Arcade1up Marvel Pinball Review - Should You Buy In 2024?
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Why purchase an Arcade1up Marvel Pinball in 2024, here’s a few reasons and a look at all 10 tables and a few things that might surprise you.
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They left out a lot of other great zen marvel tables like Guardians of the galaxy, Hulk, Doctor Stange, Antman and Moon Knight.
I know, I wish I could’ve had any of those titles or Fear Itself. Maybe someone else will have these for download soon :)
Leaks have said that At Games will be releasing a 4k pinball for both Marvel and Star Wars. I’m hoping it’s true.
That would be Awesome! Glad we held back :)
I can't wait for the mod video Phil. I got Attack From Mars and added all Marvel and Star Wars tables to it. Then I sold it, lol
Do you miss having it Kevin? I’m not sure I’m going to mod this, might keep it Marvel and pickup something else down the road :)
@@PDX7 I got spoiled with AtGames. Then I sold that pinball too because now I want the ALP 4K, lol
Buystuffs ST looked good :)
Hey Phil, all the tables looks incredible. The music also fits really well while you’re playing the tables. In my opinion it looks great. 10 games is also plenty to choose from. Thank you for the review and demonstrating all tables that are included👊🏼
Thank you Julio, I think 10 is perfect you won’t spend too long trying to decide what to play :) Thanks for watching man 👊
Kongs R Us has a great youtube video that explains how to easily use a laptop and a USB-C cable to add the other 20 1up pinball tables (10 star wars and 10 Williams) as well as other tables to your 1up pinball machine. One has classic tables like 8 ball deluxe, Elvira, Pinbot, Gorgar etc that to me are virtually identical to playing the real original tables EXCEPT that there's a slight delay on the flippers reacting which is annoying. The Zen pinball extra tables are great though, you get a couple of them free when you install it on your 1up, 2 South Park tables and some type of Wizard table. You can also buy more tables from Zen and load them on your 1up, like Jurassic Park, Alien, Jaws, more Star Wars etc., but you have to watch another Kongs R Us youtube video in order to add them, which I haven't gotten around to yet. All in all, I paid $100 for a used Marvel 1up 2 years ago, and it was well worth the price. I'd say don't buy all 3 1ups, just get one with artwork of your choice, and do the Kongs R Us table add-on. It's really easy and you'll never look back!
Got Attack From Mars during xmas 2022. Just lost the screen about a month ago. Worked with support and of course they are backordered so I’m doing the mod with Geekworm board and 32 inch LG monitor. We will see how things go. Already did Team Encoder mod to add all 3 pinball tables from Arcade1up to the table. Adds a lot of playability.
Let me know how the 32” mod works out! Sorry the OG went on you, you’re getting the most out of your AFM 👊
@@PDX7just finished the 32 inch upgrade today and applied the geekworm screen fix for flicker when you put a 32 inch monitor in with stock PCB. It looks fantastic. So much bigger and colors vivid. The ball is closer to actual size now. Ben at Team Encoder provided an easier way to add the fix compared to their website. Now I have to run the 3.9 pinner and additional tables again, since the fix wipes out what you had installed previously.
@GrampsArcade that is awesome!! I’ll have to do this to mine, Thank you 👊
Congrats PhilO. Angel thinks the A1up Pinball is pretty premium for A1ups I agree 599 and under, watch that pcb though, Id let that breathe just to be safe. I always appreciate the tape measurer! I am going to try alot of these tables tonight, they look like alot of fun wish they had leaderboards on these. I def like the intro scene on the ladies of marvel table Ive played that one. We just got the Gottlieb tables yesterday from Atgames, so I now have 162 tables native, which is all of them, plus fx3 100 tables, fx 120 and pinball m 6, almost 400 tables but I had to connect my PC obviously to get the other ones. I'd do the hack to get I think 50 tables on that one!
Hi CarlO and Angel 🐈⬛ I’m very cautious with the pcb lol not long periods of time, it’s hard to stop sometimes because these games are fun to play. I saw the email from ATGames pretty much everything is available to purchase. You both have the best collection :) Did you see Buystuff showing off their Star Trek?
