Quiz Magic Academy VI Desktop Arcade Cabinet

    Last week, I received my very first D.A.C. or the Desktop Arcade Cabinet from a broker. Before we got this item, I encountered heavy rains, muddy streets and raging trailer trucks because the meeting place is in Manila North Harbor.

Quiz Magic Academy VI Desktop Arcade Cabinet

   The D.A.C that I have is a Quiz Magic Academy VI arcade cabinet released in 2010 by KONAMI. D.A.C.'s replicates the design details from the original arcade cabinet. Originally as a prize for its U.F.O. Catcher in Japan but, retail is also available. Based on the price tag, this little arcade cabinet cost 499 JPY However, Toy Planet slashed it down to 199JPY (around 80PHP)

Pricing from Toy Planet

   Other variations such as beatmaniaIIDX, pop'n music (old standard cabinet), GuitarFreaks and DrumMania (old standard cabinet) and jubeat.

BEMANI in your pockets

        A decade ago, Konami released a handheld bemani game called BEMANI Pockets. They are somewhat similar to Nintendo's Game & Watch but the gameplays and designs mimics the BEMANI arcade. The screen is a monochrome and an 8-bit sound output. They are powered using a 3 CR batteries.

       BEMANI Pockets have different variations and releases from beatmania, DDR, ParaPara, pop'n music and even GUITARFREAKS. These handhelds have a very limited number of songs due to hardware limitations.

BEMANI Pockets that I have.

        I only have 3 BEMANI pockets and the a good rare find. Although, I rather put it in a shelf than playing it. There are sellers who sells used items from our local online shops for only 400.00Php or $19.00 a piece.

Metal Gear Solid

       I have been collecting Metal Gear Solid games since College. My first encounter with this series is when my father bought a PlayStation 1 console with a Metal Gear Solid demo disc. Metal Gear Solid game that I finished are the Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Though, I also have other MGS games, I wasn't able to play them due to lack of time, I look forward to play the other MGS games especially the MGS4: Guns of Patriots if someone would give me a PS3 console. :) :)



Metal Gear Solid Games

        Right now, MGS creator Hideo Kojima announced a new MGS game a few months ago. He said, the MGS game will use the Fox engine (Kojima's new gaming engine).