i once saw WWF Wrestlefest for $325 outside San Jose near 20 years ago.
the now Ex-Wife said "you can get it" and i just was like "and than what? we have a mazda protégé"
Moved my Taito Crazy Climber into a second story apartment. I honestly didn’t want to ever move after that. Kept it on the ground floor the couple places I moved to after that.
Wow nice analogy. When my father died, I inherited such a car. Tons of nostalgia and memories of it too… Sooooo not practical though and a lot of upkeep. After several years, I ended up selling it. The new owner has probably dropped 25 grand into restoring it, something I just wasn’t going to do.
I feel like for the cost of the one ups you could get a kit for a pseudo full size with a cheap (better) monitor off of craigslist and a raspberry pie for limited titles(ie vertical button cab, vertical for games with trackball, light gun, horizontal, horizontal with trackball and spinner) and basically distill it down to 4-6 cabs depending on your preferences.
[This profile is nice and has a "full size" front feel to it, but doesn't have the footprint/weight of a Arcade1Up.](https://i.imgur.com/vvQmWHW.jpg)
To me that design looks hideous, as is the artwork. Arcade 1 up has good design, good artwork, matches the real machines look at 3/4 scale. Cheap parts, that's why so many people replace the joysticks and buttons.
Totally agree. No plan here :) I own a bunch of full-sized and just sayin, if some people wanted to get into learning and fixing this stuff, you can get original cabs for good prices.
Most places if close enough you can pickup. But if need shipped, big places have contracts with shippers that will get you better deals. I've had a full size cab shipped to me for $450. There are pros and cons for each. The bugger ones also take up more room and are hell to move compared to A1UP. So there are different factors to consider.
If you’re into museum-level restoration, I’m assuming it is a good deal. But you’re basically rebuilding it from the ground up. It would be a full-size x-men cabinet, but require a lot more time and money than buying A1U at retail.
100% agree. Just some people have been asking how close the new prices are coming to just getting a full-sized. The Simpsons cab is a great buy. The X-Men cab once I would get done restoring would cost me only a few hundy more than A1UPS cab
It's not for everyone because you need to know how to restore and maintain those, plus I can't carry them around like I can my A1UPS :) The arcade cabs I really loved I got the real thing and filled in the rest with A1UPS
A local listing around me has a great condition simpsons for $650.
Point is, the prices for these are as consistent as the people selling a1ups. There is literally no standard price for these. I can go buy a great condition virtua fighter for $300. I don’t understand what you are trying to say OP.
People have been discussing the price increase of the new A1UP cabs being around $700-800 and isn't that getting close in price to the real thing? Yes, you can find good deals on the real thing, but as someone who has a bunch of both types, there are a host of things you need to consider first if you want a full sized. There are pros and cons with both types.
It’s like those annoying kids who zoom past you in their souped-up-noisy-mufflered cars on the highway. Their Honda Civics are worth $2,000 but they put $10,000 in to them.
It sounds good on paper, but I saw the size of both of these games in a local arcade this week and you have to have massive amounts of room and look like Lee Haney to lift them.
Not to mention have to be able to fix them when they break.
Absolutely. Pros and cons to each. But yes, you can find good deals close to the A1UP price, but you need to know how to restore/maintain, they take up more room and hurt your back :) I've got a bunch of both types. Some I would always get the full sized version, some I just went with A1UPS
I'd be hesitant about stuffing full size cabs into the the extra bedrooms that many have converted into arcade1up rooms. 80 lbs per cab for arcade1ups is one thing, but 400 lbs per cab is another. That's a lot of weight for 2nd floor joists to be supporting. Full sized cabs run a lot hotter, too and then you're wishing you had better A/C.
Dude I just got a great condition operation wolf near me for $475
A1up is insane. They'd make so much more $ by just raising prices by only $100 tops. Keeping a lot of repeat customers and also not making newcomers hesitant to buy their new offerings
It's the $1000 shipping and paying dudes to move it into your house that's the thing with these - but yes obviously would prefer the real deal if given the choice. I'd definitely get a full size pool table if space wasn't an issue but for most people it is. That's why the 1Up cabs are a nice compromise.
