Arcade Collecting > Arcade1Up & Similar
Arcade 1Up's Ikea cabinets
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: opt2not on October 28, 2018, 04:47:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: negative1 on October 28, 2018, 01:10:33 pm ---CRT's are horrible in daylight, and the picture shows the arcade cabinet monitor
doesn't look great either.
The only way to make things better, and compare, is to show them both in dark rooms,
with no lighting.
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So on top of replacing controls, the emulation hardware and now the screen to make these cabinets remotely close to a quality experience, that $300 toy is now looking closer to $500-600.
And you still have a brittle cabinet with rub-off graphics!
Garbage product is still garbage.
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Controls: While the spinner is nearly universally hated, the joysticks and buttons are considered adequate.
Emulation Hardware: The Rampage cabinet is having issues, otherwise the rest of the cabs work as advertised. Not sure what the complaint is here.
Screen: The viewing angles are terrible, but while playing and looking straight at it, I didn't have an issue. Would be nice if there was a scan line option, but the screens aren't awful. I'd say they do the job, but definitely aren't top of the line.
Brittle Cabinet: Time will tell
Rub-Off graphics: True statement....
I think the best cabinet of the bunch is Galaga and Street Fighter. I think they were a bit stingy of the game options on those cabinets, but it's not a surprise. You know going in that you are basically getting 1 game per cabinet.
If your point is that spending twice as much gets you a better experience. True. Most of the Arcade1up folks I see are not "roll your own" types so I don't think that's an option for them.
yotsuya:
Conversely, this is a great opportunity for some of you guys to make money off of people who want to add 5000 games to their cabinets but don’t have the wherewithal to do so.
negative1:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on October 28, 2018, 08:18:14 pm ---Conversely, this is a great opportunity for some of you guys to make money off of people who want to add 5000 games to their cabinets but don’t have the wherewithal to do so.
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Or mod the controls for them. I see people requesting that in the comments on people that
have done mods already, like the spinner ones.
Some people will be put off by the cost of getting real arcade parts though.
and feel like its good enough as is.
later
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negative1:
looks like even the original tempest dial isn't that great,
at 6:40, there are replacements to fix it to spin better,
and last longer:
! No longer available
later
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Mike A:
Yeah. Those Tempest spinners are crap. After 30 years they might need a little maintenance. ::)
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