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What's the interest level in the Atari cab? What if it had an old-school looking TV as a monitor? What about a wood-grain styled side art?
Atari has no interest in putting their VCS games in an arcade cabinet, it's a conflict of branding.
They'd probably insist on using the VCS controller instead of a real stick.
Lol I guess they could try the CRT look by putting a bent fresnel lens in the bezel in front of an lcd monitor.
I honestly can't stand when they tack a bunch of SNES roms into the Capcom cabinets. One could say it's... tacky.
Yeah, I'm just trying to think of things that would make the Atari cab betterer than it is (and the answer is, sadly, almost anything). Very un-inspiring. I wonder about the licensing of Atari games, as they've obviously pretty loose with giving them out. Either way, plenty of "room for improvement".
@@evilgeniusentertainment It'll be the same list of 2600 games as on the Atari 50 collection. Possibly with a few additions from their recent acquisitions like Berzerk.
Either way, you'd think they'd know exactly what games will be on there.... so why not list them? It's another indication of a product that needed some more time "cooking" so to speak.
I still play light gun games for xbox on my tiny TV screen doesn't particularly matter, works well enough but at the same time this content is still just an advertisement instead of entertainment
You're so right about the side rail. They mess that up a lot.
I have 4 cabinets costing 400 each back in the day; they went full send with the prices now. You can make your own and better!
Yeah, it's very possible to build one from scratch (I made a STAR WARS themed multicade for my brother's birthday a couple of year's ago), but not everyone has access to the tools and space needed to do so. And the "niche" cabs like T2 and the driving games are nice from A1up... but not for $750!
All I can do is laugh! 😂 Thanks for the video!
Thank you brother!
sad
$800 is definitely a deal-breaking flaw! 😂😂
Yeah, I was a bit shocked at that considering they still have pallets of T2s laying around....
These games suck they need to make metal slug cab but instead of ripping us off and making a horseshit one to only improve it by a tiny bit
I don't think the games themselves suck (I mean some of those are the greatest arcade games of all time). My beef is that we've seen them all before, multiple times, in other cabs. Simply no excuse for 6 - six! - Pac-Man games on a Galaga cab; no excuse for for raised edges right next to a joystick.
Raised side panels are not a problem for me, even if the stick is close to it, because my doc ordered me to stop playing with the side of my hand resting on the machine. It causes carpel tunnel problems. She told me to start putting my hand so I'm grabbing the upper portion of the stick, with the palm facing down. Took a few weeks to get used to, but now I'm not waking up with numb hands anymore. I think I'm also getting better control authority, too. Oh, there's no bloody way I'm going anywhere near a Buck Hunter with just a 17" screen. No. That game demands at least a 32" screen. Thanks for the video.
You got it - and your tenacity for gaming is awesome!
Just got my Atari50 cab and love it, it's the best arcade1up I've owned
I want it... but for $199, maybe $299.
Nice video Evil Genius, always like getting your perspective on home arcade, your views are mostly outside the mainstream community which is a nice change of pace.
Thank you Biggggy - I don't want to be too negative, because new cabs/choices are always better then nothing, but when there's an obvious - glaring - flaw in something (like in the Atari cab), I think I should point it out. Thanks for watching!
Wait 2 years it will be $315 at Best Buy like T2
Hard to argue Dave... that'll be double true if XL versions come out in the meantime!
Good video as usual Evil....
Thank you Sir!
Great work.
Thank you! Thanks for watching
Guess you'll just have to break out the chainsaw and take matters into your own hands!
Hah - you know me too well! Already planning on how to mod the cab if I pick it up (either have to raise the control deck, or shave those sides down).
I hope Arcade1up takes your advice, and changes the deck design of the Atari 50 Ann. cabinet.
Me too! I do have high interest in this cab, and I don't own previous versions. I can always put on new side art, but the 2" ridge might be a little harder to deal with....
I agree with you,Time Crisis the only one good but not at 750 too expansive maybe when it cost about 500.
Hi from italy ;)
Howdy Luke! All of these games eventually drop in price, so it's a waiting game!
I’m passing on all these cabs. Good video. 👍🏻
Thanks!
sad
A1Up doesn't get it. Their quality and product are not worth more than $200 USD at best. The quality and service somehow keep getting worse, but prices keep going up. Most of us can play these games on a PC anytime for free, so paying almost a grand for some cardboard, worst controls on the market, and a head ache just doesn't make sense. MAYBE if they could play tons of games or download new ones, but at a handful of games on one cab.. go fish.
