March 2023 update: Like I said in the video, I just wanted to do this mod just to see if I could do it. It was incredibly fun to do, and playing on it was also fun. A buddy and I had some great times with it. However, it's just a little too small for me to play comfortably, and it was just a bit too big to justify keeping it in my office. I sold it to a guy that has a small kid. They're having a lot of fun with it, and no doubt creating some great memories together.
This video brings back memories when I bought my A1up SF2 cabinet back in November 2018. I believe ETA Prime A1up mod video came out early 2019 and that started a craze for modding these cabinets. It also helped a lot that everything was plentiful and cheap back in 2019.
Mine was absolutely worth it. I got the Final Fight cab in 2019 and it did lose its novelty pretty quick, and was collecting dust. I saw ETAprime's video and knew thats what I wanted to do with my cab. 2 years ago I modded it with a Raspberry Pi 3B, got a new control deck with 6-button control layout, LED light strip on the back, and used a set of logitech speakers and subwoofer for sound. I put my favorite arcade, Neo-Geo, NES, and SNES games on it and I really love it. It is especially fun with 2 players, of course. By the way, Command Strips velcro tape worked for me as far as mounting everything.
Great video! I modded one of my Arcade 1up cabinets so I could play my video game consoles on it. I've got my PS2, PS3, PS4, Wii, Xbox360, Xbox One X, Dreamcast and a laptop (for fightcade) hooked up to it. Had to put a shelf next to the cabinet to hold everything. I just like being able to play my games on the cabinet, it was fun to get it all working.
Yessss it is worth it. I did mine about 3 years ago. I also put a sega dreamcast i mine with VGA switch and extension cables to the control ports I will say this, i didn't get to really having fun with my machine until I eliminated thousands of games and did a top 300. Much better only seeing classics and games I love instead of 20k games.
emulation station allows while in game to hold select and joystick up or down to control volume. just set amp for middle volume and never touch it again. you can also use wincp and ftp into the device and drop games as long as its on your network.
I got the same exact model. It was cheap quality and i modded it with better parts. I did get the riser, light up marquee and a acrylic deck cover from 1up. At the time the raspberry pi 3b+ was cheap and i just added arcade fighting games and beat em ups. I carved out holes for extra speakers and to answer ur question i use thumb tacks instead of tape. I plan to add a functioning coin door in the future. It was fun to mod and now it sits proudly in my living room. Definetly worth it.
Travis, this is a good video. The content is clear, straightforward, moves from point to point and is well-considered even though I have only a passing curiosity in the subject. For me, I would want the old Nintendo games - Donkey Kong, DigDug and Defender. Robotron was unhinged but requires two mounted joysticks per player. Your mounting problem reminds me of the mounts people make for speaker crossovers. A piece of scrap board and some wood screws would take care of it. ✌️
I built my A1UP SF2 modded cab back in 2019 and still play regularly - will have to check out some of the games you mentioned. I mounted the amp and two new speakers on the top of the cab. They're basically hidden from view unless you peek over the top but it makes it easy to adjust the volume if needed
Great info and a great video, I just got one of these for cheap and modding it was the first thing that crossed my mind. Amazing playing in the background if that is you
Pretty cool mod. I got my ms Pac-Man cab for the sole purpose installing a beer fridge in the bottom. I wouldn’t mind adding some new games into it though.
This was a really well made video. I usually find people either hyping these up or saying they're useless junk and never to get one. I feel like you were very realistic about the drawbacks while also acknowledging the use cases for them. One question I had is do you think it would be possible to put a Dell optiplex in one of these instead of a raspberry pi?
The whole amp thing to save the one speaker just made no sense to me, I mounted computer speakers on top the cabinet which cost me $5 more dollars. Now I have stereo sound and can control the volume from the outside.
Travis, this is a neat video. The content is intelligible, uncomplicated, moves from point to point and is intuitive even though I have only a passing curiosity in the subject. For me, I would want the old porno games - Leisure Suite Larry, Custer's Revenge, Sex Vixens from Space and Kirby. Stroker was bonkers but requires two mounted joysticks per player. 😉
Great Video!..Reminds me of the ETA Prime videos..This was my first cab that I modded with a Pandora's Box that links to a PS3 and using the SF A1UP deck controller to control them both!
I bought a marvel vs capcom brand new for 550. Sold the guts off for 450 (the wifi game was extremely rare and hard to find, which worked out to my benefit) had an older asus desktop that a family member was tossing out, a friend gave me his old arcade x tank controller to replace the buttons and sticks. Had to buy an interface board for the monitor, a few cables, a power strip, an external power button, and an amp. Total cost less than 200 bucks invested and the side art is cool plus a matching stool.
A couple of things, you can control the volume on retropie, as for the doublesided tape it is definitely a brand problem, never had a problem in mine. Additionally you can use an old office PC (Like a dell optiplex) those are cheaper and more. Upgradable than a pi and can often run way more games
Id suggest high strength velcro in place on the double sidded tape. As long as you buy a good quality one it may be a better for maintenance or future upgrades. Also clean the serface with alcohol before instaling velclo or tape. Hope I helped
And kvm so you can run a cable to your TV for when you want to use a Bluetooth controller. One button you go from arcade to console. A wireless keyboard and mouse would quickly turn it into a couch pc.