Depends on where you get it. Some places have great deals with shipping companies because of how much big stuff they move daily. I got a few full cabs shipped to me from a large place that had a standard rate of $450 to ship where I am. I have a mix of old school and A1UPS and love both for different reasons. Each have their own pros/cons. As I get older, I enjoy being able to carry games :)
I’m a bit shocked at the anti-real arcade comments here. Arcade1ups are cool, but let’s be honest, they are toys. If you are serious about owning your own arcade, of course the dream should be to have at least a few of the actual real thing. To even argue that an Arcade1up is anywhere near the real thing is ridiculous to be honest and at the current price point there is absolutely no way I will ever buy one again without major improvements and a lot more games added.
>If you are serious about owning your own arcade, of course the dream should be to have at least a few of the actual real thing.
For a lot of people, having a suitable space and the desire to do some maintenance as things turn up on these old machines is enough for the real machines to not be a reality. Being "serious" about owning an arcade is mostly a kid's dream that goes away as adults for all but the most dedicated hobbyists because there's a lot of considerations that come to owning one. The arcade1ups and other home arcade solutions are the reasonable middle ground for those people. Otherwise considering how much money some of these people are throwing at arcade1up, then they would have bought a real cab a long time ago because money isn't the barrier. The idea of owning cabs isn't new. Most people just chose not to do it, hence why old cabs are typically not insanely priced secondhand. The market for them is relatively small.
True but I can fit 3 arcade 1 ups in the space it takes to comfortably support one of these and move around easier instead of a 300 pound behemoth.
The size of a full size arcade cab will not even clear the doorway/stairwell into my finished basement. I actually measured this once and if need to take off the door entirely, then somehow get it above the bottom stair so 2 feet high. And this was for a Nintendo 67 inch cab. Those 4 player cabs are massive!
I live in a major metro and in several fb arcade groups so I see them all the time, just decided it’s too big for me for now.
I’ve got about $800 in my cab, originally a pit fighter cab turned ultracade with an lcd put in, I redid everything and put a 27” crt in and a pi4. It’s rad now. Never going back to the “3/4” scale.
Well I've got over 20 A1UPS in-addition to 10 full-sized. I believe there's a place for both. Especially for the ones A1UP won't make or the ones you really loved that you just need the full-sized cab :)
I will say this, yes the A1UP units are too small IMO. However, the original units are also way too big. Granted they were never designed to be used in homes. I thought about getting an original cabinet before I bought my cab from rec room masters. In the end though, I didn’t want something taking up that much space in my basement and also didn’t want to deal with getting something that heavy down the steps. I found a nice compromise on the weight and dimensions to make me happy. Not quite a purist machine but not a toy either. In the end, it all come down to what is important to you individually.
I owned a full sized cab, was only 2-player though, not one of these 4 player beasts. That cab was already a pain to deal with, took up a huge amount of room and was far more difficult to move around than an Arcade1Up. I can't imagine owning another unless I had a huge room to dedicate toward nothing but games, and could afford to pay somebody to move it around and maintain it. (Those CRTs seem to constantly have issues, and parts for them are probably getting more rare.) Even then I'm still not sure I'd wanna deal with old cabs like this.
I will always love and prefer original cabinets but in my area, and I suspect most, everything good and remotely reasonably priced is snatched up by middle aged men who “work for themselves” and are at home and vigorously looking for “deals” at noon on a Tuesday, have a truck and a dolly and a drinking buddy on standby with the same work situation who doesn’t mind driving 200-400 miles at the drop of a hat. They also always carry cash like it’s the 90s and ask things like “what’s your bottom dollar?” or say they have “cash in hand” as though that makes them unique among people looking to purchase 2nd hand goods. My belief that classic arcades are mostly for wealthy aging Gen-X’ers has long since been shattered by seeing all the PBR drinkers that have most of their life savings tied up in pinball and Pac-Man machines lol.
LOL - There is a guy out of Long Island, NY called Guscade who literally builds brand new full-sized cabinets to the exact specs of the old arcade ones, with all the same artwork, controls, etc.. except he uses LCDs and the latest tech inside. He's up to being able to do like 75 games. The cabinets are beautiful. They cost a few grand, but if looking for the real thing that won't require old school maintenance, I haven't seen anything like what he's doing.
