I dunno man. I have Big Blue , KI, and MVC and they dont look bad in extreme viewing angles. Even looking here on this video they dont. Now, I dont have the MK cab yet, but from videos/reviews I've seen, including this one, you dont even have to be at extreme viewing angles for it to look washed out. Regardless, if its not an issue for you, thats absolutely fine. Thanks for the review
No sweat man! And yeah I mean everyone is going to notice different things. For me the light bleed is a killer. Most of my monitors have edge or corner bleed. But I’ve got a big bright spot smack in the middle offset a little to the right. So I may put in a request for a replacement. But from a contrast perspective, gaming on it was totally fine for me. Not argue it’s good. More arguing the monitors were always kind bad and this one is slightly worse. 🤣 I think the word I used in the review was “adequate” which I still think is accurate, even with the light bleed. 🤣 Thanks for viewing Koga!
This is a great video dude! I love the honest take on the competitive gaming side. You also did a great job showcasing that maybe the "monitor issues" aren't really as bad as they're being made out to be. You also gave me a good laugh about the Johnny cage artwork. Keep up the great work dude!
Totally agree with you. I have this and MVC2 and best to date build wise. Monitor has some wash out but doesnt affect the experience by much and is'nt that bad, unless your over 6 foot so maybe i'm at the perfect height lol. Love this cabinet. Finally a real , fair and honest review
The monitor may not completely bother someone like me or prevent me from buying....but I can absolutely see how people would avoid it even if its ok for you. Gamers today, right or wrong, demand A LOT more from companies. Especially if they're shelling out $500. Are buyers today more nitpicky though? Sure. But these things are also a lot more expensive then theyve ever been before. Hopefully future releases will use a different monitor. Im sure they will.
I mean I having collected real cabs, I guess I always compare them against the price of the real thing. And I’m still blown away that A1Up was able to deliver this for $500 with free shipping. Just pricing out my own 3/4 I was looking at over $400. So I’m really curious what kind of margins they are looking at on the MK cab. And I wonder if the screen is a by product of having to squeeze in some more margin. And thanks for the view!
The extreme washout only happens when you pan to the right side. There was washout a bit even on your camera when you panned, but I agree the monitor isn't the biggest issue for me.
Yeah. I mean it’s not great but it’s not horrendous is more what I was trying to convey. 🤣 So definitely not good. But passable enough that it’s still worth a buy to me especially when compared to its closest alternative, the previous midway legacy cab. I wonder if it’s possible to hot swap in one of those monitors into this cab though!
nice to see a positive review among all the bad ones, your big blue review helped sway me on that one so maybe I'll wait until this one goes on sale. those 2 and KI are my 3 holy grails but KI has yet to go on sale and I was hoping we'd know more about the pro series by now.
Nice review agree that the monitor doesn't effect the main front on viewing angle sitting on a stool, but standing up or viewing from the side the monitor wash out is pretty bad. I have the cabinet myself and love it, but can't deny the monitor is trash lol
Appreciate it FeralInferno. And yeah man the wash out isn’t great. But it’s not terrible either (at least on mine). The light bleed is where I got unlucky this time since it’s the first time I hit light bleed in the middle of the monitor instead of on the edges or in the corner. Wonder if there was some compression damage to the glass or something. Might hit A1Up up with a photo to see if they can maybe ship me a replacement monitor. But the wash out didn’t bother my wife or I standing and playing 2 player MK1.
I was so tempted to get this cabinet and upgrade my Midway legacy. But I'm glad I didn't because it looks like a new MK deluxe cabinet is coming out and I am a huge fan of the MK2 artwork. So I might save up for that one haha. I would love to see a tour of your room it looks like you have a ton of sick stuff in there. I have a video up of my arcade room if you're interested. I like hearing feedback.
There’s a new MKII one coming out this year and it has no riser. Raiden goes all the way down to the bottom on the sides. And the speakers have metal grills. Maybe the 17” monitor is BOE this time. BOE is a better monitor than the MK30th, Golden Tee XL, NBA Shaq, and gen 1 monitors.