Thank you for a little more info. Where can you go to download the games to the SD card to input into the retro pi? This is one part ETA Prime passed over. The way his video was showing is that its pretty much a plug and play. After you make a couple configuration, your on your way. Figured that part was too good to be true.
This video is last year but a solution to actaching the parts inside the arcarde machine, is to get a piece of wood/board that you make holes in that line up with exciting holes inside the machine then mount all components to that.
I got it in late 2022 for about $150. For a used cabinet, I feel like that is a pretty decent price. $200 would have been too much, and $100 would have been an absolute steal. All of this taking the well used condition into account.
@@travisbowmanmusic You can try any tape that's like Alien tape. They're double-sided 'gel' tapes that are supposed to be reusable. When in doubt, I just get PCB feet or stand-offs and use short wood screws. Don't go all the way through, and don't take out + put back in a lot. MDF holds screws good so long as the threads cut by the screw aren't worn out.
Might want to try the clear gel mounting pads instead of the 3M tape. The hold and amount of weight they secure is unbelievable. Two would secure that amp indefinitely if you wanted it to.
I wanted a multi-cade that could play tons of games for the longest time. I did consider should I get an A1up cab and mod it or just build a cab from scratch that I could customize it to how I wanted. In the end, I went with the latter and I'm glad I did. Though I was fortunate to have a friend that had a whole workshop help me build it.
Get some L brackets and mount them behind the lower brackets that mount the lcd panel to the sides of the cabinet. Get a long board to mount to those to make a shelf and screw the components to that shelf. That way you wouldn’t have to make new holes, you would just need a little bit longer screws
I just got a free TMNT (the 1st version) cab. I normally deal in full size. Some friends were taking stuff to the dump and saw it, snapped a pic and ask if I wanted it. I never even cared to deal with em. I thought I could strip it and sell it on eBay for replacement parts. It looks brand new, and plays perfect, it was just missing a power cable, a red ball top for player 4 and the dust washer, all replaced. Now I'll sit on it since they are pretty much sold out everywhere, and a bunch of the rest will suffer the same fate at the dump, or get a mod. I can put a multicade/Pi in anything.... so I figure this as a collectors toy now. Keep it unmodded, and in clean and pristine for a later sale when the the numbers of originals dwindle, and the number of new collectors grow. I always just saw them as cheap empty shells with art on them already, anyway. I never cared for the guts, but like the compact look and art. A shell only for whatever I decided to do. If I were to ever get into buying these, it would be for empty, gutted or broken ones. But, for now... it's a free thing that I'll make 800-1200 bucks on it at least in a few more years. My pedestal Picade is in the garage with the PC arcade and my full size MK1 cab. No need to mod this thing. Cool video, I just listened while I typed!
You can get gorilla double sided tape that will hold like 60lbs. I can see in your video that you are using the worst possible tape! But great video, I am doing research on how to do this to my 1up. Any suggestions on which type of Pi To use?
Just mod the amp with longer wire or maybe wireless switch volume remote taped into the volume into the amp so you use remote or long wire with volume knob out side under your control panel were you can reach.
I don't think I would mod an arcade 1 up unless I got a killer price. I think I would rather build a larger, custom cabinet that could comfortably fit 2 people. I'm seriously considering making a retro pie at least. We'll see if I get into the construction of a cabinet.
I'm only 5' 7" , I tried a 1up and even with the riser it just feels cramped. It's width also made it uncomfortable for two player stints. Fortunately for you and I, there are plenty of full size cabinet blueprints across the internet, and once you've cut both of the sides out of some nice 18mm thick wood, the width is entirely at your discretion. The problem which Travis touched on is removal of the pi if needed. We can simply build our cases with a door and slot on the front and mount it with the USB ports and ethernet exposed. We move house Feb-Mar. I'm going to build a cabinet then. I've already set up launchbox and retroarch on an old PC and have all the ROM's ready to go. But a Raspberry Pi 5 is the way to go. And either EG starts or Hikig have complete 2 player LED button and joystick kits with encoders for less than $50.
Bro. Get some velcro tape. Put one side on the wall, the other side on the device you're going to mount. If you're not sure what tape to use, find a guitar store near you, and get what they have. It's what people use to mount guitar pedals to pedal boards. It'll definitely be strong enough to hold up those devices.
They can if you still want to use them. However, they're terrible quality and break easily. It's cheap to replace them with high quality Sanwa or Semitsu buttons.
If you run pi 4 you can run N64 on there. The pi3 should have never been that high. I have 3 from 2016 they were around $35 then. A PI4 is around $165 but it’s a solid machine. You can also make your own custom controller using the ARM processor. The tape you used is Ohio tape. Get 3M butyl tape. It will never come off lol.
I can't speak for that as I've never used one. It's my understanding that you can plug up anything that has an HDMI output to the monitor, but using the USB encoders on it is another thing altogether.
