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  1. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    Someone on YouTube opened it up to check the CPU and was surprised it wasn’t as powerful as he expected. I don’t remember the details, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up that it will run more demanding games at full speed. However, it sounds like you could connect a higher-end PC or Pi4 to it and...
  2. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    I believe it still does come with the blast dongle plus 3 months of ArcadeNet subscription (once it gets out of beta)....it even says so on the Sams Club web site, but you need to dig through the description details to find it. I ordered mine ALU last month when it came back in stock and...
  3. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    I see that as a win-win. A little bit of truth-stretching, but it only helped the French guy feel better about the sale.
  4. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    I think I saw a Dig Dug countercade for $59 at a TJ MAXX in the San Diego area. Thought about picking it up at that price but the screen was just too damn small.
  5. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    My kids (7 and 5) have had a blast with the Final Fight cab. It has 2 simultaneous 2-player games (Final Fight and 1944) and 2 alternating 2-player games (Ghost & Goblins and Strider), all of which are pretty solid games (though G&G is a tough bastard).
  6. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    I'll be the last person to argue that these cabs are worth their $300 - $500 retail price since the most I've paid for any of the 8 cabs I bought was $150 for the Galaga cabinet (the rest I've picked up for $75 each). And even then, I'd have to say the quality of the early discounted cabs I...
  7. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    Maybe he has a buggy LCD or simply expects the exact experience he had playing a full-size CRT arcade cabinet, but I have the FF cab and i and my kids have been having a blast with it. Some say you can get an original can for something like $300 so the A1up cabs aren’t with anything near that...
  8. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    Not easily since the Pi and the A1Up PCB both connect to the same LCD cables, so there isn’t an easy way to have them both connected to the LCD at the same time and swapping them would take several minutes at a minimum (and eventually destroy the screw holes).
  9. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    Stopped by CostCo (San Diego) and saw Pac Mac cocktail cab for $429 (regular price, not discounted) and Golden Tee discounted to $299.99 (discount ending today) or $50 off. 
  10. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    I’m pretty sure they don’t have any discount codes or discounts on shipping. I asked them about this when I was trying to get them to give me a break on the deck protectors which were no longer being given out for free and they said it was not possible. That said, for some items, such as the...
  11. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    I've had pretty poor luck with my A1Up cabs.. - 2 Asteroids cabs and both had bad screens (which were eventually replaced). One screen would occasionally boot up with a green background. The other screen was very washed out (it was VERY obvious when placed next to the other A1Up cabs). The LCD...
  12. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    I think that's a great deal, but I'm also a fan of 3 or 4 player cabs so my 3 boys can play together. The TMNT cab has better art that the Rampage cab and has the wider 4-player control deck. Plus, it is more fun to play if you don't mod it. While the Rampage cab has more games, Rampage is the...
  13. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    Yeah, I bought 1 at $199 then bought another online when they dropped to $149 and returned the first in-store. Still think there is a slight chance they will drop to $75, in which case I’ll buy it and then return it as the $150 purchase if I’m still in the return window.
  14. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    A1Up is also now selling just the plastic screen bezels....$14.99 + $10 for shipping. But who knows how long until it actually ships. I ordered some stuff from them and I've been waiting over a month. Opened support tickets and was told it got put on hold because something was supposedly...
  15. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    1944 Loop Master is a horizontal (and simultaneous 2-player I believe) game in the 194x series. It is actually a better choice for the horizontal screen in this cab since the other 194x games are vertical screen games and would be shrunk to fit the horizontal screen.
  16. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    Walmart.com online prices have definitely dropped compared to in-store/brickseek prices.  Final Fight and Galaga are now $150 online Mortal Combat dropped to $230 online PackMan and Marvel dropped to $250  Street Fighter 2 to $245 Rampage is still $300 Asteroids is still $170 And for some...
  17. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    Galaga is one of my favorite games (the other being Robotron). I’ve been playing it on a modded A1Up cab, but bought the Galaga cab once it hit $150 so I can have the artwork and just leave that cab dedicated to Galaga. To do well at them, both games (Galaga and Robotron) require you to get a...
  18. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    Final Fight is a solid deal for $150 if you aren't looking to mod the cab because I think it has a good set of games for the price. I'd buy it myself if I didn't already have a Final Fight LCD/PCB (which was sent to me by Arcade1up accidentally to replace my bad Asteroids LCD) which I'm...
  19. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    Just did the same for the $200 Galaga cab I bought last week. I’m having the online order shipped to my house and will keep the one that looks to be in the best condition. But still hoping for a final $75 clearance price after BF or the holidays.
  20. DarkonJohn

    The Home Arcade Tremendous Deals and Discussion Thread

    I previously looked for a vertical A1Up image but couldn’t find one...can you tell me which search terms might help me find the one you used? Also, what controls are you using on your vertical cab...joystick, # of buttons, 1 or 2 player, trackball, spinner, etc. Another also, is the screen...
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