AtGames Legend Ultimate Arcade hands-on/review!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- After months of searching and waiting, I finally was able to pick up the first arcade cabinet I've owned - the (relatively) new AtGames Legends Ultimate Arcade. This is not the first video on this machine out there, but I try to give a little context for my time in the arcades in the 80's and beyond and why I chose this machine before taking you through the experience of using it. Spoiler alert: I'm pretty happy with it!
Note that AtGames releases firmware updates for this thing very often, including one just yesterday, so by the time you see this it's possible that certain things might have changed.
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I can still remember one 80's Saturday night putting on ice skates and never getting on the darn ice rink the whole night because I was too busy emptying all my cash into Tempest, Space Wars and Donkey-Kong machines (thanks mom and dad). Ahh the good o'l days. Even a modern day casino couldn't emulate that excitement. You were king when hot chicks would stand behind you to watch (ok, all that did was mess up my game really). Still, soooo glad I was born when I was.
Ms PAC and galaga 20th anniversary rom works good.
I'm happy you finally got one to play with. I just got mine as well and I'm really pleased with it.
Holy hell, this looks really good, especially for the price. Also kinda crazy that they went through the trouble of licensing games from the Disney catalog (and others, but Disney had to be the most expensive) and setting up a whole subscription service, yet also clearly know and encourage the fact that this was made to be modded and filled with whatever ROMs you can scrape from the internet. Kinda bizarre, but also really cool of them. Glad to see AtGames putting out a quality product for once.
Hope you enjoy the new purchase! I'd love to eventually own a machine myself.
@RETRO PHIL Heck, anything more than just a few generations old MUST be played on a CRT, say nothing about this classic stuff. I keep an old CRT tv on hand specifically for me to play my old consoles like Genesis, Nintendo 64, NES, and such on. Really only modern consoles of the last few generations look good on a wide screen LED TV.
damn. i almost bought one of the smaller 1up arcades to hack and throw a pie in. i had no idea this thing existed! screw the small 1up guy. if i can get a decent multicade that you can add games to, that has all the buttons and track ball and spinners, and is close to an actual arcade in size, you can bet your butt i'm going to get that instead! now i just need to find one of these things in stock somewhere... i really do miss the days of arcades. i was born late 80s, but i have fond memories of spending my 90s youth in various arcades, wasting away quarters on the various games. the only ones around me now are 40 minutes away and bar-cades which just aren't the same.
Thanks for the video. To clarify, local streaming from your own PC is free.
Does it not count against your time?
Modern Classic No. Local streaming with your own PC on your own network is free. It's separate from the AtGames service that uses the cloud gaming service and a virtual PC. That has a cost because you're using external server and network time. There are only two instances where you're charged, that and ArcadeNet gaming. However, ArcadeNet is free while in beta so there's only the one charge. Everything else you can do on there, and there's a lot, is completely free.
If you want to higher your cabinet, get thick table wood that's really wide, then get 2 cynder locks laying flat. Or use old box speakers. Or make a shelf riser.
By the way you sound like the doctor on star trek Voyager. Robert Picardo. Lol you could give lectures.
How well does it emulate 3D arcade games? (like Virtua Fighter, House of the Dead, or Dead or Alive)
Hey, if you didn't know, this guy is tall. He may have mentioned it. :-)
Are there any plans for these machines to be sold worldwide? I’m in the UK and i would love one!
They currently have them available on pre-order in France and Belgium for early June via a well known french chain so there's a good chance it will be available in the UK soon.🤞🤞🤞They are charging €899 though 🙁
Get a megacade. It's a multicade that currently has over 70,000 games. In usd it's roughly five and a half grand and whilst you could build one for cheaper. It won't be on par with the quality from that machine. Free upgrades once you've bought it as well if i'm correct. Customer service sounds spot on as well.
Some Random Guy that machine does look amazing but 70,000 games! I just want this machine here with like 1000
They're in the UK now, because I saw an advert for them!
Love your clips from joy sticks the movie. I just watched this just recently. Great review too. Gave your review a thumbs up. Nice work.
They should've made the marquee digital to where the logo would change to what ever game your playing that would be sick
They're making an add-on called the Bitpixel Marquee that can do that.
12:03 Neither one of those are 4 way plates. At least not in that configuration. The way those are set up they are both 8 way, with the octagonal restrictor plate giving better feel on 4 way games. The square one is a 4/8 way restrictor, meaning it can be used as either. The inside square restrictor need to be turned 45 degrees.