I bought the Arcade 1 up Centipede legacy edition yesterday on clearance at Ross, Dress for Less, for $51.99!! I work there so I got it for 20% off as well, so with taxes. I only paid $44.09!! =) I can't wait to put this thing together and play Asteroids, which is my all time favorite classic retro game. I also have a Raspberry Pi with RetroPi already on it. I actually have 3 Raspberry Pi"s. After seeing what the mod is, I think I'll just leave it as is and if I want to play the other hundreds of games I have on my Pi, I'll just connect it to my TV.
Nice get, man! Yeah, I think you made the right decision. That being said, a lot of people a hell of a lot more talented than me have done some really cool things with these 1ups.
Lol i let my hdmi card hang to. But what i did is run it off my main pc with usb extenders. Put it next to my desk. Also put a door in front for my mini fridge.. i used the same cabinet to..
I just bought my first A1up machine, thought about doing these upgrades, but then I discovered the "softmods" - did you look into these? no hardware-changes / purchases, but with an extra "retroarch" app installed able to play a lot of retro games.
I haven't actually. It just made sense to replace it with a Pi that has an SD card for a TON of games and systems. This cabinet was beat up when I got it so I didn't mind completely gutting it.
I bought one of these yesterday. To be honest I was underwhelmed to say the least. I need to make a riser for it as it’s too low for adult use. The 3 street fighter games in it are really boring. My first option is to put a Pandoras Box 4S (815 games) I have laying around. If that doesn’t do the job, I’ll fire up retro pie.
Yeah, they really kinda gave us the bare minimum for an arcade cabinet. Luckily there are smart folks out there like ETAPrime that know how to mod these things to unlock their full potential.
Hell I just went and got 2 machines and 2 risers payed $360 for one machine got the other one for $180 and 2 risers for $130 everything’s brand new the 2nd machine was open box so it was half off basically but I don’t like any games on it and it’s the 2 player machine so I’m definitely going to consider doing this
Hi Travis, I am a new subscriber to your channel, and I wanted to know if there was a video link showing how to install Streetfighter Alpha 3 and all other Streetfighter games on my Raspberry Pi? I am not too tech savvy but I have an Arcade 1up Street Fighter 2 cabinet and I thought it would be a nice project to do. I understand putting together all the components but I am not clear how I would actually get the Street fighter games on the Pi? I await your earliest response. Thanks in advance.
Hey there, thanks for subscribing, I really appreciate it. I can't show you exactly WHERE to find all of these roms, but if you search for "MAME 2003 romset", you'll find a package that has all of the Street Fighter games you're looking for. You'll have to figure out how to install them on your own. There are a ton of how to videos on installing games to the Raspberry Pi. Good luck!
Hi travis, have you ever thought of doing a how to video showing how to add the games to the sd card for the retro pie upgrade, I think that video will do well. @@travisbowmanmusic
Actually, the tons of videos that talk about the retro pie upgrade do not go into how to get the games, they assume that everyone knows how to do it. Their videos are like yours, showing the installation but not how to add the games.@@travisbowmanmusic
The Raspberry Pi is essentially replacing the brain of the entire thing. Not sure what you mean by "different emulator". This is just one of several options of having a new and better interface for your Arcade 1UP.
For me, I wouldn't do this mod with a Raspberry Pi just because I find it to be a bit underpowered (if I'm gonna have a cabinet, I want it to be able to play Naomi games too). Instead, I'd use a mini-PC with a powerful APU like the 7735HS.
@@DetroitMetroRetro Nah, not a steam deck because the inbuilt screen and battery would be pointless for this application. I'd rather hardware I can install and not have to mess around with again, so I wouldn't use this as a dock.
Question, I have yet to set up my MK 30th anniversary edition. It seems like all the components with these seem universal and the same. Theoretically, could I hook up a raspberry pi and still have access to the original games? Or is it like, one or the other?
It's one or the other. But, you could always just add all of those MK games on that raspberry Pi as well. The only difference is that you'll have a ton more games to check out as well. TBH though I would only ever wanna do this specific mod on a SF II cab, as the 6 button layout is the best all around setup for most games. With your cabinet, you'd need to drill a lot more holes per player if you wanted to play most other fighting games that aren't Mortal Kombat. Hope that helps.
@@travisbowmanmusic thank you man, appreciate the input. I'm just starting on finishing a basement and as always, it starts with one machine (brand new to arcade setups)
I can't imagine leaving one of these stock only playing a handful of games. It takes entirely too much space in your home to not maximize it's potential.
Ok, I appreciate the time in making this video but @12:16 the dude complains about having to reach behind the cabinet to adjust the volume. The fact we can have all these games from our childhoods at our fingertips is amazing.
The amp is INSIDE the cabinet. If the cabinet was up against a wall, you'd have to pull it out. As another person stated, this issue can be fixed by adjusting volume settings in software. I didn't make this video to complain, but rather to let everyone know what to expect once this mod was completed.
That's true, and I'm not disputing that. As a fan of video game history, isn't nice to have the option to play both the arcade/home console versions on this machine?
