I picked this up at Costco last week and have been very happy with it so far. I bought it for Golden Tee but have enjoyed playing Gauntlet and Rampage the last few nights. It looks great in the Man Cave next to my pinball machines. Your review was spot on!
Thank you for actually doing a real review. Like you said, I had to search throw the jpeg reviewers before I found yours. The arcade looks great btw. Well done setup.
I just ordered mine and I can’t wait to get it. Thanks for the best review yet that I have watched on this cabinet. I miss Phoenix sometimes…mostly during upstate New York winters. 😂
Good review, Rob, makes me want it even more! I do like the location next to the Terminator. I’d probably do the same if i get it. I have Big Buck and Terminator next to each other and This cab would fit right in next to them. Love your Arcade set up too! You have managed to fit quite a few cabinets in the new room.
Greetings from another Arizonian! You've definitely sold me on this cabinet! I know a lot of people don't like the split design and want arcade perfect cabs, but this feels like the best bang for your buck A1Up has offered so far. Just need to stomach that price though...
@@kburns2406 exactly . I paid $499 back when I bought my OG golden tee. Hours and hours of fun and sold it for $450. So an extra $150 to upgrade to this was a no brainer.
@@KelsallsArcade i wanted the original but then it sold out and the XL came out with the crappy monitor and i held off till now… I like it snd even better than the OG & XL game list too!
@@trailbreaker11 gotta like old school GT as a pre req, but yes a lot of people will buy this in the run up to Thanksgiving I think and have hella fun with it across all the family
Love the slick new video entry! A very good and balanced review. I think people tend to over think this hobby and see it for what it is....enjoying a great period(80s). I'm with you with the whole multicade sentiment, but as it stands is a great Golden Tee cab. And one of the cabs that's warrants that XL size as its would favor adults playing. Good to see the controllers don't interfere with Golden Tee play. It's a take it or leave it bonus.
@@DeVstatrOmga definitely gotta shuffle around if you already have an existing collection . Think I’m happy where it settled… for now. But I’m always moving things around 😭
Kelsalls Arcade, I'm glad the scare factor in Sinistar is intact here. If you ever get a chance, you have to find a sitdown environment cabinet of Sinistar and truly feel the loud scary effect of his scream. It was a game that always scared me as a kid. And I can also see how the trackball would be ideal on Sinistar as I found out a while back that the game used a 49 way joystick and I'm not sure if the joysticks on the Arcade1Up have that many directions. I won't be getting this cabinet, but I'm glad it works for you. Anytime I want to consider a new machine, it has to compete with all the other cabinets I already have, because I've exhausted the space I'm willing to allot for arcade machines in my home. Unfortunately, the new Golden Tee/Midway mashup isn't cooler than what I already got. I've decided my Golden Tee solution is going to be a mini 1/6 scale cab from New Wave Toys which I can plug into one of my existing multicades via HDMI. I got it with a full sized wireless trackball controller made by Glen's Retro Show, which will be of higher quality than Arcade1Up's offering, and because it's wireless, it'll be a great seemless pass and play solution for buddies sitting around my multicade on stools. When I played Golden Tee in a venue, I also used a stool to sitdown to wait for my turn. It can be a long time standing when you have 4 people playing a full course. And if I remember right, you have several stools, so you have that setup as well :) Thanks again for another great review! vgv
@@videogamevegas yeah, sinister is great with the trackball and it’s great quality too. Feels heavy and way better quality than my old GT. Each to their own dude. That new wave product even with helms trackball is the biggest waste of money I’ve seen in a long time. If you want a stand up pedestal to play on a tv get one of the new real arcade golden tees 🤷🏻♂️
