I built onto my house to have extra room for an arcade and then they up the price to like $750 and then that was a no for me. So I just made the room into a gym now.
I had the SFII cabinet The first thing that pissed me off was you couldn't adjust the game via options. Arcade1Up tried to tell me they did that on purpose to "mimic the arcade feel" and I'm like wtf? Because if you owned the actual real cabinet you absolutely could adjust the settings 🙄
In Europe those arcade 1up machines went from 300 euros to 800 euros in the shops. U always see them on sale and still no one buys them coz of the price. Arcade 1up has shot themselves in the foot with the silly price hike. 300 to 400 for standard editions and if they wanted to make a special edition, then 500 should be max, same as a console. Not 800+ for a machine that plays 3 or 4 games. Ridiculous
@@Blood-PawWerewolfthe only ones I'd consider were the Simpsons Arcade, the NBA Jam arcade and even MVC But now that Mvc is on switch. I have no reason to Sad the other two have no alternatives
John D represented somebody within the company who you could tell was passionate about the product and actually enjoyed playing the games. He was actually a decent Street Fighter Player, you could tell he was somebody who if he didn't work for the company, he'd of been somebody who would've bought the product. The people there now are not really fans. That spirit is really lacking and it shows.
Disagree. Although I do agree that this company is done. I never bought any of these for the games themselves. I bought them for the nostalgic vibe they give. Having a toy replica arcade machine in your house is pretty cool. Having multiple machines all turned on creates a very fun retro atmosphere. I've had all the games in that mvc collection for many years across different consoles and emulated on pc. I can even play online using fightcade. That collection is worthless to me but having a cabinet is neat.
@@ProWrestlingGamer fair argument, while i dont own one myself, i can probably tell the impracticality kicks in once one has to find a spot for them. but i also get the appeal to those who own them
I will tell you what ruined Arcade 1up for me. It was the fact that every time I bought one they would make a new one that was the same but better. So I ended up just waiting to buy one until that better model came out. Unfortunately the price just got to be too much. Plus the fact that their spokeperson would vape on every interview (not a good look). If you ever have kids you will understand.
The MVC2 was a disgrace to the franchise and basically they stole my money and laughed to the bank. Ran like crap, volume went up and down on its own… etc. Thank you for stating what we all in this community already said, but I am sure NO ONE is listening at Arcade1Up.
@@alyasVictorioThankfully, I've been playing an awesome port of MvC 2 on my PS3 since 2013. Definitely worth the $14.99, and it plays fantastic with a couple of arcade sticks.
Same glitch I went through lol. Game was unplayable online. Everything else was nice though. I don’t regret it, I Regret the MVC 2 cabinet though. Love my MVC 1 cabinet.
I believe I’m their core demographic. Dads in their 40’s who are in the prime of their career with major nostalgia for these games and disposable income. Then came COVID and those of us WFH with the time and the desire for something new started filling our homes with these toys. From there, they continued feeding the beast by regurgitating these into legacy cabs with small incremental updates which kept the business booming. Eventually the nostalgia wore off, the community stopped getting baited into buying the same product over and over again, no new licenses (Conta, SmashTV, SF3, Alpha etc.) and we went back to the office. From there these things started collecting dust and weren’t worth the space they were occupying. In the end, the product and business model were too niche and their rapid growth was a direct result of timing and circumstance. Casual families and most importantly KIDS have zero nostalgia for these and therein lies your problem. I know this because I have kids here all the time and they couldn’t care less about my beautiful arcade collection. Factor in inflation, competition ie. mult-cades etc., disappointing product launches (MVC2 Online anyone?) coupled with the toxic community and you have the predictable downfall of A1U.
I agree they grossly overestimated their market with covid. People were trapped in their houses, so this made way more sense and they were a more reasonable price. They have never been a premium product, as I would replace just about every part of the machines when I mod them. It's basically a shell for me to put whatever I want to in, but I wouldn't buy one for full price. There's so many used ones out there or other deals. I see no reason to pay full price.
just build a single cabinet, stick a mini pc like I did and put mame (that's what they are using anyway) and play all the games you want don't let the assholes use you
I knew they were done once the MvC Collection got announced at the Nintendo Direct. You're getting more games for WAY cheaper than an Arcade 1 cabinet.
They were done way before that. The Nintendo MvC announcement had zero to do with it at all. There has always been a million different ways to play those MvC games, as well as every single game Arcade 1up released as a cabinet before. Playing on an arcade cabinet with joysticks vs playing on a Switch are two completely different experiences. Arcade1up made a lot of boneheaded decisions which lead to their end. A specific console release has absolutely nothing to do with it lol.
"Million different ways to play MvC" .....not MvC2....especially when people on eBay ask for astronomical prices for the ps2 and or Dreamcast versions....so idk where you get this "million ways" nonsense from 😂@@IamLegend32
@@adamlannerd1408 we won't ever know, but it would've been a decent way of retaining some customers I'd imagine. Arcade operators back in the day were able to purchase conversion/upgrade kits that usually were just a PCB and decals that an operator could've easily swapped out with an old board and give some new life to the cabinet itself. In regard to the Neo-Geo style of cartridge swapping, I'm not 100% sure on the legality of copying that system since Neo-Geo patented it way way back and it was the only major manufacturer that was doing it that way back in the day.
Walmart near me had 12 Simpsons cabinets and put them all on sale for 300. I went there to buy one, just one! They sold all of them to one guy. Never again will I chase them and I am limiting Walmart purchases, too.
@@Zontar82land they will see them for 270$ 4 years later. I got my GPU after waiting months to clear out the scalpers, I purchased it for 150$ under mrsp let alone the scalpers prices. The box had dust on it.
First gen MSRP (non light up marquee, no replica coin door, crap monitors) in 2018 were $300-400, current gen deluxe cabs are normally $500 but typically include 10+ games each vs 2-4. Inflation since 2018 when these launched is around 25%... so most of the increase in MSRP scales with inflation ($400 in 2018 = $500 today) but you are getting better features (light up marquees, replica coin doors), more games and larger cab without needing to buy a separate riser. I'd argue in most cases that the new cabs are a better product than they were 6 years ago at a similar or even better value proposition.
