Review and Installation Guide for the Arcade1Up Mod Kit Bundle from ArcadeModUp
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Is the Arcade1Up Mod Kit Bundle from ArcadeModUp a good option for you? Watch me install the mod kit, play a bunch of games on the modded arcade cab, and then give you my final thoughts in this review!
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Those Genesis art on your walls are amazing 🤩
Have another video talking about the eBay shop I got those from. Love their genesis prints! Thank you!
Not gonna lie, that looks pretty freaking sweet! Have a ton of fun playing that thing. I am not sure if I would ever stop playing it haha. Cheers!
Haha thank you! Yeah I’ve been playing it just about everyday! So much fun!
@@OfficeArcade awesome, enjoy my friend!
I modded my PlayMinimal very similarly. Multicades are epic! Great job Bro!
Yeah man. These MAME cabs fill the gaps for hard to find games so well!
looks like alot of fun. i just ordered one to upgrade my unit.
Yeah this thing is awesome. 3/4 months into having it and I still love it!
Just installed this kit 2 days ago on my bandi Namco Pac-Man machine. Well worth the money since I wanted to buy the new tmnt arcade an at $650 I was like ehhh for only 2 games? So the $350 was a good deal for me.
Glad you are digging it too! Yeah for me the beat em up at that size (4 player) and at that price just didn't make sense. So totally agree with you!
Nice Splatterhouse 2 music in the background.
Haha, thanks man! Not too many folks are familiar with that soundtrack, but I love it!
That splatterhouse music was giving me flashbacks D-:
Best single player arcade game ever! Haha
Great review. I got the 4cp control board and stand and love it
Nice! I’m loving all the cool arcade tech emerging nowadays. Feels like we are in the second golden era of arcading.
I bought the 2 player deck a few months ago and it was not a good experience. Your instructions are clear! Mine were a mess. I could not read them. My 'monitor to hdmi' board was bad. I ordered a replacement from Amazon and now I have my display working. When I try to seat the controller deck on the machine it does not sit flush because the hardware under the board needs moved over.. that is my next project. I also scratched up the sides of the machine trying to get the deck on and off... i would not recommend.
Oh man, I'm sorry you had such a rough experience. Hopefully this video can help some of the folks that don't have hardware issues with getting through the installation process. Let me know how the mod for making the deck flush goes.
Dude!!! It looks freakin great... where did you get the street fighter poster? 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks Enrique! I got them from an Ebay store that I feature in this video (link to their store is in the description): ua-cam.com/video/qhm5n8ufRd0/v-deo.html
Let me know if you end up finding any you like!
Lol I’m doing a splatterhouse tribute loved the music
Awesome! Super underrated game!
This looks sweeet. Love plug and play stuff. Will mob my mortal legacy most likely
Yeah that’s another nice one to mid since I like the modded control panel more than the standard mk button layout.
Hopefully they'll send you a purple balltop and make it right. Nice mod man. I'm guessing some of your P2 connections got disconnected during shipping.
Yeah that’s what I’m guessing too since the little button connectors are just little slide ons. And so far I’ve had a great experience with them so I’m confident they’ll send the right ball top. Thanks for watching!
So a year ago i posted that i had one on the way in the mail. Idk about you, but mine gets regular use still. Built very well and no issues. Unfortunately my son spilled a drink on my MK2 machines control deck and now it doesn't work. Might be ordering another mod up kit for that machine as well
Ended up selling mine and switching to a PC for my primary game machine. But I still do miss having one in the living room. May mod my T2 and Big Blue and sell the rest.