I'd say this - in tough economic times, these cabs are a much harder sell regardless of price. I do think there is value in both nostalgia and form factor (particularly shooting and driving games, which are harder to emulate if you're building you own cab), but that Atari cab is missing out on both.
The quality drop REALLY shows when they try to shill these things in a location with actual arcade machines, like conventions.
The only ones playing them are tired of waiting in line for the real cabs, and by the end of the day the arcade 1ups are all loose and swaying during gameplay 🤣
Yeah, it's pretty doubtful that A1up cabs could survive in a real arcade. But to be fair, that's not their intended use. Mine have held up reasonably well, and I beat on them pretty good. Of course, I'm more willing than most to simply drive a dry wall screw into the side of a machine to lock it down.
They come out with a linkable Daytona USA, they will fly off the shelves.
Well, given that you can connect up to 4 FAST & FURIOUS cabs, you'd think it's at least technically possible (although A1up's current hardware might not be able to handle DAYTONA). Might be something we see next year....
This company should have you design a cabinet. Love your ideas. What do you think it costs this company to actually make a cabinet like Time Crisis or these deluxe cabs? And why do we always want them to make our favorite cabinets when we know the size of the monitor and the quality going into it isn’t going to be what we want out of the box. Maybe it’s because we know they can make a nice looking cabinet except the (50th Anniversary Atari) and mod it. This might be one reason why we are all mad because the price is so high and we all know we have to shell out hundreds more to mod the cabinet the way we want. If they continue to make cabinets of this quality and size they should lower the price by hundreds so we are able to mod the cabinet to how we want it. Then we as the consumer can justify our purchase and time to mod.
Well thanks! I do consult a smaller company RE pinball design, but I'd love to design a video game cab. As I understand it, one of the major costs of making these cabs is getting the factory ready to make them. A1up's obviously spent a lot of money doing that for these Deluxe cabs, even though the changes are relatively minor. Parts have gone up (although perhaps less than you'd think), and shipping has become much more expensive. So I understand A1up doing re-treads. But I do wish they were more open about when other versions of the same cab were coming (like the XLs).
@@evilgeniusentertainment I agree with what you said. More transparency on when and what cabs will be coming would help us make a more informed decision and maybe help us save money and our marriages! Lol.
@@evilgeniusentertainment I saw your video on the Atgames Pinball 4K. So what dongle think? Do you think it’s worth it to pick it up for let’s say $1500,$1200? I own the original and have done some mods to it. Not much but I added solenoids from Cleveland Software design and the bass shaker from buy stuff arcades. Do you think getting the new one is worth it for the price? I specifically talking about the 4K monitor. Is it worth buying a new one for that?
For sure, gotta keep our wives happy! Other high end tech companies announce their roadmaps for new releases for the year (I'm thinking specifically of new cameras/lenses).
I think my next video will be about the new 4K version, as some more specs have come out on it. The one thing I don't know is whether the games on the cab have been given an update (better graphics/physics). If they have, it becomes a very attractive machine. If they haven't, then you'd essentially be buying it to BYOG 3rd party tables like VPX and Future Pinball ('cause adding solenoids and shakers isn't that hard to do to the HD version). It will have a new UI, which is awesome news.
Nice to see a shill free summary of the cabs! The apparent shilling has gotten thick with some others. In regards to the net 16" display (offsetting for white border) my BHW is fun if you get really close 😬 I prefer the original to the new BHW design.
No shilling here - I try to calls 'em like I sees 'em! And good point about the white border around the shooting games - it does effectively make the screen even smaller than 17". The one game where the smaller size doesn't hurt so much is T2, where you can spray & pray plus use grenades.
@@evilgeniusentertainment It's actually 16.9" to begin with. Small.
Real small.
There's no Space Invaders because that's by Taito, not Midway. Just because they have the "rights" to a title doesn't mean they can slap it into any branded cabinet they want.
Taito has their own cabs, so you're likely to get something like their pinball tables.
For sure, licensing could be an issue... but 6 Pac-Man games on a GALAGA cab? Nah, that doesn't make much sense. As there are literally thousands of shooters available to license in general, and plenty of other Midway games that A1up owns the rights to that would better round out this cab (JOUST, GAPLUS immediately come to mind), and it's a disappointment.