Better check again, it's now $700. RGT is right, this company will be declaring bankruptcy sometime in the near future. In the modern era of Bidenomincs, their prices just aren't realistic. $300 is the sweet spot as many have said. Their prices are going up, and the quality of their cabs are going down. That's the legacy of the modern age it seems.
I have been with Arcade1up since wave 1 back in 2018, and to see them go out like this, it something I couldn't imagine! Poor money management and resignation of John D kill this company! #RIPARCADE1UP
I only have 1 machine, Pac Man, Dig Dug, etc. I still play it to this day. I really want the MK one and the pinball one, if I ever get the room. It sounds like maybe I should try to get my hands on those sooner rather than later.
Under $200? What are you talking about? People need to get paid, buy food, etc. Under $400 would make more sense. Talk about fantasy thinking in inflation world.
@@koolaidbomberwalmart will liquidate these. Try being less condescending because if walmarts over stocked they will sell it at the price of expiring meat lol
A1Up knocked it out of the park with Tron, Star Wars and Dragonslair - all mostly true to the original form factor of the full size cabs. Where they went wrong was charging people an arm and a leg for particle board Ikea furniture. I'm sure licensing is expensive, but in some cases you could find an original full size cab at a comparable price. A1Up decided to gouge us for convenience.
Im w you on that. I just have one machine that I modded to play everything. Never felt the slightest urge to buy another one. I don't understand why anyone would want to spend thousands of dollars to have a collection. Crazy waste of time, money, and space.
It's cool to mod your Arcade1up, but here's the cons: It gets annoying to keep updating your PC software and securities every single day. If you don't update, your PC will run slow. You don't have to do it on the Pi and Odroid boards. Also, you have shut down your PC properly. If you don't, it'll corrupt your files. It's not like Arcade1up when you can safely shutdown by turning the on/off power switch. Worst of all, there's too much wirings that to have to removed the control deck bottom cover, if adding additional buttons. If you're not tech savvy who can solder wires and all, don't mod it.
@@mattgallo9805 Depends on the Games you want to play. My favorite games, use special controllers... like Spinners, Trackballs, Trigger sticks. Games like Tron, Mad Planets, Spy Hunter, Tempest, Crystal Castles.. and many more. I used to own a dedicated Asteroids Deluxe, because you cant replicate a Vector monitors look, with an LCD (the 3d blacklight artwork, was also awesome). I owned a Sega "Turbo", Spy hunter, Outrun (love that shaking wheel), Ice Cold Beer (pinball like game), and a few pinball machines. Its not easy to replicate all of the specialty controller games, into a single cabinet. And the thing it... I preferred actual Arcade machines to boot... because they were 100% authentic, and have superior CRT monitors.
I got what I wanted. The Simpsons and Killer Instinct used for amazing prices. Its sad because there is still potential but Im sure they are pretty much done.
If there's nothing announced at EVO later this month then I have officially lost all hope in A1up. However there is a shard of hope. John D is starting a new company entitled Media 1up, although we don't know what it's going be all about.
I have 5 arcade 1ups and total I’ve paid around $3,000 for the 5 of them. Not going to lie, I feel like I wasted my money. After about 3 weeks the nostalgia kinda wore off and now they just sit in the corner turned off. Maybe if I have a house party I’ll turn them back on, but I really don’t have a reason to use them anymore.
I’ve never owned won but still want the x men and turtles games but I guess that’s never happening since people are gonna claim they’re now collectible and raise the prices. I guess it’s roms for me.
These seemed cool and stuff but I think the issue for most people is that even if they had the money to buy it, the space to actually have it around would make people think twice about buying it. Most people either have an apartment or a small house with a family. The actual market for people that could both buy AND have the space available isn't big. RIP though.
I really prefer the cabinets to consoles, but 3-4 games was way too limiting in terms of how much space they take up, and then with the price hikes on top of that, it just stopped making sense and lost its appeal.
Risers aren't that expensive either. You can get graphics to put on them if you want, so not like they have be boring. I put some on the front of the riser for my rampage machine since it had the generic one. I'm 5'4" and I can't imagine sitting or standing at an Arcade 1up without a riser.
I own TMNT, T2, Fast & Furious, Golden Tee, Asteroids/Centipede 12 in 1, Pac-Man 40th, MKII Legacy, Star Wars, NBA Jam, Big Buck Hunter, Legends Ultimate, and MVS-X Neo-Geo. I still want to buy House of the Dead 2, Area 51, Jurassic Park, Star Wars Trilogy, and Donkey Kong.
I have been trying to pick up a tmnt for a year. Sold out everywhere for months. Only 1 left I seriously want besides mk and those are still everywhere
As someone very involved in the A1U community, I'd have to say your take is pretty accurate, RGT. They lost their licensing mojo, pumped out rehashes, and went silent with fans. It's not only not a good look... it's not good business.
This is probably why we got the marvel Capcom fighting collection after they made the marvel Vs Capcom 2 cabnit … arcade1up knew that they were on their way out and the console companies stepped in to see if they can cop the licenses after all these years of Disney holding the IPs over capcoms head
I wanted Gauntlet but it was too quirky. I wanted the 12 game Joust cabinet but I felt I'd rather have a high qualuty cabinet for more. I would have made an exception for Spy Hunter but that never came out. Edited for failure to auto correct
Not surprised. Saw it coming since last year. They never really gave the consumers what they really wanted. Couldn't even put decent buttons and sticks on their machines. That said, some of those rarer cabinets like the Ridge Racer, Outrun, Burgertime, Star Wars, Centipedes are really going to shoot up in value now. In addition to some of the rarer Partycades and Countercades like the Defender and Street Fighter ones.
Sadly I have never had enough money to even buy one of these things but I have always dreamed of collecting all of them. I always have this idea of building a giant barn in my backyard or something and then building my own little mini arcade. It would be cool if you could set it up kind of like a little business and half people pay in admission fee to come in and play the games. I’ve always wanted to build my own little mini arcade
Did Arcade1up shut down the online servers on their Arcade1up cabinets or are the online servers still active? If the online servers are no longer active, then I'm not buying me a copy of an Arcade1up cabinet.