@OfficeArcade that's a solid plan..I like having 2 machines. Mine have custom risers as I'm 6'2 and it was a pain to stand there. But it's a dope conversation piece when you have company..especially when they say oh I saw these at Costco..I'm like naw man, not like this lol. But ya, super bummed about the mk2 legacy cab spill. There was barely any liquid and it totally ruined it. I have a projector in my bedroom and I use a firestick for modulation lol.. bro the newer firesticks with the 8 or 16 gigs of ram can emulate ANYTHING.. i even run some ps3 games on it..just thought I'd throw that in there
..just grab a ps4 controller and have a mega list of retro games in bed 😆
@@illygotbeats sounds like a sick set up man! 💪🏻
You should also have everything inside your system nothing on the outside which Looks better overall but that’s just my opinion
Yeah I only have the power switch and audio on the outside which you can see in the updated photo I posted recently. But great suggestion no less!
Dude idk if anyone has ever told you this but you sound exactly like Chris Sabat (English voice actor for anime characters like Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, from Dragon Ball, Zoro from One Piece, All Might from My Hero Academia etc)
Haha. Haven’t heard that yet. But that’s quite possibly the best compliment I’ve ever gotten!
So many different reviews bad and good I did go ahead and order the 4 player for my nba jam hope I dont regret it
Just follow the installation instructions carefully and you should have yourself and awesome mame.
Thinking about getting this for my nba jam, how did it end up going for you?
@@r3velation129 works great i did get a bigger sd card and download a different larger image and upgraded the speakers but that was my choice ua-cam.com/video/SlQJkP1sUms/v-deo.html
how did it go?
Thanks for the review. I'm thinking about buying this mod for my head to head cabinet. Did it come with the games or did you have to add them
It came with the games!
I saw that with the one player on you could scroll through different characters for multi-character games (X-Men/Turtles). Have you been able to access all characters for other games i.e. Simpsons, or have you found for example player one is only Homer? Thanks for the feedback! Great video!
I hadn’t tried! I ended up selling this to a friend. I’ll see if they can try it out for me. Was making room for some bigger cabs. Dropped my latest acquisition in my community posts today. 😆
@@OfficeArcade yeah if you don't mind asking!
Chosing characters in simpsons are only possible if you downloaded the 2player cabinet version. With the 4 player cabinet version you would chose carachters depending on which side of the cabinet you were standing by. So make sure you downloaded the right version. Search for the simpsons arcade 2 player mame rom.
Amazing review! Does is allow you to choose the difficulty of the games?
All the games have a sub menu. Never messed with difficulty so no super sure!
Great review man ! is there any options for Scanlines ?
Thank you! It’s running a retropie so I would assume so but I haven’t tried individual game option edits yet. I’ll give it a go this weekend.
Wanted to ask, Have you by chance ran across dip switch options for games such as Street Fighter 2 or an SNK fighting game if you wanted to raise or lower the difficulty of the game?
I have not. Sorry.
Great job. Anybody know why the reddit and Facebook groups trash arcade mod up? Looks good to me
No idea. I’m not part of either group. My experience with them was very pleasant.
Got used to the shorter shaft? Yeah, that's what she said.
LOL, oh man. Surprised it took me that long to get called out!
I have a silly question but how does it turn on? I ordered the control panel only and now realizing I might have to find my own speakers. But if I only bought the control panel from arcade1up, how will I turn it on and will my original light up marquee still work?
The original marquee works if you selected the version that supports original marquee. It turns on when your power strip turns on. So I just mounted a little power strip on top of it that I use as a power button.
@@OfficeArcade very clever sir!
A little pricy but think I might sell off one of my cabs and use the money to do this. Nice review.
Not a bad idea at all! Which cab are you thinking about selling and which cab will be the lucky mod?
@@OfficeArcade Not quite sure which I would sell yet, but I'd like to mod my golden tee to a 2 player with a trackball.
@@NoahSties that would be an awesome mod! I haven’t seen a modded golden tee yet. Let me know how it goes!
I really want a modded gaming cabinet for like Atari, NES, Snes, Sega, Ps1 and light up buttons but I don't even own my first 1up arcade lol. Should I get one that already has a bunch of button cut outs example MK or get something like pacman?