Pacman and Galaga are actually owned by namco buy they should have put Galplus, another Galaga sequel on that cab
I'd rather see KLAX and BUBBLE BOBBLE than 6 versions of Pac-Man. That's just crazy lazy. And why, WHY, is DIG DUG II on any cab? It's an awful game, literally no one plays it. They can - and should - do better.
@@evilgeniusentertainment klax is atari, bubble bobble is taito. Dude, learn your companies!
@@DeAthWaGer actually Klax is midway, was licenced by atari for arcades just like Paperboy
never bought a single arcade1up cab.. but if they ever made a kung fu master, i'd buy it in a flash!
It's a bit weird how few new titles A1up has added to their cabs - there a literally thousands of titles available and while they might not all be great games, more variety & choices is always better than not. Far as Kung Fu Master goes, I doubt there'd ever be a dedicated cab for it, but it'd be cool to see it on one of their fighting cabs.
I’ll buy the Time Crisis on clearance at Walmart after Christmas 😂
Doubt Wally World will ever get TC as it's a higher end cab... but it'll go on sale wherever it is actually sold.
Would much rather have the Point Blank trilogy over these Steel Gunner games!
Nice Video EG!!
Thank you!
Excellent video as always! I love the idea of an Atari 50, but great point on the "do the cabinet designers actually play the game?" with that upper edge and the joystick.
I wish branding and licenses were not an issue and Time Crisis could have things like The House of the Dead added. Heck for $750 include additional stickers for the top and sides.
But the screen size is so bad. Screens are cheap nowadays, so I wish A1U would just give us a better value.
Thank you brother! There's a good hack for the T2 (or I suppose any A1up shooter cab) that I just saw today where you can add a pandora's box for shooters for around $300. I would pay more for a bigger screen (think at least 24")...
Pass on all..Done with A1UP unless … House of the Dead, or Star Wars Trilogy
EXACTLY !!!
i'd wish they wake the Hell uo
Tend to agree (although I am holding out hope for an XL TRON & STAR WARS re-issue)... but I'm sure there are plenty of TC fans that are stoked about this cab. It does have the one killer feature of those pedals (although to be fair, so does the retro shooter pandora's box). As much as I want a HOUSE OF THE DEAD cab, if it has a 17" screen, it's an immediate fail.
JDV. Another great video! Nothing really surprises me about A1Up anymore. The Atari cab looks like another A1Up loser and the Galaga Deluxe cab is just another rehash but then again, Arcade 1Up seems like they want to be the unofficial "kings" of the rehashes. The A1Up cabs that I got in the past, I still have and I will not give up on those. But it seems that A1Up has given up on being innovative and refreshing and that is sad.
Thanks for the kind words - glad you dug it! I don't mind the idea of a new deluxe cab - the form factor clearly better than in the 1st or 2nd gen Legacy machines. But considering that there's been very few new titles to hit shelves (realistically only 1 so far), and the same exact game line-ups, there hasn't been much to get excited for the established owner. To be fair, A1up did put out a bunch of new cabs last year, so I can understand a slow-down in releases... but not a change up of game titles, or inherently poor designs for a highly anticipated new title.
Why would you even want a 1up when you can get a Legends Ultimate and have the same games and then some…. I mean mind 🤯
Well for some games - vertical shooters and Pac-Man style games - A1up's the better choice for sure. The screen is oriented in the right direction and is, technically, better as it has crisper/deeper colors and gamma. The other main reason of course is nostalgia/branding which definitely goes in A1up's favor. Which is why the design of the new Atari cab is so baffling - it's design is poor, and the branding arguably worse (although, again, this is a very subjective thing). Lastly, A1up def better for specialty cabs like T2, the driving cabs, and TRON & STAR WARS.
I’m torn if I should upgrade my Galaga to the Deluxe. Love the proper 30 degree tilt on the screen and form factor but with my luck an XL Galaga is just around the corner.
The design of the Deluxe cabs is great - personally I think the 17" screen is perfect for the vertical games. But I'm still a bit shocked that there's SIX Pac-man themed games on a Galaga cab. Makes no sense at all. I suppose it all depends on whether or not you really want the larger XL form factor. Hopefully it would have a different lineup of games, but doubtful....
