I just picked this one up. My god, the volume on this thing is loud! I only need to put it up to 1 or 2 lol. Great cab and lots of fun to play. Loved the review.
I never thought I’d be interested in a Pac-Man or Ms Pac-Man, but seeing this at Best Buy really pushed me it looks great. Thank you for watching J! I really appreciate you always commenting and watching, F&F is going to look nice next to these 😎
@@PDX7 I just watched f and f gameplay videos yesterday of the old arcade and it looks amazing! I will def be buying that one. I think it may be better than ridge racer.
I bought the mod, I’m a little disappointed because F&F is coming out faster than I thought. But I’ll have some fun games to go along with now. If I didn’t I’d sell when it came down to space.
I had my mind made up with the 50th Atari ed until I watch your video as I had never considered this cab. Don't know how I missed it but wow you are right , such payability.
Oh wow. Looks great! I was expecting the live button to function more like the modern cabs... I do want this cab, but I want the cab coming out later lol.
@@PDX7 Yes, got one from Best Buy today. I'm trying to determine if the factory joystick will be adequate or if I should swap it out for a better joystick. Do you have an opinion? Thanks.
@thepuzzledmagician I’ve learned to live with their joysticks, but if you decide later it will be hard getting underneath inside the cab to change it out. This model is connected to monitor so it’s a pain trying to get inside the back of cab on that angle.
Thank you soo much for pointing out how to return to the menu! For the life of me I couldn't find where it said how to, and I was about to open the thing back up, phew. Now, I see when you select a game it tells you to hold the button.
I'm really tempted to get this one, it's a great replica of the 2001 cabinet. I just don't like how they have bumps and screws visible, that's the only thing they still really miss on...but! it is a beauty.
CrazySpence, to be honest I don’t even notice it. If your interested they have a sale at Best Buy $449 for this cab it’s a great deal! Thank you for watching :)
I have memories from around the 2000s, my dad would take us to Burger King and we would play Galaga and Mrs Pacman every time we went. My dad had the high score for that cabinet until BK went out of business lol I'm giving him this cabinet for father's day this year.
That’s a wonderful gift morrokbyo! How special :) Your Dad will love it! Thank you for sharing that with me, before my Dad passed in 2019 I got him tickets to Paul McCartney at Lambeau Field, it was a bucket list for him to see. These are special gifts :)
The Deluxe's are def an improvement over the previous releases. Both cabinets have alot of games in my usual favorite rotation. If the buttons are ok maybe just do the spring on that stick, its probably a 2lb and for a 4 way stick a 6lb would be the way to go, I have all 4lb springs on my cabinets that are 8 way but on a 4 way stick 6lb will make it feel much more arcade authetic, congrats on the pickups they are sweet looking cabinets for sure.
I think I’ll change the springs in this stick, thanks you that’s a great idea. These look so good that’s what got me when I saw them at Best Buy. The risers didn’t bother me before, but if this is their new route I guess I have to keep up :) When are you going to have your AtGames giveaway rescheduled? Thank you for watching Carl!!
@@PDX7 Next Tuesday at 9pm EST Raskulls Basement Arcade, Raskull was sick, he should be back, 2 pinball pack codes plus steam game giveaways hope to see you there and pass it along. I would consider these cabinets on discount, not saying they are not worth it as I think they are but I am low on space and I need room for 3 more things this year, iircade and the 4k alp and 4k alu!
@@PDX7 yessir, first cab period! Maybe in the near future I'll get the MK cab, very interested in that one too, how've you been likeing your class of 81 cab still? Any pointers with future mods like joystick and other mods would be much appreciated thank you 👍🏽
@uno3863 I’m very happy with my Class of 81, I haven’t changed anything with mine keeping it stock. The only thing is the volume with this cab and PacMan is very high even at volume 1 it’s loud. Just take your time putting together and have plenty of light. Please let me know what you think and if you run into anything I’ll be around :)
@PD7 Nah, not with new Arcade1up cabinets. Retention usually stays. On other product reviews, I noticed drop-off rather quickly if intros are long. Which I never understand. People don't like hitting a fast forward button? Haha. But...there are always the ones who will undoubtedly complain about everything. What can we do right. Have a great day today.
Those works be fun to play on an arcade! Bionic Commando has one of the best covers for nes. If you have a Gen 1 you could swap control deck with Intec that has a nes port for carts on it.
Awesome looking cab. Very Jealous. Still no sign of these making their way OS (I'm in Sydney Australia). In the past, they'd be at least a preorder up by now if we were getting them, but so far, nothing. We've missed out on so many like KI, Blitz, MK 30TH, Star Wars, Tron, etc. It's a shame cause I had some funds earmarked for these Deluxe cabs but looks like I might go with my second option of getting a MVSX instead. I'll just appreciate yours from afar. Peace brother
Sorry to hear Ben, I hope A1up releases some of these Deluxe to Australia I remember MVC2 made it doesn’t make sense nothing since. Getting the MVSX is a great choice, you can add so many games making it a great multicade. Thank you for watching, please let me know if you went with MVSX and if anything makes their way to you.
This is a great cab. I like that it features two great, iconic cabinets in one. I played the original Class of 81 in an arcade about 15 years ago. Glad A1up released this. I'm enjoying mine, but I do need a volume attenuator, as it's a bit too loud. LOL. I wish I had enough to pick up the Pac Man version of the Deluxe edition as well as this one. Thanks for sharing this. :)
The speakers are an improvement, even at 1 it’s loud enough to hear. I think this is one of the best looking A1up cabs next to Star Wars / Dragons Lair, it’s the main reason I went with this over Pac-Man but pac is good too. It’s the closets they’ve come to the OG you played definitely a step up. Thanks for watching Thomas! Happy Easter
@@PDX7 I may have a problem with my volume, because on 1, my neighbors can hear it, and came over to ask me to turn it down. LOL So, getting the attenuator. But, yeah, it really is the closest they've come to a realistic cab, in miniature, by far. They're really finally bringing it. Happy easter to you, as well. :)
That's my birth year. I'm sure the Ms.Pacman is the slow version, like always on these official machines. I have a half DK, half OG Pacman machine that is 9 years old.
