PD7 i had mines for 2 years slso you gave me an idea I love my KI cab and your correct 19inch monitor does looks amazing I just gone ahead and placed my order from BSA this morning when u play online still has a slight lag but no worries thanks for sharing this video great vlog
I changed out my buttons and controllers on my Pro and I love it , far as the cab you have I had it and sold it and the light up deck only showed dust and fingerprints. But I did install the Z313 Logitech on the 3/4 cab and man what a difference it makes !!
@@PDX7 I will...first I'll have to find time to build it ;-). I've got several Legacy arcades already so I guess I can say I now have an arcade at home!
@@PDX7 haha... I'll have 10 arcades including iircade, Legends Pinball and Ultimate + Retro Shooter and 3 countercades so I'm gonna start charging admission lol
I Love your Killer Instinct 19inch monitor and decals, and Loki most of all. I'm jealous if I can find one for 499 or less I'm all in. I've never played Battle Toads looks super fun
Maybe by the end of the year they might run another 399-499 sale on it. Be fun to play a few runs on Battletoads 🐸 it’s a great game. Loki says Thanks :)
I bought mine recently. It's the one arcade game that's still hard to emulate without the right hardware and/or a PC. It's also one of my biggest games of my teenage years so I thought it was worth having a dedicated cabinet. I don't like the riser look and the OEM marquee isn't great. Mine also had a bad PCB encoder which made the sound pop. I also replaced the black bat tops with blue ones to match the arcade. Other than that, it plays well and looks physically pretty nice. I do hate how light and wobbly A1Us are though. I wish I could come up with good solution to have them more stable. My Legends Ultimate doesn't move at all. I don't really know what they did differently on theirs other than being wider.
TBH, all in all I prefer my KI pro. The cabinet design on that one is technically more like an older Williams cabinet and the KI pro is truer to the midway cabinets of its era. Also, I have light bars that light up just like that on my Pong Head 2 Head cabinet and I don't like how they don't remember their settings when I shut them down or turn on the cabinet.. It's cool on pong to have the control panels lit up (but a pain to have to manually turn them on and choose a color every time I turn it on when everything else is automated in the Kama Arcade) but I feel like it's unnecessary for my KI machine to have a light up deck protector.. I wouldn't have been satisfied with the design even with mods and light up deck.. The cabinet design was more of a priority for me. I especially don't like the sides of the control panel or how the kick plate isn't nested like the original.. also the marquee box design is off IMHO TBH, I think this cabinet design would be more appropriate themed to be Battletoads instead of KI and if I got one I'd not only add an inline riser but I'd reskin it to be battletoads.. The only real problem I have with the pro is the Yamaha speakers seem to be totally overrated. My MK 30th cabinet thumps more than my MKI Pro to be honest.. haha Also, upgrading the sound on it is going to be tricky because the PCB wont boot if I have anything else connected to it but the stock speakers.. KI Pro also plays well enough that I do all my old tricks like back in the day with the combos and I'm in the leaderboards for combos vs. the AI with it.. (like being 13th place for Orchid currently) I have a ton of nostalgia for KI and it's probably my favorite cab and gets the most play! BTW, I have a tip for loosening joyticks.. depending on what type they used there may be a flat head screwdriver end on the other end of the shaft and if you open up the joystick and insert a screwdriver there you can tighten the joystick by tightening that and or holding it with the screwdriver and tighten the top on the other end.. It's not really an arcade1up specific thing.. This happens with all sanwa type joysticks that you have to screw on your joystick tops.. on the plus side they're more customizable like I like to put bubble tops on them.. BTW, I really like the inline risers too I mostly have deluxes and the one KI Pro but I had two legacies and I made it look like I have nothing but deluxes and XLs because of the GI Joel risers.. especially after I added the full height art on the sides of my MK30th!
Another cool video man! I wish I had the room to add this one to my collection. I always liked the killer instinct games, and battletoads would be a nice bonus.
Got mine when it first came out already had to replace speakers, a pc board a year and a month later, and last month the controller broke just replaced it with happs buttons. Other than that I love playing this game
THe KI non pro modded is the way to go, I see they are discounting the topper for the ALP 4kp direct ship, it get the topper and add the other stuff later PhilO. I really like that topper, probably the best topper of them all, much better than Addams Family Topper. Love seeing Loki jumping on the arcades, I use rubbing alc to clean off my arcades, she puts her paws on everything.
