Nintendo's Killer Instinct Arcade PCB - ULTRA CHEAP!?

In today's arcade VLOG I talk about acquiring an arcade PCB I honestly thought was out of reach, Nintendo's Killer Instinct. This board has become insanely expensive in recent years and now often tops out at $1,000. Would it be worth it to take a chance on a presumably working Killer Instinct board without a hard drive? Was it too good to be true?
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[@T1BillionX]

More videos like this would be awesome. Touching, heartfelt and genuine.

[@ScarletSprites]

I admittedly liked this video a lot when I was going back through and editing. You don’t really get to see yourself too often and I liked how genuine it felt. I didn’t know how much people would care to hear personal stories but I liked how authentic it was. Felt it was worth sharing.

[@Bo_Knows_Tecmo]

I had always heard this board was a nightmare so never even though it was possible to fix the hard drive. Very interesting that it is so easy to fix.

[@ScarletSprites]

I’ve read that a lot of the legs on the surface are fragile. That custom chip gets HOT too, even with the heat sink. No wonder so many of these burned up. I’m definitely looking into getting a fan and mounting it over that area either on the board or in the cabinet.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Sounds like you got really lucky! This was my holy grail. It blew my mind in 1994. I also got very lucky a subscriber of my channel that didn't live very far away offered the machine to me at a really reasonable price. When I was picking it up, he gave me what he said was a broken KI PCB. He'd had it for years after replacing it back when they were still cheap. I was curious what could be wrong with it but it didn't come with an HDD. So I ordered a CF drive, plugged it in and to my surprise, the PCB appears to work fine! I hate to be a greedy hoarder but I genuinely love this game and have no plans to sell the cabinet. I'll be keeping the PCB as a spare in case anything happens to mine. Don't feel bad about buying it. I kind of did at first but the seller told me he wanted this game to go to someone who loved the game and would enjoy it instead of flipping it.

[@ScarletSprites]

Nice! Sounds like you got super lucky as well. I’d definitely hold onto a spare as well if I had one. If you sell it you’re a flipper and if you keep it you’re a hoarder. What a conundrum, lol. It’s annoying thinking how expensive a replacement is if anything ever goes wrong. I’d keep it as insurance if I were you too. I’m thinking about how to attach a fan but may wait and just position one on it once it’s in a cabinet.

[@MagisterHamid]

I remember first seeing KI in the arcades back in 1994/1995. The graphics were mind blowing. This was so ahead of anything that the next gen consoles at that time could process. Definitely one of the most graphically advanced games from that time!

[@ScarletSprites]

Right!? The hype it created for the “Ultra 64” was wild at the time. Blew my mind that it then instead came out on SNES. It was really impressive what the SNES was capable of later in its life. They really got a lot out of that console (regardless of special chips).

[@MagisterHamid]

@@ScarletSprites yeah that was a very impressive port. By 1995/1996 producers had really learned to cram out the SNES hardware and some really impressive games were released. Apart from KI you also had Street Fightet Alpha 2 and Gundam Endless Duel.

[@WarriorTier]

Great video, this style def works!!

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks man, much appreciate the positive feedback.

[@garogercade7850]

Great video, Scarlet! I really enjoyed hearing about your history with this game! And congrats on getting a great deal on the PCB.

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks for checking out some more of my nonsense. It’s always nice when I can tie a story in.

[@georgeportugal2169]

That’s amazing! So glad that this worked out. Definitely one of the games I would like to find at some point!

[@ScarletSprites]

Never thought it was going to happen at this point man. I’m still waiting to find something that doesn’t work or is broken. Kind of stunned.

[@joejanie7118]

I love this game so much I wish I could afford and find a cabinet but I ended up buying the arcade 1up had to upgrade the speakers and controllers but I'm happy with it. Congrats on your find

[@ScarletSprites]

Nice! Did you put iL sticks and buttons on it?

[@Andy.S.]

I remember there were rumours circulating around the time of this being in the arcades that the cabinets had Nintendo 64’s (or ‘Ultra 64’s’) inside them running this game lol. Nice pickup though, and the matching cab will be a great addition to your collection….never too late to get good on this and invite Kevin over to give him a beating!

[@ScarletSprites]

Can you imagine that? The lengths I’ve gone to simply to get revenge on Kevin and have the last word. My word, it’s like a Seinfeld episode.

[@sketchy0078]

Man I just went looking though your channel and came across this. Excellent content and definitely make more videos like this.

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks man!