Just watch the video where it shows Galaga and movement of the joystick and see how long it takes for the ship to move in relation it. Feels like almost half a second to me but I didn’t time it.
It bothers me a bit that the blue on the bottom of the mspacman side is darker than the top half. You need to lower the exposure on your cancers when you move further away from the light source. Lowering exposure let’s you take a shot of the marquee from across the room and it’s perfectly visible.
Thank you for the tip Thomas! Big blue might have had the same thing with the blues top and bottom too. Thank you for watching and for the advice, are you interested in any of the 4 Deluxe?
I can see what you mean, I didn’t notice when your standing close it doesn’t look as empty. Monitor really stands out when I look, I didn’t think I’d like looking down at first now I love it. Thank you for watching Zjoon!
It's so funny with all the cabs I got, the ugly marquee from arcade 1 up never bothered me. The only times I upgrades was to turn a non lit marquee into lit ones like the original cabs had back in 2018-2019. I upgraded the sticks, the springs, and even raised most of mine about 3-4 inches but the marquees I left alone.
They don’t look bad it’s just on camera they do not show up good, funny thing is I’ve never changed sticks or springs :) where are you going to put Star Wars?
@@PDX7 ahh you remembered my friend. I actually have it sitting in my living room for now. We are still enjoying it. I missed out on the original release back in early 1 up days. Looking back I remember I walked by the display at Walmart and they were selling Star Wars for 200 clearance and I just walked by as I wasn’t into collecting them like I am now. Now I paid 599 lol. Although I do like the lit up coin doors but a 400 price increase hmmm. I figure once we are done enjoying Star Wars im going to probably make some room with my main cabs as I think I can squeeze one more if I just move my fridge next to my t2 cab more closer to the garage door. I wish I had more space. I got like 15 more cabs still in boxes. Maybe one day I’m going to move to a bigger house and have the space. Im saving them as I know arcade 1 up going to stop making them soon as it appears they are running out of new cabs cause they seam to be releasing the same cabs over and over in different form factors.
Would you ever sell any to switch to Deluxe or XL? I walked past so many at Walmart in 2019 too, I didn’t understand them back then if we only knew lol
@@PDX7 oh I already bought the 3 new xl cabs and probably during the summer I’m going to begin upgrading my Pac-Man. Mk2 and class of 81. My only issue is the xl cabs even though they are riser less and are same height as the riser cabs, to me being 6’ 4 they are still a bit short. I’ll going to have to buy some extension pieces and raise them up by 4 inches just like my regular riser cabs. The extension pieces I’ll have to put under the cabs as right now If you see in my video they are between the cab and riser.
I wish they would make these bigger, we’re the ones buying not kids. We shouldn’t have to raise these up. I’m a little worried about F&F being too low.
@@PDX7 Lol! I know the feeling. My buddy was telling me yesterday that I should get MK 2 Deluxe. After seeing your review and it and BestBuy, I’m tempted to pick that up too, ha ha!
10:40 the original class of 81 (20 year reunion, which is the first aka original) only had ms pac man and Galaga. You could also play pacman only if you moved the joystick in a sequence of directions on the insert coin screen. I know this because I have the original arcade in my house
Only full size. I started collecting in the early 2000’s. The only ones I have left right now is the reunion, donkey Kong, Ms pac man, Mario bros (regular body), track and field cocktail and a neo geo 4 slot.
Another great review, PD! So, I am super tempted to buy this - as you say, it looks very arcade accurate. That slanted screen is what really does it for me. That said, do I get this OR do I wait for the very probable XL version? . Ever since I got the GTXL I really only want that form factor now-lol. What do you think man?
I know I do too, my Golden Tee is in the back living room and every time I look at it I think it’s a real arcade, Shaq Jam is same size but doesn’t resemble a real arcade like GT. Deluxe cabs do, but they’re going to be smaller height, screen and marquee. It could be 2 years before we see XL on some of these, I think there’s going to be mixtures in arcades. I’m hooked on the deluxe right now, just think about it these will be available for a while. Thank you for watching Stephen!
It’s a tough call, I wish Class of 81 had 14 games. Give it some time to decide, these will be around for awhile. Thank you for watching Mister Comedygold!
Being born in 1981 and a Galaga fan I couldnt pass up the og release. Already Szabos marquee and coin doored it. And could I get the Galaga 88 score i have again?! If I hadn't id get this. I dig the slant for sure.
Yep, it has that box feel that I been harping on for years. They could of done that monitor slant from the beginning since it cost them nothing to do it.
You think it costs nothing, to design something, and then have it manufactured. Boy are you wrong. Also they really didn't know what they were doing at the beginning. I have a Gen 1 pac-man, and still own it, and there's ton of things wrong, but it works. There's still a lot wrong with this version too, but its getting better. later ||| || | || | negative1
You have to admit the recessed monitor is a step in the right direction, the games play the same as the 1st and 2nd Gen it’s probably the same pcb. We just like the new form factor. I appreciate you watching the video, Thank you.
@@copyrightstrike6910 All you are doing is putting the slit on the side panels in a different angle and mounting the monitor in a different spot on the side panel.
Great review, man. I ordered the Mortal Kombat Deluxe today and can't wait to get on the leaderboards on some games. I'll eventually get the Pac-man deluxe, I think.
@PD7 I'm interested to see what games are on the F&F cab for sure. It may be the closest thing to Cruis'n we're going to get, so I might consider getting it, but not right away.
Excellent review! How tall do they “feel”? Do you use riser boosters on any of your other cabs and if so, do you feel like these need the same or are they just about right for someone your height? Thanks again for these incredible reviews filled with all the important details! My only negative would be that I wish they released the trinity of cabs all at the same time so that I knew I could upgrade my Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga cabs to the individual Deluxe versions but for now, I’ll just have to wait and hope that they do.
MK2 and 81 are a perfect height for me I’m 5’9 I think your ok 6’0 or under. Riser boosters come in for taller people. Stool or standing I’m comfortable on both. I’m hoping F&F monitor will be higher up like in T2, I raised RR up because screen felt too low. A trinity would be as cool as a Konami legacy, we’re running out of room lol! Thank you for watching Castle Ranch!
