NE146 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I'm not dissing it per-se, but more saying the more general consensus is might as well just go the emulation route (with whatever form factor you want..arcade1up cab or otherwise) because it's just easier with more options (and games). Or, if they want "authentic" you can't beat just plugging a VCS into a CRT. But again, it's a big world so anyone can and should do whatever project they want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I'm not dissing it per-se, but more saying the more general consensus is might as well just go the emulation route (with whatever form factor you want..arcade1up cab or otherwise) because it's just easier with more options (and games). Or, if they want "authentic" you can't beat just plugging a VCS into a CRT. But again, it's a big world so anyone can and should do whatever project they want. Not to mention trying to play any 2600 game with funky flicker rates like Asteroids or Yars Revenge on an LCD using a real 2600 can be disastrous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Asteroids on sale $150 at gamestop online, you can price match at target, etc. https://www.gamestop.com/toys/arcade1up-asteroids/157867 later -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Asteroids on sale $150 at gamestop online, you can price match at target, etc. https://www.gamestop.com/toys/arcade1up-asteroids/157867 later -1 didn't buy but with tax and shipping for me was about 175. Still pretty good for someone wanting to gut it I think. I'm waiting on any more until they do a 4p one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) Anyone on the fence about these, now is the time to buy one. Gamestop has the Asteroids one on sale for $149: https://www.gamestop.com/toys/arcade1up-asteroids/157867?utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=eDealinfo.com&utm_campaign=deeplink&utm_kxconfid=tebx5rmj3&cid=afl_10000087&affID=77777&sourceID=CPqWkHwkNyo-NlJAUfBc8Wmnjgpm0qwe8Q Edited January 17, 2019 by Machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Now where have I heard that before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) Here's prebuilt Lighted Marquees for $55 with shipping, video is not that great, but pictures at sight are good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rl7g4F5vBM https://www.theretrocollector.com/ later -1 Edited January 20, 2019 by negative1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 The marquee is neat....they should have blacked the edges of the plexi tho, but that is easy to fix if it bothers somebody. Wish somebody just sold the marquee decals alone...I have plenty of plexi and all the tools to f with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 The marquee is neat....they should have blacked the edges of the plexi tho, but that is easy to fix if it bothers somebody. Wish somebody just sold the marquee decals alone...I have plenty of plexi and all the tools to f with it. there are tons of people selling just the custom marquees on online sites and ebay, heres one: --------------- https://www.ebay.com/itm/Arcade-Centipede-Asteroids-1Up-Marquee-For-Reproduction-Header-Backlit-Sign/163480136898?hash=item26102cecc2:m:mPI14SVwZ3XSg3s2mkov2Fw:rk:1:pf:0 there are at least 3 tutorials on youtube on how to make your own, around $30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Or8AL56klI&t=1170s later -1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Yeah, I had somebody online print up my own design marquee for my custom cabinet. With the backlight it looks freakin awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 If you're doing a custom control panel, and want to fiber wrap it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YLFUFLY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_s6prCbG68WMD9 later -1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 this site has options for the control panel, precut plexiglass,, t-molding, bat stick, buttons, etc: https://www.diyretroarcade.com/index.php/arcade1up-birch-two-player-control-deck.html the will have other templates at a future point. later -1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I have a sinking feeling that if I ever come across a Galaga in a random Walmart visit, it'll come home wih me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) Using the Stock Pac-Man board, I've done the USB hack, and UART hack, and am running tests on the MAME from Rampage v.101, almost all the games run, you see some graphical glitches due to the keyboard mapping though. -------- Detailed information here : https://www.reddit.com/r/Arcade1Up/comments/a02870/hack_original_board_not_just_replace_w_pietc/ Gauntlet is missing a graphics layer, so that's why it runs through Retroarch. Anyways, everything is running off a USB stick, mounted as drive. I mapped some keys to a USB keyboard, and all joystick to the Pac-Man joystick, and action to Player 1 start: MAME functions work great ---------------------------- all audio mapping, volume works video rotation works, scaling works video features work - brightness, contrast, gamma Savestates - Saving and Loading works Dipswitches - works Pause works Some functions are persistent across reboots Still testing - cheats [should work] - analog controls [uSB mouse/trackball/spinner] later -1 Edited January 21, 2019 by negative1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 this site has options for the control panel, precut plexiglass,, t-molding, bat stick, buttons, etc: https://www.diyretroarcade.com/index.php/arcade1up-birch-two-player-control-deck.html the will have other templates at a future point. later -1 So I went to look at that, but ended up with this: https://www.diyretroarcade.com/index.php/speaker-grill-panel-for-arcade1up-for-two-4-inch-speakers.html For the price, totally worth the time it saves me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 neg...got a line on any good replacement speakers? I am worried most about getting something that can flush mount with that panel and doesn't need it's own obnoxious looking grill, the sound quality (as anything I buy is going to be better....) is not a big worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I haven't looked into any speaker replacements, but here's a mod: later -1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Maybe