[@shain6946]

Love these off the cuff vlogs👍🏼

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks, I’m always concerned I’m boring the hell out of people. Sometimes it’s nice to share personal stories though with people who have watched before. Maybe not a great first video for someone to stumble across but that’s ok.

[@larrs8887]

Keep the videos coming, vlog is working great! Nice scoop on the board, good luck with the hunt for a cab if you decide to go for it.

[@ScarletSprites]

Oh I’m going for it, lol. Artwork has been ordered already. Probably a next year project though considering the current state of things and there being almost no time to get anything done right now.

[@ferrarikangaroo9271]

Loved this content, mate. I'd definitely welcome some more videos in this form. It was cool to sip my coffee after work and hear about a fellow gamer's loot haul, memories of older games and new projects. The era of arcades and when Virtua Fighter and Killer Instinct were new was such a wild time; it's cool to hear an alternate perspective of it. Moar! Edit: Congrats on the Killer Instinct board score!

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks man! I too love hearing stories from other regions. It’s really neat hearing what was going on in other places during times and how things differed. I think one of my top moments was when I said Street Slam wasn’t a popular game and I had people from South America and UK saying “what!? People were lined up playing that!”

[@ferrarikangaroo9271]

@@ScarletSprites 100%. Your comments on MK1 brought back my memories of when I first played it and then subsequently, as a teen, made the trek into the city on a train to the launch of MK2 at our largest arcade with my mates. Amazing times :) Bring on the next Scarlet Sprites video!

[@fazares]

i played this one at the arcade in 1995...was mind blowing gfx wise...the following year i played the snes port, and albeit way pared back, was a fantastic 16 bit experience eheh..i also played the surprising gb port..btw i still own all of these and the xbox one port ^^

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Cool pickup, I guess he really was just overwhelmed by what repairing it entailed.

[@ScarletSprites]

Apparently so 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Pewpewpew182]

I have a very close friend who helps me with my cabs and boards, so I’m lucky… but I should probably read more into the hobby in case anything breaks. Great video as always. Looking forward to your upcoming KI cab :)

[@ScarletSprites]

That’s cool to have a friend that’s into arcades. I wish I had that locally as it would be nice to be able to get help or ideas from someone else. I think not having that person is what has pretty much forced me to get my hands dirty though so there’s pros and cons to it. Definitely read all that you can. Scanning forums and reading threads is a fantastic way to pickup information.

[@PonderingGhost]

Killer Instinct was THE ONE arcade game that absolutely blew me away when it came out with all of its visual and audio splendor. I stood in front of it, money all gone, and stood there in awe. The game left such an impact, you can hear it even if you didn't see it at the arcade. You always knew it was there. I still get the feels when I see it.

[@ScarletSprites]

It’s pretty wild really. The announcer really drove the hype in this, not unlike other Midway titles. The speed is just spot on too; not ridiculously fast and not something too slow that would have felt dated at the time.

[@PonderingGhost]

@@ScarletSprites Everything was presented like a movie. The music is what really sealed the deal for me. I still have my Killer Kuts CD that I will never part with.

[@ScarletSprites]

@@PonderingGhost I forgot about that CD!

[@miaouew]

hell yeah

[@iononsoleggere9065]

Vlog works great!

[@ScarletSprites]

It’ll probably be a thing here and there for sure. The trick is having relatable (or at least semi-interesting) stories to tie to the topic. Definitely more fun to recap personal accounts and then hear from others on the same topic.

[@stevesimmons6500]

please Keep doing vids with the cabs background , gives us all a warm feeling this is a great video , love the style .lol you got a lot going on at home man , so appreciate we still get updates ,more please love the inadvertent trip down your own memory lane .My reason I came across your channel was my own need to see Neo geo and arcade games on KZbin .(a pining to see games I loved and seemed to have been lost .) I know what you mean about midway games I craved cruisin usa , even though the Sega range was by far away the best out there , but again Eugene Jarvis / Nintendo / ultra 64 (at the time) made it a must play game . you don't give yourself enough credit regarding sorting out the board .the guy couldn't face trying to address the issues however to you its an easy fix but some of us would struggle with how to sort out these issues . when you know you know its easy , once shown its easy steps but without yourself demonstrating id be lost at sea lol. BTW it so screams out a KILLER INSTINCT CABINET !! knowing yourself I suspect you'll find a way to have KI and KI2 within the cabinet .I look forward to those vids . hope everything is well at home , lol these vids are your quiet time now enjoy !!great stuff

[@ScarletSprites]

That’s a really and thoughtful comment you left, thanks for taking the time to do that man. Truth be told I did feel kind of bad about this one, but also equally as excited since the board worked. Killer Instinct 2 is so expensive too these days unfortunately. It would be cool to run both but I probably would realistically only play the first one. I’ve seen guys get both games running off of the same board but I’m not even sure I’m willing to attempt that knowing how fragile everything is here. We’ll see. Glad you liked the arcade background shot. I played with different angles and lighting until I got something I liked and was a little different than the blue lighting I had been using. Thanks for noticing!