Nice to see the gun sound is loud in rolling thunder. My super Pac-Man partycade has terrible audio for a few games including rolling thunder. I can’t even play it with the silencer on
That’s a bummer, are those speakers on the bottom front or underneath? The speakers are great on class of 82, but still very loud at volume 1. People have been complaining about the audio being too loud, I just keep it at 1 when I play :) Thank you for watching stillMeNZa!
Well, it "WAS" a great cab, until it started not responding after a while. Leave it on for a few hours, come back, and controls froze up. Had to cold boot, after unplugging it. Happening with PacMania, too. Started happening after latest update. Anyone else seeing this? I opened a couple of tickets. Waiting.
How is your response with the joystick, on my pacman deluxe theres about half second delay, its so bad you can hear the music in dig dug stop playing whenever you make a turn. Pacman patterns is unplayable and makes regular play impossible, aswell as a bunch of other games are just frustrating to play. My audio is noticeably different, it sounds higher pitched and muffles out a little, i dont know what it is but its definitely not the way the games should sound. My gen 1 cabinet plays far better than this
I haven’t noticed any delay just the stick isn’t as tight as MK2, I’ll have to play Ms Pac-Man and Dig Dug and see if I notice anything tonight. So far everything seems to be pretty good, I will let you know. Thanks for watching Christocream!
@@PDX7 Im glad its atleast an only me thing, the audio I got to play properly but im gonna need to figure out how to take off these dang screw caps to take apart my cabinet to work around this joystick, those things are just stuck in there
Have you ever actually played an arcade game before. Dig dug is supposed to be that way, thats how it is in the arcade. I can hit the killscreen in Pac-man, and get to a 1,000,000 on dig dug, and galaga, there's nothing wrong with them, and there is no lag. If you've never played a game before, you shouldn't be commenting. later ||| | || | | | negative 1
I have the OG Class of '81 and am very tempted to upgrade to this. It just looks great. Awesome review!!!! I did have a question; you were peeling the protective plastic sheet off of the marquee? Do you have to put that on/in the marquee itself?
I accidentally left that scene out of video, so right before you sandwich the 2 sides you drop the marquee in the slot. So the only downside is if you for some reason decided to change it out, the entire side has to come off. Thank you for watching Andy, if you sell yours it should get 3/4 the cost for Deluxe.
I don’t mind scan lines not included as much as wanting 2 additional games. 14 is becoming the norm and we got 12 on 81. I’m happy with this cab, but that’s all I can really gripe about. Thank you for watching SavedByZero!
It looks like it has the same input lag as the original Class of 81. You can even see it in your gameplay video at 9:57, especially if you play the video at a slow speed. It seems to take about 1/10th of a second for the ship to move after you move the joystick. The games are still playable, but the input lag is annoying.
Thank you for letting me know, I’ll check out the video at 9:57, it’s gotta be the same pcb as the OG. Same 12 games & online leader board, the cool thing is when you look at the leader boards it has an icon in front of user name: Dig Dug, Ms Pac-Man, OG 81, Deluxe 81, Pacmania and Pac-Man legacy. It’s cool to see everyone’s cab their playing on. Thank you for watching originalfred66!
@@PDX7 , thank you for making great videos! Even with the input lag, I absolutely love the selection of games on the Class of 81, and I play it often. I like the on line high score list, but there are players who are a lot better than I am.
Are the control panels better on these lately, early ones the paint would rub off. Does this have a thin plexi layer to protect the paint, or some other means?
Yes, there’s a clear deck protector covering control panel. Artwork is safe :) Any Arcade1up you find in store or online now will all have one. Thank you for watching Phil 👊
I’ve been torn. Part of me wants to go get it right now at Best Buy. But I have the dig dug legacy cabinet and the baby blue ms pac man cab. So I’m essentially getting mostly all the same games! What to do? What to do!?
Do they have a setting on Ms Pac man to be able to play the double-speed mode? I remember back in the day there was a Ms Pac man that was twice the speed or more and I'd love to play that version again.
I get it, I wasn’t interested in just a Ms Pac-man without having Galaga games and Rolling Thunder. Even though Pac-man Deluxe has those games I liked the look of this cab better. Fomo set in at Best Buy and I gave in :)
What?!!! They cancelled the Deluxe Ms. Pac-Man? I was waiting for that because I can’t stand the split graphics on Class of 81 it looks like a 50/50 bar.
The problem with this deluxe cabinet Ms Pac-Man Galaga is they don’t give you the original sound how it sounded like and everyone should know and Pac-Man Galaga allows you to continue after you lose all your lives and includes Pac-Man I own this arcade machine at home cause the arcade used to rule the world of video games I would shop for arcade machines over console games didn’t care if I had to pay $3,000 seeing these classic games getting ruined by weak consoles just bothered me I hope arcade 1 up releases the original version one day I’ll go and buy one
@@PDX7 it should be only for MS Pac-Man and Galaga Pac-Man the games that the original arcade machine came with arcade 1 up is just using the design but not making them playing the way they should be playing that’s why everyone’s better off buying the Pac-Man or Ms Pac-Man deluxe over the Ms Pac-Man Galaga cause your not getting what it came with
The only thing I had against Ms Pac-Man is it would be missing Galaga 88 and Rolling Thunder. I know Pac-Man Deluxe has them I just like the look of 81 better.
Couldn't you just take the PCB apart and show every single circuit? That's what everyone wants to see anyways. And before you ask, yes I took a poll and asked everyone on earth. Even from those islands that are inhabited by primitive head hunters... That didn't go so well. .... Great job man nice review. The cabinet looks amazing. That fomo is a son of a gun haha.
@@PDX7 hahaha yes exactly!!! And you have to review every single nut and bolt on the thing because that's what EVERYONE wants haha. We might be busy you're right. But that's a good thing.