@@PDX7 They are offering $50 off the topper and BOGO Free on the advance features, so you can get OTG and the USB access for VPX for 100 instead of 200, id get that too because the VPX pinball tables will be coming soon via USB and they are pretty sweet. So basically Id get the Direct from China AFM with Topper since its discounted and the advance features for 100 instead of 200, then wait for a bigger sale on the SSF down the road, also 35 percent off the tables which helps so 22.75 a pack is pretty good,
@@PDX7 sure no problem. On another note did you see the Tron Cabinet sealed in the box that went for over 3K on eBay at auction. It was a few days ago. I really don’t get it 😆 If they ever do an XL people are gonna lose it buddy.
I wanna make sure to preface that both KI cab and MVC cab are special and always lobby full is due to the fact. Untill 2012-2015 there was no other way to play KI other than snes/n64 this and marvel were built for fans/pros for them with all new code rom and rollback net code by digital eclipse and from galaxy in tandem with KI 2013 for the Xbox one. John B Maximilian dood Justin Wong and other pros helped build code and design both KI and MVC cabs behind closed doors and at Evo fighting game world championships to be arcade perfect because both franchised were abused/neglected by their rights holders. This was the future the hope we were promised behind closed doors from 1up that they would no longer be the casual cab/nostalgic act they became just shipping the every man's been ported and we have it at home casual bait 1up has become. That's why gamers feel the KI and MVC cans are perfection and played daily online. As well as the price tag they have they were the solitary and single option to play the premium cabs old arcade owners were shamed for not having. Now the current problem that lies is we now have these arcade perfect versions at home on our Xbox for KI and soon we have multiple versions arcade perfect of all MVC games with American EURO and Japanese versions coming soon so gamers have no use for 1up and 1up has no use for us. I highly recommend anyone watch Maximilian doods videos specifically first as he was a dev and a art worker on these KI games and ki 2013 as well as other ki/mvc pros who were consultants/collaborators on these 1up cabs and the collections for both sets of games that have cabs
So much excitement for what’s coming! I got FOMO for the next few episodes 🤣 And have you ever thought about reskinning that Killer Instinct to a Battle Toads cabinet? It’s a good time to be PD7 and to be following the channel Thanks buddy Ps. Solid two year review, would love more of these 👊🏻😎🕹️
Hey Ted, my buddy Joel reskinned his to Battletoads it looks really cool. I like the KI look, just wish that control deck stuck out and had the angle. Did you find anything yesterday?
@@PDX7 not only did I not find anything, the Target one town over, and the only one for a couple hours in any direction, finished toy isle reset and there was no shelf tag for Superpowers figures!! Will be hunting around Atlanta this weekend
I need this! Hopefully the Pro goes down a few hundred dollars soon. Is it possible to swap the KI pcb into a shinku cab? What if you shave down that front J panel, it would give the control deck a slant. I noticed you He-man and Battlecat are not on the little table next to the pinball
I moved him and the table in between Golden Axe and Turtles, the room is getting crammed:) Yes you can swap into a SF2 works perfect, I have a feeling I could be wrong but KI Pro might drop in the next 7-10 days keep an eye on it.
Thanks for doing this one. I still have my KI II, same model. Still holding up. By the way, right out of the box, mine would make a ticking sound when it was powered down. Does yours do that?
@@PDX7 Well, actually, now you mention it, I walked over to it, and there had been a power cut a few weeks ago, and I've not heard it since then. Mind you, I've not had the cabinet on, since then, either. It'll likely start ticking once I've turned it on again. LOL
Did you swap out the 17 inch monitor with a 19? Actually I’m looking at the video now and I can tell that you did you did a great job that looks really fucking awesome where did you get the basil and just please explain this to me thank you
You should be happy with ur Ki the pro really doesnt offer anything u dont already have with this considering u did all sorts of upgrades to it . Only thing youd really gain is better buttons.
