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Topic	Anyone own any Arcade1Up cabinets?
Ivany2008 07/10/22 1:20:17 AM #27:	AlCalavicci posted... Your response seems to be based on how it's sold and I think my question is more based on how it's made to be sold Let's set aside the obvious that they are very likely selling the riser as a separate piece to increase profitability, as I'm sure the riser is a great add-on piece that gives them a high margin What I'm asking is- is it a situation where it is very blatantly that you need to get a riser or build a riser separately? Or is there an actual use for it being at the height they sell the cabinet at? You mentioned a chair, but are people actually using a chair to play this and not buying/building a riser? Those of us who remember actual arcades know about standing up at an arcade machine, but I don't know enough about this to know what the arcade cabinet heights are. Are the Arcade machines sold at the height for a child to stand at (that we would have stood at in our youth), and the risers are for us old fucks to stand at/sit at in a bar stool? Or is it a case where, it doesn't make sense at all to use it at the base height, and everyone needs to buy/build a riser to actually play it (kid or adult), and they are just capitalizing on add-on sales? Yes, those cabinets are meant to be played while sitting down. Generally speaking they are meant to be a scaled down version of a traditional cabinet, ergo why they are also shorter off the ground. I'm also an "old fuck", at 36, I remember going to arcades. But typically Arcade1up machines are meant to make a profit without building for quality. All the parts inside are cheap. But they still sell for what they consider a reasonable price, and because there really isn't much competition they can get away with it. If you found a scrapped cabinet from a real arcade it could cost you 3-4 hundred just for the bare bones. Upwards of 7-8 hundred CAD for a working cabinet. Don't even get me started on pinball machines. They make arcade machines look like a steal in comparison. I would love to get my hands on a scrapped cabinet with just the screen, toss in a raspberry pi or old pc and use that. <cite>Ivany2008 posted [p:966466240] in Anyone own... [t:80086414]...</cite> <quote>AlCalavicci posted... </cite> <quote>Your response seems to be based on how it's sold and I think my question is more based on how it's made to be sold Let's set aside the obvious that they are very likely selling the riser as a separate piece to increase profitability, as I'm sure the riser is a great add-on piece that gives them a high margin What I'm asking is- is it a situation where it is very blatantly that you need to get a riser or build a riser separately? Or is there an actual use for it being at the height they sell the cabinet at? You mentioned a chair, but are people actually using a chair to play this and not buying/building a riser? Those of us who remember actual arcades know about standing up at an arcade machine, but I don't know enough about this to know what the arcade cabinet heights are. Are the Arcade machines sold at the height for a child to stand at (that we would have stood at in our youth), and the risers are for us old fucks to stand at/sit at in a bar stool? Or is it a case where, it doesn't make sense at all to use it at the base height, and everyone needs to buy/build a riser to actually play it (kid or adult), and they are just capitalizing on add-on sales?</quote> Yes, those cabinets are meant to be played while sitting down. Generally speaking they are meant to be a scaled down version of a traditional cabinet, ergo why they are also shorter off the ground. I'm also an "old fuck", at 36, I remember going to arcades. But typically Arcade1up machines are meant to make a profit without building for quality. All the parts inside are cheap. But they still sell for what they consider a reasonable price, and because there really isn't much competition they can get away with it. If you found a scrapped cabinet from a real arcade it could cost you 3-4 hundred just for the bare bones. Upwards of 7-8 hundred CAD for a working cabinet. Don't even get me started on pinball machines. They make arcade machines look like a steal in comparison. I would love to get my hands on a scrapped cabinet with just the screen, toss in a raspberry pi or old pc and use that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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