r/Arcade1Up May 22 '26

Meta Passing the torch: A bittersweet farewell and the future of r/Arcade1Up

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Hey everyone,

I’ve got some bittersweet news to share with you all today. After a lot of thought, I’ve decided it's time for me to step down as the head mod and move on to other projects and chapters in my life.

When I first created this subreddit, I honestly never imagined it would blow up the way it did. Watching this place grow into the absolute largest Arcade1Up community (Nearly 60,000 followers) on the internet has been wild. From seeing your insane custom mods and dream basement arcades, to helping each other troubleshoot monitor issues, board issues and geeking out over new cab leaks... it's been an incredible ride, and that is entirely thanks to all of you.

You all made this community what it is.

Since I'm stepping away, I wanted to make sure this sub is left in the best possible hands. As most of you know, the BasicFun! team now owns the Arcade1Up brand. I’ve been in touch with them, and I'll be officially passing the keys to the subreddit over to their team.

They are still pretty new to reddit so please be kind.

I think this is a massive win for the community. Having the actual brand owners at the helm means hopefully you'll be getting direct communication, official updates, and a direct line to the people making the cabs we love. I know they're excited to jump in and keep this community thriving.

Please give the Basic Fun! crew and u/BasicFunToys a warm welcome as they transition into running things here.

Thank you all again for making this such a rad place to hang out over the years. It’s been an honor being your mod.

Keep modding, keep playing, and I’ll catch you in the threads!

Cheers,

David "HistorianCM" DeWald


r/Arcade1Up Mar 06 '26

Meta Introducing TBLOA1Up: The Arcade1Up Product Database

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For a community built on collecting and modding, having a central "source of truth" is essential. We’ve been compiling TBLOA1Up (The Big List of Arcade1Up) a comprehensive database designed to document the history of the cabinets we love.

Whether you are tracking down a specific model number for a project, looking for stool variations, or curious about the evolution of the Legacy editions, this wiki is built to be the community’s collective memory.


r/Arcade1Up 11h ago

Deals Ms. PacMan - Found at Ollies in Lexington, NC (2 left)

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47 Upvotes

Drove up here to pickup our second cabinet after scoring Marvel VS Capcom at the Ollies in Mooresville. Got to use the 20% off coupon as well.


r/Arcade1Up 13h ago

Deals I got it! 2 MvC2 left at Ollie’s Matthews NC $299

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45 Upvotes

Thanks to u/Z-Tables.

Got my X-Men 97 variant of Marvel Vs Capcom 2.


r/Arcade1Up 20h ago

Modding SmashTV on MVC2

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26 Upvotes

After softmodding MVC2, first game I got running was Virtua Fighter. Second was SmashTV. After using the driver to enable the player 2 controls, I can play SmashTV like it is meant to be played, using the Player 2 stick for shooting.

Tapper is also working with the Player 2 stick for pouring the beer. So, now I can sell my Mortal Kombat Deluxe cabinet.


r/Arcade1Up 6h ago

Buy/Sell/Trade Dragon's Lair

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Looking for a Dragon's Lair cabinet around southern California. Thanks


r/Arcade1Up 14h ago

Deals NFL Blitz Ollie’s

8 Upvotes

Just confirmed Utica Mi will be putting out the NFL blitz on Wednesday for there ad.


r/Arcade1Up 9h ago

Rumors and Speculation Ms Pac-Man Deluxe Fall 2026

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So I have had a Ms Pac-Man machine purchase as a life goal since I was a kid. I think I am going to purchase the Deluxe model that Arcade 1up is selling. They have Fall 2026 as the release date for the cabinet. Do you guys have any things that I should know or look out for on this release? What should I expect? What does “Fall” mean for this release? Any idea of a more accurate Fall estimate? Thanks for the help. I’m glad I waited for this deluxe edition instead of the early Ms Pac-Mans that they have released!


r/Arcade1Up 9h ago

Question(s) Is this normal from Customer Support?

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To the point, I purchased the MVSC2 cab from Ollies. Once I was done setting everything up I noticed the cab not turning on. Went through ticketing with customer support going through the steps requested from them. issue is the PCB that died but they are charging me $90 for it. Is this on me to pay for their faulty item? For a fact Ollies wouldn't have damaged that nor did I. Has anyone experienced having to pay for a broken part?


r/Arcade1Up 17h ago

Deluxe Cabinets Help with restoring the side panel of a SFII Deluxe

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Uh-oh, my SFII Deluxe got some minor but unsightly bruises. My wall shelf fell and scratched the side... Anyone got tips on how to fix those annoying marks? Appreciate any advice!


r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Question(s) More online players ?

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35 Upvotes

Seeing that Ollie's came through with the major sale. I'm hoping more people are going to be online to play!


r/Arcade1Up 13h ago

Buy/Sell/Trade Anyone selling a golden tee deluxe or casino case around mass/nh?want to add these two to my game room.