@UselessRecords You are so right about that. I modded a 2 player Marvel Superheroes Countercade and bought to work in my breakroom, and people thought I was freaking wizard. I am gremlin who just innately can rip apart anything and frankenstein it back together the way I want, but there's people would could done that job far cleaner than I did. It all works and that's all they know, so it's amazing. I get none of them would ever done it, but I don't let normie praise go to my head. I am getting better at modding though.
@@nickangelo16you don't even need to do that anymore. There's like a soft mod that you can do for Arcade 1up using a flash drive. A woman on RUclips has tutorial vids on it.
@@djxgam1ng Pandora’s box is a dual stick arcade style preloaded box. Just Velcro it to an old cabinet, and mount a lcd screen. Have to gut the cab first.
Arcade1up was already niche to begin with. Now with their prices being what they are it's now a niche of a niche, especially when there are way more affordable methods of playing these classic arcade games. A few example of this are emulation, re-releases on consoles and PC, etc.
i went out and bought a nice super nintendo to play my old nba jam game for way cheaper then what they want for a cheaply made mdf jam cabinet, hooked up to my old crt and im back in the game for way less money
Arcade 1up started with affordable Arcade Machines that were a little smaller. Then fans wanted more games on the machines & for the machines to looks like actually Arcade Machines. This leads to higher costs. Arcade 1up is now for collectors that will spend to higher amount for the machines.
I modded mine too. These things take up too much realestate to only play a handful of games. Unless you have the space for an arcade room, and can fit multiple machines, I'd rather just have 1 in my space with tons of games. I bought a Xmen 4 player cabinet so I'd have a machine that could handle all the games I would want to play as I put a trackball on it. I got lightguns, and extra USB ports to hook them up or extra controllers. It was supposed to end there, but I keep going. I think this what a midlife crisis looks like for nerds who lived thru the 80s and/or 90s hehe.
While I have never owned an Arcade 1Up machine, I have a few that I would love to have. I just don’t have room for something like that in my home. I sincerely hope they find a way to either pull through, or can be saved by a well-intentioned company. This is a great Idea that I don’t want to disappear. You’re right, though. They definitely have to fix it and bring out better games.
this reminds me of telletale games studios. they paid way too much for license agreements from video game companies to make their arcades. and sales aren’t keeping up.
All great points!! I think they priced themselves out of the market. When the prices climbed into the $600 $700 range the quality didn't match the price. It's sad to see what the last couple of years have been like compared to what it was.
if the company is still up and running.......then it's not dead. Might not be doing a lot of business right now......but that doesn't mean dead. Dead means closed, shut down, every thing sold at cheap princes, going out of business sales, etc.
😂Have a day off, mate. Or are you saying you take everything you see and hear on the internet, literally? Do you need me to explain what the term, 'figure of speech', means?
It might go bankrupt and restructure as things have a way of not staying dead these days. Either way there's going be plenty of cabinets on the secondary market for awhile.
The prices were going up, and the number of games on the units were decreasing. I was interested in Golden Tee, Golden Axe, and the Capcom cabs - but the prices never went down. If they could put every game they've ever licensed onto one cab that might sell at this point. Edit: I was also interested in the infinity gameboard, but they never figured out a way to make it feasible for numerous players at home except the honor system.
They could have just continued to release new cabs with 3-4 games each, at the $399 price point, and they would’ve been fine. Even if the games were more obscure licenses, people would buy them.
Here in Australia I paid $600.00 AUD for my legacy street fighter ,and $600 for my mortal kombat legacy cabs ,both came with the risers ,but no light up marquee….i love them and still play them weekly ….they have held up well for owning em for over 2 years now,but I don’t have kids ….for me it’s the nostalgia of owning my own arcade cabs ,they might not be arcade quality ,but they do take me back to good old days of hanging out at your local arcade with a pocket full of 20c pieces and a high score to beat…cheers from australia
That's about standard as far as reactions go. I think they did pitch a AVP to Retailers but much like everything that has leaked out in prototype photos recently. It was refused by retailers.
Oh I have 12 so have supported them from day one happily put off buying a ps5 till last year because I was actively looking for those cabs but never seen those titles in the wild
If Atari can turn it around then anyone can and it's amazing that Atari keeps adding content to the 50th with a boat load of stuff being added soon . Just waiting on the Jaguar mini, lol
We all knew the end would come sooner rather than later. These things take up a good amount of space. I have bought maybe two arcade1ups in the past almost two years because I'm out of space lol
@@bk9509-o2o it’s not about just having the game. It’s about the cabinet arcade experience and having parties at your house and people playing and gathering around the cabinet.
@@redstratus97 I agree it's a great center piece. I got one for this reason as I wanted to have people back in my life as post covid I am done being a hermit. I also built some smaller and more portable machines as I find them to be a great party trick. (I modded a 2 player MSH countercade and made a bartop 17 machine.) I bought my modded Rampage machine and the counter cade(I had it hooked to a TV on the table, so it rans off both screens with two extra wired controllers so four players could play both.) to my nephews birthday party. The kids loved, as they were cheering when they beat Rocksteady and Bebop in the TMNT arcade game. They went wild again when they finnally took down Shredder, as they were experincing this all for the first the way we did as kids.(just without me charging them quarters hehe.) My sister in law was so happy as the kids stayed out of the house, between the games and the bouncy house. Her clean up went much smoother. I bought the goods as I wanted my nephew to be a hero to his friends, and it worked.
The footboard is to keep it from tipping forward. I wonder if they could inject more excitement into their products by using a more open architecture for their pcbs. Instead of a one use, custom pcb for every cabinet, use a universal pcb like an android box/raspi in every system, and just have different roms for every cabinet. The difference in cabinets would then come down to how many buttons and the types of controls, depending on the theme. It would save manufacturing overhead in the background, and give the users a more reliable and easier to upgrade experience.
The other issue Arcade1up has is that many of their core customers ran out of floor space to put cabinets. I passed on several cabs for lack of floor space rather than complete lack of interest.
Wait did they announce they are shutting down or is this just attempting to read the tea leaves? Didn’t they just launch a new cab with the Golden Tee Deluxe?