Hey Phil, great review on the KI. I bought my KI full price, I was fairly new to A1UP when I bought it like you said if I knew the things I know now I probably would have saved a little more and gotten the Pro. And even before you said it the only thing I’m not a fan of is the control deck, the height is not the problem is the angle and slanted would have been the way to go. But all the upgrades you made that KI looks 🔥. And yes this cab with battletoads included is a must for any fan. Such a great beat em up. Did finally pull the trigger on the 4k pinball? Can’t leave us hanging like that Phil.😳
Pony up the dough for a full-size cab with quality parts. Then pay a burner for a full set of roms, or spend the time finding them yourself. After that you won't have to deal with the shortcomings of your cheaply made and overpriced investments.
Man you did almost everything u could to make this thing as pretty as possible but u didnt do the most important thing. Those sticks are horrid especially for fighters and the buttons ! I guess if ur mainly just playing toads its fine though . We replaced our sticks and buttons in our KI and love it. My biggest gripe with this Machine is the horrible horrible speakers it just isnt as loud as most other 1ups .
@@PDX7 ya replaced the buttons with red sanwa's and the sticks as well . put in some chrome buttons for p1 and 2 as well. Thats the best part in my opinion about changing buttons u can make whatever color patterns u want.
I love these type of reviews. People don’t review things they got 2 years ago. Also nice to see your improvements
Thanks Stokjock :)
PD7 i had mines for 2 years slso you gave me an idea I love my KI cab and your correct 19inch monitor does looks amazing I just gone ahead and placed my order from BSA this morning when u play online still has a slight lag but no worries thanks for sharing this video great vlog
You’ll love their monitor:) Thanks Calvin Jr 👊
Love the OST for OG killer instinct. It came with the NES version and I listened to it religiously back in the day.
That’s awesome!
I changed out my buttons and controllers on my Pro and I love it , far as the cab you have I had it and sold it and the light up deck only showed dust and fingerprints. But I did install the Z313 Logitech on the 3/4 cab and man what a difference it makes !!
Hey Robert, if we meet half way I’ll make a trade with you :)
Love my KI 3/4 scale. I’ve done a few upgrades to mine already as well but it has held up well for me and it’s my most played cab. Great review.
Thank you 👊
I paid 299.99$ for this at best buy a few years ago. I only play battle toads 8 bit on this because that was the version I remembered.
That’s a great deal! Can you finish 8-bit version?
@@PDX7 no. I get up to the airscooter portion and can’t beat that. That was as far as I remembered getting as a child.
@clashofclansshield8583 lol it’s so hard
Bought one of these new on eBay and it's supposed to arrive tomorrow via UPS. This one includes the stool. Total $480 shipped. Not too bad. ;-)
Not too bad at all, great price! Please let me know what you think of it.
@@PDX7 I will...first I'll have to find time to build it ;-). I've got several Legacy arcades already so I guess I can say I now have an arcade at home!
@haskam9615 yes it just takes a few :) be careful that could turn into 20
@@PDX7 haha... I'll have 10 arcades including iircade, Legends Pinball and Ultimate + Retro Shooter and 3 countercades so I'm gonna start charging admission lol
@haskam9615 that’s not a bad idea :)
Had mine when it first came out. Held up just fine.
That’s great to hear! Thanks for watching 👊
I Love your Killer Instinct 19inch monitor and decals, and Loki most of all. I'm jealous if I can find one for 499 or less I'm all in. I've never played Battle Toads looks super fun
Maybe by the end of the year they might run another 399-499 sale on it. Be fun to play a few runs on Battletoads 🐸 it’s a great game. Loki says Thanks :)
I bought mine recently. It's the one arcade game that's still hard to emulate without the right hardware and/or a PC. It's also one of my biggest games of my teenage years so I thought it was worth having a dedicated cabinet. I don't like the riser look and the OEM marquee isn't great. Mine also had a bad PCB encoder which made the sound pop. I also replaced the black bat tops with blue ones to match the arcade. Other than that, it plays well and looks physically pretty nice. I do hate how light and wobbly A1Us are though. I wish I could come up with good solution to have them more stable. My Legends Ultimate doesn't move at all. I don't really know what they did differently on theirs other than being wider.
I do wish it was a little more study too, it kind of shifts sitting in the riser. I think blue is the way to go.