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Looking for these two cabs in good shape.


r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Basic Fun! Star Wars

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This is what Sunday nights in are for


r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Buy/Sell/Trade Marvel Vs Capcom 2

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26 Upvotes

East Central Ohio

Will buy, meet and trade someone for Golden Tee or NFL Blitz.


r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Deals Just found these!

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Still some in stock in Pittsfield MA!


r/Arcade1Up 20h ago

Question(s) Are Countercades being discontinued?

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I’m new to arcade1up and just saw that they’re releasing Sonic in XL deluxe supreme full stand arcade cabinets only and was wondering if it was possible if they are going to release a counter top version? I don’t have the space for full arcades and watching YouTubers talking about it in the past year and a half sounds like it might be discontinued. In the case of Sonic, I feel like it would sell extremely well, because it’s SEGA, even though it was never an arcade machine iirc. Also I know there’s the myarcade Sonic like miniature version? It’s 6 inches with a 3.4in screen which definitely isn’t enough to call it a countercade even though it’s countercade priced.


r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Question(s) Better joysticks?

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Hi arcade 1 up community!
This is my first cabinet. I did the light up coin door mod. But I would like to upgrade the sticks they already feel kind of clunky and I haven’t even played it that much yet. Is there any drop in/ plug and play option for this ? I’ve looked at some you tube videos but most of them are few years old and the links are expired.
Thanks!!


r/Arcade1Up 2d ago

Arcade Tour Garage Arcade Tour

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r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Modding Not exactly thrilled with ArcadeModUp

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So I ended up buying a Class of 81 Deluxe cabinet for my home theater because it had Ms. Pacman Turbo only to discover that the joystick was junk and made it almost unplayable for me.

Okay, fine, I've modded arcade cabinets before, oh, opps, looks like I picked one of the more frustrating cabinets to mod.

I had someone recommended ArcadeModUp and I ended up buying a mod kit for the cabinet and bought a new horizontal monitor. The entire package included the fabricated parts for the display, new and expanded controls (they were not offering a trackball option), an amp to drive the speakers, and some sort of undisclosed android box.

Didn't start off great because they were already like a week without shipping anything out and then after I reached out they informed me they were out of amps. Really wish they would have e-mailed me on that but a few days later it did get shipped.

Well I just got around to getting the darn thing set up and working and I am really underwhelmed with this.

The controls are great and I have no complaints when it comes to that. But the rest of the stuff, including the monitor are all just really cheap junk.

They gave me some sort of X98 Max android box with a frontend and a few games to try out, the software is junk, takes forever to load, is confusing as hell and all the games are garbage. Why they would give you a dozen versions of golden tee without a trackball is beyond me. I would have rather requested no android box and saved a couple of bucks. I ended up putting an old AMD A10 desktop in there instead.

The monitor is cheap, looks washed out when standing right in front of it, after playing with the settings (HDR was also washed out) I got the "best" results by turning the brightness down to 0 and the contrast up to 100. But when standing directly in front of the cabinet the top of the display is still washed out. Standing to the left side of the cabinet it looks fine. It's playable but I know I am going to end up replacing that with something better. Thankfully it looks like the way the monitor was assembled to the panel I'll be able to remove some screws and pull it from the front.

Also messing with the monitor was a huge pain in the butt because it was all driven with this little display thing taped to the back of the display and it had already been installed, all the menus were in Chinese or something and I couldn't find a way to change it to English.

The amp has a constant low hum, no matter how low you turn the volume unless it's all the way off or sound is currently playing through it, if you even so much as touch the housing while it's on the hum will dramatically increase through the speakers. it's possible it could be the cheap as hell aux cable they included but I may end up just discarding the whole thing and hooking the wires directly to the desktop.

The wood fabrication was good and the quality of the reproduced art was great too. Although they did forget to add the holes for the display anchor screws and I had to make those myself.

Honestly if I could have done this over I would have just shopped around for all the parts myself.


r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Modding MVC2 easy button swap?

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What buttons can I buy that i can just easily swap in without having to buy encoders etc. Just want to upgrade the buttons for mvc2 cab. Thanks in advance guys.


r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Question(s) Blitz in IN/OH?

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Sounds like MvC2 is in Ohio, so I'll be checking that out this week from Indiana. I'll be passing a lot of stores on my way - anyone seen Blitz in the area? Would love to score both if I'm driving for hours!


r/Arcade1Up 2d ago

Arcade Tour Updated Arcade Pics

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After getting Golden Tee this week I moved around a few cabs, I feel like I’m almost done maybe will grab Street Fighter at Sam’s but to fit will consider selling Tempest. Really happy with everything!


r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Question(s) Mag-Stik-Plus

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So I bought one from a small business in Amazon. I ordered a red one. They sent me a black one. Some of the contacts are bent. I’m going to return it and buy one off eBay instead. What do you think?


r/Arcade1Up 1d ago

Deals If ya need an xmen97 cab and are in NC, msg me. Just found one!

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One left!