolornew/prizeosgaming.php

 

Here's another thread on this with codes (although I got all my codes from Mountain Dew bottles): http://asdfhj.com/free-mountain-dew-codes-...-new-school/113

Edited July 12, 2008 by Fort Apocalypse

[Fort Apocalypse]

Here is the description and list of games from that page:

 

Description and Details

(Limit 1 winner per household.)

 

Product Features

 

Classic Arcade: Includes 178 games. The Arcade system comes with an internal powerful computer running Windows XP home which includes a 80GB hard drive, & it's compatible with existing PC software & hardware. Equipped with a 22" WideScreen LCD flat panel high-resolution monitor, premium 2.1 audio sound system with subwoofer, mouse & keyboard & an Ethernet adapter for access to the Internet & e-mail.

 

Two Player Control Panel: The control panel features controls for two-player, side-by-side games, a full-size 3" arcade trackball plus pinball flipper buttons.

 

Commercial-Grade Arcade Components: Equipped with Happ Controls™ buttons & joysticks for the ultimate in quality & reliability. Our cabinets are designed tough for extreme play!

 

Large Internal Hard Drive: The custom-installed 80GB hard drive provides enough storage space for lots of games, music, photos or anything else you want to store!

 

Upgradeable: Your game machine will never be obsolete like other systems. You will always be able to add the newest games and accessories.

 

Easy to Use: You will be able to play games right away without having to learn any complicated programs. Plugs into any standard outlet. 1-Year warranty.

 

Instruction manual included.

 

Games list:

 

Activision

Game Rating: E - Everyone

 

Atlantis 2

Barnstorming

Beamrider

Chopper Command

Comando

Cosmic Ark

Cosmic Commuter

Crackpots

Demon Attack

Dolphin

Dragonfire

Enduro

Fathom

Fire Fighter

Fishing Derby

Freeway

Frostbite

Grand Prix

Hero

Kaboom!

Keystone Kapers

Laser Blast

Laser Gates

Megamania

Moonsweeper

No Escape!

Oink!

Oystron

Pitfall!

Pitfall! 2: The Lost Caverns

Plaque Attack

Pressure Cooker

Private Eye

Riddle of the Sphinx

River Raid

River Raid 2

Robot Tank

Seaquest

Shootin' Gallery

Skiing

Skyjinks

Space Shuttle: A journey Into Space

Spider Fighter

StAMP ENERGYede

Star Voyager

Starmaster

Subterranea

Count: 47

 

Atari

Game Rating: E - Everyone

 

3D Tic-Tac-Toe

A Game of Concentration

Adventure

Air ∗ Sea Battle

Asteroids

Asteroids Deluxe

Basic Programming

Battlezone

Black Widow

Bootball

Bowling

Breakout

Canyon Bomber

Centipede

Centipede

Circus Atari

Codebreaker

Combat

Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles

Demon to Diamonds

Dodge 'Em

Double Dunk

Flag Capture

Fun with Numbers

Golf

Gravitar

Gravitar

Haunted House

Himan Cannonball

Home Run

Liberator

Lunar Lander

Major Havoc

Math Gran Prix

Maze Craze

Millipede

Miniature Golf

Night Driver

Outlaw

Pong

Quadrun

Radar Lock

Realsports Baseball

Realsports Football

Realsports Tennis

Realsports Volleyball

Red Baron

Sky Diver

Slot Racers

Space Duel

Space War

Star Raiders

Star Ship

Stellar Track

Street Racer

Submarine Commander

Baron

Super Baseball

Super Breakout

Super Breakout

Super Football

Surround

Swordquest: Earthworld

Swordquest: Fireworld

Swordquest: Waterworld

Tempest

Video Checkers

Video Chess

Video Olympics

Warlords

Warlors

Yar's Revenge

Count: 73

 

Midway

Game Rating: T - Teen

 

720°

Blaster

Bubbles

Defender

Defender 2

Gauntlet

Joust

Joust 2

Marble Madness

Paperboy

RAMP ENERGYage

RAMP ENERGYart

RoadBlaster

Robotron 2084

Root Beer Tappers

SPLAT!