Look what arcade 1 up is making you do instead of you waiting until they add those games you just ruined the arcade 1 up you just purchased and changed it to a mame 32 arcade machine
Arcade 1Up is not "making me do" anything. If you're waiting for Arcade 1Up to make a machine that plays every arcade game, you'll be waiting a very long time. I purchased this to do whatever I want to with it, and I got my time out of it, and then I sold it to a dad who is now making great memories with his son. I really don't see the "bad" in this at all.
@@travisbowmanmusic this is mame 32 you have installed here you need to insert credit on every game where arcade 1 up is on free play the one game I know you can’t get on mame is marvel Vs capcom 2 new age of heroes that’s a game was released in the 2000’s not 1900’s my computer has the entire mame games
@@jacobporter419mame 32 doesn’t cost anything it’s free it’s been free since the NES was released it’s on your computer no reason to go pay someone $3,000 to give you a make arcade machine that’s totally free that’s on your PC go make sense and mane was only good when the trash consoles were here that could play Pac-Man great
I just got super lucky and found a Simpsons 1up at a Walmart on clearance for $100. Just having a machine to do this project was the biggest hurdle IMO. Besides that is getting the rest of the stuff needed to modify it... More buttons, new joysticks, ect. Oh and the Pi i'm looking at has 4gbs ram and wifi.... so i assume i could add games via wifi? Now finding time to do this as well will be a challenge as well but, can't wait to have the finished product.
March 2023 update: Like I said in the video, I just wanted to do this mod just to see if I could do it. It was incredibly fun to do, and playing on it was also fun. A buddy and I had some great times with it. However, it's just a little too small for me to play comfortably, and it was just a bit too big to justify keeping it in my office. I sold it to a guy that has a small kid. They're having a lot of fun with it, and no doubt creating some great memories together.
how much in total do you think it cost to do these mods?
@@xXLionheart1118Xx it really depends on how much you get the cabinet for. All in all the parts were probably around $100
that's a wholesome outcome for the machine glad to hear that kid will have a fancy unique toy to experience tons of classics :)
I just got one for 100 bucks. Ready to mod.
did you use mame for these?
This video brings back memories when I bought my A1up SF2 cabinet back in November 2018. I believe ETA Prime A1up mod video came out early 2019 and that started a craze for modding these cabinets. It also helped a lot that everything was plentiful and cheap back in 2019.
Yup i got in at the tail end. Picked up 2 spare Rpi4 while they were still under 40 bucks.
Mine was absolutely worth it. I got the Final Fight cab in 2019 and it did lose its novelty pretty quick, and was collecting dust. I saw ETAprime's video and knew thats what I wanted to do with my cab. 2 years ago I modded it with a Raspberry Pi 3B, got a new control deck with 6-button control layout, LED light strip on the back, and used a set of logitech speakers and subwoofer for sound. I put my favorite arcade, Neo-Geo, NES, and SNES games on it and I really love it. It is especially fun with 2 players, of course. By the way, Command Strips velcro tape worked for me as far as mounting everything.
Great video! I modded one of my Arcade 1up cabinets so I could play my video game consoles on it. I've got my PS2, PS3, PS4, Wii, Xbox360, Xbox One X, Dreamcast and a laptop (for fightcade) hooked up to it. Had to put a shelf next to the cabinet to hold everything. I just like being able to play my games on the cabinet, it was fun to get it all working.
Damn bro all that in one Arcade 1UP cabinet? 😳 nice 👍
Which emulator box do you use?
I want one.
I order a arcade1up and had no intention of modding it, after this video I'm most definitely am, thank you for your video.
Glad to inspire you to do this, my friend. Just take your time, it's super easy to do!
Yessss it is worth it. I did mine about 3 years ago. I also put a sega dreamcast i mine with VGA switch and extension cables to the control ports
I will say this, i didn't get to really having fun with my machine until I eliminated thousands of games and did a top 300. Much better only seeing classics and games I love instead of 20k games.
Yes I carefully selected the games I put on mine. That is definitely the way to go.
This is the way. I'm at like 1,400 games but every single one has been hand-picked!!
emulation station allows while in game to hold select and joystick up or down to control volume. just set amp for middle volume and never touch it again. you can also use wincp and ftp into the device and drop games as long as its on your network.
I'll definitely have to check that out! I didn't think about using hotkeys to adjust volume. Thanks man!
We have a Galaga/Galaxian machine in our garage. It's only used when we have cookouts and even then only us grown adults play it lol.
I got the same exact model. It was cheap quality and i modded it with better parts. I did get the riser, light up marquee and a acrylic deck cover from 1up. At the time the raspberry pi 3b+ was cheap and i just added arcade fighting games and beat em ups. I carved out holes for extra speakers and to answer ur question i use thumb tacks instead of tape. I plan to add a functioning coin door in the future. It was fun to mod and now it sits proudly in my living room. Definetly worth it.
Travis, this is a good video. The content is clear, straightforward, moves from point to point and is well-considered even though I have only a passing curiosity in the subject. For me, I would want the old Nintendo games - Donkey Kong, DigDug and Defender. Robotron was unhinged but requires two mounted joysticks per player.
