Arcade 1Ups replica cabs thread

CiDeRmAn · 26-02-2018 10:05am

Probably should rename the thread
"So Gamestop were selling arcade cabs then..."

Kimbot · 26-02-2018 10:12am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Probably should rename the thread
"So Gamestop were selling arcade cabs then..."

WTF.... they are gone from the page now

o1s1n · 26-02-2018 11:46am

Skerries wrote: »

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

Want levels growing...they do look really cool!

I wonder did a licensing issue come up and that's why they were removed from GameStop?

CiDeRmAn · 26-02-2018 12:46pm

Gamestop seemed to have thrown them up as soon as they were announced, possibly working from the US template and, even then, from the press release.

Hopefully an updated entry will be incoming, and a solid price point.

That Tempest/Asteroids cab looks perfect, if I could get something like Gravitar on there as well it'd be even better!

Skerries · 08-03-2018 4:51pm

Sambro are to be the distributer in Europe

https://toyworldmag.co.uk/news/sambro-announces-distribution-deal-for-arcade1up/

Debenhams sell their stuff so maybe they might be in there as well

fmul9798 · 09-03-2018 11:43am

Interesting, wonder if gamestop will actually follow through or if they'll cancel and re-appear at some ridiculous price point. I can see the appeal for many, I'd be out though without a CRT...

K.O.Kiki · 09-03-2018 12:38pm

Article in Eurogamer on retro gaming.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-03-07-the-sd-card-and-the-vintage-video-game-revolution

I can't believe someone is getting away with a £160 Scanline Generator!

o1s1n · 09-03-2018 2:03pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Article in Eurogamer on retro gaming.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-03-07-the-sd-card-and-the-vintage-video-game-revolution

I can't believe someone is getting away with a £160 Scanline Generator!

Pondering buying a NeoSD again after reading that now

Relikk · 09-03-2018 5:06pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Pondering buying a NeoSD again after reading that now

I still mourn the day when your AES was almost mine.

Terraonion announced a NEOSD Pro a few days ago. Uses RAM and flash, so loading games to RAM will be much quicker.

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?274221-NEOSD-PRO-The-New-Terranonion-Neo-Geo-Product-March-2018&p=4277349&viewfull=1#post4277349

frasr · 20-04-2018 2:27pm

I was in Symths head office and they have one of these in their reception. Looks like they got one in to evaluate it to see if they will stock it or not. As I had the young lad with me and it was powered off I didn't get to have a proper go at it, although my 3 year old poked at it enough!
My thoughts....it's low/small, as in very small and very low. It's almost like a bartop sitting on a fairly small base.
Height wise I'd say it came up to around my elbow.
Skerries earlier post/video link on size is important to note, the video below shows them and it's very easy to not notice but they are sitting on a high platform that makes them seem much higher.
Link to video
https://www.today.com/video/fourth-hour-guests-receive-a-hot-wheels-system-and-arcade-1up-game-1167493187563

Cab wise it does look well though, it was the Street fighter cab and art work wise it does look well. The stick/buttons are as you would expect, but each players stick/buttons seem very close together. So 2 adults playing will struggle with it.
It's does have a fairly poor looking on/off switch and another poor looking high/low volume switch that sits above the controls

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I did get a picture of it with the young fellow in front of it, I'll try to post that later

o1s1n · 20-04-2018 2:45pm

frasr wrote: »

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

I don't want to be mean, but did anyone notice the little tiny bald lad At 39 seconds in that video who looks absolutely delighted to be getting an arcade machine suited to his height?

Doge · 20-04-2018 2:54pm

o1s1n wrote: »

I don't want to be mean, but did anyone notice the little tiny bald lad At 39 seconds in that video who looks absolutely delighted to be getting an arcade machine suited to his height?

Hahaha, you're a cruel cruel man o1s1n!

*Laughs in Satan*

So what is the height of these like compared to a sit down cabinet like the atomiswave?

I think they're about 4 feet high if I remember correctly from the pictures on GameStop?