The writing has been on the wall for sometime. Still, I don't regret any of my AC1up acquisitions. Sure, I could get a Pandora's Box (I have one of those too), but it's cool having the replica arcade cabinets side by side. I'll probably pick up a Unico Nova Blast too. I still have: -2nd Gen MKII + IntecGaming Nintendo Switch kit -Marvel Super Heroes LE w/ Sanwa parts -X-men Arcade + alt X-men stool -Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder -Killer Instinct + alt KI stool (upgraded to Sanwa parts) -Dragon's Lair -MKII Countercade
Im still yet to own one of these. I wanted a few of them but over the years theyve gone from £300 and even £250 on sale. Now im seeing £700. Its never going to happen now. Id rather go on holiday with £700. Soz
Your.. not wrong. Arcade1up is in a huge legal battle right now with their former design firm, thinkup gaming, depending on how it ends, 1up will in fact be gone within the end of the year, for now it's pretty much just what you said, revisions Lots of revisions.
I live in a very small town and was surprised when our walmart got the 4 player OG turtles cabinet and 4 player NBA Jam cabinet. They got 4 of the turtles and 2 of the NBA jam. They sat there FOREVER!!! I knew that most people in our town couldnt afford that 300 or so bucks on a whim, so I played the long game cause I couldnt afford full price either lol. Then they went on clearance to 250.... not yet..... then 200...... still not yet...... 150 I then acted. I got the manager and asked if I bought one of each would he knock 25 off each. Sure he said. So I got both for 250. Then I went back in there a week later and they had two turtles cabinets marked down to 100 each. I bought both and flipped em for 225 each. I still have the original two i bought.
RIP BOZO! jk I liked their stuff.
They should have made one where it has a dock for a switch
Maybe now they’ll actually be worth what they were charging.
@@jacobcordell2882yea let’s invest more money just for Nintendo simps smh
The real question is, where tf were they when i was 12? if imma have an arcade machine in my house its gonna emulate about 65,000 games lol
I agree with you.
price kept going up & up
$600 $700 $800 - too expensive
300 bucks is the sweet spot
anymore than that overpriced
Worst of all, they used cheap parts such as the buttons and joysticks to manufactured it. And their emulation isn't that perfect.
Honestly I'd argue that $300 for a repro that isn't even dimensionally accurate is STILL overpriced.
$200 max, preferable $150 before tax.
Arcade $100UP and UP and UP...
I built onto my house to have extra room for an arcade and then they up the price to like $750 and then that was a no for me. So I just made the room into a gym now.
I had the SFII cabinet
The first thing that pissed me off was you couldn't adjust the game via options.
Arcade1Up tried to tell me they did that on purpose to "mimic the arcade feel" and I'm like wtf? Because if you owned the actual real cabinet you absolutely could adjust the settings 🙄
Totally agreed. When you go over 400-500 dollars it’s not a novelty anymore
Yeah and even when you pay that much for those arcade cabinets are not of good quality for example The Simpsons cabinet that was an absolute disgrace.
400 and 500 dollars is not a novelty, impulse purchase. Some people can't afford that.
That’s because the hard-core kept asking them to build bigger and bigger cabinets with better equipment and ended all became too expensive
People still looking to purchase these. Bad management
In Europe those arcade 1up machines went from 300 euros to 800 euros in the shops. U always see them on sale and still no one buys them coz of the price. Arcade 1up has shot themselves in the foot with the silly price hike. 300 to 400 for standard editions and if they wanted to make a special edition, then 500 should be max, same as a console. Not 800+ for a machine that plays 3 or 4 games. Ridiculous
I don't remember wrong then. Too bad i didn't buy any of them early on.
They killed it when they tried to get to fancy. 300 bucks was plenty, then they went to 500+ and that killed it for a lot of people
That’s because the hard-core Arcade fans kept telling them to build bigger and bigger cabinets with more fancy equipment
yup also the pinball machines shoot through the roof
I loved them but they just got way too expensive
Exactly. Plus the quality went down and the emulation had problems with some of their cabinets
@@Blood-PawWerewolfthe only ones I'd consider were the Simpsons Arcade, the NBA Jam arcade and even MVC
But now that Mvc is on switch.
I have no reason to
Sad the other two have no alternatives
@@SharonisCarin321 same, I’d maybe go out of my way for a MvC cabinet on a steep sale but now I’m getting it on Switch.
Could’ve bought a real machine at those prices.
They *PRICED* themselves *OUT* of the market!
Well the issue now is no one can afford their houses and food so they aren't gonna sell at their high prices.
John D represented somebody within the company who you could tell was passionate about the product and actually enjoyed playing the games. He was actually a decent Street Fighter Player, you could tell he was somebody who if he didn't work for the company, he'd of been somebody who would've bought the product. The people there now are not really fans. That spirit is really lacking and it shows.
The final blow? That marvel vs capcom collection virtually negated the whole point
even gave the Punisher as a bonus game
Disagree. Although I do agree that this company is done. I never bought any of these for the games themselves. I bought them for the nostalgic vibe they give. Having a toy replica arcade machine in your house is pretty cool. Having multiple machines all turned on creates a very fun retro atmosphere. I've had all the games in that mvc collection for many years across different consoles and emulated on pc. I can even play online using fightcade. That collection is worthless to me but having a cabinet is neat.
@@ProWrestlingGamer fair argument, while i dont own one myself, i can probably tell the impracticality kicks in once one has to find a spot for them. but i also get the appeal to those who own them
I will tell you what ruined Arcade 1up for me. It was the fact that every time I bought one they would make a new one that was the same but better. So I ended up just waiting to buy one until that better model came out. Unfortunately the price just got to be too much. Plus the fact that their spokeperson would vape on every interview (not a good look). If you ever have kids you will understand.
Exactly, they barely released any new ones in the past 2 years
The MVC2 was a disgrace to the franchise and basically they stole my money and laughed to the bank. Ran like crap, volume went up and down on its own… etc. Thank you for stating what we all in this community already said, but I am sure NO ONE is listening at Arcade1Up.
Fortunately, MvC Fighting Collection saved our day tho-, and Arcade 1Up's fate has been sealed since this collection's reveal
@@alyasVictorioThankfully, I've been playing an awesome port of MvC 2 on my PS3 since 2013. Definitely worth the $14.99, and it plays fantastic with a couple of arcade sticks.
Hey Steps, how's it going?
Same glitch I went through lol. Game was unplayable online. Everything else was nice though. I don’t regret it, I Regret the MVC 2 cabinet though. Love my MVC 1 cabinet.
