I posted this at Shmups. Figured you bitches would wanna see it. ------------------ I took a really shitty picture at Hey! in Akihabara the other day. It was Sunday, so the staff was in full patrol, hence the crap quality (size, and my thumb in the way). You can still make it out though. The sign on the top (which you can't see) says Egret Xiv. It's an Egret II cab, with some pretty wicked speakers that are called "flaps". They've even got little black-light looking cathode tubes on them that shimmer w/ the music. They had it jammed loud... almost blew out my ear drums. I played a round of ESPGaluda on it (got to the last boss and choked) and just loved it. Very cool shit... too bad they take up so much space.
That's a nice looking cabinet. I had the opportunity to play on one at my friends house a few weeks ago. I personally perfer the Astro City design more but that might be because I own one of those. I've actually had my neighbors complain a few times while playing ESP Galuda with my Astro City speakers up all the way. Those little speakers can sure blow your ears out. What other cabinets do they have at Hey! ?
Hey! is in Akihabara, and it was a Sunday afternoon, so yeah... there's a little cosplay going on. Sparky: I prefer the Astro City myself. The default panel on the Egret 29 has the buttons too close to the stick. Me no likey.
Ah, those beautiful Japanese sitdown cabinets.... too bad they're totally impossible to come by here, unless you have like 800e lying around for a used machine :-(
For some reason I've seen several Astro City's on sale in California, one time for the very nice price of $425.
Someone at shmups had two for sale. One vertical, one horizontal. $425 each I think. Borman, apparently there's a guy there (or can be reached from other posters) that sells Japanese cabs from Socal.
