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Arcade 1Up announces arcade cabinets for Marvel Super Heroes/X-Men: Children of the Atom/The Punisher & TMNT (1989)/Turtles in Time
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Hell yes!!!! I'm glad to see MVC and the series in general alive again even if it's in arcade form!
I like the idea of these, but the ones I've seen in person had shitty scaling. Do they come with any adjustable video options?
I should know better, I used to play Cota on my freinds Sega Saturn all the time as a kid, so that Konami beatemup isn't included?
That's the only reason I was excited for this.
Fuucck...Punisher is one of my all time favorite arcade games, especially from a nostalgia perspective. I really can't justify this. I don't have the space, and really I'd probably never even use it. Hopefully this thing never goes on sale.
Quality has always been my question on these. Any one else have bad experiences with these?
My dream 1UP cabinet is a Donkey Kong machine, but I don't know if Nintendo would ever play ball on that one.
Speaking of the SNES version of Turtles In Time, I still have a copy of that; LOL
Yeah, I've watched a couple of videos of people doing full conversions of existing Arcade1up cabinets into TMNT cabs. The cost of a 4-player TMNT cab conversion is about on par with what Arcade1Up is pricing that cab at.
I find it kind of crazy that(to my knowledge) it's not available to purchase anywhere, such a fun game.
It comes down to licenses. It had a slight resurgence during the 360 days with the game being available through Xbox Live and it had a few other ports, like Android. Basically, to re-sell it Konami has to pay Marvel for the X-Men license again even though Konami owns the code. And it's not always feasible.
My dream 1UP cabinet is a Donkey Kong machine, but I don't know if Nintendo would ever play ball on that one.
I would've thought that a few years ago, but with their increased focus on licensing the last few years and them letting Hamster publish their old arcade games on Switch, I doubt it's impossible. Maybe a few more hoops to jump through because they're a western company, but apparently Arcade1up has a presence in Japan, so you never know.
I agree, though. I love the house style of the Nintendo cabs with the artwork around the glass. DK Jr would be the one to break me, though it would probably be bundled in a cab with the OG DK art.
Wow. And here I thought I was never going to buy one of these. What's the over under on the TMNT games having their proper soundtracks? I know that historically there have been strange legal issues around the soundtracks in those games and they've put out roms of these games before with the music replaced...
Also, they made the right choice not going with the Turtles in Time cabinet art:
Also, they made the right choice not going with the Turtles in Time cabinet art:
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Yeah, that game was the first time I rented a video game and finished it in the rental period. lol
So for the PS2 era Konami developed TMNT games they included roms of TMNT 1989 and Turtles in Time and those roms did not have the original OSTs.
Right. So do we think they did that work here? I will say that for me, if the games don't have the original OSTs then this is a hard pass.
How much construction is there with these cabinets? Meaning how much work does it take to put it together
I bought two of the height-increasing pedestals on clearance last year for $15, having no use for them.
Looks like they won't go to waste!
Looks like they won't go to waste!
Beat em ups are not fun to own. With free play there is no challenge. You'll beat it once and it will sit there collecting dust.
i hope this stuff didn't replace the physical console collections. i don't have space for all this hardware and i doubt they sell this stuff in my area anyway.
So now, we have the following:
What else will Arcade1up (or Tastemasters) come up with next?
- Asteroids (with Major Havoc, Lunar Lander, & Tempest)
- Centipede (with Missile Command, Crystal Castles, & Millipede),
- Final Fight (with 1944: The Loop Master, Ghosts 'N Goblins, & Strider),
- Galaga (with Galaxian),
- Golden Tee Classic (with Golden Tee '98, 99, & 2K),
- Karate Champ (with Burgertime, Caveman Ninja, & Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja),
- Marvel Super Heroes (with X-Men: Children of the Atom, & The Punisher),
- Mortal Kombat II (with Mortal Kombat 1 & Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3),
- Pac-Man (with Pac-Man Plus),
- Rampage (with Gauntlet, Joust & Defender),
- Space Invaders (Color) (with Space Invaders Black & White),
- Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (with Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, & Super Street Fighter II Turbo), &
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles '89 (with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time).
What else will Arcade1up (or Tastemasters) come up with next?
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It varies from machine to machine, but the average arcade cabinet was about 67"' in height. The Arcade1Up cabinets use a standard form factor that's 46.5" in height.
I picked up an Asteroids cabinet two weeks ago when Walmart was clearancing them out at $75. The LCD screen that came with my unit has about a dozen dead pixels spread out in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. They aren't clumped together, so I don't notice them during gameplay. The stock spinner control they included with this cabinet is garbage. It is a cheap digital dial that is screwed in too tightly into the cabinet. It makes Tempest and Major Havoc virtually unplayable. The worst issue I had with the cabinet was the screen bezel pleziglas. The inside was full of scuff marks, scraches, and particle board dust, as if someone at the factory dropped it on the floor and then installed it without a wipe down.
For $75 I can't complain too much, it was a decent buy at that price. The cabinet looks pretty spiff as a decoration for my game room. I would've been very annoyed if I paid the full $300 though. Since I bought it, I replaced the crappy stock spinner with a metal GRS spinner and removed/washed the bezel to get rid of the more egregious imperfections. The screen looks better now and the new spinner makes Tempest/Havoc play much closer to their true arcade counterparts. It's a cheap kit, but I still should've have had to put that work into it to make it presentable and fully functional.
From what I've read from people who bought the latest cabinets, the quality has been ticking upward. People comparing the MK to SF2 cabinets have noticed the LCD screen and controls on the MK cab appear higher quality. I'm hopeful that Marvel/TMNT cabs will continue that trend upward.
Edit: For my bad experience with the Asteroids cabinet, I'd still think the Arcade1Up is a great concept for people who don't want to roll their own MAME cabinets and (when they go on sale) as a cheap starter base for a MAME cabinet. The quality on the first set of cabinets were lacking, but it seems like those issues are getting ironed out as new cabs are being released. That TMNT cab is super tempting to me even at $350.
I'm honestly surprised Arcade1Up went to the effort to secure the TMNT license. I recall reading the TMNT arcade games required licencing from Konami, Nickelodeon, and a 3rd party that owned the rights to the '80s cartoon theme song/voice acting.
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From what I understand, the company that owned the '80s cartoon stuff is also owned by Nick and/or Paramount. It's why Bebop and Rocksteady weren't in any movies until the last TMNT movie. So it would just be Konami and Nickelodeon that they'd have to negotiate with.
MvC2, NBA Jam/Blitz, X-Men Konami, Simpsons. Those are gimmes
why do people want the konami simpsons or x-men games, they suck
the turtles games are pretty good despite the fact they're konami beat em ups
the turtles games are pretty good despite the fact they're konami beat em ups
I hope this means the Turtles game will be hitting consoles soon because I can't justify how much space these take.
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Easy, Marvel vs. Capcom (with MvC1, MvC2, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, & Marvel vs. Street Fighter)
