Well to be honest its been a purchase nightmare. I should of gone and bought one from someone reputable but the timing was right and the Impress was the exact cabinet I wanted.
Firstly it took like a month before I received the cabinet, then the keys were stuck inside it because the seller put the keys in the return slot (hence this thread) and I received the cab on its rear, so the keys fell inside. Then after opening the cabinet and sticking a game inside I found out that the CRT tube doesnt display red. So the games have a green/blue tint to everything.
This problem is being looked at by my neighbor who used to work as an arcade cabinet technician at Chucky cheese. But right now he is working alot so its standing in my garage getting no use at all.
If its any consolation, I did plug in Metal slug and ESP ra.de, and I had goose bumps playing it. It was like a totally different experience from playing in front of the TV! Hell, I had fun just pulling the coin mechanism to make credits clock up. My cabinet was set up to take 25c coins, the joysticks and buttons all work flawlessly. But unfortunately the CRT is the most expensive part of a cabinet, if the worst scenario happens, it will be replaced for a high premium. I'm counting on my neighbor George to fix it.
I also noticed the screen needs some adjustments, the scores on ESP ra.de are too high and display half of the numbers off the screen. I believe cabinets have adjustment controls for this somewhere inside, I will look into it more when I get my initial problem sorted out.
I would definately recommend a cabinet, just get one that works.. Most of the cabs out there are dirty but most of it comes off with a good clean.