And you can change the speed on class of 81 Deluxe cuz we did it already on when you go to the menu where you pick all the games at where Miss Pac-Man is at all you got to do is go to the left right there to settings and then you'll see all the settings you can change the speed to fast 🤦🏾😂🤣
Hi Fuzz Bear, I’m not able to change the speed on pcb unfortunately. A lot of people have asked about this really the only real flaw or complaint you can make on this. Other than that it’s a great form factor and a lot of fun to play, Thank you for watching :)
@@PDX7 no I found it you can change the speed I already did it all you got to do is go to the menu is automatically on here when you go and pick a Miss Pac-Man when you go to the top before you go to play it go to the settings right there to the left and then you can change the speed🎮🕹😀👍🏾
Thank you DC, it depends what cabinet colors you prefer and games list. Class of 81 is the only deluxe cab with 12 games, everything else has 14. Pac will have pac man games and class will have Ms pac man games. Both having all of the Galaga’s and Rolling Thunder. If I was to make a decision today I’d go with Galaga Deluxe over both, because the 14 games over 12 and it’s the pac man games plus it looks really cool. Whichever you decide wait for a 399 sale later this year :)
This cabinet is a close to perfection as possible for me from the game list, art work, and marquee. Great video Phil.
Are you thinking about getting a Deluxe? Thank you for watching Matt, hope to see more RR videos 😎
@@PDX7 The Class of 81 cabinet has gotten my attention. Also I do not have a Ms PacMan cab in my arcade.
Everyone should have one, well that’s what I kept telling myself :)
I just picked this one up. My god, the volume on this thing is loud! I only need to put it up to 1 or 2 lol. Great cab and lots of fun to play. Loved the review.
@oldskool7423 1-2 max :) Thank you for watching!
That Galaga really brings back memories. They nailed it with that cab design and graphics! Thanks for showing.
I never thought I’d be interested in a Pac-Man or Ms Pac-Man, but seeing this at Best Buy really pushed me it looks great. Thank you for watching J! I really appreciate you always commenting and watching, F&F is going to look nice next to these 😎
@@PDX7 I just watched f and f gameplay videos yesterday of the old arcade and it looks amazing! I will def be buying that one. I think it may be better than ridge racer.
It totally will it looks like Cruisin, I’m kind of disappointed with RR. F&F is the one to get!
@@PDX7 yeah I might sell mine to make room for it honestly.
I bought the mod, I’m a little disappointed because F&F is coming out faster than I thought. But I’ll have some fun games to go along with now. If I didn’t I’d sell when it came down to space.
I had my mind made up with the 50th Atari ed until I watch your video as I had never considered this cab. Don't know how I missed it but wow you are right , such payability.
Thank you for watching 👊
Oh wow. Looks great! I was expecting the live button to function more like the modern cabs...
I do want this cab, but I want the cab coming out later lol.
I was too, surprised you still have to hold down 2 buttons to exit. Thank you for watching Miguel!
Good review. This goes on my possible pick up list when it goes on sale or discount in a few months.
It will look great in your Arcade, Thanks for watching Papa Brad!
Congrats 🎈🎉🍾🎊 on your new pickup!! It’s beautiful 😍 great 👍 review 👌🔥🔥🔥
👊Thank you Bobby!
Grew up playing ms Pac-Man and Galaga as a kid at the laundromat in the early 2000s on a real reunion cabinet
Reminds me of going to the laundromat and sneaking next door to 7 eleven:)
Just watched this video for the 2nd time. By far the best review of the Class of ‘81 Deluxe.
Thank you so much 👊 Are you picking one up?
@@PDX7 Yes, got one from Best Buy today. I'm trying to determine if the factory joystick will be adequate or if I should swap it out for a better joystick. Do you have an opinion? Thanks.
@thepuzzledmagician I’ve learned to live with their joysticks, but if you decide later it will be hard getting underneath inside the cab to change it out. This model is connected to monitor so it’s a pain trying to get inside the back of cab on that angle.
@@PDX7 ok, thanks.
Thank you soo much for pointing out how to return to the menu! For the life of me I couldn't find where it said how to, and I was about to open the thing back up, phew. Now, I see when you select a game it tells you to hold the button.
Took me awhile to figure out videorevelry :) Thank you for watching!
I'm really tempted to get this one, it's a great replica of the 2001 cabinet. I just don't like how they have bumps and screws visible, that's the only thing they still really miss on...but! it is a beauty.
CrazySpence, to be honest I don’t even notice it. If your interested they have a sale at Best Buy $449 for this cab it’s a great deal! Thank you for watching :)
@@PDX7 Yea I saw, but not a good time. Quite tempting though. I have the Ms Pacman countercade to get me by
You have more self control than I do :) maybe this will be even lower down the road.
I have memories from around the 2000s, my dad would take us to Burger King and we would play Galaga and Mrs Pacman every time we went. My dad had the high score for that cabinet until BK went out of business lol
I'm giving him this cabinet for father's day this year.
That’s a wonderful gift morrokbyo! How special :) Your Dad will love it! Thank you for sharing that with me, before my Dad passed in 2019 I got him tickets to Paul McCartney at Lambeau Field, it was a bucket list for him to see. These are special gifts :)
@@PDX7 I'm sure your dad loved and treasured that memory. I love it when we are able to make our parents dreams come true lol
Hope you and your Dad have a great Fathers Day :)
The Deluxe's are def an improvement over the previous releases. Both cabinets have alot of games in my usual favorite rotation. If the buttons are ok maybe just do the spring on that stick, its probably a 2lb and for a 4 way stick a 6lb would be the way to go, I have all 4lb springs on my cabinets that are 8 way but on a 4 way stick 6lb will make it feel much more arcade authetic, congrats on the pickups they are sweet looking cabinets for sure.
I think I’ll change the springs in this stick, thanks you that’s a great idea. These look so good that’s what got me when I saw them at Best Buy. The risers didn’t bother me before, but if this is their new route I guess I have to keep up :) When are you going to have your AtGames giveaway rescheduled? Thank you for watching Carl!!
@@PDX7 Next Tuesday at 9pm EST Raskulls Basement Arcade, Raskull was sick, he should be back, 2 pinball pack codes plus steam game giveaways hope to see you there and pass it along. I would consider these cabinets on discount, not saying they are not worth it as I think they are but I am low on space and I need room for 3 more things this year, iircade and the 4k alp and 4k alu!
I’ll be there Thanks for the heads up! I hope you will have an iircade soon, be fun playing some games together.
