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I think you’re the only one who actually gave an honest review. Lots of reviews that praise this cab and overlook the cons that most people expected when this was announced. Nice work man.

MVC2 is one of my favorite fighting games, and its disheartening to hear all of the bad points about this machine. This one was the one I was seriously considering buying and I will refrain from doing so now. Thanks for the honest review

There’s some reasons why I still have the Dreamcast versions of Marvel Vs. Capcom 1 & 2 after all of these years. 1.) They’re incredibly hard to find nowadays. 2.) Those versions are *truly* Arcade perfect (aside from maybe the HD versions on Xbox 360 & PS3, though they’re digital download only). This is a good, honest, detailed review that you’ve given unlike the others. It also saved me a _lot_ of money! 💰

Great review. This is the first A1up cabinet I’ve bought in years. I had so many issues with wave 1 that I just left them alone, but like everyone else I had to have MVC2. It seems like A1up hasn’t learned a thing and they’re still up to the same old shenanigans. Either people will stop supporting or a better competitor will enter the marketplace. Thanks for your review.

This is probably the best honest review on an A1U I’ve seen. Glad to see you are giving more in-depth. This is from a customer. Not a “shill”. Good work on this Doug. I hope more in the “community” will follow this lead. That said, you are completely right with every assessment you made on the company as far as product quality and addressing consumers. I don’t believe John D is a good “face” for a company.

“Their msrp doesn’t justify their quality of product” is spot on.

Glad I wasn’t the only one experiencing the white noise from the speakers on this arcade. I thought I was going insane lol. Great review

Thank you so much for your review. It's brutally honest regarding the quality control and most importantly, the review itself is coming from someone that has actual experience and knowledge on how MvC2 (and AC games in general) were distributed/installed in arcades and pizza parlors the world over. With all that in mind, I am yet again underwhelmed and disappointed with Arcade 1UP cabs. They have not gotten a single cabinet "right" and have fumbled with delivering an authentic experience on every single one of their cabs. Whenever I'm at Best Buy, I'm always eager to try their Arcade 1UP stations thinking, "it's been a few years and I know that they've listened to the criticisms", only to be disappointed yet again with their subpar joysticks, horrible buttons and most egregious at all, horrible emulation on a low tier "gaming" monitor. Seriously! Who at Arcade 1UP approved a 14ms monitor for a FIGHTING GAME cab?????

Your review changed my mind about buying this cabinet. Thank you!

What a great, honest review. I was going to be ready to shell out 600 for this cabinet (being my first one), but this honest review gives me comfort in holding out and pushing away that FOMO. I love MvC2 with a passion and was looking forward to online play, but will stick to my other emulation for now. I'm also hoping that MvC2 gets re-released on consoles, I can then die happy!

Super appreciate your honesty in this review and the finer details added for longtime fighting game fans, this was just what I was looking for. This is my all-time favorite arcade game and it’s a real shame this wasn’t handled better. I’ll stick with emulation and the DC version - thank you for saving me 600 bucks!

Glad you mentioned the BOE response time. Haven’t seen anyone mention this in an actual review yet. Also thanks for focusing mainly on the gameplay instead of the usual aesthetics.

fortunately now that Capcom has officially announced a Marvel games re-release, people can just play that with a decent arcade stick

I appreciate what arcade1up has done by bringing scaled down cabinets for home use, something we all dreamed of having when we were kids...however they are so overpriced. I remember seeing the first generation cabinets in stores and thinking the newer ones must be so much better quality with the price increases and they really aren't. Same thin vinyl that peels up, same cheap buttons. The price just keeps going up. The online with some is a nice addition, and the fact it's not an additional monthly charge, but the price jumps are crazy. First tmnt release was something like $400 and then the turtles in time was way more for the same cabinet more or less. Then stores sit on them and end up clearing them out. I got the Simpson's for $200. I don't think these cabinets are worth much more than $350-400 with how cheap and few components they have. The Simpson's cabinet was my dream cabinet to own and was really happy when 1up made it and even happier that it went on clearance. I gutted it and upgraded everything to make it play thousands of games.