From all of the reviews that I've seen, your screen isn't as bad as all of the others that have posted about this cab IMHO. As some have already pointed out, you can still see the bright grey washout on some of the angles. However, it's either your camera that shot a really crisp video, or your screen juust wasn't as bad as others. My MK will be here hopfully in the next few days, and if it's anything like yours, I can live with it until a fix somehow comes along. Thanks for the review!
Did you use OBSF-30 buttons and JLF-TP-8YT sticks? The OBSF-30 buttons didn't fit well in my SF2 arcade1up at the time, so I had to combine the JLF with alternative quality buttons for that cab. Thanks for sharing!
I get my sanwas which are my preferred buttons from paradise arcade shop. And it’s pretty easy, check out my KI unboxing video. I do a quick install there.
Nah. The yoga flame lineup isn’t as good. The darkstalkers trilogy, puzzle fighter, and knights of the round is legendary on top of the street fighter games! Definitely big blue.
I like these cabs they're nice I just wish the sound was better they only let it go up to 15 notches you used to be louder and then people complain it and have them lower the sound which don't make sense it should have kept the sound the way it is long as you can put the sounds whatever level you want you should be able to keep this out as loud as you want but you can add better speakers so that's a good thing if you want you can change out the speakers🤔🎮😀👍🏾
It is taller. But the panel is inclined so the panel height is only slightly taller than legacy. I posted a side by side of MK and KI and you can see the panel height difference even though the cabs share a similar build.
I just bought it and I'm waiting for it. This will be my first arcade1up machine. It's been a week, so you may not see this. But if you do see this, can you tell me if they ever do any kind of updates via the Wi-Fi? If not, I just won't connect because I'll never use it. Thank you for this video ^^
@sls78.. yeah got rid of both. Have battletoads in several other formats including my original nes and genesis carts. And for mk30th I use the countercade more and it has the games I care about on it.
Why dont they ever put the SNES Version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 with Rain and Noob Saibot, it's like not available on any digital platform or academic cabinet structure ONLY SNES......
Plz check and see...i want to order this but want to make sure it saves local high scores before taking the plunge....big blue does NOT save them....thank u so much!!
That’s a light bleed actually! Got a nasty one on this machine. I’ve had it on most corners on past machine. But this one has a big one too right and like right center. So I might send pics to A1Up to see if it’s severe enough that I can get a replacement. The wash out is when your blacks turn white. But it’s pretty uniform. And you can see in the side shots that the far side of the monitor gets a little more washed out than KI and big blue. Or at least that’s what I always though wash out was based on the tv stuff I used to read. 🤣 So feel free to correct me if I’m wrong! But that spot at the top right and right center are just bright illuminated spots all the time. So def some unlucky light bleed for me. Still not terrible when a game is running, but more annoying than the wash out for me at least. I’ll keep you posted on what A1Up says!
@@OfficeArcade my KI looks pretty much how your MK looks, and I’m not the happiest about it, especially since it’s such a dark game. But my big blue looks best of all my machines
I mean in person I didn’t notice significant difference outside of my bad luck with the light bleed. I wonder if we can swap the monitor out with the legacy monitor. Might be fun to try.
I love this song, love the review, I got my MK30th coming today, because of this review. My Review coming soon. Love the channel, keep it up! Check out mine if you ever get some free time.
@@OfficeArcade crossing my fingers, my wife loves bubbles 😂 I love the new form factor with these fighting cabs going forward. Are you getting MVC2!? Thank you for the support every little bit helps!
Do you have a video specifically for Arcade1Up Midway Legacy Mortal Kombat 30th Anniversary Edition Arcade Machine with Riser I am assembling it slowly but the video doesnt give a lot of detail and the book doesnt give instructions as to what types of screws to use on what parts.