@@KelsallsArcade Yeah, I don't want a stand up pedestal for Golden Tee. Like I mentioned, I'm looking for a sitdown experience and the lap wireless controller will allow me to do that. Also, I won't run into the issue that some in the community have had where their hand hits the plexi over the monitor when thrusting the trackball forward on the Arcade1Up's. Doesn't happen to everyone, but I know how something like that feels firsthand when trying to play Golden Tee on my Donkey Kong multicade with trackball, which I mention in my video review for that cab. Painful. I have looked into the pedestal version of IT's commercial grade Golden Tee machine and they are WAY TOO OVERPRICED. You talk about a ripoff. The computer alone running the newest versions of Golden Tee is a budget build, and the controls, though awesome, aren't that expensive. And the rest of the thousands of dollars don't make up the structure of that cabinet. You're paying for the name. And yes, getting one off Ebay or another seller can be cheaper, but as I've mentioned many times in my videos, I'm not interested in commercial grade arcade machines. I don't care for the larger size and weight and sometimes additional maintenance they involve. Even the pedestal versions of commercial Golden Tee's are bigger than the XL you just bought, floor-space-wise, and if I don't have room for this new XL, then why would I seek out a commercial machine? I do have PLENTY of room for the New Wave Toys version and the wireless control deck, and because Glen, from Glen's Retro Show hasn't let me down yet, and pretty much saved my dream of owning my own Home Arcade by fixing mistakes made by Arcade1Up, I think this New Wave Toys solution will do me. But I will say that the commercial pedestal version of Golden Tee is quality. I've played one at my local Billiards shop where they have one. That's where I got my first taste of sticker shock. Now the version they had played the newer versions of Golden Tee, not the ones found on the Arcade1Up and New Wave Toys models. I actually had hope that Arcade1Up would've made a couchcade lap version of Golden Tee, but it never came to pass. Now I'm kinda glad they didn't as I'll be getting that better quality lap control panel to play on. I'm a big fan of New Wave Toys and Numskull. There's a reason these companies are so beloved. They make very high quality products, which I can attest to personally as I own many. However, I think we both can agree, these smaller replicas aren't replacements for machines with full sized controls. For me, they hold a very specific reason in my Home Arcade. They've allowed me to bring more machines into my space now that I've run out of room for more 3/4 scales. I don't play these small replicas, because with all the 3/4 scale machines I currently have, I pretty much have every control method to play any game I want (as well as pretty much every rom available), but I wanted to have more of the machines that I love in my Home Arcade and these smaller replicas have allowed me to do that. For me, they have this, trick of the eye quality, that makes it feel like I have so many more machines in my the room. I don't sit them separate in their own little diorama like so many do, I instead place them throughout my Home Arcade. The effect is quite striking. But now that New Wave Toys has partnered with Glen's Retro Show, maybe these smaller replicas, now with full sized control options, will be able to provide new utility, expanding them beyond just show pieces. I love seeing your arcade, and I'm glad you have such a robust space to allow for so many 3/4 scale size machines, but many of us don't have that luxury, and have found other solutions to expand. But as you said, to each their own and I'm glad we have the options to make both of our dreams come true! Cheers! vgv
I'm interested in this. Still have my OG A1Up GT going strong in my home bar. So it sounds like the screen is good to go? I'm team lit buttons. Again love the intro with the "arcade cacophony" truly my main memory of walking into my arcade, with my dad as a kid.
i just bought one at costco the other day and i just got done assembling it and when i went to put the knobs on the joy sticks i noticed that the left joystick threaded part is smaller in diameter than the right joystick and both of the knobs are to big to thread on to the left joystick but both thread onto the right joystick no problem. are the joystick threads the same diameter on your machine? really bummed out and having problem right outta the box for 600 bucks.
@@thegreener196 the left one did take a while for the thread to kick in. Try griping the base with long nose pliers and keep spinning the top until it bites
@@KelsallsArcade is your left joystick threaded top smaller in diameter than the right joystick? both of the knobs just slide over the left joystick treads.
@@KelsallsArcade yea i did that last night waiting for a reply. thank you for looking at yours and letting me know. that tells my I'm the lucky one that got a screwy model or something. much appreciated.
@@KelsallsArcade that would be awesome. I enjoy using the buttons on Toobin' on the legacy cab but wonder how it works with a joystick. the paperboy controls are awkward but the kids love it! They don't know it has handlebars on the arcade. Those fools! 😆
It isn't my type of cab but it's nice to see they are finally listening to the community like the colored screw caps, no risers, bigger monitor etc.
