1418's Fundraising Arcade Machine (Game Suggestions)

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Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday

Finally, have you considered the cost? It's not cheap to build one of these. When you add up the control pieces from Happ, plus the cost of the computer, plus a TV or monitor, plus either the wood to construct the cabinet or the cost of an old cabinet for retrofitting, plus a whole bunch of "miscellaneous" expenses that will pop up, it gets to be a little much. I didn't add up exactly what I spent (I really didn't want to know...), but most other projects who did add it up claim about $600 minimum, more commonly $1000 and up.

We've spent $93 dollars so far, which means 372 games of PacMan before we break even. If Home Depot donates the cabinet building material, that's all we'll need to spend, if they don't we're looking at roughly 744 games of PacMan before we break even. Assuming 10 games a day are played (which is a conservative estimate for a $0.25 game) that means we'll break even before kickoff.