I dunno man. I have Big Blue , KI, and MVC and they dont look bad in extreme viewing angles. Even looking here on this video they dont. Now, I dont have the MK cab yet, but from videos/reviews I've seen, including this one, you dont even have to be at extreme viewing angles for it to look washed out. Regardless, if its not an issue for you, thats absolutely fine. Thanks for the review
No sweat man! And yeah I mean everyone is going to notice different things. For me the light bleed is a killer. Most of my monitors have edge or corner bleed. But I’ve got a big bright spot smack in the middle offset a little to the right. So I may put in a request for a replacement.
But from a contrast perspective, gaming on it was totally fine for me.
Not argue it’s good. More arguing the monitors were always kind bad and this one is slightly worse. 🤣
I think the word I used in the review was “adequate” which I still think is accurate, even with the light bleed. 🤣
Thanks for viewing Koga!
Happy to know that someone else didn't care for Johnny Cage on the side art, kind of felt they should've had Goro on the side art.
Oh man. If they went custom Goro side art, I’d be SO in!
This is a great video dude! I love the honest take on the competitive gaming side. You also did a great job showcasing that maybe the "monitor issues" aren't really as bad as they're being made out to be. You also gave me a good laugh about the Johnny cage artwork. Keep up the great work dude!
Thanks Ralph! Really appreciate you checking out the video! Keep being that community pillar man! You rock!
Thank you! Starting a game room for our boys this Christmas. I purchased marvel vs Capcom. And looking to order this one too.
@user-wt8pp5iy2i great choices! Your kids will love them!
Totally agree with you. I have this and MVC2 and best to date build wise. Monitor has some wash out but doesnt affect the experience by much and is'nt that bad, unless your over 6 foot so maybe i'm at the perfect height lol. Love this cabinet. Finally a real , fair and honest review
I was starting to think I was the crazy one based on feedback. But yeah I think it’s folks trying to shore up some drama for views.
Love how you changed the button and sticks before you even started!! 😆
Yeah I did that with KI and it actually made it super easy! Saves you a few extra steps!
The monitor may not completely bother someone like me or prevent me from buying....but I can absolutely see how people would avoid it even if its ok for you. Gamers today, right or wrong, demand A LOT more from companies. Especially if they're shelling out $500. Are buyers today more nitpicky though? Sure. But these things are also a lot more expensive then theyve ever been before. Hopefully future releases will use a different monitor. Im sure they will.
I mean I having collected real cabs, I guess I always compare them against the price of the real thing. And I’m still blown away that A1Up was able to deliver this for $500 with free shipping. Just pricing out my own 3/4 I was looking at over $400. So I’m really curious what kind of margins they are looking at on the MK cab. And I wonder if the screen is a by product of having to squeeze in some more margin.
And thanks for the view!
Enjoyed the Review! Glad to see you making videos!
Thanks PDubs!
The extreme washout only happens when you pan to the right side. There was washout a bit even on your camera when you panned, but I agree the monitor isn't the biggest issue for me.
Yeah. I mean it’s not great but it’s not horrendous is more what I was trying to convey. 🤣
So definitely not good. But passable enough that it’s still worth a buy to me especially when compared to its closest alternative, the previous midway legacy cab.
I wonder if it’s possible to hot swap in one of those monitors into this cab though!
nice to see a positive review among all the bad ones, your big blue review helped sway me on that one so maybe I'll wait until this one goes on sale. those 2 and KI are my 3 holy grails but KI has yet to go on sale and I was hoping we'd know more about the pro series by now.
Yeah if you aren’t in a rush, I’d wait for sure. You know those $150-$200 off sales are inevitable!
Nice review agree that the monitor doesn't effect the main front on viewing angle sitting on a stool, but standing up or viewing from the side the monitor wash out is pretty bad. I have the cabinet myself and love it, but can't deny the monitor is trash lol
I mean at 5’11” I’m not seeing the standing wash out. But for some of you giants, I can’t speak to that 6’+ experience. 🤣
@@OfficeArcade haha I'm 6'3 maybe it plays a small factor.
Nice review. Liked your real take on the monitor. Still waiting on my Midway Legacy. Delayed one week 🙃
Appreciate it FeralInferno. And yeah man the wash out isn’t great. But it’s not terrible either (at least on mine). The light bleed is where I got unlucky this time since it’s the first time I hit light bleed in the middle of the monitor instead of on the edges or in the corner. Wonder if there was some compression damage to the glass or something.