@@feral7094 indeed, lots of feedback taken onboard here 👊
I picked this up at Costco last week and have been very happy with it so far. I bought it for Golden Tee but have enjoyed playing Gauntlet and Rampage the last few nights. It looks great in the Man Cave next to my pinball machines. Your review was spot on!
@@REDNECKHUNTER75 thanks man, so many mixed comments here in the review with people agreeing or disagreeing . Either way, I love it 😍
Thank you for actually doing a real review. Like you said, I had to search throw the jpeg reviewers before I found yours. The arcade looks great btw. Well done setup.
@@JasonWattsTokyojay thanks!🙏
I just ordered mine and I can’t wait to get it. Thanks for the best review yet that I have watched on this cabinet. I miss Phoenix sometimes…mostly during upstate New York winters. 😂
Hope you enjoy it!
Good review, Rob, makes me want it even more! I do like the location next to the Terminator. I’d probably do the same if i get it. I have Big Buck and Terminator next to each other and This cab would fit right in next to them. Love your Arcade set up too! You have managed to fit quite a few cabinets in the new room.
@@RetiredRetro1 I could get even more, I’ve spaced them out more than I used to have them
Greetings from another Arizonian! You've definitely sold me on this cabinet! I know a lot of people don't like the split design and want arcade perfect cabs, but this feels like the best bang for your buck A1Up has offered so far. Just need to stomach that price though...
@@kburns2406 exactly . I paid $499 back when I bought my OG golden tee. Hours and hours of fun and sold it for $450. So an extra $150 to upgrade to this was a no brainer.
@@KelsallsArcade i wanted the original but then it sold out and the XL came out with the crappy monitor and i held off till now… I like it snd even better than the OG & XL game list too!
I just ordered it. Thanks for the great review!
@@chrisa.8814 enjoy!
@@chrisa.8814 set aside a little extra time if you haven’t built one of these yet!
@@KelsallsArcade Indeed, I have the Pacman XL from Costco and the Killer Instinct Pro. This cab will be a nice addition to my home arcade.
@@chrisa.8814 kinda wishing I picked those up too now 🤦♂️
Good review! I can see a lot of people enjoying this cab. 👍🏻
@@trailbreaker11 gotta like old school GT as a pre req, but yes a lot of people will buy this in the run up to Thanksgiving I think and have hella fun with it across all the family
Excellent and fair review. Thanks!!
Love the slick new video entry! A very good and balanced review. I think people tend to over think this hobby and see it for what it is....enjoying a great period(80s). I'm with you with the whole multicade sentiment, but as it stands is a great Golden Tee cab. And one of the cabs that's warrants that XL size as its would favor adults playing. Good to see the controllers don't interfere with Golden Tee play. It's a take it or leave it bonus.
@@shawnp4155 yeah I upgraded my camtasia license so was playing around with new features
Hey Rob do they use side art borders for Toobin like they do for Gorf? No one has showed Toobin gameplay yet....thank u
@@daviddeming1916 yes, I can do a vid of all the games if people would find that useful?
@@KelsallsArcade absolutely useful!!! Thank u
Nice to have the extra games. I think I would swap the blue center artwork out for green Golden Tee only art though.
@@RobotRon_2084 agreed! Arcadegraphix is temporarily closed but will be on Tyler once he’s back up and running!
Looks solid. I'm really tempted to getting one. But I'm gonna need to find space for it. That's my biggest problem. :)
@@DeVstatrOmga definitely gotta shuffle around if you already have an existing collection . Think I’m happy where it settled… for now. But I’m always moving things around 😭
Kelsalls Arcade,
I'm glad the scare factor in Sinistar is intact here. If you ever get a chance, you have to find a sitdown environment cabinet of Sinistar and truly feel the loud scary effect of his scream. It was a game that always scared me as a kid. And I can also see how the trackball would be ideal on Sinistar as I found out a while back that the game used a 49 way joystick and I'm not sure if the joysticks on the Arcade1Up have that many directions.
I won't be getting this cabinet, but I'm glad it works for you. Anytime I want to consider a new machine, it has to compete with all the other cabinets I already have, because I've exhausted the space I'm willing to allot for arcade machines in my home. Unfortunately, the new Golden Tee/Midway mashup isn't cooler than what I already got.
