I just impulsively pre-ordered one. I really don't have any more room in my gameroom but might could squeeze this into the place that I was going to put one more Arcade 1up cabinet on the other side of the room from the pinballs...

To me the Asteroids cabinet was a no-brainer, but that's because it has Tempest as one of the games included in it. In order for the cabinet to be useful for playing Tempest, though, you have to replace the stock spinner with one that Glenn Palimento (sp?) made and sells through Amazon for $30 or so. Once you have that spinner, Tempest is a dream to play, even though it's obviously using emulated vector graphics...

I was one of the ones who bought this when it first shipped last year, with the laggy flippers. I am happy to say that Toyshock finally sent out the updated 1.2 version circuit board, and they seem to have almost completely resolved the issue with flipper lag. The games are much better to play now without having to spend time acclimating to the slow flippers and having your brain adjust to the timing of the shots. It is good to see that Toyshock listened to their customer base and made these improvements before releasing another batch of cabinets for this year's holiday season.

Linda Falke seems to be handling the interaction for the board updates.

[email protected] is the email I have for her. She posts frequently on the official Toyshock group in Facebook if you have an account.