Hi!
Anyone interested in an Arcade machine? While not related to AmigaOS, I figured a lot of retro-interested Amigan's on AmigaWorld.net...
Well, anyways, I have this Arcade Machine brandname "Itbox Legion" at my place since many years (it is a great living room accessoire though I did not have the place to have it in the living room since quite a while, it is in the garage). Now the problem: The garage actually does not belong to my flat, but to the flat below. And now the landlord is saying the arcade machine "has to go" or it needs to be put on the garbage as "old metal" :((( Old metal :((((
This machine is some sentimental value for me and I don't want it destroyed. Anyone interested in it?
The problem: The original system worked through the internet, and without "home connection" (the original manufacturer is broke and no longer existing) it does not actually do anything asides from blinking lights and stuff when switched on. Still it looks great in the living room! And actually I think it might be possible to throw out the special software on the PC it uses (Windows based thingy), replace it with a standard Windows install, install Mame on it and have a great Mame platform (it comes with usual Arcade buttons, plus a digital joystick, and a touch screen - no idea if these have standard Windows Drivers, though I suspect so... some years ago I was writing software for the original game system running on this kind of machine).
Originally this is what I had in mind with it, but never came around working on it. I could provide images of the thing if someone is interested.
One thing - it is very HEAVY (full size arcade machine!). It probably would cause some cost to transport it to a "new home".
This is not about money (you'd need to pay the transport of course...). I just don't want the machine destroyed! (And it would be even greater, if someone would take it and work on getting MAME running on it, so it would have a purpose again ^^).
Best regards, Steffen Haeuser tirionareonwe AT gmail.com
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