TBH, all in all I prefer my KI pro. The cabinet design on that one is technically more like an older Williams cabinet and the KI pro is truer to the midway cabinets of its era. Also, I have light bars that light up just like that on my Pong Head 2 Head cabinet and I don't like how they don't remember their settings when I shut them down or turn on the cabinet.. It's cool on pong to have the control panels lit up (but a pain to have to manually turn them on and choose a color every time I turn it on when everything else is automated in the Kama Arcade) but I feel like it's unnecessary for my KI machine to have a light up deck protector.. I wouldn't have been satisfied with the design even with mods and light up deck..
The cabinet design was more of a priority for me. I especially don't like the sides of the control panel or how the kick plate isn't nested like the original.. also the marquee box design is off IMHO
TBH, I think this cabinet design would be more appropriate themed to be Battletoads instead of KI and if I got one I'd not only add an inline riser but I'd reskin it to be battletoads..
The only real problem I have with the pro is the Yamaha speakers seem to be totally overrated. My MK 30th cabinet thumps more than my MKI Pro to be honest.. haha Also, upgrading the sound on it is going to be tricky because the PCB wont boot if I have anything else connected to it but the stock speakers..
KI Pro also plays well enough that I do all my old tricks like back in the day with the combos and I'm in the leaderboards for combos vs. the AI with it.. (like being 13th place for Orchid currently) I have a ton of nostalgia for KI and it's probably my favorite cab and gets the most play!
BTW, I have a tip for loosening joyticks.. depending on what type they used there may be a flat head screwdriver end on the other end of the shaft and if you open up the joystick and insert a screwdriver there you can tighten the joystick by tightening that and or holding it with the screwdriver and tighten the top on the other end.. It's not really an arcade1up specific thing.. This happens with all sanwa type joysticks that you have to screw on your joystick tops.. on the plus side they're more customizable like I like to put bubble tops on them..
BTW, I really like the inline risers too I mostly have deluxes and the one KI Pro but I had two legacies and I made it look like I have nothing but deluxes and XLs because of the GI Joel risers.. especially after I added the full height art on the sides of my MK30th!
Thank you Tamara, I really want a Pro version your input will really help me out :) Thanks for sharing!
Another cool video man! I wish I had the room to add this one to my collection. I always liked the killer instinct games, and battletoads would be a nice bonus.
Thank you Big Man Savage Dan 👊
Great video! Also wish the online rom was for the 3 player version
Thanks 6! If you had to do all over again would you still have picked up Pro full price?
Got mine when it first came out already had to replace speakers, a pc board a year and a month later, and last month the controller broke just replaced it with happs buttons. Other than that I love playing this game
That stinks you’ve had to replace most of it, at least you have happs :) Hopefully see you online for Battletoads this fall 👊
4k subs, has to be the biggest news ever
Thank you Kevin :)
THe KI non pro modded is the way to go, I see they are discounting the topper for the ALP 4kp direct ship, it get the topper and add the other stuff later PhilO. I really like that topper, probably the best topper of them all, much better than Addams Family Topper. Love seeing Loki jumping on the arcades, I use rubbing alc to clean off my arcades, she puts her paws on everything.
The toppers are cheaper than 149.99?
@@PDX7 They are offering $50 off the topper and BOGO Free on the advance features, so you can get OTG and the USB access for VPX for 100 instead of 200, id get that too because the VPX pinball tables will be coming soon via USB and they are pretty sweet. So basically Id get the Direct from China AFM with Topper since its discounted and the advance features for 100 instead of 200, then wait for a bigger sale on the SSF down the road, also 35 percent off the tables which helps so 22.75 a pack is pretty good,
@carlo1132 but if I’m buying my own packs I don’t need OTG / USB right? I want to download straight off ATGames
@@PDX7 Then just get the topper and buy the ssf kit down the line on sale!
@carlo1132 Thank you CarlO :)
Great video Phil! Making me want to get a 3rd cab LOL. I finally got a copy of Turtles in time on the SNES for a decent price. 👍
That’s great Smokey!! Thank you :)
Just pulled the trigger on the premium last week. Haven’t got it yet. Hopefully it’s worth the money 😂
How much did they get you on shipping?
@@PDX7 around $200, but I had a $25 discount code so wasn’t too bad.
@ginobozzi3954 nice!! Please let me know when you get it.
