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Is Arcade1Up Out Of Ideas?

Is Arcade1Up Out Of Ideas?

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For those of you who don’t remember the 90s, there was once a ball made of hundreds of rubber strands called the Koosh Ball, named after the noise it made when it hit the floor. Koosh Balls could be safely thrown around the house as they were soft enough to not break anything (unless you threw them really hard against a lamp). They were massively popular and before long, everybody had a Koosh Ball or two around the house…which put their maker, Oddzon Productions, in an awkward position. If everyone had a Koosh Ball, no one would need to buy them anymore. So they came up with all sorts of weird variants….Kooshes in day-glo colors, Kooshes that glowed in the dark, ones with straps that turned them into slingshots, and even ones with wacky faces on them. I bring this up because Arcade1Up, after years of expanding into every classic arcade game in existence, seems to have hit the Koosh wall. They announced their 2022 line of new products this

Arcade1Up Announces Terminator 2 Arcade Machine

Arcade1Up Announces Terminator 2 Arcade Machine

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If you think you’ve seen everything from Arcade1Up, you haven’t. They seemed to have covered all their bases with classic stuff like Pac-Man, 90s fighters like The Simpsons, Killer Instinct and Street Fighter,  sports games like NBA Jam, and even racing cabinets like OutRun. If you’re asking what’s left, you forgot about light gun games. Arcade1Up’s first is heading your way this month. Terminator 2 was one of the most popular movies of the 90s and its arcade counterpart was a big quarter-muncher around the same time. You and another player grab blue and orange weapons and face down a relentless gallery of T-800 machines in their raw skeletal form. Most Arcade1Up machines have at least one bonus game relating to the first one, but since T2 was one of a kind, this one will come with the movie itself, plus behind-the-scenes features. “Arcade1Up is excited to expand its family home game room with the addition of the epic, Terminator 2,” said Scott Bachrach, CEO of Tastemakers, LLC and Arcade1Up.

Arcade1Up Reveals Ninja Turtles, Street Fighter, Ms Pac-Man And More

Arcade1Up Reveals Ninja Turtles, Street Fighter, Ms Pac-Man And More

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It’s that time of year again…..a few hours before E3, which means it’s time for Arcade1Up’s annual dump of new products. They’re stretching the definition of “new” this go-round, though. We guess the release of the 1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade recreation was a success, because Arcade1Up is planning a second one — recreating the sequel, 1991’s Turtles In Time. What’s most puzzling about this is…Arcade1Up has already released Turtles In Time. It was the second game included in their original Turtles machine, so have we reached the point of saturation where they’re repeating games with alternate paint jobs? It’d appear so. Arcade1Up has certainly released Street Fighter already, but they’re about to do it again. With this one, though, it feels a bit less pointless. Street Fighter II Champion Edition is meant to celebrate the franchise’s 30th anniversary and will come packed with an unprecedented TWELVE Capcom games: Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition, Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo,

Arcade 1Up Reveals Killer Instinct, Dragon’s Lair, X-Men And More

Arcade 1Up Reveals Killer Instinct, Dragon’s Lair, X-Men And More

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Arcade1Up is going to have a packed 2021. They just revealed their lineup of new products for the next few months, and there are some real killers coming your way, if you have the instinct. Look at this lovely machine! An authentic recreation of the Killer Instinct arcade unit — we never thought we’d see that, especially with the 90s Rare logo stamped all over it. Rare released four arcade games during the brief period they made them, and all four are playable here: KI, KI 2, Battletoads, and Battletoads / Double Dragon. The Big Important Question is if the Killer Instinct cabinet says “COMING IN THE FALL OF 1995, FOR YOUR NINTENDO ULTRA 64!!” when you turn it on. Unfortunately the arcade KI is already available for XBox One and the message has been removed there. If an altered version already exists, and Arcade1Up has never licensed anything from Nintendo, we don’t expect to get that message on the machine. Worse comes to worse, you can always hack it

Arcade 1Up Adds Fifth Game To OutRun Seated Cabinet

Arcade 1Up Adds Fifth Game To OutRun Seated Cabinet

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Last month Arcade1Up finally announced a racing machine — their first. They are known for recreations of classic arcade machines for home purchase, and have offered near-authentic versions of everything from Pac-Man to NBA Jam (the only difference is a flatscreen instead of a CRT, and the fact that their cabinets are vertically smaller and require a booster box to raise to proper stand-up size). A racing cabinet was long overdue, and the game representing their foray was one of the finest examples, Sega’s OutRun. It’s got everything: the wheel, the starter, the music selector, the shift lever and, most importantly, the brake and gas pedals. Arcade1Up also included three other games, most of which are sequels and spinoffs of OutRun: Turbo OutRun, OutRunners and Power Drift. BUUUUUT they made a surprise announcement this morning… For the first time ever, Arcade1Up will be adding a fifth game to one of their machines, post-release. Arriving by Internet delivery, it’s Rad Rally. another Sega racer released in 1991. The original version was