Doge · 20-04-2018 3:01pm

Btw, it would great if Smyths sold these, you might even get them for €350 hopefully.

They're $300 RRP in the states according to the presented in the video o1s1n posted.

That usually amounts to €350 after taxes etc..

frasr · 20-04-2018 3:17pm

I'd love to know what the internals are. Having one of these setup and having a side loader running would be great. Footprint wise I can see a nice corner in one of the rooms for one of these (purely for the young lad of course!)

Also cost wise Smyths usually do a 20% off everything in Autumn....although this usually excludes consoles and games, so may not apply.

As they come in flatpack form I wonder if they will be ikea quality flatpack (ie very easy) or use plenty of wood glue & screws try to fix

frasr · 20-04-2018 3:21pm

managed to get a image of the machines on the platform

Looks like they are about 2 foot off the ground

Doge · 20-04-2018 3:23pm

frasr wrote: »

I'd love to know what the internals are. Having one of these setup and having a side loader running would be great. Footprint wise I can see a nice corner in one of the rooms for one of these (purely for the young lad of course!)

Also cost wise Smyths usually do a 20% off everything in Autumn....although this usually excludes consoles and games, so may not apply.

As they come in flatpack form I wonder if they will be ikea quality flatpack (ie very easy) or use plenty of wood glue & screws try to fix

I couldn't see them coming with wood glue, that would be a real crappy way of assembling them.

Did you notice any nuts or bolts sticking out of the cabinet?

Some of the flat pack ones on eBay are like that and look crappy.

frasr · 20-04-2018 4:22pm

It seemed to be fairly ok put together and not flimsy/shaky and didn't notice any visible screws/clips/bolts, but didn't get to spend time examining that side of it, too busy trying to stop the young fellow pulling pictures off the wall or taking pieces off the giant Lego Buzz Lightyear they have there

fmul9798 · 21-04-2018 12:07pm

I wonder if they'll sell an add on plinth/platform or something. I could see myself cobbling something together if I had one.

Skerries · 21-04-2018 1:33pm

being offered on ebay for €530

€491 here

€550 here

€640 here

so wildly different prices out there

Kidchameleon · 21-04-2018 8:47pm

Looks like SNK are going into the "mini" market, looks like a bartop...

https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/19/snk-may-be-making-a-mini-console-stuffed-with-arcade-classics/

CiDeRmAn · 21-04-2018 9:03pm

Actually.... Gamestop are already selling cabs...

Ahem...

Seriously, they have licenced cabs, two when I was in the store in Swords, for sale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh5z7CnNBBw

They actually have the Pacman and Space Invaders ones on sale, for €19.99 each.
Might pick up the Pacman one for certain, if they had the Galaxians one I'd snap it up!

Jack burton · 28-04-2018 7:19am

https://youtu.be/S7XlI1iQOso

Video of the actual cabs and gameplay. From the "Irate Gamer" or Chris Neo as he is known by now. Looking past how irritating he is, the cabs look alright

Steve X2 · 29-04-2018 9:25am

Jack burton wrote: »

https://youtu.be/S7XlI1iQOso

Video of the actual cabs and gameplay. From the "Irate Gamer" or Chris Neo as he is known by now. Looking past how irritating he is, the cabs look alright

The backlight bleed on those LCD's is pretty bad. But they do look ok ish.
I'm curious what the innards of the cab look like.

o1s1n · 29-04-2018 4:31pm

The LCDs look really bad alright, I wonder is there recording making the bleed look worse than it is?

Inviere · 29-04-2018 4:48pm

o1s1n wrote: »

The LCDs look really bad alright, I wonder is there recording making the bleed look worse than it is?

I was wondering the same myself. Worst case I suppose is to drop a same size/higher quality one in.

CathalDublin · 29-04-2018 4:59pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Actually.... Gamestop are already selling cabs...

Ahem...

Seriously, they have licenced cabs, two when I was in the store in Swords, for sale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh5z7CnNBBw

They actually have the Pacman and Space Invaders ones on sale, for €19.99 each.
Might pick up the Pacman one for certain, if they had the Galaxians one I'd snap it up!

