I didn't see any info posted on these boards so I just wanted to know everyone's thoughts on these?
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I didn't see any info posted on these boards so I just wanted to know everyone's thoughts on these?
3/4 scale and emulation? I want a real cabinet or nothing.
I think it's super neat and affordable. I just don't care for the games offered right now.
I haven't even heard of these until now.
That Final Fight/Ghosts N Goblins/1944/Strider one looks pretty slick, and $300 isn't too hard on the pocket book... but even at 3/4 size, I can't imagine where I'd put it.
I didn't see that cab. It does sound right up my alley. No place to put it either.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
The Final Fight cab looked neat, unfortunately on the arcade 1up Facebook they said that cab was delayed until spring 2019.
Small screen, knockoff controls, no dip switches/options, 2 volume settings, and presumably no high score saving.
But the side art is pretty.
Yeah, I'm not too fond of the whole no high score saves after you turn off the machine. Same with most Jamma boards.
They seem like a good idea, but the riser being an extra $80 (from what I saw) is ridiculous. I believe they also come with 1 speaker for mono sound which is ridiculous IMO. Considering that it's about 90% empty space inside, something like this should be a tool-free, snap together type construction that is easy to snap together or take apart. I could overlook some of that if the game combinations were better. Data East stuff probably would have sold like hotcakes. As much as I grew up with Street Fighter, I don't need 3 versions of the same game on the same cab. A combo of Street Fighter, Ghouls & Ghosts, Final Fight, Captain Commando, Strider, Knights of the Round, Darkstalkers would have been amazing. A Sega cab with the OG Shinobi would have been killer.
You could easily build your own boosting box. I quite like the idea of these but it all depends on the emulation quality. My dream is to one day own an arcade cab. Which game I'm not to sure of at the mo.
I bought one of their machines and I think Arcade1up has found a pretty nice niche for themselves.
I was impressed with everything - the packaging, presentation, and product in entirety.
The time I've spent trying to find, looking at, figuring the cost, work, and logistics of a 30+ year old cab... these 3/4 machines are what I've been waiting for.
The cabinet I ordered is part of their third generation release - So they've had time to perfect their formula from earlier works and I think they're now in a groove.
P.S.: An Outrun cabinet is my dream. Outrun/Turbo Outrun/Outrunners.
Are these actually 3/4 scale? All the pictures I've seen make them look half the size of an original cab.
I want to save up for the TMNT one so I can finally have an arcade machine in my collection. Don't think I will ever have my US Dreamcast kiosk sadly.
I got rid of all but my small Final Fight cab when I last moved. I happened upon the 1up Final Fight with booster podium while shopping the other day. With the boost it does feel like 2/3 scale at best compared to my real Final fight in a generic sized cabinet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gryson
Before I moved I had SFII'CE in the large cab that Capcom made just for it. These 1ups are less than half that size.
OK. I'm guessing "half scale" doesn't make good marketing language so they inflate it a bit.
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Originally Posted by Black_Tiger
Yeah, I felt this too that in comparison 3/4 scale proportionally seems to be a marketing stretch - I think part of this is also from the significant change in weight. You see and feel it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gryson
But a lot of what is lost in size and weight is irrelevant space - the excess in framing the CRT, coin mechanism, overhead marquee, etc. is not anything you really miss once you're playing.
The LCD screen is a nice size and its placement along with the standing height for the buttons feel as they should.
In design presence these machines are definitely slim, but I think the design essentials are certainly still there.
If they were single 3-button controls/single player cabinets it wouldn't feel too out of place. At the last PRGE I went to my Wife and I saw a mini Bubble Bobble arcade that a young girl was playing with her Mother who had to kneel. I thjnk that without the base these are the same size.
It looks like two kids would be cramped playing a 1up arcade together. 6-button SFII style layouts eat up way more space than 2 or 3-button layouts.
My smaller sized Final Fight cab is 65" from the floor to the top of the marquee. It tapers upward from there. The control panel is 24" wide. I'm 6' tall and that marquee top is still beneath my nose.
1up arcades are reported to be 46" tall and 19" wide. The "riser" is supposed to bring it up to 59" tall. So 3/4 scale is accurate enough for 1-player classics like Pac Man, but you can see in photos of people playing SFII", they each have to stand at a 3/4 angle from the machine and it looks like hands will be bumping at the middle.
I think that a 2-button, 2-plater Bubble Bobble 1up cab would be cool.
After seeing that mini at PGRE, my Wife asked me to get one. So I bought one of those bartop kits and set it up with a Rasperry Pi.
I bought one of thise 400-in-1 Jamma boards for the Final Fight cabinet for when friends with kids come over. The emulation has never felt or looked off and using a real cab with a crt and authentic arcade controls it's functionally the same exoerience as playing real boards.
Even if the cheapest arcade cabinet you can find locally is a few hundred dollars, you'd be much better off buying that and a multi board.
Are they actual boards or emulation? I would gift someone with a House of the Dead 2 cabinet, if they got around to it.
Obviously it’s emulated.
I'd have to pass, An xbox in a custom
Cab is all you really want.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IZDaiSPDmk
I take it back, the artwork is just too
sweet on some of these....
In regards to the A1up cabinets, the riser is a necessity and it does a bang up job making the experience much more fulfilling. Who doesn't want a full sized cabinet but the prices can be costly and these are a decent substitution.
This looks like my Bubble Bobble bartop with a raspberry pi. I believe that mine is as wide as my Final Fight arcade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Segadream
The kit I bought was worth it just for the custom cab artwork. I made exactly what I wanted.
What bothers me is that they try to sell these as mini versions of the real thing, but most of them don't even resemble the original.
Here's the Mortal Kombat cabinet.
https://i.imgur.com/SuAVISC.jpg
Now I get that you'd have to sacrifice some details, but this doesn't look anything like the original cabinet. thus defeating the point of having a mini version of it.
I'd rather just use my arcade sticks with MAME on PC.
Now these upcoming pinball machines look really cool. The one thing that digital pinball can't quite replicate, is the feeling of playing an actual pinball machine.
They need to do either a Golden Axe, Altered Beast, or Space Harrier cabinet for me to even look their way. Although, I could settle for a Double Dragon or Hippodrome one for a quick glance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NslnVuB_57EQuote:
Originally Posted by kdubmods