Might hit A1Up up with a photo to see if they can maybe ship me a replacement monitor. But the wash out didn’t bother my wife or I standing and playing 2 player MK1.
I swapped all the stock controls out with IL ,it plays great now
Awesome! Glad you are enjoying it after the upgrades!
I was so tempted to get this cabinet and upgrade my Midway legacy. But I'm glad I didn't because it looks like a new MK deluxe cabinet is coming out and I am a huge fan of the MK2 artwork. So I might save up for that one haha. I would love to see a tour of your room it looks like you have a ton of sick stuff in there. I have a video up of my arcade room if you're interested. I like hearing feedback.
Been meaning to do a tour! I need to get on that!
The new cab looks cool but I’ll probably stick to my 30th.
Yes Back to the arcades for Office Arcade! Bring on the Arcade videos!
Haha! They give me Splatterhouse and Primal Rage and I’ll make several more arcade vids! 🤣
@@OfficeArcade but you are OFFICE ARCADE! Arcade is in the name. You must compete with Michael B, PDubs, and Kongs!
@@stepsgaming 🤣
Great review!! Was on the fence and this review pushed me over to order one....and I got $100 Kohls cash...thanks!
Hell yeah! It’s a dope machine!
There’s a new MKII one coming out this year and it has no riser. Raiden goes all the way down to the bottom on the sides. And the speakers have metal grills. Maybe the 17” monitor is BOE this time. BOE is a better monitor than the MK30th, Golden Tee XL, NBA Shaq, and gen 1 monitors.
It’s the same as the KI pro. Don’t like the form factor. And way too expensive for the quality.
I know what I'll consider putting either on my Christmas list or birthday gift request
I'd rather keep my Capcom Legacy than upgrade to a big blue or yoga flame. I just like the Capcom Legacy cabinet better
Yeah I loved the art on that cab. But if you can get a big blue PCB, you should!
From all of the reviews that I've seen, your screen isn't as bad as all of the others that have posted about this cab IMHO. As some have already pointed out, you can still see the bright grey washout on some of the angles. However, it's either your camera that shot a really crisp video, or your screen juust wasn't as bad as others. My MK will be here hopfully in the next few days, and if it's anything like yours, I can live with it until a fix somehow comes along. Thanks for the review!
Yeah. I mean could totally be QC issues. But mine really wasn’t too bad. Totally passable.
Great review. Can’t wait for mine to be delivered
Thanks Garch! If you like your other A1Ups, I'm sure you'll love this one!
Amazing review! Great job man!!
Thanks Distillery! Glad you liked it!
Does it come with the riser or is that sold separately? Thanks dude!
I think they all come with the riser now. Not sure they make riser-less ones anymore. This one did come with the riser.
Did you use OBSF-30 buttons and JLF-TP-8YT sticks? The OBSF-30 buttons didn't fit well in my SF2 arcade1up at the time, so I had to combine the JLF with alternative quality buttons for that cab. Thanks for sharing!
Obsf30. Worked with some pressure.
Alright, thanks buddy.
@@arcade.101 yeah. And if you want them to come out easy, just use some sand paper around the hole before inserting the button.
@@OfficeArcade 👍
Where did you get the buttons to mod the control panel? And was a difficult to do?
I get my sanwas which are my preferred buttons from paradise arcade shop. And it’s pretty easy, check out my KI unboxing video. I do a quick install there.
Awesome videos, you doing some great content. Got a question would you recommend big blue or yoga flame? Have you got a yoga flame machine?
Nah. The yoga flame lineup isn’t as good. The darkstalkers trilogy, puzzle fighter, and knights of the round is legendary on top of the street fighter games! Definitely big blue.
How do you have white block buttons? Everyone Else has yellow?
I put in custom buttons.
I'm really having trouble debating on which cabinet to get between ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 or this one
I’d go with this one in case you want to play online. The form factor is really nice too.