Your mounting problem reminds me of the mounts people make for speaker crossovers. A piece of scrap board and some wood screws would take care of it. ✌️
Thanks very much man!
Wow we talk on the Fort Smith Retro Game Group! I didn't know you had a TH-cam channel! This is great!!!! Keep up the great work!
Excellent video. For holding the parts inside the cabinet and even my Logitech speakers, I used Heavy Duty 50mm Stick-On Velcro.
Thanks man, and thanks for the tip! I'll look into that...
I built my A1UP SF2 modded cab back in 2019 and still play regularly - will have to check out some of the games you mentioned. I mounted the amp and two new speakers on the top of the cab. They're basically hidden from view unless you peek over the top but it makes it easy to adjust the volume if needed
Great info and a great video, I just got one of these for cheap and modding it was the first thing that crossed my mind. Amazing playing in the background if that is you
I wish you luck with the mod! Thanks, that is me in the background.
@@travisbowmanmusic I just finished it 2 days ago. I am loving it
Pretty cool mod. I got my ms Pac-Man cab for the sole purpose installing a beer fridge in the bottom.
I wouldn’t mind adding some new games into it though.
Worse than the bad controls and parts is the lag. You have to hadouken on Tuesday for that fireball on Friday.
Make a cup of tea while you come down from that shoryuken and your opponent blocked it anyway
This was a really well made video. I usually find people either hyping these up or saying they're useless junk and never to get one. I feel like you were very realistic about the drawbacks while also acknowledging the use cases for them. One question I had is do you think it would be possible to put a Dell optiplex in one of these instead of a raspberry pi?
Now I wanna see a modded head to head arcade1up table
The whole amp thing to save the one speaker just made no sense to me, I mounted computer speakers on top the cabinet which cost me $5 more dollars. Now I have stereo sound and can control the volume from the outside.
Travis, this is a neat video. The content is intelligible, uncomplicated, moves from point to point and is intuitive even though I have only a passing curiosity in the subject. For me, I would want the old porno games - Leisure Suite Larry, Custer's Revenge, Sex Vixens from Space and Kirby. Stroker was bonkers but requires two mounted joysticks per player. 😉
Great Video!..Reminds me of the ETA Prime videos..This was my first cab that I modded with a Pandora's Box that links to a PS3 and using the SF A1UP deck controller to control them both!
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
I would cut a hole in the front and add a draw to put the amp and PI in now you can slide in and out to add games or adjust volume.
I bought a marvel vs capcom brand new for 550. Sold the guts off for 450 (the wifi game was extremely rare and hard to find, which worked out to my benefit) had an older asus desktop that a family member was tossing out, a friend gave me his old arcade x tank controller to replace the buttons and sticks. Had to buy an interface board for the monitor, a few cables, a power strip, an external power button, and an amp. Total cost less than 200 bucks invested and the side art is cool plus a matching stool.
Nice!
Thank you so much for this awesome detailed video!!! I've decided that I am just not cut out for this type of set up, LOL!!!!!!!
It's definitely not for everyone. This is a tinkerer kinda thing for sure!
One of the best purchases I’ve ever made
Make some mounts for the stuff in a cad program then print them on a cheap 3D printer.
A couple of things, you can control the volume on retropie, as for the doublesided tape it is definitely a brand problem, never had a problem in mine.
Additionally you can use an old office PC (Like a dell optiplex) those are cheaper and more. Upgradable than a pi and can often run way more games
Id suggest high strength velcro in place on the double sidded tape. As long as you buy a good quality one it may be a better for maintenance or future upgrades. Also clean the serface with alcohol before instaling velclo or tape. Hope I helped
And kvm so you can run a cable to your TV for when you want to use a Bluetooth controller. One button you go from arcade to console. A wireless keyboard and mouse would quickly turn it into a couch pc.
I had a blast doing this. Next we made a Vpin cabinet. THAT was more of a challenge. :D
Nice! Thanks very much for subscribing!
Thank you for a little more info. Where can you go to download the games to the SD card to input into the retro pi? This is one part ETA Prime passed over. The way his video was showing is that its pretty much a plug and play. After you make a couple configuration, your on your way. Figured that part was too good to be true.
You likely won't find anyone on TH-cam talking about obtaining ROMs, because it's still a sensitive issue. A Google search will help you.
This video is last year but a solution to actaching the parts inside the arcarde machine, is to get a piece of wood/board that you make holes in that line up with exciting holes inside the machine then mount all components to that.
What are some great games I should put on this thing?
The screen in mine is 5.4 and I'm having trouble getting some of the emus to display correctly.
Would create a wider controller board. replace that small one
How much did you buy the 1up machine for?
I got it in late 2022 for about $150. For a used cabinet, I feel like that is a pretty decent price. $200 would have been too much, and $100 would have been an absolute steal. All of this taking the well used condition into account.
I put my amp on the outside, using the exist top panel screw.
A year later after doing a pi mod myself, the best storage is buying a usb to sata and using a ssd for the storage. So, many, games.
What about Velcro instead of double sided tape?