Great review. Really enjoyed it.
Very nice cabby. Those Baolian Are some nice Sanwa Clones and can be modded.
They sell them at microcenter as well.
Anyone else sick of the “lit mobile” power bank ad’s?
i us to go to Arcades in late 70s and early 80s its nice play them on other systems at home or handhold
I'm personally not that into arcade stuff, but this was still a great review. Everything should be as modular and easy to work on as that cabinet!
Congratulations on the Legends Ultimate grab! I've been torn between getting one of these, and continuing on with a full sized Mame cab I've been building. My main problem with the LU is, the UI text is way too small for my low vision, at the moment. Also, vertical aspect games are very small on the 24" monitor, compared with the monitor in my Mame machine. Mind you, I do have the A1UP collection, with some of their included games, you run into the same problem. Bigger is always better for my vision. LOL Thank you very much for the detailed review of this amazing machine. By the way, you might want to consider not more than a six inch riser for your situation.
@Spawndude Spawndude If you intend to have physical bezel, with some sort of design, or vinyl graphic, you may be limited to the 27, at most, for a decent sized monitor. However, Given your visual situation, I'd go with the 32" monitor, in which you would not be able to use a bezel, but would enjoy a monitor that's easier for you to see, and actually be comparable to commercial arcade monitors.
It's funny - people complained when people gathered together to play video games, yet they also complain when people choose to stay at home/indoors to play video games...
I own one of these things. I was not disappointed. There's just so much you can do. Right now I run things from my PC with coinops. I completely replaced the joysticks. The ones it came with are fine but I wanted something better for fighting games. It was very easy to mod.
What joysticks did you put in it, out of curiosity?
I'm sorry AtGame just does not scream quality, and something I'd want to own, but good video none the less.
This machine is different. Check out some of the other videos out there... they've learned a lot of lessons.
@@ModernClassic I would hope so for $600, as that's a fairly mid range AMD based gaming PC.
@@CommodoreFan64 ya but the most known company doing this stuff Arcade1up sells you an arcade for around $400 and all you can do is play a couple games on it. This arcade has no limit on how many games you play and offers a whole lot more with no mods necessary unlike arcade1up. The price to me is right on point, and it's unfair to compare this to a pc. Completely 2 different things here and your paying for the nostalgia of it all in a realistic type arcade cab.
@@CommodoreFan64 Also I own a pandoras box that cost $200 and thats just for the sticks and buttons built into a box and you plug n play onto a TV screen. So for just $400 more I get an entire full sized arcade cabinet btw, because arcade1up is 3/4 sized and I can play anything I want on it just with a quick download. Sounds good to me. The point is you have companies selling arcades half sized and with 3 games in it. I can buy this Atgames and play over 1,000 games without any MODS!! So whats really worth what here...... Do you see what I'm saying? Did I mention its also the only arcade cab that's fully connected. Meaning wifi internet for updates, adding games and most importantly in which Modern Classic did not mention is that this hooks directly up to your Steam account and you can play some current high graphic fighting games like the new mortal kombat for example... so yes I believe its well worth a 600 tag
At Games - a name that's synonymous with quality, and value...poor quality, and little value that is. Perhaps this machine is better.
I think I'll just stick with my modded Wii - but to each his own.
A modded Wii is not even in the same class. Literally and figuratively.
@@ModernClassic - it's exactly the same. Exactly.
@@mattpurvis927 I own both and it's not even close guy.... Arcade controls and a arcade feel blows away the feel of the Wii classic controller hanging off a Wii controller
Great review bro, thanks
can you play games through MAME through USB...also you can rotate the "square" restrictor plate to look like a diamond for 4-way only
Great video and commentary. If I could only find one in Stock somewhere.
I miss arcades. The last real token recycle I was in was back in 95. Oddly I am a PC player now. Really trying to play the Switch but I am just not a controller guy. Arcade games however. I don't know. You just don't play them with a mouse and keyboard. The controls on this cabinet look like they cover everything. Hummm.
Are the top and bottom of arcade games cut off on the screen like they are in your video?
I talk about that in the video itself.
Gotta love when people try to control what aspect ratio you choose when you play games in your personal time. 😊
"I'm not the type of person that sees "China" and thinks "crap"....it just hasn't been my experience"........he must not have played any Pandora's Box systems.....
Now I want the Cab and the movie I can't find, Joy Sticks
very educational video, thanks
These cabinets were sub $499 in Sam's Club during Christmas time, but I decided not to get it. I think it wants to be too many things at once. Thanks for the review.