They’ve Lego defender too and it actually works
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lego-dimensions/images/0/0b/ArcadeMachine.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150828215309

Skerries · 06-07-2018 11:13am

https://www.arcade1up.com/

installation video on the site now

I wonder could you get an adapter for the ribbon cable or have a system to dual run with a Pi?

Doge · 06-07-2018 11:21am

Skerries wrote: »

https://www.arcade1up.com/

installation video on the site now

I wonder could you get an adapter for the ribbon cable or have a system to dual run with a Pi?

Yeah was just about to mention about the ribbon cable, it's a shame.

Surely it's just hdmi passed through a ribbon cable. I'm sure someone will figure out pinout and make an adapter for it.

Still a major inconvenience though, I can't see any other ports on the monitors box in the animation either.

I wonder if the emulation hardware is located in the control panel so or in that tiny box on the back of the LCD panel.

Doge · 06-07-2018 11:23am

Also note that the Mortal Kombat cab is missing from the website and wasn't shown in the videos and pictures posted on social media.

Maybe they couldn't get the license for it or decided to ditch it.

Skerries · 06-07-2018 11:29am

yeah just noticed they have moved the games around as SF is now in a dedicated cab whereas it was with Strider and Gn'G before

Inviere · 06-07-2018 11:29am

Ive a feeling the components in these cabs will be of a very cheap nature. By the time you’ve upupgraded the controls, wiring, possibly the screen, and get something else in there to run the games, you’d be in price range of a real cab with an arcade monitor and jamma setup

CiDeRmAn · 06-07-2018 11:59am

By the gods but I need that Asteroids/Tempest cab!

Hyzepher · 06-07-2018 3:17pm

I'd say that ribbon cable is solely for the controls. The video output is contained within that black box to the rear of the screen. It would make sense for the emulation or boards to be there as well.

06-07-2018 3:39pm

Hyzepher wrote: »

I'd say that ribbon cable is solely for the controls. The video output is contained within that black box to the rear of the screen. It would make sense for the emulation or boards to be there as well.

And the speaker.
Yea power cable goes to the box so Id say the emu is up there.

Doge · 06-07-2018 3:50pm

Hyzepher wrote: »

I'd say that ribbon cable is solely for the controls. The video output is contained within that black box to the rear of the screen. It would make sense for the emulation or boards to be there as well.

Yeah you're spot on, was only thinking that afterwards. It's a shame as it's going to hinder their sales because a high percentage of the market will want to use them for emulation.

Inviere · 06-07-2018 4:40pm

Doge wrote: »

Yeah you're spot on, was only thinking that afterwards. It's a shame as it's going to hinder their sales because a high percentage of the market will want to use them for emulation.

Won’t take long at all for a ‘solution’ to appear I imagine.

Doge · 06-07-2018 4:47pm

Inviere wrote: »

Won’t take long at all for a ‘solution’ to appear I imagine.

Yup but if soldering or opening up that box is require they're going to be crushing a lot of their target market.

Then again us folks into emulation tend and arcade cabs tend to be a crafty bunch, so maybe it won't be a complete disaster!

Inviere · 06-07-2018 5:10pm

Doge wrote: »

Yup but if soldering or opening up that box is require they're going to be crushing a lot of their target market.

Then again us folks into emulation tend and arcade cabs tend to be a crafty bunch, so maybe it won't be a complete disaster!

I’d say opening of the box is a given, with no WiFi, and being directly connected to the screen, there appears no other way to access it for reasons. Worst case is rip the screen out, replace it with standard 4:3 screen of equal size, fit a Pi3b, and hope someone makes an adapter for the ribbon cable to talk to the Pi. An IPAC and small pc might make for an even better solution

CiDeRmAn · 06-07-2018 8:12pm

Inviere wrote: »

I’d say opening of the box is a given, with no WiFi, and being directly connected to the screen, there appears no other way to access it for reasons. Worst case is rip the screen out, replace it with standard 4:3 screen of equal size, fit a Pi3b, and hope someone makes an adapter for the ribbon cable to talk to the Pi. An IPAC and small pc might make for an even better solution

But is that not a case of Triggers Sweeping Brush, as in by the time you've finished little of the original will be left?

