Rob Mitchell Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I found this item at a thrft recently. I just picked it up and hauled it home in my trailer today. It's a Pro-Play Home Arcade unit. "Upright Cabinet For The NES! Rare and hard to find these days, it makes your NES into a full upright arcade machine !" Here's a page about it: http://robotron.freeservers.com/proplay.html 1980s arcade style cabinet made for the NES. It features a space for a 20" monitor and two arcade sticks with 2 buttons each and Start and Select. It has a space for a front loading NES as well as 2 controller cables. Sold as a kit from California for $249 in the late 1980s. Solidly built with particle board. Mine needs cosmetic attention. Here's an ad for one: Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 So you pays your $250, hauls the thing home and builds it yerself, all for the privilege of playing your home video games while standing up! I think I can play standing up without the kit, and save the money and hassle... Maybe if they came out with a cockpit version for $500 I'd buy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted January 28, 2006 Author Share Posted January 28, 2006 So you pays your $250, hauls the thing home and builds it yerself, all for the privilege of playing your home video games while standing up! I think I can play standing up without the kit, and save the money and hassle... Maybe if they came out with a cockpit version for $500 I'd buy it! 1008431[/snapback] Yeah .. but it's an arcade setup look-a-like that looks cool! And I can play ROBOTRON and BATTLEZONE much more reliably now! One guy on the web mentioned that he got his at a clearance price of $59 from Toys'R'Us in 1989. That would have been much more my price range if I got it new. Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagFan422 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I think i have to agree with A.J on this one. though vey cool as a collectors item, i don't think i'd shell out that kind of money for something that i would be more comfortable playing sitting on a couch on a much larger screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Just out of curiousity if you don't mind someone asking, how much did you pay for it? When I was a kid I used to design plans on making an "arcade cabinet" out of boxes. They advertised similar pieces for the Atari 2600 (Altho really it was more like an arcade cabinet looking shelf from what i remmeber ) and I wanted one for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I too am curious how much the thrift charged. It doesn't seem like something worth spending $250 new on (I spent that much or less making a full MAME cab) but for only a few bucks at a thrift it could be a lot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 $250 is the original price listed in that sales form. I seriously doubt he paid that much for it from a thrift. I'm going to make a guess - $20 to $30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 It is worth a lot more than $20-30 in my opinion. Did they really have similar ones for the Atarie era consoles? I would love to see a reference or a pic from a magazine ad. I know early Nintendo Powers had ads for the Pro-Play. -RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Driver Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 The Toys 'R' Us near my house carried these back in the day. My friends and I thought it was cool, but we decided that if we had $250 to blow on video games, we'd blow it on the games and systems, not an empty cabinet. One of those "if only we were rich" kind of things. Neat find. If I found one now for $50 or less, I'd probably pick it up, and I'd happily put it next to my "real" arcade games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Its cool in sort of a store demo kiosk way, and its a rare find... sort of DIY playchoice 10 and yes the official christianscott27 gameroom features one of these beauties, that way i can limit my friend's contra sessions to 3 minutes and make laundry money at the same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 (edited) $250 is the original price listed in that sales form. I seriously doubt he paid that much for it from a thrift. I'm going to make a guess - $20 to $30.1008540[/snapback] Total was $30 plus tax. Not bad for a cool piece of junk! I'll have something to show to Dennis Debro and others when they come over! I think i have to agree with A.J on this one. though vey cool as a collectors item, i don't think i'd shell out that kind of money for something that i would be more comfortable playing sitting on a couch on a much larger screen. 1008476[/snapback] Now if in the late 1980s I had a big 19" TV .. and I had gotten this for $59, it would have been my main TV and games unit! Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Edited January 29, 2006 by Rob Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeykong1 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I would love to have one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Reminds me of that $500 "plug-n-play-with-TV-and-cabinet-included" thing from Target. Not something I'd want, but as a former arcade addict, it has a certain sort of appeal for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Heh, I remember that add. I'd definitely pick one up if I saw it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I woulda JUMPED on that for $30. Nice find! Cool collectors piece. I wonder what the ebay value range would be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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