[@yjmechanic]

Absolutely worth it. Haha now hyper combo!!!!! Is ringing in my head. Awesome game. You knew they had one in any arcade you walked into

[@ScarletSprites]

Yeah the attract mode for this is pretty awesome imo.

[@CAPCOM784]

Man KI is my all time favorite fighting game ever! I still love playing the SFAs,Mortal Kombats,Xmen and Marvel games but something about KI I just couldn't stop playing when it released in the arcades? Love the graphics and especially that killer soundtrack! Only thing Nintendo goofed on was never releasing a proper KI on N64 or Gamecube back years ago. Once you get to finalize KI you'll be able to practice/ learn it a lot easier then you think. Im happy you were able to get such a classic fighting game from back in the day!❤

[@ScarletSprites]

The soundtrack really is pretty awesome. I’d forgotten how great that was. Paired with the booming announcer calls it’s auditory bliss. Good to hear from you again man!

[@jordanking6939]

A San Francisco Rush The Rock and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Arcade cabinet will have me lose it. Sure I can play the emulated versions, but the real thing is gold.

[@ScarletSprites]

There’s just something different about the real deal in a cabinet. I’m with you.

[@jaxson3887]

Nice score!!SF 2 CE was my game at the time, but once MK came on the scene holy molly I didn’t go back to to SF. Regardless those 2 are my favourite games. I Love my Midway cabs and They’re the only ones I kept after downsizing, all around solidly built cabs. Do you think we’re ever going to see a wolf unit pcb multi game switcher?

[@ScarletSprites]

I’ve wondered about that tbh. I guess it would need Wrestlemania or you’d have to add extra ram yourself to be able to play all games. I’m kind of curious what the next multi might be. The CPS3 UltraSIMMS couldn’t have been hot sellers and I think more than a few traditional Darksoft people balked at the CPS1 pricing. It’s tough. I hope he continues to make products but I half wonder if those last two didn’t suck just a little wind out of the sails.

[@andyl4630]

You shouldn't feel guilty because you paid his asking price. I had a similar situation this weekend when I bought a Street Fighter II: Champion Edition in a Tempest cabinet for $200. When I asked the seller if the PCB in the pics was included he didn't even know what that meant. I picked it up and removed the PCB and connected it to my supergun and the picture was iffy so I reseated all the chips and it now has a perfect picture. It's the cleanest board I own and it looks brand new! Now like you, I am looking for a more appropriate cabinet to put the board in. As for your video, well done as always! Can you provide a link for the hard drive replacement module you used?

[@Evercade_Effect]

Congratz on getting such a good deal. The time to buy is when you see a good deal like that. I like this new unscripted style of your videos. It will be exciting to see this cab when it's finished.

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks man, greatly appreciated. I definitely look forward to showing progress on getting this setup inside of a cabinet. That may very well be a 2023 thing though. Time and all that you know?

[@Mahoujanai]

So, being one who has fixed a lot of Killer Instincts, I'll say what the number one problem is. The CPU. As far as I know it wasn't used in anything else that's easy to get, the cpu alone costs $300-400ish if you do find them. A lot of boards died in the 90s (due to buffers dying) and people took the cpus off to put them on working boards. Which is why so many are missing the cpu. The modern problem is these cpus come loose and people try to reflow them (we're talking a small pitch, hundreds of pin quad flat pack cpu), mess it up and the board becomes junk. I have a few cpus just in case anything goes wrong, but yeah....the price....it's not because of really "Nintendo", but a lot of people had good memories of this game in the 90s and they want to pick it up. Coupled with the quite annoying problems this board has, I can see why it costs so much. Also the buffers on the board are quite odd, so they are hard to get too.

[@ScarletSprites]

Every now and then I see someone offer up a working CPU. I think on KLOV someone was selling them on the condition you send your non-working board to Ken for repair. Just trying to keep people from buying and hoarding them. Seems somewhat helpful that progress has been made on getting KI and KI2 playing on the same board.

[@petercipriano936]

Nothing to feel bad about at all. You bought a broken board and fixed it. You put in the work, you get the benefit. Awesome game. Looking forward to seeing the cab.