@@bigbadvicHo At least MvC collection solve every problem that Arcade 1Up cabinet had, plus it also had rollback netcode
I believe I’m their core demographic. Dads in their 40’s who are in the prime of their career with major nostalgia for these games and disposable income.
Then came COVID and those of us WFH with the time and the desire for something new started filling our homes with these toys. From there, they continued feeding the beast by regurgitating these into legacy cabs with small incremental updates which kept the business booming.
Eventually the nostalgia wore off, the community stopped getting baited into buying the same product over and over again, no new licenses (Conta, SmashTV, SF3, Alpha etc.) and we went back to the office. From there these things started collecting dust and weren’t worth the space they were occupying.
In the end, the product and business model were too niche and their rapid growth was a direct result of timing and circumstance. Casual families and most importantly KIDS have zero nostalgia for these and therein lies your problem. I know this because I have kids here all the time and they couldn’t care less about my beautiful arcade collection. Factor in inflation, competition ie. mult-cades etc., disappointing product launches (MVC2 Online anyone?) coupled with the toxic community and you have the predictable downfall of A1U.
arcade1up is gay
I agree they grossly overestimated their market with covid. People were trapped in their houses, so this made way more sense and they were a more reasonable price. They have never been a premium product, as I would replace just about every part of the machines when I mod them. It's basically a shell for me to put whatever I want to in, but I wouldn't buy one for full price. There's so many used ones out there or other deals. I see no reason to pay full price.
Dad here and 39 - I would agree.
just build a single cabinet, stick a mini pc like I did and put mame (that's what they are using anyway) and play all the games you want don't let the assholes use you
I knew they were done once the MvC Collection got announced at the Nintendo Direct. You're getting more games for WAY cheaper than an Arcade 1 cabinet.
They were done way before that. The Nintendo MvC announcement had zero to do with it at all. There has always been a million different ways to play those MvC games, as well as every single game Arcade 1up released as a cabinet before. Playing on an arcade cabinet with joysticks vs playing on a Switch are two completely different experiences.
Arcade1up made a lot of boneheaded decisions which lead to their end. A specific console release has absolutely nothing to do with it lol.
Their prices as well i rather emulate on a rasberry pi and get all those games on one single cabinet
@stevenwasik3369 Don't be silly. If you can install Linux on a dead badger, you can CERTAINLY game on a food item.
"Million different ways to play MvC"
.....not MvC2....especially when people on eBay ask for astronomical prices for the ps2 and or Dreamcast versions....so idk where you get this "million ways" nonsense from 😂@@IamLegend32
To be fair youre not getting an arcaded1up for the games...you're getting it for the arcade-like novelty.
RIP Arcade 1-Up.
Arcade1up Should have went the Evercade route. Made a system (Arcade), and then carts for them. A little NeoGeo if you will.
Exactly! 💯🙌🏼
Spot on!
But would that not detract from the unique identities of several machines?
@@dapperfan44 Did that matter in the long run?
@@adamlannerd1408 we won't ever know, but it would've been a decent way of retaining some customers I'd imagine. Arcade operators back in the day were able to purchase conversion/upgrade kits that usually were just a PCB and decals that an operator could've easily swapped out with an old board and give some new life to the cabinet itself. In regard to the Neo-Geo style of cartridge swapping, I'm not 100% sure on the legality of copying that system since Neo-Geo patented it way way back and it was the only major manufacturer that was doing it that way back in the day.
Walmart near me had 12 Simpsons cabinets and put them all on sale for 300. I went there to buy one, just one! They sold all of them to one guy. Never again will I chase them and I am limiting Walmart purchases, too.
These days, you should buy it online for store pickup and be assured you've secured the unit from the inventory.
yeah this guy will now sell them online for 900.
@@Zontar82land they will see them for 270$ 4 years later.
I got my GPU after waiting months to clear out the scalpers, I purchased it for 150$ under mrsp let alone the scalpers prices. The box had dust on it.
I’ve only got a small room at home and I’ve got Star Wars and Dragons Lair and am very happy with just those two. Just takes me back in time!
Exactly. These were never intended to be collected. You buy your favorite 1 or 2 and be happy instead of crying about everything
Man theos and golf are all I need 😢 we went to 12 Walmarts in 3 states looking for Star wars never seen one in person
What got me was price boosting up so high, when it got to 700 plus, lost me
No surprised.. I remember RGT was all over them, but they seemed to be collecting dust after his last purchase..
The XL cabinets they did most recently was what they should’ve been doing from the start, and at or around their original price point.
In 20 years these things will fill up Goodwill to the rafters.
Right next to wii balance boards! Lol
Assuming they hold up - Most of them are going to fall apart.
First gen MSRP (non light up marquee, no replica coin door, crap monitors) in 2018 were $300-400, current gen deluxe cabs are normally $500 but typically include 10+ games each vs 2-4. Inflation since 2018 when these launched is around 25%... so most of the increase in MSRP scales with inflation ($400 in 2018 = $500 today) but you are getting better features (light up marquees, replica coin doors), more games and larger cab without needing to buy a separate riser. I'd argue in most cases that the new cabs are a better product than they were 6 years ago at a similar or even better value proposition.
Saw terminator 2 for 300$. Then it went 600$. Won't pay 600$ for one game. Arcade 1up got greedy
Better check again, it's now $700. RGT is right, this company will be declaring bankruptcy sometime in the near future. In the modern era of Bidenomincs, their prices just aren't realistic. $300 is the sweet spot as many have said. Their prices are going up, and the quality of their cabs are going down. That's the legacy of the modern age it seems.
I have been with Arcade1up since wave 1 back in 2018, and to see them go out like this, it something I couldn't imagine! Poor money management and resignation of John D kill this company! #RIPARCADE1UP
I only have 1 machine, Pac Man, Dig Dug, etc. I still play it to this day. I really want the MK one and the pinball one, if I ever get the room. It sounds like maybe I should try to get my hands on those sooner rather than later.
This company maybe dead, but our favorite Nintendo RUclips person is alive and well.
For now
Until the Nintendo ninjas come for him and Spawnwave for buying a MIG switch.
#FREERGT85 !!!
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They raised the price too much. I got a Mortal Kombat Arcade 1up back in 2019 for $150
Now the Machines cost $400-$500. No one is paying $500
Hope they discount the machines for Christmas. Would love to get the NBA Jam Arcade for under $200.