That's a good idea too. I also heard about some heavy duty doubled sided tape that you have to pry off with a crowbar
@@travisbowmanmusic You can try any tape that's like Alien tape. They're double-sided 'gel' tapes that are supposed to be reusable. When in doubt, I just get PCB feet or stand-offs and use short wood screws. Don't go all the way through, and don't take out + put back in a lot. MDF holds screws good so long as the threads cut by the screw aren't worn out.
Oh man, I love it ❤ I dream of having that cabinet With thousands of games.
Might want to try the clear gel mounting pads instead of the 3M tape. The hold and amount of weight they secure is unbelievable. Two would secure that amp indefinitely if you wanted it to.
I wanted a multi-cade that could play tons of games for the longest time. I did consider should I get an A1up cab and mod it or just build a cab from scratch that I could customize it to how I wanted. In the end, I went with the latter and I'm glad I did. Though I was fortunate to have a friend that had a whole workshop help me build it.
The main thing I hated about the 1Ups are the size. Too small for 6 ft 3 guys!
Greetings, I bought a Blitz 1up arcade and I would like to know how I can install batocera? I'm not an expert but thanks for any help.
Get some L brackets and mount them behind the lower brackets that mount the lcd panel to the sides of the cabinet. Get a long board to mount to those to make a shelf and screw the components to that shelf. That way you wouldn’t have to make new holes, you would just need a little bit longer screws
Hay algun panel lcd o ips de mayor calidad del que trae este gabinete y que sea compatible 🧐👌
What version of SA3 are you running? Every rom I have isn’t compatible for Retro Pie on Mame
I believe it came in a rom pack. Sorry I can't be of more help!
@@travisbowmanmusic no worries, thank you for the response!
How does the harp guitar play?
I've been playing since 2013. It's really fun! I've got a lot of videos on my channel about it.
I just got a free TMNT (the 1st version) cab. I normally deal in full size. Some friends were taking stuff to the dump and saw it, snapped a pic and ask if I wanted it. I never even cared to deal with em. I thought I could strip it and sell it on eBay for replacement parts. It looks brand new, and plays perfect, it was just missing a power cable, a red ball top for player 4 and the dust washer, all replaced. Now I'll sit on it since they are pretty much sold out everywhere, and a bunch of the rest will suffer the same fate at the dump, or get a mod. I can put a multicade/Pi in anything.... so I figure this as a collectors toy now. Keep it unmodded, and in clean and pristine for a later sale when the the numbers of originals dwindle, and the number of new collectors grow. I always just saw them as cheap empty shells with art on them already, anyway. I never cared for the guts, but like the compact look and art. A shell only for whatever I decided to do. If I were to ever get into buying these, it would be for empty, gutted or broken ones. But, for now... it's a free thing that I'll make 800-1200 bucks on it at least in a few more years. My pedestal Picade is in the garage with the PC arcade and my full size MK1 cab. No need to mod this thing.
Cool video, I just listened while I typed!
What's the name of the ping pong game and the game at 14:48?
Speed Spin and Liquid Kids
@@travisbowmanmusic Thank you!
Can I add a board from a laptop configured with hyperspin or another program to play neogeo games etc?
Cool been thinking about modding one since last year. I know I have to get tge street fighter 2 one.
It really is the perfect configuration!
What hdmi lcd board did you use for the mod?? I wanna make sure I get the right one! Please and thank you!!
Ohhh I see the links! Thanks!
You can get gorilla double sided tape that will hold like 60lbs. I can see in your video that you are using the worst possible tape! But great video, I am doing research on how to do this to my 1up. Any suggestions on which type of Pi To use?
The one I was using here was the pi 3 I believe? I think the current one is the 5? That would be the one to get
Just mod the amp with longer wire or maybe wireless switch volume remote taped into the volume into the amp so you use remote or long wire with volume knob out side under your control panel were you can reach.
I don't think I would mod an arcade 1 up unless I got a killer price. I think I would rather build a larger, custom cabinet that could comfortably fit 2 people.
I'm seriously considering making a retro pie at least. We'll see if I get into the construction of a cabinet.
Yeah, the Arcade 1up was super fun to mod, but it's just too damn small for me.
I'm only 5' 7" , I tried a 1up and even with the riser it just feels cramped. It's width also made it uncomfortable for two player stints. Fortunately for you and I, there are plenty of full size cabinet blueprints across the internet, and once you've cut both of the sides out of some nice 18mm thick wood, the width is entirely at your discretion. The problem which Travis touched on is removal of the pi if needed. We can simply build our cases with a door and slot on the front and mount it with the USB ports and ethernet exposed.
We move house Feb-Mar. I'm going to build a cabinet then. I've already set up launchbox and retroarch on an old PC and have all the ROM's ready to go.
But a Raspberry Pi 5 is the way to go. And either EG starts or Hikig have complete 2 player LED button and joystick kits with encoders for less than $50.
Pie works perfectly fine drag and dropping roms over wifi.. Any pc or mac will see it as a network device with access to rom folders
Of course, but I meant that it won't work drag and drop style by just plugging it in to your computer.