@@PDX7 sure no problem. On another note did you see the Tron Cabinet sealed in the box that went for over 3K on eBay at auction. It was a few days ago. I really don’t get it 😆 If they ever do an XL people are gonna lose it buddy.
@ginobozzi3954 they will :) man 3k is nuts!
The slip on marquees are nice. I just am done with how long of a wait it is. I am waiting on one over 4 months.
I figured out a faster way, order on eBay instead of direct. It will ship 2-3 weeks
May have to try that. Thanks!
I changed out the bat tops to blue ones on my KI
I think blue is a much better look
Not a beat em up kind of guy myself, so I’d pass at any price!!! Can’t wait to hear what the big news that’s coming, has to be an ALP!!!
:)
I wanna make sure to preface that both KI cab and MVC cab are special and always lobby full is due to the fact. Untill 2012-2015 there was no other way to play KI other than snes/n64 this and marvel were built for fans/pros for them with all new code rom and rollback net code by digital eclipse and from galaxy in tandem with KI 2013 for the Xbox one. John B Maximilian dood Justin Wong and other pros helped build code and design both KI and MVC cabs behind closed doors and at Evo fighting game world championships to be arcade perfect because both franchised were abused/neglected by their rights holders. This was the future the hope we were promised behind closed doors from 1up that they would no longer be the casual cab/nostalgic act they became just shipping the every man's been ported and we have it at home casual bait 1up has become. That's why gamers feel the KI and MVC cans are perfection and played daily online. As well as the price tag they have they were the solitary and single option to play the premium cabs old arcade owners were shamed for not having. Now the current problem that lies is we now have these arcade perfect versions at home on our Xbox for KI and soon we have multiple versions arcade perfect of all MVC games with American EURO and Japanese versions coming soon so gamers have no use for 1up and 1up has no use for us. I highly recommend anyone watch Maximilian doods videos specifically first as he was a dev and a art worker on these KI games and ki 2013 as well as other ki/mvc pros who were consultants/collaborators on these 1up cabs and the collections for both sets of games that have cabs
Perfectly stated my friend 👊 Thank you
Put mine in a Yoga Flame i got for 299. I can't get KI cabinet over here but shipped the pcb and works great in YF.
That’s great! I thought about doing something similar with one of mine, Thanks for letting me know 👊
So much excitement for what’s coming!
I got FOMO for the next few episodes 🤣
And have you ever thought about reskinning that Killer Instinct to a Battle Toads cabinet?
It’s a good time to be PD7 and to be following the channel
Thanks buddy
Ps. Solid two year review, would love more of these
👊🏻😎🕹️
Hey Ted, my buddy Joel reskinned his to Battletoads it looks really cool. I like the KI look, just wish that control deck stuck out and had the angle. Did you find anything yesterday?
@@PDX7 not only did I not find anything, the Target one town over, and the only one for a couple hours in any direction, finished toy isle reset and there was no shelf tag for Superpowers figures!! Will be hunting around Atlanta this weekend
@tedadamgreen I’ve seen the same, I’m wondering if it’s now 8-12 when we will see them again.
I need this! Hopefully the Pro goes down a few hundred dollars soon. Is it possible to swap the KI pcb into a shinku cab? What if you shave down that front J panel, it would give the control deck a slant. I noticed you He-man and Battlecat are not on the little table next to the pinball
I moved him and the table in between Golden Axe and Turtles, the room is getting crammed:) Yes you can swap into a SF2 works perfect, I have a feeling I could be wrong but KI Pro might drop in the next 7-10 days keep an eye on it.
Thanks for doing this one. I still have my KI II, same model. Still holding up. By the way, right out of the box, mine would make a ticking sound when it was powered down. Does yours do that?
It’s funny you brought this up Thomas, ever since I swapped monitors it did that. I have to unplug it and it goes away.
@@PDX7 Well, actually, now you mention it, I walked over to it, and there had been a power cut a few weeks ago, and I've not heard it since then. Mind you, I've not had the cabinet on, since then, either. It'll likely start ticking once I've turned it on again. LOL
@ThomasGrillo let me know if it does
Did you swap out the 17 inch monitor with a 19? Actually I’m looking at the video now and I can tell that you did you did a great job that looks really fucking awesome where did you get the basil and just please explain this to me thank you
Thank you 👊 Have you heard of Buy Stuff Arcades?