I’d go for one with more button holes. Will make your life easier.
Oh snap did I find it lol? Is this the one we were speaking about?
This is the one! Haha
@@OfficeArcade so stoked for this! Those new sticks make such a difference, like night and day
@@DarkReturns1 Yeah, I mean now that I swapped out the sticks and buttons on all my cabs, I fine that my wife and I use them much more. There's nothing more frustrating when trying to enjoy a game than battling against the controls.
@@OfficeArcade For the price of these new arcade1up's you'd think they'd put better controls. Not a fan of the "pro" model at all.
Can't wait to get this one tho. My only complaint is a stupid one, I wish it wasn't a Street Fighter cab just because I already have Big Blue. But the button layout allows for many more games for sure!
@@DarkReturns1 yeah man. I agree. The form factor on the pro line is just super unappealing to me. These traditional risered 3/4 scale cabs just have so much charm to them.
Thats a pink ball my guy
Yikes! How did they send you a PINK controller...
did you change any settings? A lot well most of my games from the same kit have a border on the sides rather than being full screen.... Driving me nuts. (i know this video is really old lol))
I do remember messing around with the settings a bit but don’t remember exactly what I did. Don’t recall issues with the border, for me it was mostly button mapping.
Are you able to remove games you don't want?
Yeah but you can also just make custom playlists to easily find the games you play.
🕹️🎮
Are you noticing a lot of compatibility or performance issues? I really want to mod my A1up but not worth the money if the games under-perform. Thanks for the video.
I think every game I tried except crazy taxi and some light gun shooters worked.
@@OfficeArcade Did you get the Pi4 upgrade?
@@SimpCity2000 yes. This was running the pi 4.
Could you add and remove games from the Pi 4? If so,I'ma have to get this kit
Yeah if you know how you totally can run your own preloaded sd card off it. The instructions don’t recommend putting the one they include in a windows or mac because it looks like they formatted it for Linux though. But if you know how to do all that, I imagine it’d be no different than any other retro pie.
I’d double check with arcademodup just to make sure though.
Hey, I know I'm asking a lot here but... I am modding an MvC1 cab and looking into options. So far yours seems to run MvC2 smoothest, have you noticed any slowdowns? Particulary, when pulling off demanding combos, like max hypercombos, etc? Thinking of getting this kit but I want the best experience possible... at least, better than the MvC2 cab provided...
It’s running retro pi on the newer raspberri pi. Never noticed any issues on it. I did sell my multicade a while back as dedicated cabs came out for some of the games I was playing a lot. But never noticed major issues in the past.
@@OfficeArcade I just got my mod kit and while playing MvC2, I was getting horrible dips in the frame rate when things got busy on the screen (also with random slowdowns during the battles). I'm fairly new to emulation - do you have any idea why it would run so flawlessly for you, but so janky for me, if playing on the same mod kit?
Also, thanks for posting this video. It helped me out a few times during my installation. I really appreciate it.
Hi Jom! Glad you found it helpful!
My best guess would be two things. 1) firmware - a different set of firmware on the emulator or pi could get you different behavior 2) background processes - make sure the OS isn’t running any background jobs that’s stealing system resources from your game.
I’d get you the firmware I was running, but I sold that MAME for a bigger MAME project I’m working on for this year (full size cab running a full pc with retro game emulation and modern game compatibility).
But I’d suggest googling your firmware version and mvc2 and seeing if you can find any forums with more specific troubleshooting tips.
Outside of mvc2, how are you liking it?
@@OfficeArcade Thanks for all that insight! I've been playing around with things a lot and I'm getting a better grasp on how this all fits together.
Your project sounds fantastic. Are you going to share it with everyone as it comes together? I'd personally love to see it. Even though I'm freshly wrapping this project up, I'm getting an itch for the next, bigger project. Much like yours!