I've decided my Golden Tee solution is going to be a mini 1/6 scale cab from New Wave Toys which I can plug into one of my existing multicades via HDMI. I got it with a full sized wireless trackball controller made by Glen's Retro Show, which will be of higher quality than Arcade1Up's offering, and because it's wireless, it'll be a great seemless pass and play solution for buddies sitting around my multicade on stools. When I played Golden Tee in a venue, I also used a stool to sitdown to wait for my turn. It can be a long time standing when you have 4 people playing a full course. And if I remember right, you have several stools, so you have that setup as well :)
Thanks again for another great review!
vgv
@@videogamevegas yeah, sinister is great with the trackball and it’s great quality too. Feels heavy and way better quality than my old GT.
Each to their own dude. That new wave product even with helms trackball is the biggest waste of money I’ve seen in a long time. If you want a stand up pedestal to play on a tv get one of the new real arcade golden tees 🤷🏻♂️
@@videogamevegas oh and yes, I’ve trimmed down on stools, but still have a fair few 😂😂😂
@@videogamevegas and the joysticks are the 49 way (or how ever many it was) that shipped with the blitz cab
@@KelsallsArcade
Yeah, I don't want a stand up pedestal for Golden Tee. Like I mentioned, I'm looking for a sitdown experience and the lap wireless controller will allow me to do that. Also, I won't run into the issue that some in the community have had where their hand hits the plexi over the monitor when thrusting the trackball forward on the Arcade1Up's. Doesn't happen to everyone, but I know how something like that feels firsthand when trying to play Golden Tee on my Donkey Kong multicade with trackball, which I mention in my video review for that cab. Painful.
I have looked into the pedestal version of IT's commercial grade Golden Tee machine and they are WAY TOO OVERPRICED. You talk about a ripoff. The computer alone running the newest versions of Golden Tee is a budget build, and the controls, though awesome, aren't that expensive. And the rest of the thousands of dollars don't make up the structure of that cabinet. You're paying for the name.
And yes, getting one off Ebay or another seller can be cheaper, but as I've mentioned many times in my videos, I'm not interested in commercial grade arcade machines. I don't care for the larger size and weight and sometimes additional maintenance they involve. Even the pedestal versions of commercial Golden Tee's are bigger than the XL you just bought, floor-space-wise, and if I don't have room for this new XL, then why would I seek out a commercial machine? I do have PLENTY of room for the New Wave Toys version and the wireless control deck, and because Glen, from Glen's Retro Show hasn't let me down yet, and pretty much saved my dream of owning my own Home Arcade by fixing mistakes made by Arcade1Up, I think this New Wave Toys solution will do me.
But I will say that the commercial pedestal version of Golden Tee is quality. I've played one at my local Billiards shop where they have one. That's where I got my first taste of sticker shock. Now the version they had played the newer versions of Golden Tee, not the ones found on the Arcade1Up and New Wave Toys models.
I actually had hope that Arcade1Up would've made a couchcade lap version of Golden Tee, but it never came to pass. Now I'm kinda glad they didn't as I'll be getting that better quality lap control panel to play on.
I'm a big fan of New Wave Toys and Numskull. There's a reason these companies are so beloved. They make very high quality products, which I can attest to personally as I own many. However, I think we both can agree, these smaller replicas aren't replacements for machines with full sized controls. For me, they hold a very specific reason in my Home Arcade. They've allowed me to bring more machines into my space now that I've run out of room for more 3/4 scales. I don't play these small replicas, because with all the 3/4 scale machines I currently have, I pretty much have every control method to play any game I want (as well as pretty much every rom available), but I wanted to have more of the machines that I love in my Home Arcade and these smaller replicas have allowed me to do that. For me, they have this, trick of the eye quality, that makes it feel like I have so many more machines in my the room. I don't sit them separate in their own little diorama like so many do, I instead place them throughout my Home Arcade. The effect is quite striking. But now that New Wave Toys has partnered with Glen's Retro Show, maybe these smaller replicas, now with full sized control options, will be able to provide new utility, expanding them beyond just show pieces.
