Arcade 1Ups replica cabs thread

CiDeRmAn

Apparently, this is now a thing

https://www.gamestop.ie/SearchResult/QuickSearch?platform=&rootGenre=&age=&listSkus=265368%2C+265369%2C+265370%2C+265371%2C+265372&spMailingID=56002470&spUserID=OTEyMDAyODg1ODUS1&spJobID=1342373710&spReportId=MTM0MjM3MzcxMAS2

Four games per two thirds scale cab.

Mortal Combat
Midway
Atari Asteroids
Atari Centipede

The latter Centipede one comes with a trackball and the game list includes the title game plus Millipede, Missile Command and Breakout

Each cab is €399

o1s1n

I was fully expecting to click on that and see overpriced tat...that MK2 one isn't bad at all!

CiDeRmAn

It'll be interesting to see if the boards are mod friendly too.

CiDeRmAn

Here's some more information.
Apparently there a Asteroids Deluxe one year GS aren't advertising and out comes with Tempest!

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2018/2/16/17019860/arcade1up-cabinets-street-fighter-2-asteroids-centipede

Tom Mann Centuria

They look very good, and not excessively overpriced. (still more than I can afford). Imagining the size is tricky for me, even with the little scale diagram they have.

CiDeRmAn

My mistake, five cabs alright but they don't have the Asteroids Deluxe one, with Tempest now filled into the Asteroids cab instead.
The Capcom one does not look terrible either, SF2, Final Fight, Strider and Ghosts'n Goblins.

Jack burton

Those are not bad at all. Be a great option for someone who isn't into building or restoring. Have some backup since it's a big company that's selling them

XsApollo

Could a PI3 be hooked up to one of these and run retropie?

Inviere

On first glance, they look like a no-brainer for many. I'd definitely give them some consideration.

Pros:

Affordable
Flat pack so I assume the pieces are ready to go together/easy assembly
Good games
Very home friendly dimensions
Strong possibility of adding new games/systems etc

Cons:

Small 17" Lcd Monitor
Buttons and sticks are likely the lowest/cheapest quality
Likely to not have a a very advanced scanline system, if any at all, meaning very poor visuals.

I would imagine if I bought one, I'd want to rip all of the controls out & replace them with decent quality ones. I'd likely want to rip out the brains/guts of the machine & replace with something far more capable...meaning €400 for a wooden box essentially. Still though, half tempting.

CiDeRmAn

XsApollo wrote: »

Could a PI3 be hooked up to one of these and run retropie?

I'd say it's likely that thry are running off of something similar.
Could be possible to swap it out.
Have to modular and capable of running the different control panels.

Skerries

this looks like exactly what I was looking for the Man Cave
something that I could put together easily and have some games on it
would definitely like to see if this can be modded to add more games so will wait till the retro guys on here buy one and do the needful
also maybe if a base could be created to raise it a couple of feet, maybe something like this

o1s1n

Looking at the scale pictures they kinda look like they're the same size as my two cabs. Might go well alongside!

brianregan09

Jesus id love the mortal combat and street fighter one's be great if they did a neo geo one aswell

Doge

I think the price is spot on for something you can pick up ready to play in a bricks and mortar store!

Think of the prices the chancers on adverts try and sell self built cabs for with RPi 3's, these are great value imo.

Doge

I'd actually be torn trying to buy one of these.

The Street Fighter II artwork is probably the ugliest out of all of them, (i know its the same for the original cab)
but happens to have the best control panel with 6 buttons for in game controls per player as well as the 2 Start buttons.

The Mortal Kombat cab is probably one of the nicest looking ones but only has 5 buttons per player.

I wonder if the original manufacturer would sell control panels seperately?

Can't seem to see who exactly the manufactuer of these things is, surely cant find a website for "At-Home" if thats the name of them.

Edit: Someone didn't read the article correctly!
The company making these are Tastemakers LLC and the product line will be called Arcade1UP.

http://www.wishholdings.com/

CiDeRmAn

They are a bit obscure, seems like the product has yet to be reviewed or even tried out by anyone.
I think knowing what is powering the emulation and the quality of that would go a long way to encourage investment.
If one could put in a compact format PC or RPi it would be very interesting indeed.
For example, if one bought the SF2 cab and stuck in a dedicated Capcom fighter RPi3, it'd be impressive, making use of that CP.

Doge

Just noticed that they're not expected to sell until the 20th of October, just in time for Chrismtas.

I bet Arcade and Retro enthusiasts aren't complaining about Gamestop selling merch now!

CiDeRmAn

Doge wrote: »

Just noticed that they're not expected to sell until the 20th of October, just in time for Chrismtas.

I bet Arcade and Retro enthusiasts aren't complaining about Gamestop selling merch now!

In the balance of probability these are probably sh1te, so we won't get too ahead of ourselves!

Inviere

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

In the balance of probability these are probably sh1te, so we won't get too ahead of ourselves!

For the price, & what you're getting, I'd be surprised if they weren't ****e tbh. With a few extra quid thrown at them though, you'd make them decent - but then again, you're then at that point of just buying the real thing (a Jamma cab).

drunkmonkey

PR here, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/golden-age-classic-arcade-cabinets-coming-to-a-home-near-you-674172363.html

Toy fair starts today so should be some reviews in the next few days I'd say.

Los Lobos

I am definitely preordering that rampage joust cab

Dr Bob

o1s1n wrote: »

Looking at the scale pictures they kinda look like they're the same size as my two cabs. Might go well alongside!

are they some of the taito mini's that came out of that arcade vault cow shed in cork ?:)

Kidchameleon

Ugly flat screens. I'm out

Inviere

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Ugly flat screens. I'm out

All the best.