Outside of MvC2 it's great. Even with MvC2, it's great. Certainly, some game's controls don't translate super well - but there's a lot of charm to it. My only minor gripe is the lack of saving progress on the few old school games that that supported saved games. It kind of limits what can be played on a cab - but that's just how it goes.
Again, thanks for the walkthrough. Videos like this do a lot of good for many.
Of course Jom! Always happy to help the community out as they dive into this unique hobby!
I’m planning to do some long form content if I move forward with the project. So I’ll be sharing how I do it all once I green light it for sure! Have a few cool hobby ideas at the moment and trying to narrow my list down to 1 or 2 currently. Haha
My god that thing needs 3 plugs to run… no way combine those? My marquee kit had a pass through that ran off the regular adapter
Yeah 3 plugs. Monitor, pi, and marquee.
Hey I've had the kit for over a year and I love it, I just can't figure out how to get the attract mode to work on mine
Not sure what mode that is.
Like it will just play random videos of game play in the different sections
@@Sting44 oh gotcha. I think that depends on the rom. Some of my Roms run a video. Others don’t.
I just always assumed that was baked into retropie since I don’t remember manually setting anything to enable that but could also be something preconfigured by arcademodup in the copy of the Sd card they provide.
How can I shut the unit off with one switch? I have to constantly plug out mine.
I have mine going into a work bench surge protector I bolted on the top.
@@OfficeArcade thanks for the reply. I'll be looking to purchase one.
One more question. Will I need to order a lighted marquee from arcademodup? My original one don't light up with this mod. Or is there a way to plug the wire it into the control board? I've tried everything.
You need to get a power adapter to plug the marquee directly into your surge protector. Arcademodup sells the chord you need.
Hey man. I was able to order the switch and power adapter to light the marquee. I also was able to use the factory controller panel led light from arcade1up big blue as well. A bit of cutting. Do you have a email? I can send you some pictures. Thanks for your help.
Hey, I have the same original setup as you. I’m about to order this exact mod kit bundle but I’ve noticed the new control panel that I’ll be installing has a different layout to my existing control panel. Just wondering where I can get custom ark work for this specific layout? Thanks
I’m not sure. I know arcade mod up offers some custom options. Maybe email them. The art on my panel was done by then and came with the board.
E-mailed them and they are putting a custom graphic on the board for me! Thanks!
how do i find one that has donkey kong and i like the old school wwf arcade games
You’d have to buy a custom skin.
Thinking about doing this to my marvel versus Capcom arcade one up but I have no idea where to start and I have some questions if you can help me. 1) if all I want to do is take out my standard six in one gaming unit and have the 6000 games with the new joystick panel can I just replace the joystick panel itself and is it very plug-in play? Also are the graphics much better or any different? I noticed on video my marvel versus Capcom looks great but it’s very pixelated in person
Yeah, this kit comes with an entirely new panel for you. So you just remove the old one and put the new one in. The graphics looked exactly the same to me in terms of quality. Graphics will be exactly the same too for all the 16-32 bit era arcade stuff.
@@OfficeArcade OK that’s awesome, thank you for the quick reply. The graphics are not terrible and I got used to them but when you look at the fighters in Street fighter two it just looks very Rubiks cubish to me
I don’t remember it looking like that as a kid but I’m probably just wrong lol when the arcade one up first starts up the intro graphics are so highly detailed I thought the game would look like that. Thank you so much once again, so just to clarify just the joystick flat panel and four screws come off and you just plug in the new panel and turn it on and all of a sudden you have 6000 games different joystick, different buttons, and everything?
@@juggernaut911 you’ll have to follow the instructions for plugging in the raspberri pi as well. But yeah once the new panel and PCB are plugged in, you are all set.
@@OfficeArcade hell yea im stoked
know of any promo codes?!?
@@juggernaut911 Sorry, but no :(
any idea why my arcade box says no signal everything is plugged in correctly
Seems like something isn’t set up right with your connection from the pi to the video connector to the monitor. I’d focus on that aspect of your setup.
