If the experience of playing Street Fighter IV isn’t enough on a big screen LCD HDTV, then perhaps it needs to be on a 29-inch screen with a set of two joysticks and mashable arcade buttons. If this is your ideal Street Fighter IV dream, then Dream Arcades' new cabinet might be your ticket to a neo-nostalgia Street Fighter experience.

“With the release of so many great arcade fighting games we wanted to give fighter fans an opportunity to experience these games the way they were intended on a real authentic arcade machine," says Michael Ware, owner of Dream Arcades. “Plastic game pads make it difficult to execute complex moves in the heat of battle and handheld arcade control panels can be bulky sitting on your lap, but nothing can beat the experience of rubbing shoulders while you go head-to-head on your own arcade machine.”

All right, now it’s time to talk functionality and price. The good news is that all you have to do is hook up your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 to the DreamCade Impact to start enjoying Street Fighter IV and other games on an authentic cabinet. The bad news is that the cabinet costs $2499. Oh zing.

There’s more good news, though. The cabinet comes prepackaged with the following:
Hyper Street Fighter II - Anniversary Edition,
Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike
Street Fighter IV
Features: Real Arcade Quality Controls built-in trackball works with both Windows and X-box 360

If this remotely interests you, there’s more to be learned about this Dream Arcade cabinet by visiting the Official Dream Arcade Website. For more gaming news and info, be sure to stay tuned in with Blend Games.