I love seeing your arcade, and I'm glad you have such a robust space to allow for so many 3/4 scale size machines, but many of us don't have that luxury, and have found other solutions to expand.
But as you said, to each their own and I'm glad we have the options to make both of our dreams come true!
Cheers!
vgv
@@KelsallsArcade the blitz joystick is totally different. sinistar used its own 49 way stick.
I'm interested in this. Still have my OG A1Up GT going strong in my home bar. So it sounds like the screen is good to go? I'm team lit buttons.
Again love the intro with the "arcade cacophony" truly my main memory of walking into my arcade, with my dad as a kid.
@@lacrossed55 hadn’t done that intro for a while so thought it was about time to bring it back!
@@lacrossed55 but yeah, screen is great
@@lacrossed55 gotta love the cacophony. Half the kids these days can’t appreciate it but it’s an amazing noise that brings back so many memories 👊
Great review Rob! The new cabinet looks awesome in your home arcade 👍
@@3rdFloorArcade thanks 🙏
We don't always agree Rob but I like this cabinet regardless of what some people say, nice pickup and looking forward to more alp 4kp table content.
@@carlo1132 defo going to do a JP 4K vid. Awesome table! The best to date 👊
Do the Golden Tee and Bowling games have scanline options?
@@Jason_Moorhees I will have to have a look but I think so yes … I know klax does
Off topic, but did you ever pick up Fast & Furious. Really enjoy that cab, don't see it in your arcade.
@@jimharper5710 I decided I had space for a single driving and ridge racer is a beater game imo
No Defender gameplay?🤨
@@halfadozen6 I’ll do another vid in a couple of weeks running through settings and gameplay of all games
i just bought one at costco the other day and i just got done assembling it and when i went to put the knobs on the joy sticks i noticed that the left joystick threaded part is smaller in diameter than the right joystick and both of the knobs are to big to thread on to the left joystick but both thread onto the right joystick no problem. are the joystick threads the same diameter on your machine? really bummed out and having problem right outta the box for 600 bucks.
@@thegreener196 the left one did take a while for the thread to kick in. Try griping the base with long nose pliers and keep spinning the top until it bites
@@KelsallsArcade is your left joystick threaded top smaller in diameter than the right joystick? both of the knobs just slide over the left joystick treads.
@@thegreener196 mine wasn’t like that no. Just recall it taking longer to catch the thread
@@thegreener196 I’d open a ticket with 1up support
@@KelsallsArcade yea i did that last night waiting for a reply. thank you for looking at yours and letting me know. that tells my I'm the lucky one that got a screwy model or something. much appreciated.
I've heard Paperboy works slightly better with the trackball control.
@@jimharper5710 need to give that a go!
@@jimharper5710 not played it yet
Great video. I think you need a better microphone for your sound. Not very clear. I have the original 1UP Goldentee.
@@MichaeldeFilippi yeah just got a cheap one 🤦♂️
Please get the background music out of this and reupload. Way too loud.
@@zackdreamcast sorry, sounded fine on camtasia. Not recutting it now
@@zackdreamcast I did get a mic though so slightly better than usual.
@@zackdreamcast remember we aren’t a pro channel. Things just for fun hobby, but agree the background music is yet again too loud 😭
How’s the trackball on this?
@@dust7291 amazing- huge upgrade to the gen 1 cab we had
I had a chance to play a few holes on the cabinet at Costco and the trackball had a nice feel.
@@johnfritz1164 yeah, feels a lot better than the first cabinet they made
Multi-cades are the future.
@@SoulforSale disagree but welcome the opinion!
@@SoulforSale pretty sure there will be a soft mod for this but will be limited to 2 button games
@@KelsallsArcade I'm still curious about the controls on some of the games. Hoping this games list is not a one and done.
@@SoulforSale if enough people are interested I can go through every game and show controls 🤷🏻♂️
@@KelsallsArcade that would be awesome. I enjoy using the buttons on Toobin' on the legacy cab but wonder how it works with a joystick. the paperboy controls are awkward but the kids love it! They don't know it has handlebars on the arcade. Those fools! 😆
background music is 110% annoying.
@@gosolobox sorry