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Video Game Marketplace => Video Game Deals, Sales and Promotions => Topic started by: oldgamerz on November 05, 2018, 07:39:28 am

Title: Walmart Selling Arcade1UP Cabinets for $299 Less And More & 4 Feet Tall FS
Post by: oldgamerz on November 05, 2018, 07:39:28 am
(FREE SHIPPING) NOT ALL OF THEM ON THE LINK ARE 4 FEET TALL, SOME PROBABLY FIT IN YOUR HAND INSTEAD SHOP ONLY ONLINE


I just thought I should point out that Walmart is selling 4 ft tall sit down arcade cabinets for cheap at lest on date of this post (11/5/2018)


1st Link is what this is about

2nd link is to shop and purchase

https://www.walmart.com/ideas/gamecenter/arcade1up-cabinets-let-you-bring-gaming-history-home/238261


To Buy The Cabinets
https://www.walmart.com/browse/video-games/retro-gaming/classic-arcade-gaming/browse/2636_1101552_4530062
Title: Re: Walmart Selling Arcade1UP Cabinets for $299 Less And More & 4 Feet Tall FS
Post by: bikingjahuty on November 05, 2018, 09:30:11 am
Target did something similar to this over a decade ago with a Williams cabinet. I worked there at the time and they couldn't sell those things to save their lives. They were cheaply made and the screens they used were pathetically small. I can't imagine these are much different.
Title: Re: Walmart Selling Arcade1UP Cabinets for $299 Less And More & 4 Feet Tall FS
Post by: rayne315 on November 05, 2018, 10:07:28 am
just reading through actual reviews this is definitely one of those things you buy the warranty on. I looked through a few of the arcades and saw a few themes.

1. the controls are shipping broken and are not capable of detecting movements for certain things. moving up, moving down, button presses, spinning the control, or moving the track ball.
2. fake reviews. there are a whole host of reviews posted around September 10-14 when these were not even able to be purchased till October. but because of the fake reviews these things have a 4+ star rating. when you only factor in real reviews (those in the October time frame) many of these are 2.5 star or under.
3. games wholly unplayable. with the cheap controls when they do work it seems a theme on the few I looked through that 1 or 2 games are impossible or nearly impossible to play with how the controls are made of function. things like defender being only able to move forward and back with the joystick and relying on 1 other button to rotate and the fire button being on the far side of the cabinet so basically no maneuvering and firing.
4. cheap materials. pitting, scratches, bubbling, and broken edges for the graphics and impact marks from being dropped.

I personally would love to get an arcade machine and $300 is a very attractive price but they seem to be as cheaply made as possible and as such I don't think I will ever buy one
Title: Re: Walmart Selling Arcade1UP Cabinets for $299 Less And More & 4 Feet Tall FS
Post by: ffxik on November 06, 2018, 09:47:41 pm
My son and I got hands on with the Galaga/Galaxian cabinet they had on display.  I'll just say this, $300 is too much for it.   

I used to play the actual cabinets for both games at the laundromat when my parents went to do laundry.  The construction is cheap and the emulation is bad on these.

Title: Re: Walmart Selling Arcade1UP Cabinets for $299 Less And More & 4 Feet Tall FS
Post by: betelgeuse on November 06, 2018, 10:49:28 pm
Kinda glad I passed on these. Almost preordered the SFII cab. I saw the Metal Jesus review when it came out. It’s way too small and controls were too close together.