[@WarriorTier]

Random other question: do you have any memories of Virtual On in arcade? It’s high on my wanted list. Great content as always.

[@ScarletSprites]

I used to play it at Hersheypark. Often. Alone. Lol. No one ever wanted to play that with me but I thought it was awesome. I eventually picked it up for Dreamcast and…played it alone some more. It just wasn’t a game any of my friends were into unfortunately.

[@WarriorTier]

@@ScarletSprites same brother, only had one friend who was into it. Something special About those Sega 90s arcade games.

[@plowking813]

great find! and great job fixing it for so little! lol cabinet time

[@ScarletSprites]

Yeah, probably needs a cabinet 🤔😂

[@robkrasinski6217]

Arcade 1up has a smaller replica cabinet with 1 and 2 and Battletoads games, and a larger pro version coming soon but delayed. The pro version will almost be the size of the real thing. They did a good job getting the games to work on their hardware. Nintendo and Midway references are replaced with Microsoft and Arcade1up/Tastemakers references and Nintendo and Midway logos are missing from cabinet but you can mod the cab with Nintendo stickers from ebay and a new marquee with Nintendo and Midway on it from various graphic companies, Szabo's makes slip on plastic marquees in 1up size, and KI is offered.

[@PaulXMann]

Man... I remember picking up an original KI board about 15 years ago (I'm in Lancaster, btw), and it was somewhere around $200 with flash drive. It was a flaky board, though... I had to bend it slightly for it to play (lol). I eventually parted with it, and that was obviously a mistake! I then gravitated toward NeoGeo and the Hyper 64, in particular... that was an incredible, metal beast that I also parted with far too soon. Prices for ALL of this stuff is going wayyyy up. Who knew! Anyway, major congrats... what an awesome buy you got!

[@ScarletSprites]

Right!? People often ask how to start collecting for Neo Geo and my answer is to find a time machine to 2005. It's wild and I don't think anyone really expected this. I've been really intrigued by the Hyper 64. As an SNK fan I've wanted one but have never owned one. I've been thinking about trying to grab Fatal Fury for it.

[@PaulXMann]

@@ScarletSprites Do it! LOL... I had Fatal Fury Wild Ambition, SamSho 64, and SamSho64: Warriors Rage and I thought they were way more fun than people gave them credit for back in the day. Unlike the KI board, though, I found a new-in-box Hyper64 mobo, and it was a gem... all I had to do was replace the battery! It hooked right into the jamma harness on my 2-slot MVS cab, so it was easy to switch between NeoGeo MVS games and Hyper64 games. Sad thing is, when I parted with my full-size "big red" NeoGeo cab, I basically threw in the Hyper64 mobo and games for free (WTF was I thinking?!)... but again, this was several years ago now, and at that time, the market was a LOT different! Anyway, I hope you go for it. The Hyper64 doesn't get much love (it's never even been emulated!), so it's getting to be quite a rare thing, these days!

[@nickmadsen2572]

Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2 are great games in my opinion. They also have the best sound effects and soundtrack of any game. Epic score, man! Congrats!

[@ScarletSprites]

Midway definitely had the whole announcer and sound thing down. They knew how to present something to get people jacked. I know there is a mod to get 1 & 2 running on this board but I'm kind of afraid to attempt it. It's a really expensive mistake if anything goes wrong.

[@nickmadsen2572]

@@ScarletSprites no doubt! I wouldn’t want to risk it. I have both PCB’s in my KI2 cab. We love it!

[@DigitalConfusion]

Love the Capcom fighters. But I collect the Midway stuff. With that said I suck at Killer Instinct. There is something about the way it plays that is soo different from MK and SF.

[@user-nd5ww9sy2w]

watching your intro, you should do a video on providing power to all those cabs. I have limited outlets and probably fewer circuits to support it so Im curious to know how you provide power without setting your breaker on fire.

[@ScarletSprites]

There used to be a pool in the backyard and the previous owner installed a second breaker box in the basement. That’s the end of the perks though. There are only two outlets in the unfinished basement running from that. I used extension cords paired with Kasa power strips so I can power these on and off with my phone. It’s not a terrible idea to discuss, others have asked the same thing.

[@dwightdixon8508]

What a great story. I have some collectible gaming (not arcade) items that many tell me to fix, mod etc and it’s not necessarily that I don’t have the skills to preform but more so I simply have or haven’t found the time to do so. I’m guessing this may be the case with this individual, perhaps not

[@ScarletSprites]

Time is such a limiting factor. It was even before we had Neo and now it just seems almost impossible. You pretty much have to plan for what ONE thing you want to do in a day. I get it man.