@@PDX7 yes because of you and 19k.very welcome brother.
@Nojagajsjsnsn 👊
Oh no. Did you get rid of Dragons Lair?! I still haven't opened mine Lol
I was wondering if you opened it up yet :) yes DL is a keeper, it’s in the arcade next to Pacman.
👍👍👍i like battle toads too!!
It’s one of the best beat’em ups :)
@@PDX7 i agree
@@PDX7 even when i used to go to the arcades i always gravitate to battle toads before i played ninja turtle
@seekerofarcades4634 it’s cool seeing an actual Battletoads arcade cabinet with the 3 joysticks
You should be happy with ur Ki the pro really doesnt offer anything u dont already have with this considering u did all sorts of upgrades to it . Only thing youd really gain is better buttons.
It’s the size, when I look at GT XL that’s where my wanting Shaq Jam starts and KI Pro. I’m afraid the Pro once it sells won’t ever come back again.
the leaderboards is a nice feature on those...your mom in first for Battletoads...nice!
lol there are speed finishes on there and someone had like 11 min how the heck did they pull that off!
Sales are back!
Better than July :)
So, did it! You finally got the ALP 4k?
Might do it Thursday :)
The KI cab is very desirable
The KI XL not so much
I think it’s the XL size, there’s nothing like it.
@@PDX7 it had a plethora of issues. sound issues. screen issues. build quality...wasn't worth $1K
@SoulforSale it’s a very hefty price I agree, I have a weird feeling it’s dropping soon. If it does I might jump on it…
@@PDX7 I don't think it's available. They only made like 1200 of them.
@SoulforSale if it ever drops below 999 I’ll do it if not that’s ok too :)
Hey Phil, great review on the KI. I bought my KI full price, I was fairly new to A1UP when I bought it like you said if I knew the things I know now I probably would have saved a little more and gotten the Pro. And even before you said it the only thing I’m not a fan of is the control deck, the height is not the problem is the angle and slanted would have been the way to go. But all the upgrades you made that KI looks 🔥. And yes this cab with battletoads included is a must for any fan. Such a great beat em up. Did finally pull the trigger on the 4k pinball? Can’t leave us hanging like that Phil.😳
Hey Julio 👊 I think ALP is available on Thursday, I’m really considering it right now. A lot to decide :)
battletoads is great game.
One of my favorite beat em ups 👊
Did you get the Atgames 4k starter!?
Hey Nick, I think it’s available starting this Thursday.
I meant for that ending cliff hanger..... 🤫
@nickgerula possibly :)
You get Shaq Jam!?
Not yet :)
Pony up the dough for a full-size cab with quality parts. Then pay a burner for a full set of roms, or spend the time finding them yourself. After that you won't have to deal with the shortcomings of your cheaply made and overpriced investments.
Unfortunately can’t fit those upstairs or I would, Thanks for watching
Wait a min. You pulled a magic trick lol
lol I thought it would be a good ending :)
@@PDX7 very epic ending
@matthewalicea8910 Thank you Matthew!
Man you did almost everything u could to make this thing as pretty as possible but u didnt do the most important thing. Those sticks are horrid especially for fighters and the buttons ! I guess if ur mainly just playing toads its fine though . We replaced our sticks and buttons in our KI and love it. My biggest gripe with this Machine is the horrible horrible speakers it just isnt as loud as most other 1ups .
I agree man, I wish the audio was better. Did you swap out all your buttons and sticks?
@@PDX7 ya replaced the buttons with red sanwa's and the sticks as well . put in some chrome buttons for p1 and 2 as well. Thats the best part in my opinion about changing buttons u can make whatever color patterns u want.
@ThePaagshim I’ll have to change everything out when I’m at the completed part of the arcade :)
The pro version is so much better.
I love the size of it, after everything I did I’m still regretting not going with that in the beginning.
Without the full intro ...no.
arcade 1up dont have gauntlet legends dark legacy
That wit is be a great online cab
Buscemi?
Steve Buscemi?
@@PDX7 yeah, your voice sounded like him to me
@adams115 lol
This arcade is garbage.. Game is Meant to be played on a c r t . this over rated garbage.