Doge

Its very interesting how the licensing will work on these, thats if they can even get a license.

Also the mystery of the hardware inside is interesting also, i doubt its running mame?

Retr0gamer

Midway and Capcom have been pretty open about giving licenses to other companies. I'd be pretty sure they got the licenses for these.

super_furry

The Mortal Kombat cab really does look nice, but Mortal Kombat 4? Why?

brianregan09

yeah surely they'd have done the 1st 3 and Ultimate rather than 4

Los Lobos

Anyone else bite? I preordered the rampage cab today, €50, now we play the waiting game...

Los Lobos

Los Lobos wrote: »

Anyone else bite? I preordered the rampage cab today, €50, now we play the waiting game...

I want to see one in the flesh .
I'll admit I scoffed at first but they do look better than the muck on adverts etc,
And the size/price is spot on I think.

brianregan09

I can't decide between the MK and Streetfighter one

J Mysterio

brianregan09 wrote: »

I can't decide between the MK and Streetfighter one

Streetfighter one is the job.

Doge

I think o1s1n has convinced me to go for the Mortal Kombat one as I could always make or order a street fighter CP afterwards if I really wanted 6 buttons per player.

Surely companies will be making control panels and mods for these when they take off?

The only place I could get away with one of these without the parents having a heart attic is in my converted attic, so large CRT cabs are out of the question.

These would be perfect for my needs. Still need to see what the internals consist of and if the buttons and joysticks need replacing.

Doge

Here’s the official website where you can add yourself to the mailing list.

http://www.arcade1up.com/


Couldn’t find any footage of them at the New York fair but found something else that’s cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZZzD--TYV0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8bgC6DCw78

Doge

Found it! :cool:

Steve X2

They look ok those machines. But my worry is the size, 4 feet tall and a 17" screen!
Is it to small to properly enjoy(that's what she said etc etc)?

And of course we dont know whats actually running them, which i dont care about as long as we can do some hacky hacks on them ourselves.

Inviere

Steve X2 wrote: »

They look ok those machines. But my worry is the size, 4 feet tall and a 17" screen!
Is it to small to properly enjoy(that's what she said etc etc)?

And of course we dont know whats actually running them, which i dont care about as long as we can do some hacky hacks on them ourselves.

17" is a bit of a deal breaker for me, it's bloody tiny. I'd a 19" in my bartop, & even that barely sufficed. You can't really change out the screen as the bezel is made to fit. Unless someone starts producing replacement bezels, that can accommodate larger screens, I think I'll have to pass. That said, I think they're a fantastic looking product (going from the images), and will look great in any games room.

o1s1n

I wouldn't mind the size at all myself, regularly play on a 14 inch CRT. Once you're sitting in front of it it's grand.

Main gripe would be just the fact that it's an LCD. Be great if you could somehow get some nice CRT emulation going on it.

CiDeRmAn

This is 17" in 4:3 rather than 16:9 so it won't seem as tiny

Doge

o1s1n wrote: »

Be great if you could somehow get some nice CRT emulation going on it.

Inviere is the man to talk to about CRT emulation!

Actually if you're reading man, id love to know which filters/overlays youre using in Retroarch for CRT emulation.

I was able to download some directly but i found extra ones on pastebin that wouldnt load for some reason, and they looked awesome from screenshots.

Inviere

Doge wrote: »

Inviere is the man to talk to about CRT emulation!

Actually if you're reading man, id love to know which filters/overlays youre using in Retroarch for CRT emulation.

I was able to download some directly but i found extra ones on pastebin that wouldnt load for some reason, and they looked awesome from screenshots.

Will take a look later on & see what I have set up. Actually, there's a new Retroarch out (1.7.1 I think) that has a new shader in it that I see good comments on (its called Meta CRT, I haven't used it yet myself).

Inviere

Doge wrote: »

Actually if you're reading man, id love to know which filters/overlays youre using in Retroarch for CRT emulation

Answer, here

eddhorse

Retro Games Party in the UK are making replicas of dedicated cabinets now.
You can get a custom one with your own joysticks, or changed to Jamma etc etc
Sounds like a good idea, might be pricey though.

Doge

eddhorse wrote: »

Retro Games Party in the UK are making replicas of dedicated cabinets now.
You can get a custom one with your own joysticks, or changed to Jamma etc etc
Sounds like a good idea, might be pricey though.

All I’m seeing is original arcade machines for hire and parts for sale in their estore? You sure it’s the same crowd?


http://www.retrogamesparty.co.uk/

TireeTerror

Apparently the games will be run through a custom emulator.

eddhorse

Doge wrote: »

All I’m seeing is original arcade machines for hire and parts for sale in their estore? You sure it’s the same crowd?


http://www.retrogamesparty.co.uk/

Yeah same guys, only announced it there on a podcast this week so not sure why they havent updated their website.

Not much on their Twitter either.

There is an example on their Facebook though.
https://www.facebook.com/retrogamesparty/photos/a.333214253433290.82456.111103082311076/1615081901913179/?type=3&theater

Skerries

any idea of a price point?

Doge

Looks like the cabs have been pulled from the GameStop site.

Hopefully your preorders will be honoured lads. I should have bought one now!

brianregan09

I wonder why they pulled them was going to get a streetfighter one

Inviere

brianregan09 wrote: »

I wonder why they pulled them was going to get a streetfighter one

In order to triple the price I’d imagine

Skerries

that's annoying!

you can get a feel for the size of them here

https://www.today.com/video/fourth-hour-guests-receive-a-hot-wheels-system-and-arcade-1up-game-1167493187563