[@jonnyesper6698]

At least you were honest and gave him the information for him to do it himself... We'll done ✔️

[@ScarletSprites]

I tried! There’s a little bit of self-interest there too because I would have paid more had be got it working and sent pics. But yeah, it’s one of those things you almost feel guilty about.

[@kiodiekin]

U can find an arcade unit here in Southern California for about 700 for ki

[@ScarletSprites]

That’s not terribly surprising honestly. You guys have pretty decent access to candy cabs too that would cost a fortune elsewhere. Like most games, the board inside is probably worth more than the entire cabinet.

[@therexershow]

Very nice score. That chip seems more like an eemc than a ssd module. Didn’t know about those things. Sometimes pcb repair is just too intimidating to even start. So people don’t even know where to begin.

[@ScarletSprites]

I have some others that are vertical and have casings on them. Definitely way better than a hard drive and arguably better than a flash cart too even if just considering size. I couldn't get them to work on Site 4, but they do work on some other Atari and Midway boards I tried them on. It's nice that they don't need another power source.

[@jeff15]

Congrats. Love KI. ❤️ can't wait for the follow up on your journey for a cab to make KI alive. Sooo happy. I prefer unscripted videos.

[@ScarletSprites]

I got the artwork for it ordered already! I’m not sure it’ll happen this year due to time constraints and the seasons, but it’s officially in the works.

[@JT-bzzzt]

Awesome, glad it worked out for the price with minimal work. My arcade experience in the 90s was pretty limited in central Jersey, so most of my experience with this game was SNES version it was a pretty fun game but I preferred SF2 on SNES and I was a huge Street Fighter Alpha series fan on Playstation.

[@ScarletSprites]

That SNES port wasn’t terrible though. Right? For a game everyone thought HAD TO be on Ultra64 it turned out pretty well.

[@JT-bzzzt]

@@ScarletSprites I agree it was still fun to play and looked decent enough. There were some awful fighting games on SNES but KI definitely was not one of them

[@gettin_lit6594]

Badass pickup.. Now the search begins for a cabinet...

[@ScarletSprites]

The search is over already 👀.

[@gettin_lit6594]

@@ScarletSprites sweet let the build begin.

[@Emceemur]

I was the same way with Mortal Kombat. It was ok but I went right back to Street Fighter. I’ll admit, I had little to no arcade experience on KI. I played it mostly on SNES. And I suck.

[@ScarletSprites]

I played it mostly on arcade and Kevin beat my ass and made me feel like I sucked.

[@JeffersonTaylor1978]

Your unscripted content is superb stuff, polished and interesting. Enjoying it just as much :) Kiddo first, we'll be fine.

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks man, I much appreciate the time taken to provide feedback!

[@adamdavis6958]

Scarlet man, maybe this dude did know who you were and wanted to just do a really kind service man you never know. You don’t think your very big deal and you’re super humble man but a lot of people really like your content. You’ve helped me out with my T2 cab a few times without batting an eye, so maybe he’s a cool dude and wanted to hook you up 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ScarletSprites]

It’s possible maybe. I don’t have any new DMs since the video went up so I’m still guessing no. I appreciate the kind remarks though. I feel bad sometimes because I have a lot of people reach out the last year or so and I can’t possibly help everyone. It’s tough. Sometimes I get edgy about it and issue the “not a help desk” disclaimer when things like MiSTerCade or a new RetroTink drops. Makes me feel bad but, eh, I’m also just one guy. Forums are so incredibly helpful and I can’t recommend people join and read them enough. Even just browsing and reading topics builds your knowledge base. There are so many crafty and intelligent people out there sharing information.

[@adamdavis6958]

@@ScarletSprites yeah I hear you. It is a little painful to see very simple questions asked on Facebook groups like they just expect you to feed them the information. Look it up man, do a little leg work and appreciate the knowledge. It’s the “tell me how to do this” people that kind of get to me too 🤷🏻‍♂️ Please keep up the great content dude and see you back at the Twitter forums brother 🔥🤩🤘🏼Oh, when you have the free time 🍼👶🏻

[@Sayajiin2]

Congrats!! That's like one of the best arcade game! It's so much better than the SNES version :)

[@ScarletSprites]

Jacked to get some play time but need to get a fan in place for the processor

[@SuperNicktendo]

Honestly I've gotten rid of stuff that could easily be fixed just because I want it out of my house. I love to work on stuff and sometimes it's not worth my time. And if I did fix it up, I would probably sitting on it longer because how many people would be buying something so expensive? Just a perspective. Glad you didn't get scammed. My dream one day is to own an MKii board. Getting more and more unlikely though. Appreciate these little story times because I honestly don't know a lot about the arcade world. Too young and too rural to spend entire days at the arcade discovering all these cool games.