@@evilgeniusentertainment the thing is if/when the XL comes out it will be $100 more, have a 19” BOE vertical monitor and stand at 66” instead of 61.” A bigger screen and taller cab is worth that $100 difference. I know we are only talking 5” but it makes a big difference (that’s what she said). 😂
Dave! For shame! Tee hee... I hope (against common sense) that the XL cabs will have different game lineups. If they did, I think they'd be a big hit. If not, I think many will sit on the fence and wait for sales.
@@evilgeniusentertainment And the sad part is that even when A1Up does Pro versions of their cabs, they may end up having the same lineups. For the Pro versions, they must have at least 20 games or else, it's just another waste of time.
I've been calling for 20 games for some time now - it just makes sense. And I think you're right, the pro/XL cabs will have the same lineups.
On top of the small screen, the Time Crisis foot pedal looks too small for 2 players.
Yeah, it's a cool concept but sometimes size does actually matter.
Hi, can anybody tell me why I can't find a "Capcom legacy cab 12 in 1?" Specifically, I'm looking for the cab that along with street fighter 2, also has 1944 loop master, ghost n goblins, and commando. It's been "out of stock" for many months at every retailer I have tried. Thanks,
Best I can do for you: electronics.woot.com/offers/arcade1up-street-fighter-ii-deluxe-arcade-machine?gclid=Cj0KCQiAw6yuBhDrARIsACf94RVozTWRKLIhiLNF0UWfOAGgHmX4sBab8YAmmolfNN8MYFdBIYSgYq0aApeGEALw_wcB
@@evilgeniusentertainment awesome thanks!
You got it!
Hey JDV, I totally agree; This money would be better spent on the ALU and an AimTrak gun and CoinOps. I have that setup now and playing shooters on a large screen is worth every penny. The Atari shenanigans is just a money grab IMO. 100% agree, this is No Dice for me. Pass.
Yo, good to hear from you again David! Thinking about swapping out my stock ALU screen for a 32" monitor and setting up some shooters. I previously made a cab based around a nintendo Wii, and I might try that again too (hate to see the wii go to waste, and there's tons of shooting games for it)
@@evilgeniusentertainment Thanks JDV!!! 😊 That sounds neat and I'm a big fan of projects like you mentioned so keep posting if you do! I've often wondered about options for replacing the ALU display if it ever stopped working!
I can only (maybe) do it because it's a gen 1 ALU machine, which use standard HDMI out ports on the board. All the other AG games use a connection which, as far as I know, does not work with any existing LVDS adapters.
Hey brother, checking in. We are missing our two fat drunks very much! That said, I always enjoy the content. Question, anymore zombie movies coming down the pike? I'd love to see the video game Crazy Climber and Joust again!
You Mark! Funny you say that, 'cause we're going to (hopefully) shoot the start the new season this Friday
And YES! We're going to be shooting a new zombie movie this fall!
What they need is "House of the Dead"!!!
Plus 1000. No interest at all in TIME CRISIS, plenty of interest in HOUSE OF THE DEAD. It's a Sega game, so you'd think A1up would be able to get the rights to it....
So are you going to buy any of the new arcades and by the way I just watched a video on RUclips it was a court TV video and the lawyer look just like you😁
I do plan on picking up the Pac-man/Namco Deluxe cab (when it goes on sale). Court TV eh? Poor guy... no one should have to look like me!
What is an “ALU” that you mentioned?
Sorry about that - it's the AtGames Legends Ultimate. Here's my in-depth review here: ruclips.net/video/vTLW4Ui7EWs/видео.htmlfeature=shared
Very helpful! I’ll check out the video. Thanks!
buy the retro shooter pandoras box instead of time crisis arcade 1up
Yeah, I just discovered that product. Very intriguing.
Why no Bosconian on the Galaga cabinet?
Good question... almost anything would be better than 6 Pac-Man games.
Why didn't you show the straight on shot of the 50th? It's on their website. It shows that angle that you showed isn't representative of what you showed. Was the purposeful or did you literally not click the next image on their site? lol
Ah... the pic I showed is on their website. In fact, it's the first pic that comes up. So why in the world would I not refer to it? And of course, you can clearly see the sides coming up in their promo video as well. Truth is that none of the images are likely from a real-world machine, but rather a CG mock-up. Hopefully the final, shipped, version does not have what is an obvious design flaw. We shall see.