it's just me but with that huge amount of customization you're probably at the point you can do just as fine with a sturdier custom shell rather than changing up the arcade1up stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBerel Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) Maybe it's just me but with that huge amount of customization you're probably at the point you can do just as fine with a sturdier custom shell rather than changing up the arcade1up stuff. There's no reasoning with some people. Edited January 21, 2019 by JBerel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Maybe it's just me but with that huge amount of customization you're probably at the point you can do just as fine with a sturdier custom shell rather than changing up the arcade1up stuff. Huge amount? If what I'm doing is a "huge amount" of customization....man some folks online have a serious problem. (Also...the shell is the sturdiest thing about these!!!! It's the guts that are the crap.) If somebody starts selling IKEA style kits of just arcade cabs delivered to my door, 3/4 size or less so I can pick them up and move them....I'm all over it. Then I'll have to sell my triple-spoiler civ...I mean 1up arcade, so I can build my new ikea cabinet kit car. Have I continued the analogy correctly? I'll have like the Bricklin SV-1 of arcades? GULL WING DOORS &^$$@#s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 19 inch arcade size monitor mod: later -1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) Huge amount? If what I'm doing is a "huge amount" of customization....man some folks online have a serious problem. Well offline there's real life of course, and here's my stock Arcade1up (which I really like despite its shortfalls ), my IKEA style PI emu cab with car amp + stereo sound, Sanwa controls, lighted marquee, etc. which I worked pretty hard on.. and "real" arcade cocktail (unceremoniously being used as a barcade stand for the moment). So we got "real", Arcade1up, and custom multi-emu cab.. i.e. the three camps. So If you're talking about me, I'm the last person to have a problem with you doing your thang. I'm just saying man! (Also...the shell is the sturdiest thing about these!!!! It's the guts that are the crap.) I would 100% say the melamine shell of the Ikea style barcade I ended up with, is waay sturdier (and consequently, heavier) than the Arcade1up shell. But that's not a good or bad thing, it's just the fact. However if you're looking for the form factor of the Arcade1up, then yeah I can see that being a good enough reason. There's all sorts of paths you can choose. Edited January 21, 2019 by NE146 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Well offline there's real life of course, and here's my stock Arcade1up (which I really like despite its shortfalls ), my IKEA style PI emu cab with car amp + stereo sound, Sanwa controls, lighted marquee, etc. which I worked pretty hard on.. and "real" arcade cocktail (unceremoniously being used as a barcade stand for the moment). So we got "real", Arcade1up, and Custom cab.. i.e. the three camps. So If you're talking about me, I'm the last person to have a problem with you doing your thang. I'm just saying man! I would 100% say the melamine shell of the Ikea style barcade I ended up with, is waay sturdier (and consequently, heavier) than the Arcade1up shell. But that's not a good or bad thing, it's just the fact. However if you're looking for the form factor of the Arcade1up, then yeah I can see that being a good enough reason. There's all sorts of paths you can choose. Man....do the penny thing with the spinner. Totally worth it (I also think it's worth the 20 bucks and 10 minutes to replace the buttons in the 12-in-1, just makes it all around about 100% better...of course I HAD to anyway as my kids wrecked the fire button playing centipede after weekend one) I believe you that the barcade is sturdier, I think those are normally made of 3/4 ply and not 1/2 MDF (What I THINK the 1ups are?). OTOH, I don't intend to use one as a jack stand in my basement. WTH are you DOING with these NE that they have to be so sturdy? Again, the guts deserve the bad marks they got, they suck. The cabinets, short aesthetics (I won't argue a riser or all the screw holes are....pleasant to look at) are fine for every job they need to be. I'm sure the barcade one is nice, looks like you did pretty good work. Those look like Happ buttons tho rite? Aren't Sanwas convex? (That poor cocktail arcade....reduced to just being a table....you know you could have spent a lot less money and...just gotten a table right? ) Also..your offline is online to me. So.... There, we just entered the matrix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negative1 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) Follow up to modding, testing Atari titles: 1) Using Stock Pac-Man board 2) Side-loading custom MAME from Rampage 105 ============================================== Allows these games: ------------------- Tempest tubes (fanmade) Vindicators Part 2 Warlords Maze Invaders (Prototype) Tetris Gauntlet 2 Stereo sound downmixing to mono works, as heard in Gauntlet 2. This is also another mod done to the board. Games list: ------------- I've also tested the CHEAT.DAT zip file with Millipede, and it works, so it should work with other games also. The clones of almost all the games work, along with many other revisions of these roms. I'm still working on proper mapping of the trackball and spinner games. Thanks to BerryBerry for all his research and work on these. later -1 Edited January 22, 2019 by negative1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrock Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) Anyone try and of these giant all covering decal kits here yet for the 1ups? I have to admit I want to turn by Rampage into a 3 player Simpsons or TMNT. But I've laid vinyl before and I am looking at those side pieces like....woof. Ain't no way those go down straight and smooth easily. Maybe I am wrong? Mine came in. Super easy to apply and the measurements are good. I put it on the backside of my kickplate so as to preserve the factory graphics. Looks great. Edited January 23, 2019 by Vrock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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