Under $200? What are you talking about? People need to get paid, buy food, etc.
Under $400 would make more sense. Talk about fantasy thinking in inflation world.
@@koolaidbomberyeah that’s another problem everyone waits for sales and then complains we still got old stock showing up
@@koolaidbomberwalmart will liquidate these. Try being less condescending because if walmarts over stocked they will sell it at the price of expiring meat lol
@@koolaidbomberI bought the rampage machine for 80 at a Walmart
I would have got some but the price tags were way too pricey
"I Can Build A Arcade 1 Up And Im A Moron!!!" I Almost spit my coffee out! 😂
A1Up knocked it out of the park with Tron, Star Wars and Dragonslair - all mostly true to the original form factor of the full size cabs. Where they went wrong was charging people an arm and a leg for particle board Ikea furniture. I'm sure licensing is expensive, but in some cases you could find an original full size cab at a comparable price. A1Up decided to gouge us for convenience.
My problem with them is that if I ever get an Arcade machine, I just want a single machine that does everything.
Im w you on that. I just have one machine that I modded to play everything. Never felt the slightest urge to buy another one. I don't understand why anyone would want to spend thousands of dollars to have a collection. Crazy waste of time, money, and space.
It's cool to mod your Arcade1up, but here's the cons: It gets annoying to keep updating your PC software and securities every single day. If you don't update, your PC will run slow. You don't have to do it on the Pi and Odroid boards. Also, you have shut down your PC properly. If you don't, it'll corrupt your files. It's not like Arcade1up when you can safely shutdown by turning the on/off power switch. Worst of all, there's too much wirings that to have to removed the control deck bottom cover, if adding additional buttons. If you're not tech savvy who can solder wires and all, don't mod it.
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@@mattgallo9805 Depends on the Games you want to play. My favorite games, use special controllers... like Spinners, Trackballs, Trigger sticks. Games like Tron, Mad Planets, Spy Hunter, Tempest, Crystal Castles.. and many more. I used to own a dedicated Asteroids Deluxe, because you cant replicate a Vector monitors look, with an LCD (the 3d blacklight artwork, was also awesome). I owned a Sega "Turbo", Spy hunter, Outrun (love that shaking wheel), Ice Cold Beer (pinball like game), and a few pinball machines.
Its not easy to replicate all of the specialty controller games, into a single cabinet. And the thing it... I preferred actual Arcade machines to boot... because they were 100% authentic, and have superior CRT monitors.
@@nwo2coola PC doesn't just magically slow down because updates for software and security are available
I got what I wanted. The Simpsons and Killer Instinct used for amazing prices. Its sad because there is still potential but Im sure they are pretty much done.
If there's nothing announced at EVO later this month then I have officially lost all hope in A1up. However there is a shard of hope. John D is starting a new company entitled Media 1up, although we don't know what it's going be all about.
That's unfortunate, pour one out for arcade 1up.
I have 5 arcade 1ups and total I’ve paid around $3,000 for the 5 of them. Not going to lie, I feel like I wasted my money. After about 3 weeks the nostalgia kinda wore off and now they just sit in the corner turned off. Maybe if I have a house party I’ll turn them back on, but I really don’t have a reason to use them anymore.
What machines do you have
@@jjohnson3530 the Simpsons arcade, big buck hunter, terminator 2, golden tee, Star Wars pinball
@@jjohnson3530 the Simpsons arcade, big buck hunter, golden tee, terminator 2, and Star Wars pinball.
The Simpsons arcade, big buck hunter, golden tee, terminator 2, Star Wars pinball
couldn't even put food in their cabinets. of course that wasn't going to last.
A1Up successfully alienated me about 2 years ago, and I was an avid fan. Own 5 cabs and was ready for more.
I’ve never owned won but still want the x men and turtles games but I guess that’s never happening since people are gonna claim they’re now collectible and raise the prices. I guess it’s roms for me.
These seemed cool and stuff but I think the issue for most people is that even if they had the money to buy it, the space to actually have it around would make people think twice about buying it. Most people either have an apartment or a small house with a family. The actual market for people that could both buy AND have the space available isn't big. RIP though.
Fantastic. I finally wanted to grab a TMNT cabinet and now they don't sell them anymore
Sad to see em go. I'm still getting that ridge racer machine one day though gosh darnnit
I feel bad
But lets be honest we'd rather have the arcade games in an affordable replacement on consoles
I really prefer the cabinets to consoles, but 3-4 games was way too limiting in terms of how much space they take up, and then with the price hikes on top of that, it just stopped making sense and lost its appeal.
People make fun of you for no riser because anyone taller than a hobbit sits down on stool at a 1up WITH a riser 😂
Risers aren't that expensive either. You can get graphics to put on them if you want, so not like they have be boring. I put some on the front of the riser for my rampage machine since it had the generic one. I'm 5'4" and I can't imagine sitting or standing at an Arcade 1up without a riser.
I got the four player tmnt for my studio and my clients love coming in and being able to play it while they wait their turn at getting tattoos.
I own TMNT, T2, Fast & Furious, Golden Tee, Asteroids/Centipede 12 in 1, Pac-Man 40th, MKII Legacy, Star Wars, NBA Jam, Big Buck Hunter, Legends Ultimate, and MVS-X Neo-Geo. I still want to buy House of the Dead 2, Area 51, Jurassic Park, Star Wars Trilogy, and Donkey Kong.
I have been trying to pick up a tmnt for a year. Sold out everywhere for months. Only 1 left I seriously want besides mk and those are still everywhere
I have the Pac-Man 40, Star Wars, nba jam, big buck hunter, and the asteroids centipede machine and love them
What was fun was when they weren't selling like crazy and you could find them for $75.
As someone very involved in the A1U community, I'd have to say your take is pretty accurate, RGT. They lost their licensing mojo, pumped out rehashes, and went silent with fans. It's not only not a good look... it's not good business.
This is probably why we got the marvel Capcom fighting collection after they made the marvel Vs Capcom 2 cabnit … arcade1up knew that they were on their way out and the console companies stepped in to see if they can cop the licenses after all these years of Disney holding the IPs over capcoms head
I just need to get a fake coin slot door, light up marquee and special move bezel for my mk2 machine
What’s a special mode bezel?