@@OfficeArcade it was working last night all the sudden its stuck on an android page cant load anything , is there anyway to reset these boxes?/ ty for responding so fast
@@OfficeArcade i figured it out i mistakenly deleted the emulator configuring the buttons the right way stupid me, anyway to reinstall it??
I’m not sure honestly. I’d hit up the company with some screenshots and see if they can help you troubleshoot.
Glad you partially solved it. I think since that’s the only issue, you can contact the seller for the image they flash the memory card with and you can just pop that fresh image in the memory card to reset to the stock settings.
Is the price for this much higher then when you buy the needed parts separately?
No clue! Sorry!
Did the kit come with an sd card with an image flashed on it already? Looks like its using vmans arcade image
Yeah it came all set up with a preloaded sd card.
I did this mod for my SF big blue, but my light up marquee don't work anymore. Any solutions?
You have to get a separate power supply for it.
If there is any link to that I'd really appreciate it.
How did you request the legacy control deck? I went to the site and can't find it anywhere. They only seem to have the old SF ones. I just need the control panel. I already modded my legacy cabinet.
They had a capcom collection option or something like that. Maybe they sold out?
@@OfficeArcade I check again, the kit has the Capcom legacy as an option. I just needed the control deck but for whatever the reason they don't sell that.
@@syn.n8110 the kit includes the control deck.
@@OfficeArcade Yeah I know, I just don't need the whole kit. Mainly looking for the control deck only Legacy version with Japanese style button layout. No one seem to do it. Beside Arcade Mod Up but it lock to the kit.
Any way to adjust the screen to fit correctly? I’m losing some at the bottom
I didn’t have any clipping issue with mine. Try message the vendor and see if they have some suggestions. The person putting together your kit may have not set something up right.
Hey, I know you’ve updated your deck in a few different videos. Would you be interested in selling the old deck with the updated buttons?
I gave the deck away to a subscriber a little while back! Haha
@@OfficeArcade awww man
What happens to the game the cabinet comes with when you add all these new games? Can you still play it and how do you access it?
You lose access to them because you remove the deck and the original pcb. I'm actually planning on doing a giveaway for Capcom Legacy PCB and arcade deck soon.
Did you have to shut down the PI too?
Yeah, the surge protector I'm running everything into also has the pi going into it. And I use that surge protector as a power button. You can check out the one I got in my community photos. Thanks for watching!
Where did you get this upgrade kit
Arcademodup.
Is there mods for mk2 legacy with the crappy deck? its my least favorite cause the games are much tougher.
Yup! The company I got this mod kit from sells a front panel mod that raises the deck to make it sit flush with the edges like the KI cab does.
Do have one for the mortal kombat legacy cabinet
Yeah, they do!
Are all these games installed on this kit already
Yup! And controls come pre-configured too.
Do you know how to play killer instinct 2 witj the arcademod up ?
I think it might just be a rom on there. You can find the full list of games they preload on their website.
@@OfficeArcade so I just messed up my controls input and can’t put them back the way they were with the joystick :( any help?
@@112ajmartin I’m not sure. I’m sorry. I just left everything in the default configuration.
How much total for the mod ?
Was like $270 when I bought it.
So it comes with all the games?
Yup, the SD card comes configured and ready to go.
Great , now u can turn this on and scroll through games for hours , instead of actually playing
Haha. That’s why the first thing I did when I finished the mod was make a favorites list I capped at 100 games.
Can it play NFL blitz?
Yes
@@OfficeArcade
Thanks for replying
I have a arcade 1up street figther
What emulate did you use and price
It’s linked in the description. It’s whatever is preloaded by ArcadeModUp. Didn’t have to do any configuration on my own. That’s what I actually liked about this unit. It’s just plug and play. :)
How well does MvC2 run?
It ran well enough for a casual like me to enjoin it.