[@ScarletSprites]

I feel that way about the early 80s stuff. I was around but I was just too young to soak it all in and make sense of it. Thankfully the 90s still gave that opportunity to me and by then it was best seeing some of the games come home via ports that weren’t too shabby. I love collecting arcade stuff, but even if I weren’t I still think it’s awesome we get to play all of these games via MiSTer or MAME.

[@bigwinie]

You got lucky dude. Congrats! I own a couple of boards myself. Do you have -5v in your Astro PSU to get the sound working?

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks! No on the -5 in the Astro but I do have a negatron that I can clip on that solves that for me.

[@bigwinie]

@@ScarletSprites Nice! I too use a negatron since I have KI in my Blast City.

[@Grooveraider]

Quite hilarious the amount you paid for an authentic Killer Instinct PCB was a whole lot cheaper than the Arcade 1Up version 🤪

[@ScarletSprites]

I mean, I wasn’t going to say it but…🤷🏼‍♂️

[@wolfhounddog391]

This game was stunning to see and play on the Super Nintendo Arcade version will be the cream of the crop truthfully a valuable game

[@ScarletSprites]

It was touted as an N64 game but they amazingly got it ported to SNES. Unbelievably good for it’s time. My friend ended up with the one store display of Fulgore which I think he still has. But yeah, that SNES port was pretty good and a bit of a surprise after seeing the “Ultra 64” hyped in the arcade.

[@wolfhounddog391]

@@ScarletSprites it was banned in the UK when I was a kid don't know if they banned the game anywhere else killer Instinct name was a problem as well as the violence in the game of course and especially the intro the way the game said the title of the game was also troubling yet hollywood movies of that time were fine WEIRD

[@ScarletSprites]

@@wolfhounddog391 Oh wow, I didn’t realize that. I’m guessing Mortal Kombat wasn’t allowed then either. 😂

[@wolfhounddog391]

@@ScarletSprites weirdly enough mortal combat was fine no killer in the title crazy right

[@vajpero]

Just go with the vlog style. 👍

[@ScarletSprites]

I'm sure you'll be seeing more of it! Thanks for Producing man!

[@vajpero]

@@ScarletSprites I enjoy your content a lot and get really inspired by all your projects

[@briangarvin8867]

We all have a college basement nemesis Kevin

[@ScarletSprites]

I just want to know when it is I get to be Kevin.

[@kenmys]

Hear there's a way to have both 1 and 2 on the same board.

[@ScarletSprites]

There is, I’ve seen a few videos on it. I don’t know how often I’d play KI2 and so messing with this notoriously fragile board just makes me nervous. I’ll probably just leave it as is.

[@PabstOban]

#parenting I feel ya on that, and vlog format is fine, no need to highly produce videos every time. Just keep yourself out there telling us what you are up to. Ah... Killer Instinct. Before I go down that rabbit hole, I want to share a story that was similar to yours... only for me it was Street Fighter Alpha (which is also the biggest contributor as to why its my favorite fighting game). When I was in college, we had a common lounge outside of the book shop and cafeteria and there they had couches, tables and always 2 arcades (usually a Neo Geo cabinet and something else current'y). For the longest time they had Street Fighter Alpha. The gamer types would spend their whole lunch breaks or hours in-between classes pumping quarters into this machine. It was a gaggle of us that regularly learned to play new characters and it was highly competitive. It was also early in it's release so as we were playing we learned how to play as Dan and Akuma and the Dramatic Battle which was fun, but expensive (basically it was $1.00 and win or lose, nobody got to keep playing. There was this one guy I used to play with, I think his name was Tram... and he was awesome. We'd all be mastering Ken/Ryu, and he'd get at Sodom and kick our asses... then we would want to learn Sodom, then he'd learn Adon and kick our asses with him... then he got good at Dan, and he would sometimes beat us with Dan even though we'd be picking Akuma. I never met someone who hit Akuma's "Ten" super more consistently. Anyway, we got friendly and he used to teach me all the dial a combo's and explain what made this character better at that character. I was good, but this guy coulda competed he took it so seriously and thought about ways to beat people all the time. As soon as Street Fighter Alpha was released on the Playstation 1, I probably played it 3-4 hours a day at home and developed these monster calluses on my thumbs from playing so much. Anyway... got that story out of my system... back to Killer Instinct. Killer Instinct took the best aspects of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat and merged them together... all while introducing great mechanics, the best being combo breakers. It was so fun learning how to string combos together, juggle and pull off those intense Ultra combos. It remains one of my favorite Fighting Games and it's on my short list of cabinets I want to own... so if you want this guys opinion... Yes, Dedicated cabinet... you have my blessing. One thing I must say about Killer Instinct and its probably my only criticism and no, its not the super lame finishing movies that the game didn't need... its that the game wasn't fun solo outside of practicing combos. The game was intense competitively, and it was great to stuff peoples high hitting combos with a well timed combo breaker. The game sports incredible graphics for it's time... has some of the most intense sound effects and booming narrators. The game just made you ignore EVERYTHING else in the arcade and that was absolutely by design. The port to the SNES (and I'm pretty sure thats the ONLY place it was ported)... just wasn't great. Killer Instinct 2 port to the N64 was spot on... but I didn't like it nearly as much and just didn't have that nostalgic hook in me like KI1. I'm really happy you scored this... you rolled the dice and rolled 7's my friend... well done! I think you have almost every cabinet at this point on my home dream arcade... lets see... Big Red - have it Big Blue CPS2 /w Darksoft - have it CPS3 cab /w Darksoft - have it Naomi cabinet - Have it Smash TV - have it GI-Joe - have it Killer Instinct - have it Mortal Kombat II - Not sure if you have this or not NBA Jam - you sort of have it Daytona - have it Star Wars - Don't have it Dragon's Lair - Don't have it, but I feel like you are gonna have that one some day Rampage - You sorta have this one, I think you have a different version that I would prefer, but still... you got a Rampage Tron - Don't have it Root Beer Tapper - Don't know if you have this one, but you've talked about it