@@PDX7 I did, very cool, I love BuyStuff! Make no mistake I got some bucks invested in the 4KP plus the computer for OTG and the tables. I think your pin fits the bill at that price point esp if you hack it for all the tables. Im going to reskin an ALP this year and put the vibs board I got laying around, if the 4KP is too much for people thats a route to take, reskin, vibs and otg.
@carlo1132 it’s the whole Marvel thing :) sometimes I’ll give in because of nostalgia, but I promise something else will go in that same room by fall :) You’ve sold me on it, just need to wait for the right time. I have to say ST looked pretty good with Addams family playing.
@@PDX7 The latest firmware we got yesterday really improved Addams Family and Snoopy. I see someone got their snoopy this week. Man thats a good looking machine, if they had the deal I got my Addams Family I might have to get Peanuts and sell off my reg ALPS!
@carlo1132 you can’t go wrong with any of them :) That’s great they fixed it!
After playing a real Attack From Mars i can definetly say the problem is "weak flipper" related feeling like lag. I described it before and tried a dozen ways of updating and nothing worked. What i would be interested in knowing is what "revision" numbers people have on thier AFM units that say it works well after the update. I found out you can hold down all three buttons on the coin door and right flipper and turn it on it will go into a diagnostic mode for testing everything. It tells you the version numbers of everthing and from what i can tell its only about a difference of a week or so from the firmware update file. All i know is the gameplay is a mess on every table on my AFM machine. Not just White Water.
I’ll have to try that on mine, I’m sorry you’re having these issues with AFM. What will you do now?
I'll probably make a video of how to bring up the diagnostic screen. (It's been done already). But pose the question out there to other people what revision number they are showing and stuff for when it is supposedly running "right" for others that own it. Seems weird with the date. From what I remember my revision was only about a week before the one that fixed everything. Seems unlikely the problems I have would go unnoticed. It's WAY more than just White Water being messed up. Wondering if they flashed some in between version that screwed things up. Anyway, yeah the diagnostic screen will test all the buttons, plunger, volume, screen colors and solinoids.
@domeshtan1677 I’ll be sure to check out your video, interested to see this :)
I have a Star Wars pinball that I got way back when these launched (before the price went up), and I have loved it for what it is. I have a couple of PC based pinball cabs now and playing zen on windows is its own thing, but for the cost and plug and play, the Arcade1up is still compelling. One thing that is nice is that if you pull the mystery encoder hack, you can install the software from all three arcade1up pinball cabs on one unit, as well as the zen android app (which works well enough, but not quite as good as the ones made for the hardware). It adds a lot of value… I can play all 30 official tables and another 10 or so that I cherry picked from the overall android zen collection.
I get why these get some hate: 720p and 24” screens are not great. And especially so when the price on these jumped. But at or under $600, they aren’t bad.
Thank you I’ll think about it, but I might keep Marvel to stock and pickup something else after summer. I’d love to have everything on here, but like you said it’s well enough. How has your SW held up this entire time?
@@PDX7 it still works fine. I replaced the flipper buttons with better ones, but otherwise it’s all good. No issues at all.
@jmcminn1076 awesome to hear :) I plan on having mine for a long time!
Have the Star Wars Pinball and did the Pinner Mod. Once I got the At Games HD pinball I never play it anymore . Got it for a steal at 165 at Costco when they were clearance them out . I feel the flipper lag is really bad on the Arcade 1up pinball machines . Playing these same games on OTG on the Legends pinball games is the way to go .
Thanks for letting me know Arcade Dave, I’m interested in getting the ALP and of course keeping Marvel because it’s so nostalgic to me. I am just waiting for the right time to buy now :)
Any plans to mod it? At least do the Vpinner soft mod.
I haven’t decided yet Hector, it depends when I pickup a FX pinball. Might keep Marvel the way it is, Thanks for watching 👊
@@PDX7 When 4.0 drops you can install that :)
@mysteryencoder9997 Awesome! I will 👊
Awhile ago I got a AtGames Legends Pinball, hooked up a PC, soundbar and setup a cheap ultra-wide monitor for LCD + 25" monitor that I squeezed into the original topper. I bought solenoids to hook up to the flippers (BIG improvement), swapped buttons and such. Using FX3 as well as Virtual Pinball and such. THIS is the way to go as it feels pretty darn real and has a 1080p screen which is decent.