@@djxgam1ng a bezel that goes around the screen with each characters special move
I wanted Gauntlet but it was too quirky. I wanted the 12 game Joust cabinet but I felt I'd rather have a high qualuty cabinet for more. I would have made an exception for Spy Hunter but that never came out.
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Not surprised. Saw it coming since last year. They never really gave the consumers what they really wanted. Couldn't even put decent buttons and sticks on their machines.
That said, some of those rarer cabinets like the Ridge Racer, Outrun, Burgertime, Star Wars, Centipedes are really going to shoot up in value now.
In addition to some of the rarer Partycades and Countercades like the Defender and Street Fighter ones.
Sadly I have never had enough money to even buy one of these things but I have always dreamed of collecting all of them. I always have this idea of building a giant barn in my backyard or something and then building my own little mini arcade. It would be cool if you could set it up kind of like a little business and half people pay in admission fee to come in and play the games. I’ve always wanted to build my own little mini arcade
How do you sell your dignity on the internet as a furry v tuber and can't even afford $800?
@@ghostoflazlo I don't make money on RUclips. Never have
I wish they would do more countercades. I love my Marvel superheroes one and would love to see more then the few they made.
Did Arcade1up shut down the online servers on their Arcade1up cabinets or are the online servers still active? If the online servers are no longer active, then I'm not buying me a copy of an Arcade1up cabinet.
Not yet, but eventually they will shut down, making the 'live' button effectively useless.
Never understood how Arcade1Up was even a thing. Just strap a Pandoras Box to an old cabinet and bam you have 5000 1Ups.
Or just make your own with a Raspberry Pie or an old computer with your own customized controls. My latest upload is literally that.
@UselessRecords You are so right about that. I modded a 2 player Marvel Superheroes Countercade and bought to work in my breakroom, and people thought I was freaking wizard. I am gremlin who just innately can rip apart anything and frankenstein it back together the way I want, but there's people would could done that job far cleaner than I did. It all works and that's all they know, so it's amazing. I get none of them would ever done it, but I don't let normie praise go to my head. I am getting better at modding though.
@@nickangelo16you don't even need to do that anymore.
There's like a soft mod that you can do for Arcade 1up using a flash drive. A woman on RUclips has tutorial vids on it.
Can you explain?
@@djxgam1ng Pandora’s box is a dual stick arcade style preloaded box. Just Velcro it to an old cabinet, and mount a lcd screen. Have to gut the cab first.
Arcade1up was already niche to begin with. Now with their prices being what they are it's now a niche of a niche, especially when there are way more affordable methods of playing these classic arcade games. A few example of this are emulation, re-releases on consoles and PC, etc.
i went out and bought a nice super nintendo to play my old nba jam game for way cheaper then what they want for a cheaply made mdf jam cabinet, hooked up to my old crt and im back in the game for way less money
Arcade 1up started with affordable Arcade Machines that were a little smaller. Then fans wanted more games on the machines & for the machines to looks like actually Arcade Machines. This leads to higher costs. Arcade 1up is now for collectors that will spend to higher amount for the machines.
I always thought they were cool but i have no room inmy house for them
Arcade 1up renewed my love for arcade cabinets.but i did end up building my own cabinet with a PC ..
I modded mine too. These things take up too much realestate to only play a handful of games. Unless you have the space for an arcade room, and can fit multiple machines, I'd rather just have 1 in my space with tons of games. I bought a Xmen 4 player cabinet so I'd have a machine that could handle all the games I would want to play as I put a trackball on it. I got lightguns, and extra USB ports to hook them up or extra controllers. It was supposed to end there, but I keep going. I think this what a midlife crisis looks like for nerds who lived thru the 80s and/or 90s hehe.
While I have never owned an Arcade 1Up machine, I have a few that I would love to have. I just don’t have room for something like that in my home.
I sincerely hope they find a way to either pull through, or can be saved by a well-intentioned company. This is a great Idea that I don’t want to disappear.
You’re right, though. They definitely have to fix it and bring out better games.
Can you imagine the discounts if they file BK!!!! NEVER pay full price!!!
Thats what I'm waiting for
this reminds me of telletale games studios. they paid way too much for license agreements from video game companies to make their arcades. and sales aren’t keeping up.
R.I.P.
Arcade1Up
(2018 - 2024)
All great points!! I think they priced themselves out of the market. When the prices climbed into the $600 $700 range the quality didn't match the price.
It's sad to see what the last couple of years have been like compared to what it was.
if the company is still up and running.......then it's not dead. Might not be doing a lot of business right now......but that doesn't mean dead. Dead means closed, shut down, every thing sold at cheap princes, going out of business sales, etc.
😂Have a day off, mate. Or are you saying you take everything you see and hear on the internet, literally? Do you need me to explain what the term, 'figure of speech', means?
It might go bankrupt and restructure as things have a way of not staying dead these days. Either way there's going be plenty of cabinets on the secondary market for awhile.
The prices were going up, and the number of games on the units were decreasing. I was interested in Golden Tee, Golden Axe, and the Capcom cabs - but the prices never went down.
If they could put every game they've ever licensed onto one cab that might sell at this point.
Edit: I was also interested in the infinity gameboard, but they never figured out a way to make it feasible for numerous players at home except the honor system.
They got way too expensive and once I saw the 103rd skin of Pacman I was over it all.
They could have just continued to release new cabs with 3-4 games each, at the $399 price point, and they would’ve been fine. Even if the games were more obscure licenses, people would buy them.
Here in Australia I paid $600.00 AUD for my legacy street fighter ,and $600 for my mortal kombat legacy cabs ,both came with the risers ,but no light up marquee….i love them and still play them weekly ….they have held up well for owning em for over 2 years now,but I don’t have kids ….for me it’s the nostalgia of owning my own arcade cabs ,they might not be arcade quality ,but they do take me back to good old days of hanging out at your local arcade with a pocket full of 20c pieces and a high score to beat…cheers from australia
So any of the cabinets can be modded with a raspberry Pi and loaded up with pretty much any game correct? Cause Ollie’s has some cabinets for $120
Damn I wanted alien vs predator cabinet
That's about standard as far as reactions go. I think they did pitch a AVP to Retailers but much like everything that has leaked out in prototype photos recently. It was refused by retailers.