Are these cabinets empty towards the bottom and could they be modified to put a dummy quarter slot for like a little savings/piggy bank? Just wondering if there are any crucial electronics at that point of the cabinet.
Great review, Thanks for taking the time to put this video together!
And of course the first thing to do is hack it and add few hundred more games. I love the roller ball and all the buttons and joysticks. The USBs are a nice touch and the extra HDMI and online service are a bonus. Now I have to get my wifes permission to put this massive machine in our house. Great video!
Don't have to hack it. Adding games is officially supported.
Hey, you say "pervert" like it's a bad thing
Missed your videos, glad to see your back!
Sadly this is sold out on Sam's Club currently.
They are releasing a LED marquee. Current owners will be able to buy one for 1/2 retail price. They are saying 100.00. It's a full color led marquee that will load the marquee of the game you are playing. The second wave out now will have this already installed.
Already have mine reserved. But I don't see any official source saying this will be included in new ALU units. The page on AtGames' web site for the Bitpixel LED marquee says it's compatible with "all Legends Ultimate and Legends Gamer units", which implies that *no* version comes with it.
Did you offer any assessment at all about the trackball?
Neat machine dude, I have no knowledge about cabinets but I really enjoy watching people passionate about something like this.
sorry if you mentioned, but how tall are you exactly? thx for the informative video
After years of wanting one, i finally built my own full size Arcade cabinet with a raspberrypi and a 26" flat-screen TV. After it was all said and done I think I've spent like $175, but could be done for cheaper
My main issue with this thing is the position of the joystick. I never really played the arcade machines, just the atari 2600. Is it just me, or would right handed people would want the joystick on the right? I can't imagine playing space invaders with my left hand. A wired controller option would work, too, especially for standing/sitting.
You can actually remap the controls however you want. You can use the P2 controls for P1, you can use the P2 joystick and P1 buttons, etc.
I will say that this layout is pretty standard for how 2 player arcade games use to be laid out. But some may have been different; I didn't play everything back in the day.
How tall are you? Asking for comparative purposes. I'm 6'5" so I understand your pains and am curious of about the scale.
6'4". So you'd have the same issues. I think it's made assuming people will sit on a stool rather than stand. I'd rather stand, though; feels more nostalgic.
@@ModernClassic Thanks MC. If I buy it I'll build a stand for it to raise it up. Great video, very well put together.
It's not that much different than a regular arcade machine. But I bought a couple of stools anyway.
@@ModernClassic Im not as tall as you or Willie, but I am 6'3 and I can say 100percent a stool makes a huge difference. I use one and it makes a world of difference in game play position.
5:21 Atari lynx.. I still have mine. 👍
It's hard to believe something by AT Games does not suck.
How can you properly play Outrun without a Steering Wheel and gear shift controller?
Spinner and joystick.
Mmm....okay, my opinion for what its worth. I _really_ like the control panel. Yep, that's it. If they sold something like that as a USB controller, I'd be all in. The issues I have with these type of products are:
They have fairly crappy SBC hardware _and_ run older versions of Mame (both of which lead to glitches and poor performance). To emulate well you REALLY need half-decent hardware and a *freesync monitor* (and GPU). Most old arcade games had MANY different refresh rates and without a freesync display, you'll either get screen tearing or, if Vsync is enabled to smooth that out, input lag and sound glitches. It would also be nice if it supported HLSL to simulate CRT screens (phosphor glow, screen curvature etc.).
But I DO like that control panel. I like it a lot.
19:19 hm...a scanline option for the game 1942, if they have done it correctly then the scanlines should be vertical, since that game (and all vertical arcades) had an CRT at 90 degrees
Yes, I realize some games were like that.. it still looks better than no scanlines at all.
@@ModernClassic ;-)
I'm still trying to find one of these to be honest and they're sold out everywhere and I'm six foot seven so I'm definitely probably have to get a stool
Supposedly more will be in stock at the end of the month
Your description of 4 vs 8-way seemed backwards. Pac-Man is known to play poorly with an 8-way stick, because you can hit two switches at once, which is impossible on the original stick.
Yes, most of the early 80s games need a 4-Way, when I built my cabinet, I found some good 4-Way to 8-Way convertable Joysticks, you just pull the joystick up, twist to one side and you are in 4 Way mode.
