DDR Machine w/ playstation inside?

[Kσn]

you could buy a beat up cabinet with no board inside for cheaper then that... Getting a board would only cost you $400, if you are patient for a listing on ebay.

[ft1]

Thanks for all the input. I'm still debating though, because its cheap(and obviously we all know why) and the seller is giving me a deal on shipping. I HAVE played on a "namco" ITG2 machine and can honestly say it wasn't that bad, but I might have just been lucky. There wasn't lag, but the sensors were horrible.

I would build my own machine, but I honestly don't have the time/skills to do it.

Would I still have lag issues even if I fully replaced all of the sensors? I definitely wouldn't be keeping the playstation in the machine; I would be putting converting it to a stepmania machine. I talked to the seller and he said that the Jamma connector is still inside. Again, though, I really don't know how they connect a ps2 to a jamma connector.

Cosmetics really don't make a difference to me, (such as the ghetto lights at the top, but I would replace the generic panels) I care more about whether or not the pads will be playable (with work obviously).

One more question: Is the machine/pads actually different or did namco just make some ghetto mods to them? (the lights, bad sensons, the different buttons, the stickers, the panels). I know that my local (kind of) namco arcade replaced a 3rd mix's lights, buttons, sensors, and panels with crappy ones juts like the ones in the picture. The machine still worked, however.

Again guys, thanks.

[ranatalus]

the machine and pads are very different. i'm not even sure if normal ddr sensors would work in it; even if they did, they'd work poorly

if you're set on getting it, then good luck and i hope it is better than everyone else expects it to be, haha

[Karnov]

That's pretty much the machine that we used to have where i live.

[Kσn]

I dont think many of us really know the specifications of namco machines. A majority of us try to avoid being/playing on them them.

I am pretty sure the sensors are the same, they look the same, but I cant really remember FOR sure if they are, I only saw them fix the pad once a very long time ago. That is something to ask the seller.