BRA!! I JUST BOUGHT ONE AT OLLIE'S FOR $299 WITH MY DISCOUT I GOT FOR $259.
That’s an amazing price! I’d go in on a ms Pac-Man for that easy!
I like these cabs they're nice I just wish the sound was better they only let it go up to 15 notches you used to be louder and then people complain it and have them lower the sound which don't make sense it should have kept the sound the way it is long as you can put the sounds whatever level you want you should be able to keep this out as loud as you want but you can add better speakers so that's a good thing if you want you can change out the speakers🤔🎮😀👍🏾
I never max the volume. Haha. Cap it out at like 5/6.
As always, great review! Appreciate and respect your opinion. 💯
Thank you EmeryArcade! That means a lot!!!
Awesome Review! Is it taller than the MK II Legacy cab?👍👍
Another reviewer measured it for me and got 61", 3 inches taller than the MKII legacy. A1up added that panel extension on the side panels.
@@marcludwick512 It still looks short even with the panels. Must be my eyes.😂 Thanks!👍👍
It is taller. But the panel is inclined so the panel height is only slightly taller than legacy. I posted a side by side of MK and KI and you can see the panel height difference even though the cabs share a similar build.
Nice vid, my mk cab arrives on Friday. love the look of your room, just subscribed.
Quick question: did u change out your block button?
Yeah I swapped all my buttons out for sanwa buttons! And I went mk2 and 3 button colors for the lay out.
When are your tournaments on sf and mortal kombat
Main tournament I go to is combobreaker. But putyourquarterontheglass used to run great arcade1up specific tournaments.
I just bought it and I'm waiting for it. This will be my first arcade1up machine. It's been a week, so you may not see this. But if you do see this, can you tell me if they ever do any kind of updates via the Wi-Fi? If not, I just won't connect because I'll never use it. Thank you for this video ^^
They do occasionally do wifi updates but very infrequently.
@@OfficeArcade thank you :)
@@TyDie85 no sweat!
Where did you get the sf2 char select floor mat?
Etsy
Thanks 🔥
Do you still have your Arcade1up's? Just curious.
Yeah, t2, big blue, and a bunch of countercades. I found the countercades get the most use by me and my family.
@@OfficeArcade Nice. So you got rid of KI and MK30th? I have about 13. I mainly play Big Blue and MK30th.
@sls78.. yeah got rid of both. Have battletoads in several other formats including my original nes and genesis carts. And for mk30th I use the countercade more and it has the games I care about on it.
@@OfficeArcade 👍
It's such a beautiful machine, but damn did A1U screw up the monitor. I wouldn't mind having in my collection if it were to be on sale though, haha.
I don’t mind the monitor at all it’s one of the two cabinets I’m going to keep. Selling off the rest.
@@OfficeArcade KI is not on the chopping block is it? 😭
@@nerdloftgaming it might be. 😬
Why dont they ever put the SNES Version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 with Rain and Noob Saibot, it's like not available on any digital platform or academic cabinet structure ONLY SNES......
Because that wasn’t an arcade game. They rarely put console ports on their machines.
Who made your logo I need something similar!
Made it myself!
That’s awesome! Omg make me one haha!
If I had more time I totally would! Haven’t had too much free time lately though.
Totally understand whenever you get a free second sometime down the road just let me know. I the logo looks totally awesome. You did a great job.
@@TheCornerCade thank you! And sure thing!
what about the version without riser ever seen that one?
I don't think they put them out without risers anymore. I could be wrong.
@@OfficeArcade walmart got them for $300. i ordered the street fighter version today
Can you play all the games like Rampage and Guantlet online?
Yeah. Some games are for high score only but many you can coop.
Does this cab save all local high scores?
I don’t believe so. I’ll have to check. There is an online global leaderboard. But haven’t tried to see if there are offline options.
Plz check and see...i want to order this but want to make sure it saves local high scores before taking the plunge....big blue does NOT save them....thank u so much!!
Looks like it’s online leaderboards only.