I had written another reply but I'm replacing it with this one. You are right that I messed up that section a little bit, but not quite in the way I think you're thinking. There are square and diamond 4 way gates. Older games with 4 way movement had dedicated diamond gates; this machine comes with a square gate by default. Square gates don't do anything for anybody; I don't honestly know why they exist, since they only give you physical feedback in the corners.
Like the Sanwa gates, it looks like you can rotate the inner ring on this plate 45 degrees to get a diamond shape out of it. That would be a lot better for 4 way games that only have up, down, left and right. I honestly didn't try that; I'd never done that before so I didn't even realize I could.
Now, that said, for playing a ton of different kinds of games, an 8 way plate is still better, and it *might* still be better even for 4 way games than a 4/8 way gate is. That's because the 4 way gate even in diamond configuration is still really rounded off, so you're not getting quite as much positive "click" into position when pressing one direction or another. 8 way gates aren't rounded off.
So yeah, I would have done that part a little differently if I'd just known to turn the inner ring 45 degrees. I'd have at least tried using it that way for a little while. But it wouldn't work too well with other games, I don't think, so I'd probably have still swapped the 4 and 8 way plates.
@@ModernClassic Your restrictor plates looks like Sanwa ones, so you should be able to convert them into diamond. I found a video that explains how to do it: th-cam.com/video/jQLXRD-0GBg/w-d-xo.html
I had 6 Arcade1ups - sold 2 this week and just bought this and a pre installed USB drive with 7500 games. I just hope the quality is good and if so I should be all set and not have to buy anymore machines. I hope the track ball is good since one of the machines I sold was Golden Tee.
Great video, so through. I cant wait to buy one of these cabinets keep posting videos on this plz and thanks.
Looks good. Contrary to usual output from at games.
They have really made an effort to do things right this time.
th-cam.com/video/A06mnb6LD10/w-d-xo.html&t=1391
I bought two of these and put mister fpga on it. Arkanoid fpga is amazing with the track ball
Any word if Sam's Club is going to restock this machine? I am really torn between getting this or the Arcade 1UP Star Wars. If you get a chance can you demo Tron on this machine in one of your videos. I would really like to see how it plays on this unit.
Sam's Club will definitely be getting more periodically, from what I've read from AtGames themselves. I would demo Tron but only if I get one of the dedicated Tron joysticks, and I'm just not really ready to make that commitment. You can find videos on that from other TH-camrs, though.
12:20 That square gate is still 8-way. Square gates are only 4-way when they're turned 90 degrees to make it a diamond. The corners don't engage at all on a 4-way gate configuration.
Why are you connecting this via WiFi??? Definitely plug it in.
First thing I would of done is wipe that horrible emulator and flash a much better one. I own afew cabinet unit and I flashed everyone because the stock emulators are just terrible.
Excellent over view and review..THANK YOU :)
You made a mistake regarding the restrictor plates. The 4 way plate is better than the 8 way plate for games like pacman. You must have installed it wrong. 12:00
Your narration reminds me a little of Clive James! Great channel keep them coming.
Such an in depth review. Thanks for all your hard work putting this together
AtGames redemption arc?
I snagged the 1up machines at Walmart as low as $75... instead of adding a $45 riser, i elevated then on $22 "Parson's tables" (also added two beams of wood, screwed into the surface so i don't knock a machine off left or right lol). You can probable do the same to not make your cab as frustrating. If the parson's table is too high, you could just saw the legs down?
5:23 Lunar & FF anthology 😁
Can you delete some of the existing 250 games that come with system if you don't like them?
They are now completely out of stock, except Ebay for 900....
Inconsistencies in the various attributes of this cabinet? Yeah sounds like Atgames. Their track record has been mostly garbage. They've pulled stunts like that with almost every product they've ever released. They're just trying to jump in on the arcade caninet / pinball machine craze that's happening right now. I don't trust them or the "quality" of their products to hold up. For what this cabinet costs, i could build an inexpensive mini-pc, put it in a cheap cabinet and have it do almost everything this one does. Hyperspin looks better than their interface anyways.
Despite the game have a few of the popular 80s game that I like, it lacks many of the same 80s games that most people want... and this is getting to be pretty frustrating. Arcade1Up has many of the popular games, but why the heck would I want to buy any one of them for the price when you can find a TableTop model on ebay for just slightly more but with far more of the games we want? However, this is where AtGames multi-controllers; spinner and ball, is integrated, as we all require, but fails to deliver on the game choices that we all want.... getting the picture here? We want this, that, and the other... we want Centipede and Tempest, as well as all the classics of the 80s. Honestly, there at least 300 games that are included with many of these loaded machines that I can do without; it is about getting a custom cabinet with all the bells and whistles; for controllers and buttons, as well as, being able to choose the games we want by demand. If, however, this would cost $1600 for a 3/4-size upright cabinet, then that's what I am willing to pay, but until then, I am not wasting a dime until I can get one that has everything I want.