Arcade1Up Announces OutRun Seated Arcade Cabinet

Arcade1Up Announces OutRun Seated Arcade Cabinet

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Arcade1Up has brought many classic arcade machines to the home in their original form, from Pac-Man to NBA Jam, and they’ve done a great job all around. But while they’ve faithfully reproduced maze munchers, fighters and sports games, there’s one genre they’ve ignored entirely: racers. We’ve always found this strange — racing games are one of the few genres that would truly benefit from a home arcade conversion, with their steering wheel controls and physical brakes being a cool part of the experience. The wait is over. Today was the day Arcade1Up finally announced a racing machine — and what a machine it is! They went above and beyond by making this a seated cabinet…something you rarely got to experience unless your local arcade had enough room for one. The game they chose is Sega’s OutRun, recreated spotlessly. In addition to the wheel, it’s got all the buttons: the starter, the music selector, the shift lever and, most importantly, the brake and gas pedals. In the Arcade1Up tradition, they’ve included

E3 2019: New Arcade 1Ups Include TMNT, X-Men, Star Wars

E3 2019: New Arcade 1Ups Include TMNT, X-Men, Star Wars

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If you want an arcade machine that plays Star Wars, just ignore AtGames’ suspicious “Legends Ultimate” cabinet and feast your eyes on the newest offerings from Arcade1up. A Star Wars cabinet was revealed on the show floor today, along with cabinets for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Marvel properties. First, Star Wars. The cabinet was announced months ago, but this was the first time anybody got to look at it….and it’s mighty sweet, recreating the vector-age original Star Wars arcade stand-up perfectly. The Arcade1Up version also contains the arcade versions of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. WELCOME TO DIE! The Marvel arcade machine contains X-Men: Children of the Atom, plus the lesser-known Marvel Super Heroes and The Punisher games. Seeing as the Capcom brand is already stamped on the unit, I would have gone for any Marvel vs. Capcom game instead. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade cabinet is one of the most iconic, with its painting of a model representing April holding a camcorder.

Five New Arcade1Up Cabinets Announced

Five New Arcade1Up Cabinets Announced

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Arcade1Up did well for itself over the holiday season, because we’re getting a lot more of them. For the uninitiated, these are stripped-down versions of classic arcade machines: they weigh less, they’re made with cheaper materials, and they’re a lot shorter (though they make a height extended to deal with this latter problem). But they get the job done. Arcade1Up machines come with three or four games installed, one of which makes up the marquee design. Typically the games that are bundled all use the same control scheme, because in arcades it varied greatly: some used a joystick, some used a trackball, etc. The ones with trackball controls (like Centipede) have never been made available for the home in that format before. There are Arcade1Ups available for Street Fighter, Galaga, Asteroids, Rampage, and even Pac-Man (a limited release, unfortunately (and weirdly)). In 2019 they’ll be joined by: Final Fight Cabinet (Feb): Final Fight, 1944, Ghosts ‘N Goblins, Strider Space Invaders Cabinet (Feb): Space Invaders Color, Space Invaders Black and White

Arcade1Up Machines Coming To Consumers This Fall

Arcade1Up Machines Coming To Consumers This Fall

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Ask any gamer if they would like an arcade machine in their house, and they would respond with “Heck yeah.” What prohibits this from happening for most of us is the cost. An authentic roughed-up arcade unit from the Golden Age can run anyone $600 to $1000, or possibly more. If you don’t care about authenticity, there are independent contractors who make bootleg 100-in-one arcade stand-ups, but those can be pricey as well. Hobby manufacturer Tastemakers has seen the need and come to fill it — sort of. Their new officially licensed Arcade1Up cabinets will become available this fall. Each contains four classic arcade games released in their heyday by the Atari company — except for the one cabinet that includes Street Fighter II, they’re all Atari. The dedicated nature of the machines means their games are grouped by control type — Centipede, Millipede, Breakout and Missile Command comprise one machine that has a giant trackball. In order to make these affordable, something had to give. For one thing, there’s