Arcade1UP 4' Street Fighter 2 Arcade Machine

I bought this from Walmart a couple weeks ago at $230 (doh!) plus the standard Arcade1UP Riser. I frickin' love it. It looks incredibly cool and feels pretty solid for just 60 pounds. The games play great. I don't feel any noticeable input lag. I can do all the combos from back in the day.

A few cons: The screen leaves a little to be desired and the pixelation is kind of crap because of the lack of filtering or scanline simulation. There are no LCD picture controls (brightness, contrast, etc.) There's some digital noise in the speaker that you hear when the game is set to silent. Otherwise the game sounds drown it out and you don't notice it. The LCD plexiglass overlay had some scuffs on it so Arcade1UP shipped me a replacement LCD assembly that will arrive next week. They shipped it out within 24 hours of me filing the support ticket. Otherwise all the parts of my cabinet look great.

I switched out the joystick springs and changed the joystick restrictor plate to the octagonal type. There are plenty of YT vids that describe this. Cheap and pretty easy upgrades.

There are tons of people documenting mods to these - things like joystick and button swaps, volume controls, monitor swaps, brightness control, Raspberry Pi upgrades, etc.

If you're on the fence, and you have space for one of these, $200 is a serious deal. For those interested, Costco sold a special bundle for a while that appeared to have an upgraded LCD and came with some other bonus things. Other places like Target, Kohls, and Best Buy are all selling a combo of this machine plus a custom MK riser for $400 or more. I don't know if the machine in those models is identical to the Walmart one or if it ships with a nicer LCD like the Costco kit.

I used to own a full-size arcade machine that I installed MK, MKII, and Ultimate MK3 arcade PCBs in. This Arcade1UP cabinet has all the fun with a lot less hassle

Never call, just go to the store if it's close enough. More often than not the employee noticed how cheap it is and purchases it themself.

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