Great video. I see that Wayfair will release the counter tabletop version on Aug 27. I hope it has a light marquee.
That’s cool MrHank, Thank you for letting me know I just checked this out. Yes the marquee lighting up is huge :)
That's a beautiful cabinet enjoy it man
Thanks Brooklyn, it’s my first vertical monitor. Seeing this at Best Buy Sunday did not help lol! Thanks for watching man
Fantastic review!!!love the new design. Only flaw no light up coin door.
That’s the only thing we can complain about, it’s almost perfect! Thank you benji I really appreciate it 😎
The could easily add hinges to that control panel so it can be lift up . Since its a once piece it's hard to access underneath now.
It’s hard to get in there ien, takes a lot of patience:)
Just ordered this last night going to pick it up at best buy after work, can't wait!!! 👍🏽👍🏽
Awesome! Is this your first Deluxe cab?
@@PDX7 yessir, first cab period! Maybe in the near future I'll get the MK cab, very interested in that one too, how've you been likeing your class of 81 cab still? Any pointers with future mods like joystick and other mods would be much appreciated thank you 👍🏽
@uno3863 I’m very happy with my Class of 81, I haven’t changed anything with mine keeping it stock. The only thing is the volume with this cab and PacMan is very high even at volume 1 it’s loud. Just take your time putting together and have plenty of light. Please let me know what you think and if you run into anything I’ll be around :)
@@PDX7 I appreciate it thank you 🙏🏽😊and will do
@uno3863 good luck and have a great 4th!
Great job buddy. It really is another incredible looking cabinet. I love it. Great review.
Good morning Jesse! Thank you it means a lot to me, I might have went too long with music in the beginning:) Thanks for watching!
@PD7 Nah, not with new Arcade1up cabinets. Retention usually stays. On other product reviews, I noticed drop-off rather quickly if intros are long. Which I never understand. People don't like hitting a fast forward button? Haha. But...there are always the ones who will undoubtedly complain about everything. What can we do right. Have a great day today.
Thanks Jesse, you too!
Good review. I’m thinking I may upgrade my Class of 81 to the Deluxe cab. it looks great.
Thank you! It’s a great looking arcade, Thanks for watching.
I need a cabinet that throws in Bionic Commando, Ice Climber, and Battletoads, or maybe even Duck Tales and Talespin
Those works be fun to play on an arcade! Bionic Commando has one of the best covers for nes. If you have a Gen 1 you could swap control deck with Intec that has a nes port for carts on it.
Awesome looking cab. Very Jealous. Still no sign of these making their way OS (I'm in Sydney Australia). In the past, they'd be at least a preorder up by now if we were getting them, but so far, nothing. We've missed out on so many like KI, Blitz, MK 30TH, Star Wars, Tron, etc. It's a shame cause I had some funds earmarked for these Deluxe cabs but looks like I might go with my second option of getting a MVSX instead. I'll just appreciate yours from afar. Peace brother
Sorry to hear Ben, I hope A1up releases some of these Deluxe to Australia I remember MVC2 made it doesn’t make sense nothing since. Getting the MVSX is a great choice, you can add so many games making it a great multicade. Thank you for watching, please let me know if you went with MVSX and if anything makes their way to you.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you for watching :)
This is a great cab. I like that it features two great, iconic cabinets in one. I played the original Class of 81 in an arcade about 15 years ago. Glad A1up released this. I'm enjoying mine, but I do need a volume attenuator, as it's a bit too loud. LOL. I wish I had enough to pick up the Pac Man version of the Deluxe edition as well as this one. Thanks for sharing this. :)
The speakers are an improvement, even at 1 it’s loud enough to hear. I think this is one of the best looking A1up cabs next to Star Wars / Dragons Lair, it’s the main reason I went with this over Pac-Man but pac is good too. It’s the closets they’ve come to the OG you played definitely a step up. Thanks for watching Thomas! Happy Easter
@@PDX7 I may have a problem with my volume, because on 1, my neighbors can hear it, and came over to ask me to turn it down. LOL So, getting the attenuator. But, yeah, it really is the closest they've come to a realistic cab, in miniature, by far. They're really finally bringing it. Happy easter to you, as well. :)
It still feels loud at 1, please keep me posted if they send you a new one.
That’s good it’s an easy fix, your right I had it on volume 1 last night and it’s like volume 7.
@@PDX7 Yeah, all they need do is push an update that lowers the volume. Not happening, though. So... :)
That's my birth year. I'm sure the Ms.Pacman is the slow version, like always on these official machines. I have a half DK, half OG Pacman machine that is 9 years old.
Another reason you should pick up Class of 81! What do you think of it are you interested in the Deluxe form factor? Thank you for watching Michael!
This class of 81 is great I need this for my arcade
Sam Sam you won’t be disappointed it’s near perfect! Thanks for watching 💪
Looks like quite a bit of delay happening between when you move the joystick and finally seeing the ship move on Galaga.
I’ve never noticed before is it really that laggy?
Just watch the video where it shows Galaga and movement of the joystick and see how long it takes for the ship to move in relation it. Feels like almost half a second to me but I didn’t time it.
@wiezyckifamily holy cow! Thanks for spotting it out I’ll check it out
It bothers me a bit that the blue on the bottom of the mspacman side is darker than the top half. You need to lower the exposure on your cancers when you move further away from the light source. Lowering exposure let’s you take a shot of the marquee from across the room and it’s perfectly visible.
Thank you for the tip Thomas! Big blue might have had the same thing with the blues top and bottom too. Thank you for watching and for the advice, are you interested in any of the 4 Deluxe?
@@PDX7 thanks, man. Great channel. I own the class of 81.
Great game lineup, I really appreciate it Thank you :)
I'd love to pick one up, but the marquee is way too small making the empty space at the back seem too large and, thus, odd.
I can see what you mean, I didn’t notice when your standing close it doesn’t look as empty. Monitor really stands out when I look, I didn’t think I’d like looking down at first now I love it. Thank you for watching Zjoon!
It's so funny with all the cabs I got, the ugly marquee from arcade 1 up never bothered me. The only times I upgrades was to turn a non lit marquee into lit ones like the original cabs had back in 2018-2019. I upgraded the sticks, the springs, and even raised most of mine about 3-4 inches but the marquees I left alone.