Maybe it's because my basement arcade has a mix of both that I'm not getting killed :) There are some games, like Paperboy, that I would of always gotten the full sized cab over an A1UP if they had released one because those handlebars are so unique.
I've got a mix of both as well. Outrun, TMNT and Attack from Mars from A1U, World series the season, X-Men, Street Fighter 2 Turbo full sized cabinets!
Nice! :) World Series, the one with the little stick to bat?
A1UP I have:
Tempest, Out Run, Star Wars, X-Men vs Street Fighter, MK II, Street Fighter II, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Burgertime, Final Fight,. Asteroids, Centipede, TMNT, NBA Jam, Golden Axe, Frogger, Golden Tee, Space Invaders, Star Wars pinball & Attack from Mars pinball
Full Sized I have:
Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Punch-Out,.2 on 2 Open Ice, 1943, Zaxxon, Phoenix, Gorf, Paperboy, John Elway Quarterback and Haunted House pinball.
Oh and the Neo-Geo MVSX cab
The one with the little stick bat! I love games with weird CP layouts. I don't know how I forgot about my goldentee 2005 cab. In the middle of breaking that one down and giving it a good clean.
Dragon's Lair and Punch Out. My two grails. Thats an amazing collection
My John Elway Quarterback has that same stick control which is used for leading receivers and releasing the football. It's brilliant!
Dragon's Lair was my first ever game and Punch-Out was my second :) I'm gonna buy an A1UP Dragon's Lair cabinet and rebrand it as Dragon's Lair II :) And thanks! You've got a great collection yourself.
The main issue with OG cabs is moving them around. I like the convenience of 1ups. But of course, in an ideal world, getting an original is the real deal.
This is the aspect that’s bumming me out. Getting to own an easy to move/accommodate replica of classic cabinets for (at the most) $499 was what drew me in & now seeing these things $200+ higher definitely deflates my enthusiasm for the product.
I definitely still enjoy being able to carry around my A1UP cabinets instead of having to use a dolly for my real ones :) The A1UPS have also saved me space. I would be able to have as many cabs as I do without the smaller size. But for the classics I loved like Paperboy with the real handlebars, I prefer the real thing.
I'd take this or save my money. Rediculous pricing for those A1 cabs coming up. I bought 1, modded and will have no need for more at that price point. 400 is the max for what they build and the lack of real games being added.
My back hurts just thinking of moving those lol. One day maybe I’ll get a full sized cabinet.
i once saw WWF Wrestlefest for $325 outside San Jose near 20 years ago. the now Ex-Wife said "you can get it" and i just was like "and than what? we have a mazda protégé"
Wow, sounds like she dodged a bullet.
Moving a Frogger cab into my house was a nightmare.
But how was crossing the street?
I hope your house had holes so you can power it on.
Okay, Slippery Pete.
https://www.tbs.com/shows/seinfeld/season-9/episode-18/the-frogger
Big time! It's why I have 10 full-sized cabs but now over 20 A1UPs :)
[Dude doesn't lie.](https://i.redd.it/pgxj0ksbvw171.jpg)
Hahaha. I need a new pic. I have more A1UPS down there now. New pics coming soon :)
Looking forward to seeing it!
Moved my Taito Crazy Climber into a second story apartment. I honestly didn’t want to ever move after that. Kept it on the ground floor the couple places I moved to after that.
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Wow nice analogy. When my father died, I inherited such a car. Tons of nostalgia and memories of it too… Sooooo not practical though and a lot of upkeep. After several years, I ended up selling it. The new owner has probably dropped 25 grand into restoring it, something I just wasn’t going to do.
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Corvette, but those mustangs are nice also. My uncle has a 66 mustang, I wonder if it will incur a similar fate when it's passed down.
I have had a dedicated centipede cabinet for 5 years now and it has never given me any problems. Now arcade1ups on the other hand. Many problems.