Inviere · 06-07-2018 8:14pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

But is that not a case of Triggers Sweeping Brush, as in by the time you've finished little of the original will be left?

See post #82

CiDeRmAn · 06-07-2018 8:16pm

Inviere wrote: »

Ive a feeling the components in these cabs will be of a very cheap nature. By the time you’ve upupgraded the controls, wiring, possibly the screen, and get something else in there to run the games, you’d be in price range of a real cab with an arcade monitor and jamma setup

Indeed!

KevW24601 · 14-08-2018 5:18pm

Some early reviews are now up for these, and rumours of extending the line of games down the road.

For what it's worth I think it's a decent package, and it's great that they're adapting the arcade for a layperson home market. However this video shows there's no dip switch or options accessibility so no altering of difficulty or lives, etc.

Also, the sneaky part of me is wondering how easy would it be to gut and make it into a JAMMA cab?

frasr · 15-08-2018 12:18pm

I'm still really disappointed they changed the SF2/Strider/Ghosts N' Goblins cab to be a dedicated SF2 only cab. I presume it's due to cost/spread of licensing.
I wonder how this affects people who pre-ordered said cabs.

echoing Kev's comment on Jamma and even Mame, I think ease of expansion is the key to a lot off people holding of buying these

Been also looking at some youtube videos on this, bartops seems to a future addition, as will cocktails.
More items to come include pacman cab, final fight etc

Plenty of detail in this guys videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OdePHpeUNw&list=PLWVxjCIabbO1mIABCvWam0KxedXKowGPV

Also gamestop.ie seem to have them available for pre-order again
https://www.gamestop.ie/SearchResult/QuickSearch?platform=&rootGenre=&age=&listSkus=265368%2C+265369%2C+265370%2C+265371%2C+265372
No mortal Kombat though....

Doge · 15-08-2018 1:00pm

From looking at the Rerez review I think the screen is a bit too small for 2 player, it looks like it would be very cramped.
Is it possible to get large 4:3 LCD screens that aren't crack these days?

o1s1n · 15-08-2018 4:30pm

Doge wrote: »

From looking at the Rerez review I think the screen is a bit too small for 2 player, it looks like it would be very cramped.
Is it possible to get large 4:3 LCD screens that aren't crack these days?

Keep an eye out for Sony LMD Pro LCD broadcast monitors, you can get them in 4:3 at 20 inches and they're great quality. There was a dude on ebay selling them off for fairly cheap recently. Just did a google and one went for 50 gbp with the input board :eek:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SONY-LMD-212-PRO-MONITOR-TUNER-SONY-MEU-WX2-Digital-Included/332672286726?hash=item4d74d04006:g:~RMAAOSwtDdabMuw

You can run VGA into that digital board so can easily connect up a PC.

o1s1n · 15-08-2018 5:06pm

Just watched that video, I still kinda want one! It's screaming to be modded.

KevW24601 · 15-08-2018 10:25pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Just watched that video, I still kinda want one! It's screaming to be modded.

If there's any one of them worth modding, for me it definitely would be the SF2.

EDIT: Another review video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JWrqkCkN18

ronanc1000 · 15-08-2018 11:02pm

Wouldn't mind a Pac Man version of these. I don't own an arcade machine (yet!), but I guess from a purist point of view it might not be arcade perfection however they do look very well.

Looks like a good size and not a bad price considering you can go into GameStop and pick one up (when they come out). The only thing that might put people off is that each one is basically a dedicated cab and people might want more games for the price.

o1s1n · 15-08-2018 11:18pm

Did you guys see the Rampage one? They actually have three sets of controls on it for Rampage and Gauntlet.

https://www.arcade1up.com/rampage

CiDeRmAn · 16-08-2018 3:02am

I need the Tempest one in my life.
It comes with a spinner as well.

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