Some suggestions?

[Circa2113]

Well, I have some money to burn in my paypal account and I want a new JAMMA board (or maybe a couple cheap ones) to play.

I have about $75.00-$125.00 (although maybe more if you point me to a nice deal on a more expensive board) to spend. It's not a lot, I know, but I know there are plenty of quality games available in that range.

Anyways, what do you arcade veterans recommend? I really enjoy many types of games (shmups are my favorites though), so anything you mention may interest me. Thanks in advance to anyone who helps.

Also, I'm not sure if my supergun is wired for 6-button control so I wont be buying any Capcom stuff for now.




Edit: I'll list the few boards I already have.

-4-Slot
-Mr. Driller 2
-Turbo Force (have a deal setup for it, haven't bought it yet)

 

[68k]

I don't know if you can score a Donpachi board for that price, but it would be worth checking out.

 

[Lagduf]

Do you like Beat'em ups? There are quite a number of them out there in your price range.

 

[Sapphire]

-ESPrade
-Gunbird
-Gunbird2
-Dragon Blaze
-Raiden Fighter's series
-Vasara
-Vasara 2

 

[Circa2113]

I don't know if you can score a Donpachi board for that price, but it would be worth checking out.

Probably not, but thanks for the suggestion. I believe donpachi was about $150+ last time I looked for it.

Do you like Beat'em ups? There are quite a number of them out there in your price range.

I do occasionally, but they have to be very good to hold my attention. Many of them bore me after only a few minutes.

-ESPrade
-Gunbird
-Gunbird2
-Dragon Blaze
-Raiden Fighter's series
-Vasara
-Vasara 2

How much is ESPrade going for now? I always thought it was quite expensive. (for me anyways)

I'm thinking of buying Vasara, I've been given an offer on that game.




Thanks for the input so far everyone.

 

[ttooddddyy]

Batrider is good, and about $ 100, good value for money for an intense shmup

 

[pixeljunkie]

Batrider over Vasara big time!

Vasara and Vasara 2 are pretty "meh"

I think ESPrade is $150 or so.

 

[Circa2113]

Thanks for the opinions, I might go for esprade. So should I expect to pay 125-175 or so? Maybe a bit more than I want to pay, but I start drooling every time I start it up in mame.

 

[Circa2113]

Just bought ESPra.de., can't wait for it to arrive.

 

[Technos]

Just bought ESPra.de., can't wait for it to arrive.

Good choice, thread over.

-Tech