Great review and insight on the cabinet. As for the delay in the online play, I was one of those that gave A1UP the benefit of the doubt when they said this cabinet was not supposed to be released until November or NFL Blitz was not supposed to be released until Mid-Oct, so that is why it was missing features and such. However, I have started to change my stance on this. Arcade1up has to do better with these releases. If A1UP is stating that the stores are breaking and embargo, they have to hold them accountable, but I think that is not the case. It is A1UP sending them out early and expecting companies to sit on them, which is not going to happen. Think A1UP needs to wait before shipping them to retailers if they do not want them putting them out on the floors or shipping them. I really like A1UP and want them to succeed, but as you said they are 4 years into this and need to get their act together when i comes to releases like this.

I'm here from the future. We're getting this on a handheld console!

CoolToy back from the grave. Welcome back, I miss watching your videos. That's unfortunate about about your cab, the same thing happened to my big blue SF. I got my cab as well, but all I used out of the box was the pcb and the molded coin door. I didn't have any midway style cabs in my arcade, so I opted for a different route. I wanted to replicate a big blue MVC2 as I remembered it in the arcades, back in the early 2000's. I picked up a used Big Blue and threw the mvc2 guts into that cab. I got custom side art, marquee and bezel artwork coming soon. It's gonna be an exciting project...

My brother was obsessed with mvc2. Glad I saw this review because I was going to get this for him for Xmas.

Hands down the best marvel vs capcom review on the internet. Great work Cool toy... great work

Very well balanced review. I still hope people review this after a couple of firmware updates because that will be telling as well. Regardless I appreciate this video.

I appreciate the honesty of this review. I'm a long time MvC2 fan, and let me tell you every input frame matters, if there's any lag at all, it's not authentic and should be labeled as cheap imitation or emulation. I had a feeling this was the case, I tried the 1up cabs at a store before with Street fighter 2, and immediately noticed all the problems, from cramped controls, cheap buttons, to input lag, to how small and shaky it was, it felt like I was playing a toy version of the original cabinet with emulation, it doesn't seem like they've improved much since then. Save your $600-$800 and invest into buying a real cabinet or the Dreamcast version for home port, or any other home port and create your own cabinet may be a more viable option than this scam.

Totally agree. Reminds me of when blizzard promised pvp for Diablo 3, and it never released in the arena format they promised. Don’t make promises you can’t keep, especially when you are trying to sell a product!

Excellent review Doug! It'll be interesting to see how far a1up continues down this path. To have such rampant and continuous quality control issues, with zero communication (regard for) with thier customers, people need to stop buying their products. I stopped when my Tempest cab crapped out on me 4 times...4 times. Unacceptable imo. Appreciate your time and effort in creating exceptional content for this community.

Amazing review! The most well rounded review I've seen for this cab. Great job

Interesting review. If online is your reason for buying, I can definitely see why you’d want to return. I’ve enjoyed the online experience of my other A1Up cabs, so hoping for the best.

I dare the Illuminati to step up their reviews to make one like this excellent job Cooltoy

Well said about a1u as a company and spot on about them rushing unfinished games for q4 sales numbers, which is such a slap in customers faces. I have 8 cabs but stopped buying once they jumped in price. Quality didn’t get better and even got worse in some areas so why pay more? It’ll take a holy grail that gets good honest reviews before I buy anymore. I’ll certainly never preorder anything from them. This being a prime example why

Thank god someone finally mentions the BOE response time. I’ve been trying to figure this out for sometime now. Now I wonder if I can find a monitor with a better response time that works with arcade1up.

Thank you for your honest take on this. I've noticed a pivot and promotion of late on the main A1up channels, and even some smaller ones is to focus on perceived transition to "Pro/XL" cabs. I just can't grasp this as A1up has really missed their stride of late and the last thing people should be doing is looking forward to spending even more on the eventual "Pro/XL " models. Get all the software/hardware issues and inconsistencies fixed. Make Faux coin doors stock. Better QC on marquees. Improve the quality of controls and ensure good monitors. Once they get there, and do it consistently, then focus on making a more premium Pro or XL.