Screen is too small less then 17 with Sinden light ring.. too expensive..cheep plastic on guns...just a fail
Considering that you can pick up a light gun for the NES off of Amazon for less than $16, it's def a lot of dough for TC. I know the pedals do add value/cost more than a normal shooter, but still... at $500 I'd have at least some interest in it. The cab I had the most interest - the Atari 50th - has such a poor design that it's hard to believe that that's the final version (and hopefully, it isn't).
A1Up throws shit on the wall to see what sticks and their fanboys eat it all up.
It'll be interesting if the new releases in '23 go on fire sales this Black Friday
It's a successful business model
In previous years I'd say that's true. But as we've only actually seen one new game actually hit the streets this year (F&F), I'm not so sure anymore. But as I've said before, they released so many new cabs in 2022 that it's not that big a surprise that they've circled the wagons a bit. Still, if that Atari 50th cab is finalized, it's a shocking lack of attention to detail.
@@evilgeniusentertainment I'm hoping for yout fire sale prediction on F&F. I would love a twin racing set up. Are you eyeing any new cabs in the space?
How does Quality Control let that Atari cab pass with a joystick such as that one? Oh, that's right - it's Arcade1up, they don't DO quality control. Their "good enough" is not good enough. Do they think they are selling to 8 year olds who don't know the difference?
Yeah, this is even worse than a QC mistake which might make an otherwise good design bad. In this instance, even if the product was made perfectly to spec, it's a fail. It really is just about as bone-headed as you can get in this genre of products.
Waste of time can't get half of them in the UK
Are there any stores in the UK that regularly carry A1up's (the way Walmart does here in the states)?
Where are the XL's?
Coming just as soon as these thing rot on the shelves or are sold for $299 on Black Friday.
Rumors are that pac man and Co81 XL are coming this fall. The others are apparently coming in 2024
Yeah, I'd expect Pac-Man and/or '81 to be announced first. I don't know if they'll be announced this year, or early next year, but at this point sooner than later.
@evilgeniusentertainment you..do know about the Costco leak right? 599.99 pac man XL with light up buttons "jumbo marquee" same game list as the others? But at least it's got a 19 inch vertical screen so that's nice.
Yeah, I saw that, but nothing since and the price - considering A1up's other pricing - seems a bit off. BUT if you believe reddit, there's 13,000 XL Pac-man's coming for this winter. A 19" vertical screen is positively huge....
A1Up is too busy trying to figure out how to rip people off then worry about these little insignificant things like joy stick placement or overall good quality products.
I won't say rip off, b/c people at this point know what they're buying into... but it's hard to explain why they keep making unforced errors - errors it would cost literally nothing to fix if they were caught early enough.
@evilgeniusentertainment Or in other words... a rip off.
These new machines are for the Arcade1Up “Foamers” as I call them. (People who foam at the mouth for anything and everything Arcade1Up). There’s plenty of them out there. Not for me.
I wonder how many A1up fans are actually going to buy these products. Many already own some version of the Deluxe cabs, and TIME CRISIS is quite expensive.
A1up still wont put out a Double Dragon cab lol
2 rehashes, 1 weird cab, 1 new that has a bloated price. Absolutely garbage year from A1UP.
I would mind the Deluxe cabs less if A1up was more upfront about their release schedule for XL cabs with the same titles. I wouldn't say garbage, but rather very un-inspired. But I'm also in a good mood today!
@@evilgeniusentertainment they are deceitful on purpose. Some sickos will buy a cab twice.
a1up is ridiculous - and is getting worse by the minute
greed greed greed.....i waited so long for improvements....i give up goodbye a1up
What's really weird is that they'd make more money by switching up the lineup on Galaga - 6 Pac-man games makes ZERO sense. Ditto that on the Atari cab design - it would cost them nothing to have better art and no raised edges next to the control panel. Unforced obvious errors are the hardest to explain and excuse away.
@@evilgeniusentertainment Exactly, plus they fail to list the names of all 50 games...No excuse
That's weird, right? Do they not know the games they have the rights to, or they afraid to let us know? Very strange. Both AtGames and Atari's own 50th anniversary edition rerpo have their games listed....
I am astounded that anyone would buy one of these,such a total rip off and the quality is like AT Games
If these cabs were from that company then I would get it but how can this company sell something they seemingly know very little about
Patrick, I gotta tell you, for being the biggest player on the scene they do seem like the most dis-interested in actually playing the games, which is always more important to me than how a cab looks. THE SIMPSONS, the 2nd gen Legacy MK cab, the waaaay too small 4 player decks, this Atari design - all of them bizarrely crippled by bad design decisions. For 2-4 player games, and any horizontal game, the ALU murders A1up. But the vertical cabs (Pac-Man/Galaga) from A1up do have a huge advantage b/c they have the screen oriented in the right direction.