Just add them if it doesn't come with what you want. Takes 2 seconds.
If people don’t know you should get a retro pie which can be set up by youtube, and if you really want a arcade Machine you can build your own one by watching TH-cam videos I have built one myself and it works amazing if you really want a arcade machine a retro pie is the way to go
Anything can be done by DIY. This is for people who don't want to bother with all that.
I sell electronics for a living and let me tell you....When I think of Chinese electronics, I think of CRAP ...There is a reason they are cheaper ..Dont get me wrong, I occasionally buy them too, but try not to if I want it to last
They're cheaper because labor is cheaper. That's all. The materials and build quality are pretty close to the same. If you've ever looked at a Sanwa stick, you'd see there's nothing special about them, despite the reputation.
Can't you just change the board/game in the cabinet on a original cabinet?
Has anyone done any lag measurements with this setup? Based on the galaga footage there was quite a bit of lag...
The Galaga in this footage is just running on MAME (as the BYOG arcade games generally do). It should have the same amount of lag as an average MAME setup. I don't notice much lag, if any, in most games, although I do in some.
@@ModernClassic Thanks for the confirmation. Thinking about getting one, although the fact that the scan lines are in the wrong orientation in vertically oriented games like 1942 bugged me :-) so I'll probably turn off scan lines for vertical games until they fix it.
Trust me, you won't want to. It looks way more wrong with no scanlines than with horizontal scanlines.
Hi, how can you add custom scanline shaders to legends ultimate?
I would love a high quality bar-top unit. I don't want a full size cabinet like that because I don't have anywhere to put it. If anyone knows of a good single player bar-top, I'd happily accept recommendations.
500 bucks is a great price for something like this! fwiw in my own experience, the emalator software can become - happily - a rabbit warren designing own front-ends, setting up Game Lists (Sega, Taito, Atari, whatever). For me most fun has been setting the correct screen ratios + visual FX (this is within MAMEUIFX32 btw) for each title to emulate old CRT phosphor fx, etc.. - really takes me back in time when they feel as I remember seeing them! MC I would definitely consider how you could play games through an old CRT displays such as the oft-mentioned Sony PVM series. I had one of those and LOVED it - scanlines were built in! Ran from an S-Video out on an older laptop and looked far more accurate than a flat LCD screen could ever achieve! Enjoy, I'm jealous!
I purchased a "Pandoras box" it cost me around £150.00 it has around 2800 games, (some games are in the unit twice) but still serves my nostalgic needs. I purchased the two player unit and the one I ordered has 2 separate controls.
Weird photo of a arcade in Japan. I live there time to time. Every time I go to the arcades, there is usually a decent amount of people. Though Akihabara's sega towers have a boat load of people.
Does this have any of the classic versus games like street fighter, marvel vs capcom, or mortal kombat?
No unfortunately not, the games that come installed are more unknown or in my opinion not what I'd want to play. But you have a few options of adding your own games for free with a simple download on a pc to a USB flash then you can plug n play
Caught that Lebowski reference at the end of your dialogue. Ha ha ha
The four-way plate is rotated 45 degrees. You feel the detents just fine if the "corners" represent up/down/left/right. That's how it's meant to be played. You need to rotate it.
Got mine yesterday here in the UK thanks to Liberty games:)
Only eight minutes in, but gotta ask. How freakishly tall are you then?
6'4" without shoes. I exaggerated a little bit in the video. Really I think this machine should be made for people who are slightly taller than it is. The height of the controller and angle of the screen make it seem like it's made for stool use. I want to stand up like I did back in the day.
@@ModernClassic Oh okay. I was asking since I'm 193cm which is also 6'4" if I'm not mistaken. Never felt freakishly tall myself, but it could be a cultural thing since I'm in Finland.
are manager settings available (lives, difficulty, etc)
0:41 that is such an odd thing to say these days
SO this isn't everywhere and the law is fickle as F%^k...…….but there is a rule of thumb to go buy.
You are allowed to have backups of purchased Games for "your" use(EU and US) - So the law states how you use them is up to you as long as you aren't selling it or making money from it.