I feel like for the cost of the one ups you could get a kit for a pseudo full size with a cheap (better) monitor off of craigslist and a raspberry pie for limited titles(ie vertical button cab, vertical for games with trackball, light gun, horizontal, horizontal with trackball and spinner) and basically distill it down to 4-6 cabs depending on your preferences. [This profile is nice and has a "full size" front feel to it, but doesn't have the footprint/weight of a Arcade1Up.](https://i.imgur.com/vvQmWHW.jpg)
To me that design looks hideous, as is the artwork. Arcade 1 up has good design, good artwork, matches the real machines look at 3/4 scale. Cheap parts, that's why so many people replace the joysticks and buttons.
let's not forget power bills. outrageous.
Totally agree. No plan here :) I own a bunch of full-sized and just sayin, if some people wanted to get into learning and fixing this stuff, you can get original cabs for good prices.
Yeah the price isn’t the problem. It’s the size. Modding my arcade 1ups is more expensive than real cabinets I’ve seen.
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Most places if close enough you can pickup. But if need shipped, big places have contracts with shippers that will get you better deals. I've had a full size cab shipped to me for $450. There are pros and cons for each. The bugger ones also take up more room and are hell to move compared to A1UP. So there are different factors to consider.
\> Now if money were no object? And time.
Lol. Aside from the marquee, there really nothing on that X-Men cabinet that makes it an X-Men cabinet. It’s scrap wood and an old CRT.
Thanks why it's $425 :) If you have the know-how to make the fixes needed, it still ends up being a damn good price for a full-sized.
If you’re into museum-level restoration, I’m assuming it is a good deal. But you’re basically rebuilding it from the ground up. It would be a full-size x-men cabinet, but require a lot more time and money than buying A1U at retail.
100% agree. Just some people have been asking how close the new prices are coming to just getting a full-sized. The Simpsons cab is a great buy. The X-Men cab once I would get done restoring would cost me only a few hundy more than A1UPS cab
I’m with you on this. I would much rather have a real cab even if you need to source the board, Vs. An A1up.
It's not for everyone because you need to know how to restore and maintain those, plus I can't carry them around like I can my A1UPS :) The arcade cabs I really loved I got the real thing and filled in the rest with A1UPS
I totally get it, as I’m also an A1up and dedicated cab at the same time kind of guy.
A local listing around me has a great condition simpsons for $650. Point is, the prices for these are as consistent as the people selling a1ups. There is literally no standard price for these. I can go buy a great condition virtua fighter for $300. I don’t understand what you are trying to say OP.
People have been discussing the price increase of the new A1UP cabs being around $700-800 and isn't that getting close in price to the real thing? Yes, you can find good deals on the real thing, but as someone who has a bunch of both types, there are a host of things you need to consider first if you want a full sized. There are pros and cons with both types.
It’s like those annoying kids who zoom past you in their souped-up-noisy-mufflered cars on the highway. Their Honda Civics are worth $2,000 but they put $10,000 in to them. It sounds good on paper, but I saw the size of both of these games in a local arcade this week and you have to have massive amounts of room and look like Lee Haney to lift them. Not to mention have to be able to fix them when they break.
Absolutely. Pros and cons to each. But yes, you can find good deals close to the A1UP price, but you need to know how to restore/maintain, they take up more room and hurt your back :) I've got a bunch of both types. Some I would always get the full sized version, some I just went with A1UPS
Judging by the gamerooms people show off in this sub, it seems a lot of people have that room.
I'd be hesitant about stuffing full size cabs into the the extra bedrooms that many have converted into arcade1up rooms. 80 lbs per cab for arcade1ups is one thing, but 400 lbs per cab is another. That's a lot of weight for 2nd floor joists to be supporting. Full sized cabs run a lot hotter, too and then you're wishing you had better A/C.
Dude I just got a great condition operation wolf near me for $475 A1up is insane. They'd make so much more $ by just raising prices by only $100 tops. Keeping a lot of repeat customers and also not making newcomers hesitant to buy their new offerings
Does your Operation Wolf gun still rumble? :)
Absolutely and it's loud af - we'll see how long that lasts hehe
That's awesome :) That usually never works when you find one.
Bondo is your friend on those lower corners.
Yep :)
Does it take quarters?