Spy Hunter

Super Sprint

Toobin'

Vindicators

Count: 20

 

Namco

Game Rating: E 10+ - Everyone 10+

 

Bosconian

Dig Dug

Dragon Spirit

Galaga

Galaxian

Mappy

Pacman

Pole Position

Pole Position 2

Rally X

Rolling Thunder

Sky Kid

Xevious

Count: 13

 

Taito

Game Rating: T - Teen

 

Battle Shark

Bubble Bobble

Colony 7

Continental Circus

Electric Yo Yo

Elevator Action

Exzisus

Gladiator

Great Swordsman

Jungle Hunt

New Zealand Story

Ninja Kids

Phoenix

Plotting (Flipull)

Rainbow Islands

Rastan

Return of the Invaders

Space Gun

Space Invaders

Space Invaders 2

Super Qix

Thunder Fox

Tube It

Volfied

Zoo Keeper

Count: 25

 

Total number of games: 178

Edited July 12, 2008 by Fort Apocalypse

[SRGilbert]

Not a bad little setup, but I'd have to cover up that hideous Mountain Dew artwork if I won it!

 

Weird choice for a monitor though considering it's full of classic games. Sure it's a 22" WIDESCREEN, but for standard 4x3 monitor games (which are all of the included ones from a quick glance) it's not that great.

 

By my calcuations it's the equivalent of an 18" monitor in horizontal format, or worse for vertical games it's like playing on a 13" vertical monitor!

 

Control setup doesn't look too bad though.

[Fort Apocalypse]

Another link:

http://forums.slickdeals.net/archive/index.php/t-732598.html

 

Looks like at least one person on that page won one.

[Fort Apocalypse]

And another:

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/contests-a...epstakes/834071

[PressureCooker2600]

I practically live off of Mountain Dew. Been drinking it non-stop ever since I can remember. Can't go a day without at least two cans.

 

So.....to me, that setup and artwork on the sides kick ass!!!!

[Fort Apocalypse]

According to one person claiming to be a winner, it was made by the same folks that made this (and looks to be very close, except for artwork and game list is a little different):

http://www.gamecabinetsinc.com/arcadehits.shtml

Edited July 19, 2008 by Fort Apocalypse

[TwinChargers]

According to one person claiming to be a winner, it was made by the same folks that made this (and looks to be very close, except for artwork and game list is a little different):

http://www.gamecabinetsinc.com/arcadehits.shtml

 

Any clue what the actual retail price is?

[Fort Apocalypse]

According to one person claiming to be a winner, it was made by the same folks that made this (and looks to be very close, except for artwork and game list is a little different):

http://www.gamecabinetsinc.com/arcadehits.shtml

 

Any clue what the actual retail price is?

 

According to the official rules it's Approximate Retail Value is $2999.99.

 

These big arcade cabinets always seem to have a very high price tag.

 

Here is my theory to the big price tag (these are huge guesses):

* it contains rights for 58 coin-ops' ROMs $580? (guessing $10/piece average?)

* it contains rights for 120 Atari 2600 games $150? (guessing just over $1 pp?)

* the arcade controls from HAPP $150? (I could look this up, so this is just laziness to guess that)

* MDF, screws, clear plastic, graphics, paint, etc. for cabinet itself $300? (*way* guessing there)

* 22" Wide LCD High Resolution Monitor $200? (guess- I'm too lazy to look this up)

* Computer with AMD 3200+ processor, 256mb RAM, 80gig hard drive, DVD-Rom $350 (total guess)

* Speaker system with subwoofer $30 (may be low-balling it- total guess)

* $150 labor (guess!)

 

for a grand total guess of costs of $1910, meaning Game Cabinets Inc. would (by total guesstimation) make just over $1000 a pop.

 

I'm sure that I'm way off though.

[donger]

Not a bad little setup, but I'd have to cover up that hideous Mountain Dew artwork if I won it!

 

Weird choice for a monitor though considering it's full of classic games. Sure it's a 22" WIDESCREEN, but for standard 4x3 monitor games (which are all of the included ones from a quick glance) it's not that great.

 

By my calcuations it's the equivalent of an 18" monitor in horizontal format, or worse for vertical games it's like playing on a 13" vertical monitor!

 

Control setup doesn't look too bad though.

Its an open ended system,designed for all gaming.

[donger]

According to one person claiming to be a winner, it was made by the same folks that made this (and looks to be very close, except for artwork and game list is a little different):

http://www.gamecabinetsinc.com/arcadehits.shtml

 

Any clue what the actual retail price is?

 

According to the official rules it's Approximate Retail Value is $2999.99.

 

These big arcade cabinets always seem to have a very high price tag.

 

Here is my theory to the big price tag (these are huge guesses):

* it contains rights for 58 coin-ops' ROMs $580? (guessing $10/piece average?)

* it contains rights for 120 Atari 2600 games $150? (guessing just over $1 pp?)