[@ScarletSprites]

Man, you’re so right about playing in the arcade costing a fortune. I sometimes wonder if it was more expensive then or now tbh. There was another guy from Peru who went to school with us who did EXACTLY what you just described. Dude would just learn new characters and beat your ass with them while you had just figured out a second combo with genera-Ken. Damn, you really have the rundown of my cabs. Regarding Rampage, I have the World Tour board. I almost grabbed the original cab but Joe Szabo beat me to it a little while ago. That would have ruined my 90s vibe though anyways, lol. I can still play the original game via MiSTerCade if the mood strikes.

[@PabstOban]

@@ScarletSprites When I go to BarCade, SmashTV and Rampage are my go-to’s they always have at least one of them. Both are games that seem to play about the same no matter how many beers you’ve had.

[@davidcarmichael4006]

Ultra!

[@ScarletSprites]

I wondered if anyone picked up on that in the title or read it in the announcer’s voice.

[@googleboughtmee]

Can it be converted to KI2?

[@ScarletSprites]

I’ve seen people setup their boards to run both, but it’s a little bit of a wirey mess and I can’t say I’d likely play KI2 all that much. There was also a factory adapter issued by Midway that allowed the board to be converted directly to KI2.

[@kevinthorn9672]

I want one i got a ki2 board for cheap worked but sound i fixed that tho lol.

[@ScarletSprites]

Nice! Any time you can knock out things like that on a partially working board? Money. Good job man! I wouldn’t mind a KI2 if I could find a deal.

[@kevinthorn9672]

@@ScarletSprites yea i was on ebay i wanted a ki pcb working but ya not payn 1000$ for it. The guy told me it works just no sound.so it buzzed and buzzed with my supergun then i looked at the pcb noticed there were 3 chips missing the smd chips i ordered some replaced the sound cap,then i 1st time ever worked on a pcb soldering the chips that were missing ya its scary workn on pcbs lol and my soldering skills are not perfect lol. I finished puttn the chips in and boom ulltraa combooo.the sound was back. Im not sure how much a workn ki2 pcb is becuz everyone is after the 1st KI. But anyways if you ever do sell yours please Ill buy it from you lol please be decent on the price tho lol.

[@kevinthorn9672]

@@ScarletSprites looks like i have one now found a person that wanted 850$ for it and i jumped on it now its mone plus working.

[@ScarletSprites]

@@kevinthorn9672 Nice, that’s not terrible in todays market.

[@khamla616]

Retro Ralph will sell you his KI at a good price…. Just pay the 2K plus in shipping 😉

[@ScarletSprites]

Surprised he doesn’t want it. He’s got so much time to kill waiting on that Polymega.

[@FreaKzero]

You are a very lucky guy im envious :O But im for sure that poor PCB wil get an awesome new Housing in the Future :D

[@ScarletSprites]

I’m hoping to start work on that housing this summer. Open Ice is on deck to resume this weekend.