For legality purposes anything marked "Abandonware" is regarded as basic public domain until IP holders come forward to claim ownership, Which some bought the rights specifically to turn it into P.D.
Abandonware is basically a term for unsupported no longer 1st party software sold within a region, this is backed up by the "Anime clause" where non-released or not sold anime in a region may be downloaded and watched without fear of lawsuits or copyright infringement claims, this even goes further MAME from non-modern machines with the original ROM flashes may be kept and played for archival purposes due to the Vendors and Publishers or Rights holders abandoning under non-maintaining, meaning If they don't actively sell or actively ensure archival they will have a hard time in court.
An example Nintendo is a bunch of psychos when it comes to Digital rights management of IPs, However if you buy a copy of the legit software somewhere, or they no longer sell that version of the game anywhere then they can't come after you(Fed courts determined that if not reasonably available for purchase to the public to claim legally then they cannot claim copyright under civil), however if they offer it you must buy it or possibly be held accountable.
Europe is even better, Once you buy the software you own it perma, so unless you sell it off, you have those rights.
Japan is totally different as they have major laws about IP and copyright protection on games and the laws cater to the secondary markets where vintage hardware and software is a huge market and legally protected.
For MAME or any of the arcade variants, you are realistically fine as long as it is the arcade version unless it is actively sold, you will need alternatives to 1up machines, but almost every title on them you can buy from Steam on a sale for a song, and that is also an alternative for those looking for legal means.
Konami arcade classics, SNK 40th ann., Genesis collection and such and many many more including what I would call modern classics are available. sure you don't have an ultra slick front end.
Abandonware is more or less a myth. All of these games are copyrighted, including ones generally thought of as "abandonware". Copyright does not expire for 75 years. The "fair use" clause of copyright law allows you to *use* copyrighted works for fair use purposes, which would generally include simply playing them on your own. However, it does not include *distributing* them, whether for profit or not. This has been upheld by the courts many, many times. So the only really legal way to play a copyrighted classic game is either a) get a licensed copy, or b) dump a ROM yourself from an actual arcade board.
Don't mistake the lack of action on MAME roms as indicative of legality. As Nintendo has shown over the past couple years, it only takes a company to notice what's going on and decide they don't like it to start shutting things down and going after massive damages. The MAME rom sites have only been able to stay up because some of the companies represented don't have the resources to do anything about it, others may not care one way or another, and still others may actually support it. But if, say, Namco or Atari SA *wanted* to, they could shut these sites down tomorrow, as could any copyright holder with a lawyer. There is no such thing as abandonware.
@@ModernClassic Did you not read the entire comment, I pretty much stated exactly what you said exactly and in most cases different words...…………..
Abandonware is just a colloquial term of general representation of software that is not copyright claimed(which I explained), that is all, you are not a lawyer or a judge so trying to condemn language without understanding it and saying it doesn't exist is a bit off on your part, I mean if you really want because I do have that educational background I can formally dig up the court cases Federal and State Civil and Criminal and use the correct legal language but in most cases you won't understand it.
started with 4 way, then 8 way but I found I much prefer my third and final choice of two circular restrictors
Looks cool, too bad my arcade arrived defective. Its freezes after 10 minutes. Waiting for parts, delays due to covid19 :(
Was there any noticeable lag using the ArcadeNet streaming?
Not to me. I'm sure it exists but I was surprised that I didn't notice it in actual gameplay.
I have Max 330 Mega Pro Internet Spec. You have to call and ask for it specifically.
Great video :D
Leaf switches are much better than micro switches.
I ended up buy a used cab, customizing,restoring and converting it to neo geo and getting a 161 in 1 cart and it ended up being much cheaper. I started buying real carts now which as a whole will be more expensive if I bought everything. But it's less much better IMHO over an emulation machine. These emulation cabinets arent even close to a true arcade experience to me. Specially since I can just buy an arcade control panel and use my computer.
If I left the cabinet in it's bought state and just used the neo geo and cart it wound up being around 2-300. Everything else tonme is just an extra expense
Greetings, what specific type of grease did you use on the microswitches? thanks.
That looks... surprisingly good! They aren't available in the UK yet from the looks if it but I'll keep an eye out.
I got one last week. Its fun! I thought the widescreen would annoy me more than it has. I love playing missile command with the rollball and crystal castles.
Great review.
The lower video quality on the ArcadeNet offerings may be related to latency.