* the arcade controls from HAPP $150? (I could look this up, so this is just laziness to guess that)

* MDF, screws, clear plastic, graphics, paint, etc. for cabinet itself $300? (*way* guessing there)

* 22" Wide LCD High Resolution Monitor $200? (guess- I'm too lazy to look this up)

* Computer with AMD 3200+ processor, 256mb RAM, 80gig hard drive, DVD-Rom $350 (total guess)

* Speaker system with subwoofer $30 (may be low-balling it- total guess)

* $150 labor (guess!)

 

for a grand total guess of costs of $1910, meaning Game Cabinets Inc. would (by total guesstimation) make just over $1000 a pop.

 

I'm sure that I'm way off though.

Your right,a very wild guess.

[donger]

Not a bad little setup, but I'd have to cover up that hideous Mountain Dew artwork if I won it!

 

Weird choice for a monitor though considering it's full of classic games. Sure it's a 22" WIDESCREEN, but for standard 4x3 monitor games (which are all of the included ones from a quick glance) it's not that great.

 

By my calcuations it's the equivalent of an 18" monitor in horizontal format, or worse for vertical games it's like playing on a 13" vertical monitor!

 

Control setup doesn't look too bad though.

Your calculations are wrong.

[SRGilbert]

Not a bad little setup, but I'd have to cover up that hideous Mountain Dew artwork if I won it!

 

Weird choice for a monitor though considering it's full of classic games. Sure it's a 22" WIDESCREEN, but for standard 4x3 monitor games (which are all of the included ones from a quick glance) it's not that great.

 

By my calcuations it's the equivalent of an 18" monitor in horizontal format, or worse for vertical games it's like playing on a 13" vertical monitor!

 

Control setup doesn't look too bad though.

Your calculations are wrong.

How's that?

 

22" 16x9 monitor is 19.2 in(w) x 10.8 in(h)

18" 4x3 horizontal monitor is 14.4 in(w) x 10.8 in(h)

13" 4x3 vertical monitor is 7.8 in(w) x 10.4 in(h)

 

As I stated, it looks like all of the INCLUDED games (and about 99% of all video games since the dawn of Pong) were designed for a 4x3 monitor. It's weird that a system that bills itself as an "Old School Arcade" machine would use such a monitor. It's not like you can hook an X-box 360 up to it and play widescreen games. Even if I did install newer pc games that used the full widescreen, it's hard to imaging that anyone would play it with that control setup, much less standing the entire time.

 

Really, that screen (and the cabinet graphics) are my only beef with the system, otherwise it's a great prize.

[Fort Apocalypse]

Your right,a very wild guess.

 

How about you give your guess then? Sounds like you might know a little about said business transaction...

 

So my original total guess was ~$1900, I know that has got to be way above the actual cost, but that was what my guess for parts added up to (and I was obviously way off!). How about instead, $600 for parts, not including the graphic design cost, and not including licensing fees (maybe $200 per machine?). Which would make it (not including graphic design, and not including labor) be about $800 a piece, and assuming they gave a significant discount to Pepsi to make sure they didn't use another vendor, I'm guessing maybe the price each to Pepsi was close to $2000 (+/-$200). I just love wild guesses!

[SRGilbert]

If I didn't know better (and I don't) I'd guess that guy was involved in the promo or the creation of that machine and only registered here to defend it. Of course, that makes little sense given that the promo is now over.

[Fort Apocalypse]

If I didn't know better (and I don't) I'd guess that guy was involved in the promo or the creation of that machine and only registered here to defend it. Of course, that makes little sense given that the promo is now over.

 

Yep, could be. I think it was the main guy from Game Cabinets, Inc., perhaps the President, David Flagg? D-avid... D-onger... hmm. Nah, couldn't be.

[madhatter667]

I like Mountain Dew as well... so I would be one of those guys to keep the artwork and marquee on there.

They don't have a Live-Wire color scheme? Daaawwww!

[Fort Apocalypse]

I like Mountain Dew as well... so I would be one of those guys to keep the artwork and marquee on there.

They don't have a Live-Wire color scheme? Daaawwww!

 

Maybe I should start a mame cabinet company that customizes in caffeinated beverage branded cabinets. Talk about a niche!!

[madhatter667]

Hey, I plunked an older generation PSX into a clear plastic orange casing....

Just haven't been able to find any Mountain Dew stickers to fit the color scheme yet.

[GYRO_AL]

Hello! My name is Tristen Williams. I remember this contest from when I was little, my mother won this cabinet actually, we had it for the longest time and I remember playing so many games on it, my favorites being the ninja kids and thunder fox, sadly she sold it, but I'll always have fond memories of it!