They don’t look bad it’s just on camera they do not show up good, funny thing is I’ve never changed sticks or springs :) where are you going to put Star Wars?
@@PDX7 ahh you remembered my friend. I actually have it sitting in my living room for now. We are still enjoying it. I missed out on the original release back in early 1 up days. Looking back I remember I walked by the display at Walmart and they were selling Star Wars for 200 clearance and I just walked by as I wasn’t into collecting them like I am now. Now I paid 599 lol. Although I do like the lit up coin doors but a 400 price increase hmmm. I figure once we are done enjoying Star Wars im going to probably make some room with my main cabs as I think I can squeeze one more if I just move my fridge next to my t2 cab more closer to the garage door. I wish I had more space. I got like 15 more cabs still in boxes. Maybe one day I’m going to move to a bigger house and have the space. Im saving them as I know arcade 1 up going to stop making them soon as it appears they are running out of new cabs cause they seam to be releasing the same cabs over and over in different form factors.
Would you ever sell any to switch to Deluxe or XL? I walked past so many at Walmart in 2019 too, I didn’t understand them back then if we only knew lol
@@PDX7 oh I already bought the 3 new xl cabs and probably during the summer I’m going to begin upgrading my Pac-Man. Mk2 and class of 81. My only issue is the xl cabs even though they are riser less and are same height as the riser cabs, to me being 6’ 4 they are still a bit short. I’ll going to have to buy some extension pieces and raise them up by 4 inches just like my regular riser cabs. The extension pieces I’ll have to put under the cabs as right now If you see in my video they are between the cab and riser.
I wish they would make these bigger, we’re the ones buying not kids. We shouldn’t have to raise these up. I’m a little worried about F&F being too low.
You got one! Awesome! Great review bud!
I saw yours Zimm and seeing it at Best Buy did not help Lol! Thanks for watching :)
@@PDX7 Lol! I know the feeling. My buddy was telling me yesterday that I should get MK 2 Deluxe. After seeing your review and it and BestBuy, I’m tempted to pick that up too, ha ha!
I went with 81 now so I’d be ready for F&F in a few weeks. It was this or Pac-Man and I’m glad I went with 81
@@PDX7 I hear you. If F&F has online play, then it’s going to be hard for me to turn that one down too! I’m running out of space, lol!
I am too, selling a few cabs to make room for Deluxe. Unfortunately we might not get what we want on our used cabs, but space is valuable.
I'm getting this for my birthday this week!!!!!
Awesome!! Happy Birthday Tony!
@@PDX7 Thanks, bro... I appreciate it.
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10:40 the original class of 81 (20 year reunion, which is the first aka original) only had ms pac man and Galaga. You could also play pacman only if you moved the joystick in a sequence of directions on the insert coin screen.
I know this because I have the original arcade in my house
That’s really cool! I didn’t know that :) Do you have any 3/4 scale at home or only full size?
Only full size. I started collecting in the early 2000’s. The only ones I have left right now is the reunion, donkey Kong, Ms pac man, Mario bros (regular body), track and field cocktail and a neo geo 4 slot.
Wow! That is awesome Jason!
Another great review, PD! So, I am super tempted to buy this - as you say, it looks very arcade accurate. That slanted screen is what really does it for me. That said, do I get this OR do I wait for the very probable XL version? . Ever since I got the GTXL I really only want that form factor now-lol. What do you think man?
I know I do too, my Golden Tee is in the back living room and every time I look at it I think it’s a real arcade, Shaq Jam is same size but doesn’t resemble a real arcade like GT. Deluxe cabs do, but they’re going to be smaller height, screen and marquee. It could be 2 years before we see XL on some of these, I think there’s going to be mixtures in arcades. I’m hooked on the deluxe right now, just think about it these will be available for a while. Thank you for watching Stephen!
I am still deciding between this and the pacman deluxe cabinet, this one looks better but pacman has the better games
It’s a tough call, I wish Class of 81 had 14 games. Give it some time to decide, these will be around for awhile. Thank you for watching Mister Comedygold!
Being born in 1981 and a Galaga fan I couldnt pass up the og release. Already Szabos marquee and coin doored it. And could I get the Galaga 88 score i have again?! If I hadn't id get this. I dig the slant for sure.
If you have 81 OG no reason to replace, I missed out and seeing this in person pushed me to buy :) same games, just different look. F&F though Bones..
Yep, it has that box feel that I been harping on for years. They could of done that monitor slant from the beginning since it cost them nothing to do it.
It’s such a true look isn’t it! This is how vertical monitors ( Q-Bert ) need to look :) Thanks for watching Tim!
You think it costs nothing, to design something, and then have it manufactured.
Boy are you wrong. Also they really didn't know what they were doing at the beginning.
I have a Gen 1 pac-man, and still own it, and there's ton of things wrong, but it works.
There's still a lot wrong with this version too, but its getting better.
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You have to admit the recessed monitor is a step in the right direction, the games play the same as the 1st and 2nd Gen it’s probably the same pcb. We just like the new form factor. I appreciate you watching the video, Thank you.
@@copyrightstrike6910 All you are doing is putting the slit on the side panels in a different angle and mounting the monitor in a different spot on the side panel.
@@PDX7 I think Q^Bert is coming out and will be like this design.
Great review, man. I ordered the Mortal Kombat Deluxe today and can't wait to get on the leaderboards on some games. I'll eventually get the Pac-man deluxe, I think.
Thank you Hungrywolf! You’ll love MK2, what do you think of F&F maybe preordering 4/20?
@PD7 I'm interested to see what games are on the F&F cab for sure. It may be the closest thing to Cruis'n we're going to get, so I might consider getting it, but not right away.
I think it’s as close to Cruisin too, I’m debating preordering if these aren’t at Best Buy right away.
@PD7 If you do I can't wait to check out your review.
Did you see Biggggy D’s post on the image leak?
Rally X is one of the best arcade games on there
Yes it’s awesome!