@@OfficeArcade thank you so much! Thats truly a bummer...especially for Joust
Ce jeu avait fait parlé de lui pour sa violence à l'époque, heureusement qu'il n'avait pas été interdit.
waiting for pro-series
Those cabs are all too big for my space. I can do 5 non-pro or 3 pro, and there's too many cabs I like to just do 3.🤣
Nah that monitor washed fam, I saw it in the top corner on rampage buku
That’s a light bleed actually! Got a nasty one on this machine. I’ve had it on most corners on past machine. But this one has a big one too right and like right center. So I might send pics to A1Up to see if it’s severe enough that I can get a replacement.
The wash out is when your blacks turn white. But it’s pretty uniform. And you can see in the side shots that the far side of the monitor gets a little more washed out than KI and big blue.
Or at least that’s what I always though wash out was based on the tv stuff I used to read. 🤣
So feel free to correct me if I’m wrong!
But that spot at the top right and right center are just bright illuminated spots all the time. So def some unlucky light bleed for me. Still not terrible when a game is running, but more annoying than the wash out for me at least.
I’ll keep you posted on what A1Up says!
@@OfficeArcade my KI looks pretty much how your MK looks, and I’m not the happiest about it, especially since it’s such a dark game. But my big blue looks best of all my machines
Dude, where did you get that shirt? Please tell me, it's dope.
I actually found it on eBay!
Awesome Video man .
I'm still buying my MK 30TH ANNIVERSARY CABINET.
ARCADE1UP4LIFE
Hell yeah man! Like I said in my most recent community post, all I need is primal rage with online play and I’m set! Haha
Nice
Thanks Biggy!
The monitor is really bad. Horrendous contrast ratio. It's bad for 2022. It would be bad for 2008.
My wife and I enjoy ours. Have had no issues gaming on it.
Awesome review but the screen is shit! Big Blue and KI screens are night to day better....like its not even close.
I mean in person I didn’t notice significant difference outside of my bad luck with the light bleed. I wonder if we can swap the monitor out with the legacy monitor. Might be fun to try.
@@OfficeArcade it wont work....u need a Dell 1707 monitor
Wow that music is grating.
I can't want to see you online buddy.
Looking forward to it man!
Where's mk trilogy tho?
I don’t think that was ever an arcade game. I think it was console only, no?
@@OfficeArcade you right. Makes sense now lol thanks again for the video too!
@@irapuff1924 no sweat Ira!
Nope the viewing angle is not side to side is up and down.
Watching other folks, it was side to side that was the problem. But looks like I got lucky and got one with better QC.
I love this song, love the review, I got my MK30th coming today, because of this review. My Review coming soon. Love the channel, keep it up! Check out mine if you ever get some free time.
Glad you liked it! And glad you got the cab! It’s a good one!
Will definitely give your channel a look!
@@OfficeArcade crossing my fingers, my wife loves bubbles 😂 I love the new form factor with these fighting cabs going forward. Are you getting MVC2!? Thank you for the support every little bit helps!
@@TheCornerCade going to hold out for a PCB because I like the xvsf body better. Or if pcbs are going for crazy prices, I may pick it up on sale.
@@OfficeArcade well have to see a future video on this! I was luck to get a pre order on this they went fast.
Yeah it’s a sick lineup. If I didn’t already have xvsf and cota, I would have gone for it 100% day 1.
The cabinet is very small complete trash.
It should had the original mortal Kombat cabinet size.
I love this form factor. Much better for homes and fits through doors easily.
Lol MK will never be better than Street fighter, ever.
Agreed. But doesn’t mean strong players can’t be good and enjoy the both of them.
They're two franchises still going strong today. It's safe to say they're equals at this point.
Do you have a video specifically for Arcade1Up Midway Legacy Mortal Kombat 30th Anniversary Edition Arcade Machine with Riser I am assembling it slowly but the video doesnt give a lot of detail and the book doesnt give instructions as to what types of screws to use on what parts.
Nah, just the speedy assembly clip in this video, sorry.
@@OfficeArcade I figured it out that was kind of a pita