Atari 50 cab shape is Asteroids. The art is terrible, though.
The more I think about, the more I hate the art. Subjective thing for sure, but I don't believe anyone's terribly excited for it.
Wtf is wrong with Arcade1up....i mean gees, they keep releasing the same games over and over amd over and over amd over amd over again. WTF man.
What the Hell kind of marketing strategy is this?
Make another cab with same ganes that are on like 30 other previous cabinets, slap some new decals on it and claim its some kind of new product, with a higher price tag.
Nice going arcade1up.
Wow.
On the one hand I can't blast A1up for the new Deluxe form factor - there are what most fans wanted to see right from the start. On the other hand by having the exact same game line-up, there's very little reason for established owners to buy one. Even less when there's every reason to suspect a larger XL cab is coming down the line.
"Wtf is wrong with Arcade1up....i mean gees, they keep releasing the same games over and over amd over and over amd over amd over again. WTF man."
The answer is simple: THOSE GAMES SELL. They're reliable moneymakers that help ensure they can pump out other things whether those other ones fail or succeed. Arcade1Up even told us this when they revealed the first Legacy cabs - they straight up said they would be rereleasing variations of them every year because they're titles that have reliably sold. Its not a bad business model at all.
Arcade 1ups have been a disgraced to the actual arcade community.
A1up could try to do a guitar hero.
These recent releases are boring.
No they can't. The rights nightmare would be far worse than nfl blitz
That would be hilarious....
Because gaming music peripherals always sell well these days.
Almost everyone has a stack of these things in their closet from 20 years ago, and aquiring the music rights NOW? Are you NUTS?!?
@@DeAthWaGer
You mean contacting wave group sound
Is nuts? The songs in guitar hero games are cover songs not original recordings.
During game play it clearly states
"Iron man made famous by black sabbath"
The guitar hero arcade game is still very popular.
@@jenningsmills5398 so you'd rather have a giant cabinet in you home, taking up more space than 2 controllers you likely already have, and stare down at a tiny 17" screen with meh audio, when you can just play your game system in your living room on a huge screen and surround sound, with the packs you already purchased decades ago, and even connect drums and a mic? Very appealing.
That Atari cab is just straight up ugly.
I think it might have some fans, but it does strike me as being a very lazy design. Again, I think some OG art on the sides would've been a vast improvement.
👎👎@ A1Up. The best thing you said was the Atari console.
That side rail... man o man....
Lol Atari console isn't even a FPGA, it's a cell phone and ROM dumper with Stella installed in a box. "No Cartridge Left Behind" is written on their website, yet their compatibility list is maybe 85% because of architecture limitations, so forget using your flash cart 🙃
Still, I am interested in it. While I love my OG Atari, connecting it to a modern TV is sub-optimal. Looks like it will play the vast majority (if not all) of the carts 99% of people will actually own. More disappointing to me is a lack of quality wireless controllers.
People still buy these?
I see little incentive to continue supporting a company that's providing the same subpar experience for the same tired games for pretty much the maximum price. Absolute zero in the way of innovation, consumer-friendly practices, or fun for that matter. Especially when GRS cabinets cost an average of $2k for a superior experience, full-size cabinet, and thousands of games. 'Nuff said.
It's been a turn-and-burn business model for some time now. A1up has treated its fan base very poorly; that, coupled with the super-fail of breaking out into the mainstream with NBA Jam and NFL Blitz, means they have painted themselves into a very tight corner.
They are all junk and not real retro arcades. Problems 1) They are not CRT. 2) They are not original hardware, and they don't provide a genuine experience. At best they should be based on original chips if that is not possible they should make new ASIC that behaves like the old hardware. This are just lame emulation not even FPGA. I was a small kid when the originals were released in the arcades and let me tell you. Nothing comes close to the original hardware experience.
Personally, I don't mind that they're not CRTs, which are heavier, consume more electricity, and would likely be much more expensive (if it's even possible). BUT, if there was ever a cab that should have something more old-school it would be the Atari cab. If the design flaws are dealt with (raised edges), along with better art, if this cab had some sort of older style monitor (or even a 5:4 aspect ratio BOE), then I think people would be much more enthusiastic.