@@OfficeArcade so was looking through the options for the kits and had a few questions if you don't mind:
Did you have to buy/add a light up marquee or can you use your existing one (i have the MvC cabinet)
Did your control panel come with plexi or was that an add on too?
I think the plexiglass was extra and I used my existing marquee but I needed their little power splitter extra.
to bad they told me in a video you could get that front Is particle wood board with the cover art in without taking apart the cab. as soon as i loosened 3 screws and tried to pop in it got damaged reached out and they never helped me out and replaced. and i was going to spend 900 dollars with them next... idiot's not a great way to do business
I didn't even know that you could buy a replacement front panel. I'm thinking about applying some new vinyl overlays on x-men vs. street fighter, but beyond that, I'll probably leave the stock wood. For the Capcom and Midway cabs, I had minimal issue forcing the top panel in and out with only one loose screw. I didn't want to loosen 3 like they recommended to avoid the monitor or other pieces of wood coming loose. So took a little extra muscle, but outside of that it made the deck install smooth.
@@OfficeArcade not only was the fake wood damaged but the sticker too. i sent photos.... photos mind you. and the person dealing with me was concerned i didn't have my joysticks back on top and screwed in... because get this it also wasn't level with the little would spacers they sent. I'm like who flipping cares that's currently not the main issue.... hello its clearly destroyed. it's 25 dollars worth of fake wood a vinyl i bought 2 one for mk2 and sf. i asked can you send me another it was 85 dollars. then if it happens again it's on me. also said after you take care of this matter I'd like to buy a 900 arcade rp set up from you. so i hope this gets taken care of properly. Well guess what.... i knew this would happen and i got back email saying it's been days clearly you were taken care of ticket is close. wow just wow i wrote i knew this would happen what a surprise. i then get a response from some women not liking my reply. i then said i don't really fucking care what you do or don't like i don't like getting fucked out of 85 dollars. So yeah i wasn't happen and gave a Lengthy response. take care brother glad it worked out the first time for you. check arcade shock for joystick tops.
@@trappedintimesurroundedbye5477 Dang. Yeah I had the opposite experience man. I reached out to them about the wrong colors on my ball top/buttons. The first person that reached out seemed like an answering service. But I asked to have it escalated because I had a fulfillment issue, and they connected me with someone named Cortney who was amazing. Looked at my photos and had a white ball top with all white buttons shipped out to me that day, because apparently Sanwa doesn't make a purple that matches the buttons ( I still have to put them on the cab, but hoping to do that during my next long weekend, thinking white for player 1 and yellow for player 2). I'd suggest seeing if they could connect you up with Cortney, because she was a pleasure to deal with and resolved my issue very quickly.
@@OfficeArcade lol thanks brother maybe i burned that bridge 🤣🤣
@@trappedintimesurroundedbye5477 Hahaha. I gotcha. Well let me know how it ends up playing out!
Is it legal to buy?
Yeah, its fine. Theyre not selling the software, just the hardware. The software just happens to be included. You can download the game ROMs, you just can't sell them.
How much did it cost?
At the time I think I bought it for about $180 with a promo they were running.
Thanks!
splatterhouse
The greatest arcade game of all time. Hahaha
Everything was fantastic until that Ms. Pac-Man, please fix the ratio 🙏🏽
Haven’t figured out how yet. That’s why I got the ms Pac-Man countercade. The game just felt better on that machine and it gets the aspect ratio right.
@@OfficeArcade just open retroarch, I believe the option is in the video tab.
@ oh hell yeah. I’ll check that out. Is it on a per game basis? Or all of nothing?
@@OfficeArcade I believe those settings can be for core (all the games of the same system) or per game.
@ awesome! I’ll mess with that today. Thanks again!
Gross arched button layout and lollipop. Give me an upgraded bat top and straight inline 6.
That setup is way too old school for me. But I can see the appeal.