I've never been a big fan of these Arcade1Up versions as they seem more like toys and seem WAY overpriced for what you are actually getting. I'm also not a big fan of the Zen pinball tables. The original Williams tables are far more fun and I like having fully licensed FX3 tables all available to play on one machine.
Kirk I’m jealous :) you’ve got one heck of a pinball set up! Thank you for sharing my friend 👊
Yeah I got mine a couple of months back for $590. Probably wouldn't have if it was more expensive. For a more realistic feel, you might want to consider removing the ball trace and pop up scores as you rack up points. For me at least, one has to think...would I see a ball trace/pop up scores if I were playing on a real pinball and the obvious answer is no. Disabling those options only essenuated my overall experience.
Thank you for the tip Baseball Rocks, I’d say You and I both got these for the right price anything more is too expensive. Are you interested in other pinballs or content with yours?
@PDX7 Well I live in an apartment so I'd probably never add another pinball unless I could get the other table games downloaded from the other cabs. But that would require a heavy mod and probably beyond my capabilities. I'm tech savvy but not in that way. The one mod I am considering is to upgrade the solenoids. While they're present, I think they should have been made a little more powerful when hitting the flippers. But otherwise, I absolutely love the Marvel pinball and super enjoy playing it nightly.
@baseball_rocks how long have you had it now? It’s a little beyond me also, I’m interested in downloading games in the future :)
@PDX7 I've had my marvel pinball for about 2 months
@baseball_rocks nice, yea we both got these at the end of the 599 sale.
So… Honestly, this looks cool! After watching gameplay it’s gotta be top 3 😜
Need to get before winter:
NBA Jam
Golden Tee
Marvel pinball
Great video 👍 💯
#freewolverine
3 great titles! #shopdeals #saveamazonpoints :)
Great review. I wonder which table is my favorite. Hmmm 🤔
I thought of you the entire time I was playing Ghostrider lol it’s a lot of fun Johnny a good way to hold me over for awhile, but it’s never going anywhere:)
Will you be doing the ME mod?
@Jrm0724 I don’t think so, I’m happy with the Marvel games. I’ll probably add another pinball after summer, I want this to be all about Marvel :)
You definitely got the best of the 3 IMO
@Jrm0724 I think so too, SW is a close 2nd I like AFM but Marvel has the edge over both :)
This was a day one for me and still one of the most played cabs.
That’s great to hear :) How long have you had yours?
@@PDX7 I did a preorder and I was really happy with it. Price went up $200 shortly after release. It's pinball, with a plunger, nudge, and feedback. The only negative is 720p, but is it enough to pay up imo, no, and i'm a old gamer that still enjoys modern games, currently playing Hell Divers 2 and Dragons Dogma 2 on ps5. Marvel Pinball is always played on arcade night.
@dust7291 that’s really cool :) perfect night for it!
I have been on the fence with the pinball machines. I have seen the At Games/Legends are better than a1up’s.
Yes they are it’s basically if you want to get pinball out of your system and you have nostalgia for any of 1ups 3 titles I say pick one up if you can find a great deal on it.
Great review and video! Making me want one LOL
Thanks Mike :) if you see one at a steal jump on it!
A-force the best one on there to me. The plot and character voices are the closest and the gameplay is really good.
Dude I really like it too, hope to see you Saturday Night 🏀
Definitely Saturday night Phil’s
@Realmoflo 👊
Great review!
Thank you Quarter Deck!
I like the looks of that pinball.
I really do too Stokjock :) DL arrived yesterday, double boxed and looks like plastic bag is covering actual box. Opening soon
I wish they would have made a DC table
Me too that would be cool to have a Marvel & DC :)
It's kind of outdated now 720p is pretty s***
Unfortunately yes it is
@@PDX7 especially when you see like Addams family and Jaws and stuff running in 4K on like a new RTX yeah