That’s the first I’ve ever heard of this. What’s the reasoning behind it? Are they afraid someone is going to run an underground arcade out of their basement?

Just watched it on Youtube, is this the part you are referring to?

He didn't have to remove his games.

Its not illegal to own a machine that *could* take money. Every one of us here would be in violation of that law. Now if someone is literately running an undocumented business with a machine that charges for its use...that's what is illegal. They want those machines registered so they can get some of that revenue.

Walmart could sell these if they had coin mechs, but this isn't what these machines were designed for. They are just designed to be put in some kid's bedroom. That, and the mechanisms would just add to the costs.

That may work if it wasn’t pickup only.

I tried the Pac-Man earlier this evening that was setup at the Walmart I was at.

It’s smaller than I expected. I knew they weren’t full size, but damm...

Maybe it was just been me, but the joystick didn’t seem to respond as quick as it should. I don’t know it there was some sort of lag, or if I was just extremely rusty.

Original arcade cabinets were built like tanks. These look like after a few good bumps they will probably fall apart.

But...the temptation is there to pick one up after the holidays (and the clearance sales are at full strength) and just transplant some of the parts into a normal cabinet with a few control upgrades....