[@rustyshobbies8430]

jebus man, I think i paid $50 for my KI and sold it for $250 years ago.

[@ScarletSprites]

You exited too soon. I’m watching people ask for $500 for non-working ones lately. It’s wild.

[@rustyshobbies8430]

@@ScarletSprites There's never a wrong time to make a profit. Most of the games I owned, were bought for $50 or less and sold for hundreds and I can still play them and have more money. I'm just surprised they went up THAT much.

[@mikehough482]

I like the unscripted format!!

[@ScarletSprites]

Thanks Mike! It was kind of fun just rolling here and being my genuine self and talking. I think both formats have their place but it’s nice to be able to do both depending on the topic.

[@adamdavis6958]

Dude 😳 ….. DUDE 😳😳😳😳😳😵

[@briangarvin8867]

Savor parenting and all hail NEO HA!

[@ScarletSprites]

Doing my best here, lol.

[@laumpolumpio]

KI is not a 1000USD board, one thing is seeing it listed for that price, another is seeing people actually paying that much for it, with patience KI/KI2 is a game you can get for $150-230 pcb only, reasons, are: first is not that good of a game, is Nintendo branded yes, but in the arcade world that doesn't mean much, most people who happen to collect arcade stuff doesn't care for these, i.e. is not THAT sought after, a person who comes from console world may think otherwise though, second, PCB build quality is a POS, these boards break a lot, just by staring at them one may think, and I'm not talking about the hard drive but the board itself, solder job and tin quality used on those customs is poor to say the least, then you have the bakelite griddle which seem to be what? 2mm thick?, compare that to some Data East pcbs which in my opinion are among the most well constructed arcade pcbs, and these KI pcbs look like flimsy sheets of paper in comparison.

[@ScarletSprites]

It’s a $900 board even on forums sadly. If you cruise the recent sales listings from several places you’ll see that. The listings from eBay used in the video are sold listings. You can debate the best offer listings, but even broken ones are being unloaded for $500. My purchase and the ones you mention are unfortunately the exception today and not the rule. Totally agree on the build quality of the board. It’s not great and there is a fear that if you look at it wrong something on it is going to break.

[@laumpolumpio]

These boards are expensive because flippers and scammers got it wrong, the boards that are REALLY expensive are those that have the ki2 ide controller which allows you to run either Ki1 or KI2 in one board.

[@thegreatjonzini]

We all knew a Kevin 🥂

[@ScarletSprites]

Right!? When do I get to be the Kevin though. That’s what I want to know. Time is running out lol.

[@Riz2336]

I don’t think at all you took advantage of the guy. He just didn’t want it anymore and you scored an awesome deal, it’s like finding a rare game at a yard sale for cheap

[@ScarletSprites]

Yeah, it's still a head scratcher to me. Spend 30min. and get $1k for your board or sell it as is for $250. I don't know, it's just a different mindset I suppose. Maybe he has so much shit he doesn't even care and is just unloading. On that note, maybe I should ask what else he has.

[@qbrt4050]

The unscripted is what we search for ;)

[@ScarletSprites]

Well you found it. I might not have much of a choice here in the short term.

[@__Pathfinder__]

KI is a simple fighting game. Not that much better than ClayFighter or Rise of the Robots. I personally think it's not even worth to buy it for 250$. Well, you use MiSTer... But on the other hand you can always sell it for 800$ in the future. But that is all personal preference. I only collect good games. There are many bad Neo Geo games. I would never collect them, only to have them all. I would use MiSTer for the most part and only collect some iconic arcades like Street Fighter 2, Virtua Fighter, Daytona, NBA Jam (some of yours :) ) etc.

[@ScarletSprites]

Rise of the Robots might be an opinion too far for me, lol. Thanks for weighing in with your perspective though, I certainly get that everyone has different strategies for collecting and playing.

[@__Pathfinder__]

​@@ScarletSprites Yes, you are right. Maybe Rise of the Robots is a bit too far ^^ , but Ki is not a good fighting game. The graphics were stunning for it's time and are still beautiful, but that's it. The mechanics are simple. It's not that much difference with the new Ki series games for Xbox One. Some want all of them when they are getting deeper and deeper into collecting and some only the good ones they play. But for sure everyone is a different enthusiast. And special childhood memories and connections change everything. By the way, keep on like that. Love your channel!

[@AndreVandal]

Just install security cams all over your arcade and let people spy on you 24/7, no need to make another video. :) LOL!

[@ScarletSprites]

If that would be interesting to people and pay the bills I’d consider it. 😂