Wish it had dragon spirit
I know it’s a real miss not putting it on here
Excellent review! How tall do they “feel”? Do you use riser boosters on any of your other cabs and if so, do you feel like these need the same or are they just about right for someone your height? Thanks again for these incredible reviews filled with all the important details! My only negative would be that I wish they released the trinity of cabs all at the same time so that I knew I could upgrade my Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga cabs to the individual Deluxe versions but for now, I’ll just have to wait and hope that they do.
MK2 and 81 are a perfect height for me I’m 5’9 I think your ok 6’0 or under. Riser boosters come in for taller people. Stool or standing I’m comfortable on both. I’m hoping F&F monitor will be higher up like in T2, I raised RR up because screen felt too low. A trinity would be as cool as a Konami legacy, we’re running out of room lol! Thank you for watching Castle Ranch!
Another awesome video! Top notch content. FOMO is strong with these cabs.
They’re dangerous stay clear of Best Buy lol Im already prepping for F&F, those 3 will look cool together. Thank you for watching Todd!
Nice to see the gun sound is loud in rolling thunder. My super Pac-Man partycade has terrible audio for a few games including rolling thunder. I can’t even play it with the silencer on
That’s a bummer, are those speakers on the bottom front or underneath? The speakers are great on class of 82, but still very loud at volume 1. People have been complaining about the audio being too loud, I just keep it at 1 when I play :)
Thank you for watching stillMeNZa!
@@PDX7 front bottom 😂.
I have news on fast and furious I am going to mention in the stream tonight
Well, it "WAS" a great cab, until it started not responding after a while. Leave it on for a few hours, come back, and controls froze up. Had to cold boot, after unplugging it. Happening with PacMania, too. Started happening after latest update. Anyone else seeing this? I opened a couple of tickets. Waiting.
Sorry to hear Thomas, hopefully their next firmware will correct this freezing up because this doesn’t happen with other cabinets.
@@PDX7 No, it doesn't. Just these two. Fingers crossed.
Hopefully you’ll hear back from 1up Support today
@@PDX7 Indeed. At least I know they're going over the tickets. Likely be Monday, or Tuesday when I hear back, though.
Please let me know what they come back with
How is your response with the joystick, on my pacman deluxe theres about half second delay, its so bad you can hear the music in dig dug stop playing whenever you make a turn. Pacman patterns is unplayable and makes regular play impossible, aswell as a bunch of other games are just frustrating to play. My audio is noticeably different, it sounds higher pitched and muffles out a little, i dont know what it is but its definitely not the way the games should sound. My gen 1 cabinet plays far better than this
I haven’t noticed any delay just the stick isn’t as tight as MK2, I’ll have to play Ms Pac-Man and Dig Dug and see if I notice anything tonight. So far everything seems to be pretty good, I will let you know. Thanks for watching Christocream!
@@PDX7 Im glad its atleast an only me thing, the audio I got to play properly but im gonna need to figure out how to take off these dang screw caps to take apart my cabinet to work around this joystick, those things are just stuck in there
It’s going to be hard getting inside of that panel, I’m dreading it too. I have the spring tension on my mind lol
Have you ever actually played an arcade game before.
Dig dug is supposed to be that way, thats how it is in the arcade.
I can hit the killscreen in Pac-man, and get to a 1,000,000 on dig dug, and galaga,
there's nothing wrong with them, and there is no lag.
If you've never played a game before, you shouldn't be commenting.
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@@copyrightstrike6910 I can killscreen pacman, dig dug, and galaga and I have a retro arcade 10 mins away from me 🙄
cool vid. what aspect ratio is the monitor ?
Thank you 👊 it’s 4:3
I have the OG Class of '81 and am very tempted to upgrade to this. It just looks great. Awesome review!!!!
I did have a question; you were peeling the protective plastic sheet off of the marquee? Do you have to put that on/in the marquee itself?
I accidentally left that scene out of video, so right before you sandwich the 2 sides you drop the marquee in the slot. So the only downside is if you for some reason decided to change it out, the entire side has to come off. Thank you for watching Andy, if you sell yours it should get 3/4 the cost for Deluxe.
@@PDX7 - Ok, gotcha on the build!!! Yeah, enjoy that one. The game list is awesome!!!!!!!!!!
What is your favorite game on 81?
@@PDX7 Galaga '88. I had it on the countercade and enjoyed it there, and when I saw it was on this one, being 3/4, I was stoked!
I think it’s mine too
Excellent review, thank you.
Thank you for watching R3tR0actionGamer!!
Any thoughts on the lack of support for scan lines? Is it something you think should have been included?
I don’t mind scan lines not included as much as wanting 2 additional games. 14 is becoming the norm and we got 12 on 81. I’m happy with this cab, but that’s all I can really gripe about. Thank you for watching SavedByZero!
did they put the correct joystick in it this time?
Seems like a 8-way joystick, but it feels and works great to me. Thank you for watching Jamal The Titan!
It looks like it has the same input lag as the original Class of 81. You can even see it in your gameplay video at 9:57, especially if you play the video at a slow speed. It seems to take about 1/10th of a second for the ship to move after you move the joystick. The games are still playable, but the input lag is annoying.
Thank you for letting me know, I’ll check out the video at 9:57, it’s gotta be the same pcb as the OG. Same 12 games & online leader board, the cool thing is when you look at the leader boards it has an icon in front of user name: Dig Dug, Ms Pac-Man, OG 81, Deluxe 81, Pacmania and Pac-Man legacy. It’s cool to see everyone’s cab their playing on. Thank you for watching originalfred66!
@@PDX7 , thank you for making great videos! Even with the input lag, I absolutely love the selection of games on the Class of 81, and I play it often. I like the on line high score list, but there are players who are a lot better than I am.
Me too :) we just have to keep practicing 👍
Are the control panels better on these lately, early ones the paint would rub off. Does this have a thin plexi layer to protect the paint, or some other means?
Yes, there’s a clear deck protector covering control panel. Artwork is safe :) Any Arcade1up you find in store or online now will all have one. Thank you for watching Phil 👊
I’ve been torn. Part of me wants to go get it right now at Best Buy. But I have the dig dug legacy cabinet and the baby blue ms pac man cab. So I’m essentially getting mostly all the same games! What to do? What to do!?