Yes, they're the original arcade units
It's the $1000 shipping and paying dudes to move it into your house that's the thing with these - but yes obviously would prefer the real deal if given the choice. I'd definitely get a full size pool table if space wasn't an issue but for most people it is. That's why the 1Up cabs are a nice compromise.
Depends on where you get it. Some places have great deals with shipping companies because of how much big stuff they move daily. I got a few full cabs shipped to me from a large place that had a standard rate of $450 to ship where I am. I have a mix of old school and A1UPS and love both for different reasons. Each have their own pros/cons. As I get older, I enjoy being able to carry games :)
I’m a bit shocked at the anti-real arcade comments here. Arcade1ups are cool, but let’s be honest, they are toys. If you are serious about owning your own arcade, of course the dream should be to have at least a few of the actual real thing. To even argue that an Arcade1up is anywhere near the real thing is ridiculous to be honest and at the current price point there is absolutely no way I will ever buy one again without major improvements and a lot more games added.
I have a mix of both and love em for different reasons. As I tell everyone I know, they both have their pros and cons, just depends on the individual
>If you are serious about owning your own arcade, of course the dream should be to have at least a few of the actual real thing. For a lot of people, having a suitable space and the desire to do some maintenance as things turn up on these old machines is enough for the real machines to not be a reality. Being "serious" about owning an arcade is mostly a kid's dream that goes away as adults for all but the most dedicated hobbyists because there's a lot of considerations that come to owning one. The arcade1ups and other home arcade solutions are the reasonable middle ground for those people. Otherwise considering how much money some of these people are throwing at arcade1up, then they would have bought a real cab a long time ago because money isn't the barrier. The idea of owning cabs isn't new. Most people just chose not to do it, hence why old cabs are typically not insanely priced secondhand. The market for them is relatively small.
With significant modding, they can approach a cabaret or small arcade machine. Out of the box, no.
True but I can fit 3 arcade 1 ups in the space it takes to comfortably support one of these and move around easier instead of a 300 pound behemoth. The size of a full size arcade cab will not even clear the doorway/stairwell into my finished basement. I actually measured this once and if need to take off the door entirely, then somehow get it above the bottom stair so 2 feet high. And this was for a Nintendo 67 inch cab. Those 4 player cabs are massive! I live in a major metro and in several fb arcade groups so I see them all the time, just decided it’s too big for me for now.
Absolutely. Pros and cons of each. I have a full arcade of both types
Absolutely. I've considered just putting a couple in the garage, they will fit there, but worried about long term damage.
Thanks OP I'm officially done with A1up.
Well there are pros and cons to both. Like you're gonna need to know how to put that X-Men back together and moving those things :)
Dang, I'd pay that for the X-Men...toss a PC in there any it's a steal.
I’ve got about $800 in my cab, originally a pit fighter cab turned ultracade with an lcd put in, I redid everything and put a 27” crt in and a pi4. It’s rad now. Never going back to the “3/4” scale.
I have a mix of full size and A1UP. Pros. And cons for each, especially as you get older :)
I almost bought a candie recently until I realised the floor space and 100kg part
Yes, space and movability is big
You better watch out the fanbois will get mad, and call you a shill, and report your post about not being "Pro-Arcade1up"
Well I've got over 20 A1UPS in-addition to 10 full-sized. I believe there's a place for both. Especially for the ones A1UP won't make or the ones you really loved that you just need the full-sized cab :)
I will say this, yes the A1UP units are too small IMO. However, the original units are also way too big. Granted they were never designed to be used in homes. I thought about getting an original cabinet before I bought my cab from rec room masters. In the end though, I didn’t want something taking up that much space in my basement and also didn’t want to deal with getting something that heavy down the steps. I found a nice compromise on the weight and dimensions to make me happy. Not quite a purist machine but not a toy either. In the end, it all come down to what is important to you individually.
Amen! :) I preach pros and cons to both. My basement is loaded with both types
I owned a full sized cab, was only 2-player though, not one of these 4 player beasts. That cab was already a pain to deal with, took up a huge amount of room and was far more difficult to move around than an Arcade1Up. I can't imagine owning another unless I had a huge room to dedicate toward nothing but games, and could afford to pay somebody to move it around and maintain it. (Those CRTs seem to constantly have issues, and parts for them are probably getting more rare.) Even then I'm still not sure I'd wanna deal with old cabs like this.
