Arcade Fans

[justgold315]

It's held up pretty well, the sheer number of games available to play can be overwhelming at times but the classics ie The Simpsons, X-men, Final Fight, Turtles games, Metal Slug series, Wrestlefest, NBA Jam etc play just like the originals. The Fighting games actually play pretty well there's a million street fighter variance, king of fighters, Tekken and tons more. I am not a huge fighting game guy but if you are there's endless options. Just about all of the games has a save feature which is great, I started a Pokemon red game for the wife and we probably haven't played it in a year or close to it but I should be able to jump back into it today.

The downloadable game market is nice as well, was able to go on there and download SuperMario land 2 Six golden Coins from the Gameboy area and it was such a blast. They have a lot options and are constantly adding more, I think they also just re-organized the system and added more games. What's also great is they sell a knock off playstation controller that can plug into the system that you can use on games where the arcade board isn't as helpful ie the Mario games and a few others. A lot of the games arcade games like Simpsons, X-Men, Turtles and such you can have endless continues so its great if you have younger kids or have kids visits so they can die a million times but the game keeps progressing. I think they also jsut came out with a new system that isn't the arcade board but set up like console that has like 30K games on it. Still the arcade board is nice a feature and a necessity for some games.

Now there are some drawbacks, playing on a arcade style board it can be a little bit of trial and error to know which of the six buttons match up to what especially if your playing an emulator from a system where obviously what the game is saying to do isn't feasible (ie hit the Y button or right Trigger etc). Most of the games are fine as its usually the first few buttons that match up and most games don't need anywhere closed to the six you have but on a select few the buttons are spaced out a bit, NBA Jam if I recall was like this but you get the hang of it and the system offers you the option to re-order the buttons if you want ( I have not done this) or as I noted above you can simply buy a controller and play using that.

Most of the games I have played have felt and played just like I would suspect, some really well but as orangezoo noted I am sure there are some that might be an issue. Some of the console ones can very much feel like their age even with the emulator but again that's been the exception not the rule. Only other major issue is that its built I believe in South Korea, so some of the games have duplicates that are in Chinese or Japanese but 90% of them are the American or European version. This can be a bit frustrating though as every once in a while you see a game that's only in Japanese or Chinese or for example they have about 12 different Pokemon games but I had to download the American Red version as all the loaded ones were in Japanese or Chinese. Also sometimes the games are given weird names which I am not sure if its supposed to be a joke or done for some other purposes. For example you might see listed "shell bashing 3" and when you open it its Turtles in Time.

Still the pros are far and above the cons, its' great to have all of these games on one system that I can fire up at anytime when I feel like playing or need a nostalgia boost. The first time you play the Simpsons or X-men on it you will feel like its 1992 and your at an arcade. Let me know if you have any other questions I would be happy to answer.

Thanks! I have one arcade1up cabinet, and I was thinking about one of these.

 

[Orangezoo]

Just FYI but there are a ton of home arcade youtubers out there now if you search home arcade and multicade. Some good stuff and tips out there to help if you are thinking about a multicade. A lot of people like the IRarcade too.

 

[JeremyCuse]

Thanks! I have one arcade1up cabinet, and I was thinking about one of these.

Love the look of the Arcade1up cabs, if I had the room I might have gone that route but the multicade just made to much sense and the number of games was to much to pass up.

I do know that some people have bought the muticade and hooked it up into a machine or 1up cabinet to play it like that. The photos looked pretty sick. I considered doing the same but liked the option of using the controller for some games, Mario 64 for example is light years easier to play with the controller versus the regular board.

Don't think you would regret the purchase, it's a blast when I actually have time for mess around with it. My buddy's kids clamor for it every time they come over.

 

[JeremyCuse]

Good stuff. I've had two multicades and pretty much same experience. I sold them and just have the individual cabs to make a collection now. Honestly the only things that are likely to wear down are the screens and buttons etc. The boards on the multicades will last you much longer.

Ya the individual cabs are great, the artwork is phenomenal and if you can get enough of them, assumign you have the room and $$, it's like a mini arcade. If I had the room I would definitely consider doing what your doing, just a different experience then the multicade. I did note in my response to justgold, that people have taken the multicade that I have and put it in a cabinet as obviously it already has the controller set up etc. Seems like that would be the optimal way to utilize it.

 

[chugg21]

I have the NBA Jam cabinet as well. Saw the NFL Blitz one was just released and going to be a battle with my impulses to avoid wasting money on that one as well.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

There’s a really cool band in Syracuse called The Arcade. They play music (and videos) from the early MTV days. If you’re familiar with the band, Murmur, it’s the same guys.

Btw, I liked Joust, back in the day.