Bro. Get some velcro tape. Put one side on the wall, the other side on the device you're going to mount. If you're not sure what tape to use, find a guitar store near you, and get what they have. It's what people use to mount guitar pedals to pedal boards. It'll definitely be strong enough to hold up those devices.
Velcro?
What did you do for the coin buttons for MAME games?
You have to drill two more holes in the controller board for those. That is explained and demonstrated in the ETAPrime video.
why cant the original buttons be used
They can if you still want to use them. However, they're terrible quality and break easily. It's cheap to replace them with high quality Sanwa or Semitsu buttons.
Any recommendations on which raspberry you could get to modify them now. Everywhere I look I can’t find this specific one.
I believe the raspberry pi 5 is now the newest version as of January 2024
@@travisbowmanmusic that’s good to know. Do you think installation would be similar?
EZ pass Velcro worked well for mounting in my cabinet.
I’m a tall guy myself and I found the Arcade Legends Ultimate to be way more comfortable than A1up for a bigger guy or 2 players
If you run pi 4 you can run N64 on there. The pi3 should have never been that high. I have 3 from 2016 they were around $35 then. A PI4 is around $165 but it’s a solid machine. You can also make your own custom controller using the ARM processor. The tape you used is Ohio tape. Get 3M butyl tape. It will never come off lol.
Instead of a raspberry pi could I do the same mod using a console x cube?
I can't speak for that as I've never used one. It's my understanding that you can plug up anything that has an HDMI output to the monitor, but using the USB encoders on it is another thing altogether.
Just set the volume up on top of the cabinet. Easy fix
Wat do I need to add more games to mine my self I need help please help me ??
Reddit is your friend.
I bought the Arcade 1 up Centipede legacy edition yesterday on clearance at Ross, Dress for Less, for $51.99!! I work there so I got it for 20% off as well, so with taxes. I only paid $44.09!! =) I can't wait to put this thing together and play Asteroids, which is my all time favorite classic retro game. I also have a Raspberry Pi with RetroPi already on it. I actually have 3 Raspberry Pi"s. After seeing what the mod is, I think I'll just leave it as is and if I want to play the other hundreds of games I have on my Pi, I'll just connect it to my TV.
Nice get, man! Yeah, I think you made the right decision. That being said, a lot of people a hell of a lot more talented than me have done some really cool things with these 1ups.
What version Raspberry Pi did you use?
I believe it is the 3b. It was the only one I could get my hands on for a decent price.
How much did you get this? I plan on getting one myself :)
I think I paid about 150 for this years back. It was a decent deal!
Where do you get your games?
There is an "archive" dot ORGanization that can help you. Google is your friend. 😉
You say it’s complicated to add new games, why can’t you just take the sd card out of the pi and put it back in when a new game is added?
Lol i let my hdmi card hang to. But what i did is run it off my main pc with usb extenders. Put it next to my desk. Also put a door in front for my mini fridge.. i used the same cabinet to..
I just bought my first A1up machine, thought about doing these upgrades, but then I discovered the "softmods" - did you look into these? no hardware-changes / purchases, but with an extra "retroarch" app installed able to play a lot of retro games.
I haven't actually. It just made sense to replace it with a Pi that has an SD card for a TON of games and systems. This cabinet was beat up when I got it so I didn't mind completely gutting it.
I bought one of these yesterday.
To be honest I was underwhelmed to say the least.
I need to make a riser for it as it’s too low for adult use.
The 3 street fighter games in it are really boring.
My first option is to put a Pandoras Box 4S (815 games) I have laying around.
If that doesn’t do the job, I’ll fire up retro pie.
Yeah, they really kinda gave us the bare minimum for an arcade cabinet. Luckily there are smart folks out there like ETAPrime that know how to mod these things to unlock their full potential.
Hell I just went and got 2 machines and 2 risers payed $360 for one machine got the other one for $180 and 2 risers for $130 everything’s brand new the 2nd machine was open box so it was half off basically but I don’t like any games on it and it’s the 2 player machine so I’m definitely going to consider doing this
Hi Travis, I am a new subscriber to your channel, and I wanted to know if there was a video link showing how to install Streetfighter Alpha 3 and all other Streetfighter games on my Raspberry Pi? I am not too tech savvy but I have an Arcade 1up Street Fighter 2 cabinet and I thought it would be a nice project to do. I understand putting together all the components but I am not clear how I would actually get the Street fighter games on the Pi? I await your earliest response. Thanks in advance.
Hey there, thanks for subscribing, I really appreciate it. I can't show you exactly WHERE to find all of these roms, but if you search for "MAME 2003 romset", you'll find a package that has all of the Street Fighter games you're looking for. You'll have to figure out how to install them on your own. There are a ton of how to videos on installing games to the Raspberry Pi. Good luck!
thanks for taking the time to respond.
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Hi travis, have you ever thought of doing a how to video showing how to add the games to the sd card for the retro pie upgrade, I think that video will do well.