Stephen I’m the wrong guy to ask lol
I think these Deluxe are the way to go, did you get Dig Dug for $299?
Just get galaga on the NES. Same thing haha.
What about Rolling Thunder?
@@PDX7 $199
@@PDX7 I have that on the NES also! It's not very good for the NES though haha
Do they have a setting on Ms Pac man to be able to play the double-speed mode? I remember back in the day there was a Ms Pac man that was twice the speed or more and I'd love to play that version again.
There’s a way to speed it up, do you have any Ms Pac-Man legacy’s?
I wonder if there is some plastic overlay that would make your screen have fake scanline look?
That’s a good idea, some 3rd patty mod should come out with that. I’m sure it would draw a lot of interest, Thank you for watching morsteen!
@@PDX7 I found out there's a scanline generator box that you can put inline. both vga and hdmi it looks like. What monitor connections are in these?
That’s really cool, I think there’s a usb I’ll have to look. Thanks for letting me know!
I wish they would have 2 versions. A Ms. PAC - MAN and a Galaga. That 2 on one is a big NO for me. It just gives me a cheap feel
I get it, I wasn’t interested in just a Ms Pac-man without having Galaga games and Rolling Thunder. Even though Pac-man Deluxe has those games I liked the look of this cab better. Fomo set in at Best Buy and I gave in :)
Can the speed of Ms. Pac-Man be changed in the settings? If so, how is it done?
I don’t think so, it has the one speed on this rom.
any chance you can download/install new games in the future?
Not unless you take out the pcb and use a retro pie or pc, other Arcades like ATGames lets you add more.
Dammit. I may have to pick this up.
It’s too good to pass :)
What?!!! They cancelled the Deluxe Ms. Pac-Man? I was waiting for that because I can’t stand the split graphics on Class of 81 it looks like a 50/50 bar.
I’m sure we will see Ms PacMan Deluxe eventually just not in the first wave. Prototype hasn’t come out yet, Thanks for watching decadentdave!
Excellent video!! Thoughts on ConsoleFanboy showing his bhole and getting banned on Grindr?
Thank you for watching!
Does the control deck light up ? I've seen some do and some not
This one does not light up, but the new Galaga does. Thanks for watching
@@PDX7 the galaga deluxe ?
@dannyr2272 yes just did a review on it buttons light up and coin door
The problem with this deluxe cabinet Ms Pac-Man Galaga is they don’t give you the original sound how it sounded like and everyone should know and Pac-Man Galaga allows you to continue after you lose all your lives and includes Pac-Man I own this arcade machine at home cause the arcade used to rule the world of video games I would shop for arcade machines over console games didn’t care if I had to pay $3,000 seeing these classic games getting ruined by weak consoles just bothered me I hope arcade 1 up releases the original version one day I’ll go and buy one
I think you can change the continue options in settings, it works for Galaga 88. Do you have any A1up at home?
@@PDX7 it should be only for MS Pac-Man and Galaga Pac-Man the games that the original arcade machine came with arcade 1 up is just using the design but not making them playing the way they should be playing that’s why everyone’s better off buying the Pac-Man or Ms Pac-Man deluxe over the Ms Pac-Man Galaga cause your not getting what it came with
The only thing I had against Ms Pac-Man is it would be missing Galaga 88 and Rolling Thunder. I know Pac-Man Deluxe has them I just like the look of 81 better.
Do they hold local high scores?
Yes and there’s an online leader board for every game too
Couldn't you just take the PCB apart and show every single circuit? That's what everyone wants to see anyways. And before you ask, yes I took a poll and asked everyone on earth. Even from those islands that are inhabited by primitive head hunters... That didn't go so well. .... Great job man nice review. The cabinet looks amazing. That fomo is a son of a gun haha.
I should do a review on my homemade arcade cabinet, LOL!! Thanks Mike, you and I might be busy today 😎
@@PDX7 hahaha yes exactly!!! And you have to review every single nut and bolt on the thing because that's what EVERYONE wants haha. We might be busy you're right. But that's a good thing.
I’m glad I got you on my side man 💪👊
does galaga have the rapid fire feature on it
Yes, it helps having rapid fire makes this feel faster
no lighted coin door and joystick is 8 way instead of 4. very disappointing.
Adding a light up coin door would have brought up price of cab from $499, I agree would have been nice. Thank you for watching padistedor!
@@PDX7 I’d gladly pay extra for a better joystick that would last a few years.
It would have been nice, it will be hard to get underneath and change this out that’s for sure :)
can you speed up ms pacman?
I’ve never tried, I’ll look at it tonight and get back to you…
Just press 1 player 5 sec only.
Yes I know now lol Thanks for watching 👊
Show b hole!!!
Thanks for watching Gary!
And you can change the speed on class of 81 Deluxe cuz we did it already on when you go to the menu where you pick all the games at where Miss Pac-Man is at all you got to do is go to the left right there to settings and then you'll see all the settings you can change the speed to fast 🤦🏾😂🤣
Nice Thank you for letting me know 👍 I missed it :)
How do you go on the dip switch to speed up Miss Pac-Man to make it fast Miss Pac-Man 🎮🕹😀👍🏾
Hi Fuzz Bear, I’m not able to change the speed on pcb unfortunately. A lot of people have asked about this really the only real flaw or complaint you can make on this. Other than that it’s a great form factor and a lot of fun to play, Thank you for watching :)
@@PDX7 no I found it you can change the speed I already did it all you got to do is go to the menu is automatically on here when you go and pick a Miss Pac-Man when you go to the top before you go to play it go to the settings right there to the left and then you can change the speed🎮🕹😀👍🏾
Great review! If you had to pick this one or the pac man deluxe, what would you go with?
Thank you DC, it depends what cabinet colors you prefer and games list. Class of 81 is the only deluxe cab with 12 games, everything else has 14. Pac will have pac man games and class will have Ms pac man games. Both having all of the Galaga’s and Rolling Thunder. If I was to make a decision today I’d go with Galaga Deluxe over both, because the 14 games over 12 and it’s the pac man games plus it looks really cool. Whichever you decide wait for a 399 sale later this year :)
@@PDX7 Shoot,I forgot about the Galaga Deluxe. That ones nice too lol. Thanks.