This is a new full size arcade system from AtGames. I don't know much about AtGames and apparently they have a mixed reputation in this area but this particular product is getting rave reviews for build quality, value, and flexibility (ability to load games thru a USB thumb drive). I scored one from Sam's Club this past weekend and they are offering it for sale this coming Saturday at $450. The only other place to buy is from Walmart at $599. The Sam's Club special edition comes with a Blast dongle that includes Galaga + PacMan.
I have got to say I absolutely love the system so far. There will be plenty of critics I am sure but for someone is not handy enough to custom build a MAME cabinet, this one is great for the price.
https://www.samsclub.com/p/legend...roduct_1_1
For Sam's club: they currently show this as online only according to the website. But they are available in store as well - I picked one up in Woodbridge, VA and apparently they sell them as fast as they put them on the floor. If I have time, I plan to see if they will give me a price adjustment on Saturday to the sale price. But, at $499 (the price I paid), I am not complaining.
The real value is to load your own games. I am totally new to that process but there are several helpful Youtube videos on this front and I am happy to share those if interest.
This is the link to Sam's one day sale this coming Saturday.
https://www.samsclub.com/content/one-day-event-catalog?xid=hdr_banner
Update as of 12/12/19 [samsclub.com]
The online stock # is 980222765
The instore stock # is 980222707
Please see this Youtube video for description of Add Games process. Just as important are the notes and comments to the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPwK6ctxZps
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Also, I think the stock number for stores may be different than the online stock #. If you call a store, they may not be able to tell you accurately their inventory depending on how look it up in their system. When I went in the other day, I stopped first at customer service and they looked in system and said "No we dont have that in store". (They looked up by the online stock number). I then walked 200 feet over to the arcade game section and there was one!
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The sams version also includes galaga, pacman, digdug on the Blast! dongle.
I think most of the mixed reputation, at least mine, for AtGames comes from their poorly received Sega Genesis Flashback. It had a horrible user interface, poor game selection, and poor emulation to go along with it.
Sega eventually took AtGames off of their latest Genesis Mini and brought it in-house.
What I really love about this arcade is the rewind function and the ability to add games. I've added several NES, SNES, GBA, & Genesis games as well as a couple of MAME games. I'm not sure of a way to map the buttons yet for Add-On games, so I generally have no select button or LR buttons, which so far aren't necessary for the games, but would be convenient.
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And they try to hit you up for some kind of monthly fee for this unit (ArcadeNet™: For $19.99 a month you can access an ever-growing library of additional games. ArcadeNet™ subscribers also get 5 free hours* of BYOG™ (bring your own game) streaming per month as a bonus to your subscription. Sam's Club members will get 3 months for free.)
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