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Actually, the tons of videos that talk about the retro pie upgrade do not go into how to get the games, they assume that everyone knows how to do it. Their videos are like yours, showing the installation but not how to add the games.@@travisbowmanmusic
Wait if u don’t like the games because of the sounds and options can’t u just buy a different emulator and not raspberry pi
The Raspberry Pi is essentially replacing the brain of the entire thing. Not sure what you mean by "different emulator". This is just one of several options of having a new and better interface for your Arcade 1UP.
@@travisbowmanmusic like you could plug in a super console x pro or something similar
For me, I wouldn't do this mod with a Raspberry Pi just because I find it to be a bit underpowered (if I'm gonna have a cabinet, I want it to be able to play Naomi games too). Instead, I'd use a mini-PC with a powerful APU like the 7735HS.
Or a steam deck!
@@DetroitMetroRetro Nah, not a steam deck because the inbuilt screen and battery would be pointless for this application. I'd rather hardware I can install and not have to mess around with again, so I wouldn't use this as a dock.
Question, I have yet to set up my MK 30th anniversary edition. It seems like all the components with these seem universal and the same.
Theoretically, could I hook up a raspberry pi and still have access to the original games? Or is it like, one or the other?
It's one or the other. But, you could always just add all of those MK games on that raspberry Pi as well. The only difference is that you'll have a ton more games to check out as well.
TBH though I would only ever wanna do this specific mod on a SF II cab, as the 6 button layout is the best all around setup for most games. With your cabinet, you'd need to drill a lot more holes per player if you wanted to play most other fighting games that aren't Mortal Kombat. Hope that helps.
@@travisbowmanmusic thank you man, appreciate the input. I'm just starting on finishing a basement and as always, it starts with one machine (brand new to arcade setups)
what is the name of ping pong game?
Speed spin
Secure the audio inside with liquid nails or lock tite caulk
Have you Overclocked the Pi to see if it helps the performance? Also if you do Overclock it, get a GeekPi cooler for the Pi so it doesn't overheat.
I haven't. I'll check into it. I don't have a fan on mine though. Trying to do it all as cheaply as possible. I might upgrade to a Pi4
I can't imagine leaving one of these stock only playing a handful of games. It takes entirely too much space in your home to not maximize it's potential.
Ok, I appreciate the time in making this video but @12:16 the dude complains about having to reach behind the cabinet to adjust the volume. The fact we can have all these games from our childhoods at our fingertips is amazing.
The amp is INSIDE the cabinet. If the cabinet was up against a wall, you'd have to pull it out. As another person stated, this issue can be fixed by adjusting volume settings in software. I didn't make this video to complain, but rather to let everyone know what to expect once this mod was completed.
Jeah... I have the same Arcade1UP machine and I will mod it with a Pandora Box... You can get one with 2000+ Games under 40$ :)
Zip ties for the wizr
As of today, that raspberry pie is $44 😂
The times they are a changin'!
Raspberry Pi 5 plays everything
Well... not "everything"... but most things, yes.
Neo geo turf I love that game play with friends it's fun
Wait, raspberry pi 4 can't handle a Golden Axe game?
It's the Raspberry Pi 3. It also can't handle the first Tekken and Soul Calibur game.
Upgrade the pi
Put video to 1.25x
Your welcome
But the arcade versions are known to be unfair/cheaty to grab those quarters, it's been proven.
That's true, and I'm not disputing that. As a fan of video game history, isn't nice to have the option to play both the arcade/home console versions on this machine?
Look what arcade 1 up is making you do instead of you waiting until they add those games you just ruined the arcade 1 up you just purchased and changed it to a mame 32 arcade machine
Arcade 1Up is not "making me do" anything.
If you're waiting for Arcade 1Up to make a machine that plays every arcade game, you'll be waiting a very long time.
I purchased this to do whatever I want to with it, and I got my time out of it, and then I sold it to a dad who is now making great memories with his son. I really don't see the "bad" in this at all.
@@travisbowmanmusic this is mame 32 you have installed here you need to insert credit on every game where arcade 1 up is on free play the one game I know you can’t get on mame is marvel Vs capcom 2 new age of heroes that’s a game was released in the 2000’s not 1900’s my computer has the entire mame games
@@bryancook6345And what's the price of this "Mame" arcade cabinet again? 🤦♂️
@travisbowmanmusic Yeah, and knowing them they'll advertise it heavily and it'll be over a grand
@@jacobporter419mame 32 doesn’t cost anything it’s free it’s been free since the NES was released it’s on your computer no reason to go pay someone $3,000 to give you a make arcade machine that’s totally free that’s on your PC go make sense and mane was only good when the trash consoles were here that could play Pac-Man great
Your concerns were mostly stupid.
Mostly.
I just got super lucky and found a Simpsons 1up at a Walmart on clearance for $100. Just having a machine to do this project was the biggest hurdle IMO. Besides that is getting the rest of the stuff needed to modify it... More buttons, new joysticks, ect. Oh and the Pi i'm looking at has 4gbs ram and wifi.... so i assume i could add games via wifi? Now finding time to do this as well will be a challenge as well but, can't wait to have the finished product.
Yeah man! The possibilities are seemingly endless with this kinda thing.
Superb ,
My raspberry pi4 eorks the same snd consumes less energy