Me too man, me too.
Oh I have 12 so have supported them from day one happily put off buying a ps5 till last year because I was actively looking for those cabs but never seen those titles in the wild
I’ve been saying this Since January.
THANK YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE TRUTH!!!!!
Dude do you have a new channel? Miss your content
@@tdog9762 thanks. Yes this is my new channel. Started over
If Atari can turn it around then anyone can and it's amazing that Atari keeps adding content to the 50th with a boat load of stuff being added soon . Just waiting on the Jaguar mini, lol
Wait until the Ridge Racer Collection, NBA Jam TE, and KI comes to Switch 2.
If there's no online I'll just stick with my roms of those on my raspberry pi
RGT85-I'm not here to talk sh!t about the new guy..... then proceed to tear him a new one by calling him fake😂
We all knew the end would come sooner rather than later. These things take up a good amount of space. I have bought maybe two arcade1ups in the past almost two years because I'm out of space lol
All I really want is the Ms. PAC man one and that’s pretty much it.
Just download the ROM and play the MAME on your computer.
@@bk9509-o2o it’s not about just having the game. It’s about the cabinet arcade experience and having parties at your house and people playing and gathering around the cabinet.
@@redstratus97 I agree it's a great center piece. I got one for this reason as I wanted to have people back in my life as post covid I am done being a hermit. I also built some smaller and more portable machines as I find them to be a great party trick. (I modded a 2 player MSH countercade and made a bartop 17 machine.) I bought my modded Rampage machine and the counter cade(I had it hooked to a TV on the table, so it rans off both screens with two extra wired controllers so four players could play both.) to my nephews birthday party. The kids loved, as they were cheering when they beat Rocksteady and Bebop in the TMNT arcade game. They went wild again when they finnally took down Shredder, as they were experincing this all for the first the way we did as kids.(just without me charging them quarters hehe.) My sister in law was so happy as the kids stayed out of the house, between the games and the bouncy house. Her clean up went much smoother. I bought the goods as I wanted my nephew to be a hero to his friends, and it worked.
The footboard is to keep it from tipping forward.
I wonder if they could inject more excitement into their products by using a more open architecture for their pcbs. Instead of a one use, custom pcb for every cabinet, use a universal pcb like an android box/raspi in every system, and just have different roms for every cabinet. The difference in cabinets would then come down to how many buttons and the types of controls, depending on the theme. It would save manufacturing overhead in the background, and give the users a more reliable and easier to upgrade experience.
Hey wait a minute this isnt Nintendo news
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I've always wanted one but the prices are just too much
I wanted to buy a cabinet, but they seemed overpriced
because they are
No word on the SNK red cab
My favorite arcade 1up RUclipsr
RGT deals in reality, but others out there like that corner cade guy....alternate multiverse reality...
The other issue Arcade1up has is that many of their core customers ran out of floor space to put cabinets. I passed on several cabs for lack of floor space rather than complete lack of interest.
John D is the one who ratted out the SNK MVSX being easy to mod, which ended up killing HyloX.
Wait did they announce they are shutting down or is this just attempting to read the tea leaves? Didn’t they just launch a new cab with the Golden Tee Deluxe?
Not surprising this company listened too much to the community and the community drove them to their grave
We didnt ask for an xl cabinet or stupid stools or a deluxe edition 2.0 or whatever they are on now
The writing has been on the wall for sometime. Still, I don't regret any of my AC1up acquisitions. Sure, I could get a Pandora's Box (I have one of those too), but it's cool having the replica arcade cabinets side by side. I'll probably pick up a Unico Nova Blast too.
I still have:
-2nd Gen MKII + IntecGaming Nintendo Switch kit
-Marvel Super Heroes LE w/ Sanwa parts
-X-men Arcade + alt X-men stool
-Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
-Killer Instinct + alt KI stool (upgraded to Sanwa parts)
-Dragon's Lair
-MKII Countercade
You can build a 1up but not a riser
Duh
@@aaronkosharskyswhiteknight5224 How many people that buy these toys and make a tiny arcade skip the risers... Omg you can't make this stuff up
@@show-me-retro all of them
@@aaronkosharskyswhiteknight5224 I would disagree, unless you're the size of a hobbit
It's not "official" like your title claims
Any 1 up shills going to comment?? Mike B the game weenie? 19K hack? Pslobs? 1up Kits? Cornercade?
I’ve been saying this forever. Happy rgt85 gets it.
@@TheRealKonsolefanboy Zohar!!!! Fucking miss you and your videos man. Please come back
@@tdog9762 🙏🏻❤️
If Pslobs = PD7 then yea, I agree. That guy loves pushing FOMO when it comes to Arcade1up and probably helped get TMNT sold out everywhere.
The novelty crowd gave up on it and the true arcade hobbyist didn't care about them. It was short lived.
Even if “cabinet” has 3 syllables, doesn’t mean you have to pronounce them all every time
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Im still yet to own one of these. I wanted a few of them but over the years theyve gone from £300 and even £250 on sale. Now im seeing £700. Its never going to happen now. Id rather go on holiday with £700. Soz
I want the killer instinct one
I picked up 4 used ones for 200 about 8 months ago. I had a feeling then that things would be changing.
Your.. not wrong. Arcade1up is in a huge legal battle right now with their former design firm, thinkup gaming, depending on how it ends, 1up will in fact be gone within the end of the year, for now it's pretty much just what you said, revisions
Lots of revisions.
I live in a very small town and was surprised when our walmart got the 4 player OG turtles cabinet and 4 player NBA Jam cabinet. They got 4 of the turtles and 2 of the NBA jam. They sat there FOREVER!!! I knew that most people in our town couldnt afford that 300 or so bucks on a whim, so I played the long game cause I couldnt afford full price either lol. Then they went on clearance to 250.... not yet..... then 200...... still not yet...... 150 I then acted. I got the manager and asked if I bought one of each would he knock 25 off each. Sure he said. So I got both for 250. Then I went back in there a week later and they had two turtles cabinets marked down to 100 each. I bought both and flipped em for 225 each. I still have the original two i bought.
I'm glad I got my MvC2 cabinet before Arcade1up "died"
Me too
Same the only 1 have and happy with it