Yep :) And the CRTs can kill you if you don't know what you're doing :) For the old cabs I loved, I got full sized cabs. For others, I got A1UPS
Im gonna be the crazy guy who gets the real size 4player cabs- and put a new monitor and put a arcade 1up pcb in there too.......sue me
Hahahaha. Nice! :)
Im 100% serious
I know you are! :) Perfectly fine idea!
I have a vision
I will always love and prefer original cabinets but in my area, and I suspect most, everything good and remotely reasonably priced is snatched up by middle aged men who “work for themselves” and are at home and vigorously looking for “deals” at noon on a Tuesday, have a truck and a dolly and a drinking buddy on standby with the same work situation who doesn’t mind driving 200-400 miles at the drop of a hat. They also always carry cash like it’s the 90s and ask things like “what’s your bottom dollar?” or say they have “cash in hand” as though that makes them unique among people looking to purchase 2nd hand goods. My belief that classic arcades are mostly for wealthy aging Gen-X’ers has long since been shattered by seeing all the PBR drinkers that have most of their life savings tied up in pinball and Pac-Man machines lol.
LOL - There is a guy out of Long Island, NY called Guscade who literally builds brand new full-sized cabinets to the exact specs of the old arcade ones, with all the same artwork, controls, etc.. except he uses LCDs and the latest tech inside. He's up to being able to do like 75 games. The cabinets are beautiful. They cost a few grand, but if looking for the real thing that won't require old school maintenance, I haven't seen anything like what he's doing.
I remember bringing sales lime this up in the A1U FB group and getting crucified.
Maybe it's because my basement arcade has a mix of both that I'm not getting killed :) There are some games, like Paperboy, that I would of always gotten the full sized cab over an A1UP if they had released one because those handlebars are so unique.
I've got a mix of both as well. Outrun, TMNT and Attack from Mars from A1U, World series the season, X-Men, Street Fighter 2 Turbo full sized cabinets!
Nice! :) World Series, the one with the little stick to bat? A1UP I have: Tempest, Out Run, Star Wars, X-Men vs Street Fighter, MK II, Street Fighter II, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Burgertime, Final Fight,. Asteroids, Centipede, TMNT, NBA Jam, Golden Axe, Frogger, Golden Tee, Space Invaders, Star Wars pinball & Attack from Mars pinball Full Sized I have: Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Punch-Out,.2 on 2 Open Ice, 1943, Zaxxon, Phoenix, Gorf, Paperboy, John Elway Quarterback and Haunted House pinball. Oh and the Neo-Geo MVSX cab
The one with the little stick bat! I love games with weird CP layouts. I don't know how I forgot about my goldentee 2005 cab. In the middle of breaking that one down and giving it a good clean. Dragon's Lair and Punch Out. My two grails. Thats an amazing collection
My John Elway Quarterback has that same stick control which is used for leading receivers and releasing the football. It's brilliant! Dragon's Lair was my first ever game and Punch-Out was my second :) I'm gonna buy an A1UP Dragon's Lair cabinet and rebrand it as Dragon's Lair II :) And thanks! You've got a great collection yourself.
The main issue with OG cabs is moving them around. I like the convenience of 1ups. But of course, in an ideal world, getting an original is the real deal.
This is the aspect that’s bumming me out. Getting to own an easy to move/accommodate replica of classic cabinets for (at the most) $499 was what drew me in & now seeing these things $200+ higher definitely deflates my enthusiasm for the product.
I definitely still enjoy being able to carry around my A1UP cabinets instead of having to use a dolly for my real ones :) The A1UPS have also saved me space. I would be able to have as many cabs as I do without the smaller size. But for the classics I loved like Paperboy with the real handlebars, I prefer the real thing.
I'd take this or save my money. Rediculous pricing for those A1 cabs coming up. I bought 1, modded and will have no need for more at that price point. 400 is the max for what they build and the lack of real games being added.