CoolToy, So glad you got to review this cab! I also appreciate your candor regarding why you stopped buying Arcade1up products. It's the reason I passed on so many I wanted. I didn't pick up their new Golden Tee with bowling game I so wanted, because of the horrible monitor. I didn't pick up any of their 4-Player cabs because the lack of value I feel offered with the low count number of 4-player games on each cab, especially vs. the real estate they take up. I also didn't pick up their Terminator 2 with it's paltry 1 game offering, and frankly not concerned about a licensing nightmare. By choosing a lightgun solution over an Arcade control scheme for T2, made it ripe for additional lightgun games. Since they knew they were going the lightgun route, I would've much preferred another franchise, and fill that cabinet with a large selection of games, maybe 10 or 20 titles. That's one of the reasons I bought Buck Hunter World, after I found out it had a HUGE amount of mini game variety, beyond its main objective games, making the value soar for me. I'm now watching iiRcade closely, seeing what they can contribute to the lightgun space. With their cabinet's ability to download new games, I hope this will be my main home arcade's lightgun solution. I've been a huge proponent of biding my time, waiting for cabs that really speak to me before making a purchase. Arcade1up has lost a lot of sales from me with their track record of cutting corners and not showing the true respect these games deserve (or at the very least, making them a value proposition for me). I know that won't cause them to lose sleep at night, but if the value's not there, my wallet's not opening. Thanks again, as always, for your candid, and not pulling punches, thoughts! vgv

Absolutely brilliant review Doug. You’re dead on with everything you said. I’m one of the ones who’s a casual with this game and had zero interest in the online, so it’s going to be fine for me.

Great review! I was really tempted to make this my first A1Up, just because the fact that they “freed” MvC2, but it really just looks flimsy. I built my own pedestal style arcade which I need to fix the wobble on (hobbyist woodworker) but this looks even worse. Also, at 600 bucks it shouldn’t need new buttons, have poor input lag, and game slowdowns. The lack of online when something like fightcade exists makes this really not seem worth it to me. It does seem to have a nice games list and looks good, and I have read about some updates coming out (cross play between other marvel cabs) but this seems like it’s not the product for me unfortunately.

Yep. Getting a Japanese DC (since jp mvc2 is like $30-50) and making a home cabinet base instead at home depot. Dodged a bullet on this.

Thank you for this review Cooltoy. SheLion's review kept me from taking this out of the box and this one has confirmed my decision. Unfortunately, since I bought my product from BestBuy, I only have 15 days to return, 5 of which have passed. They hav 5 more days to either communicate or release a patch to bring MvC2 online or else I will start the return policy. Hopefully the product not working as advertised will be enough to avoid their restocking fee. This will sadly be my last A1U purchase, as I can no longer afford to spend top dollar on three-forth-assed products that may or may not be fixed in the future. Between this and Blitz, Arcade1up has destroyed all their goodwill with myself, and many in the community. I can see why you have chosen to stop supporting and why other content creators seem to be less and less enthusiastic about making content about A1U. This was supposed to be a wish fulfillment company that allows us 80s and 90s kids to have the home arcade of our dreams for a decent price, but as the prices climb and the lack of quality continues, I feel like this might be the beginning of the end for myself and others.

Love the review it's nice to see a good honest review out there. keep up the great work!

Loved the review, I always come here for your thoughts on this kind of stuff. My cabinet arrived over the weekend and did an unboxing vid on my channel yesterday. I am currently stress testing it myself and I will say this, this will be the last time I will preorder from Arcade1up. The experience was a disaster and you are right about their customer service, this is my second cabinet. My very first cabinet was the 1st Marvel vs Capcom and I love it but the online just died rather quick. I'm not too confident about the MVC2 online experience either now that I am looking into Arcade1up's history.

Great review. And all good points on the cab. Mine is going to be put together this weekend. Looking forward to playing it.

Excellent review, appreciate the detail and pointing out some rather serious flaws. If I spent that kind of money of an advertised feature and it wasn't there, I'd return it before the window closed also. Definitely need to hold them accountable.

Thank you SO MUCH for your honesty. You are a breath of fresh air! Your video was transparent and informative.

Great objective review brother. Sadly owning five previous cabs (and good ones), the future doesn't look so bright for them with their current QA matters and rushing things out the door and FOMO tactics (granted, usual modern day retail tactics) when they show up in all sorts of stores weeks later.

@CoolToy, great review as always. A couple of things. First it looked like you had some shots of side panel damage or was that just wierd printing? Second, Arcade1Up's official response is retailers made this cab available earlier than the requested date of November. I think I'd give them until then before I judged the online play. Honestly I don't expect much but I'm always one to give the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully your return window extends into November.

My last Arcade1up machine was a Big Blue. They never fixed the audio issues despite doing a firmware update, and I said to myself that was the last straw. They don't seem to care about their product nor do they stand behind it. I'll be buying custom cabs from here on out. Possibly a Megacade!

Always enjoy watching your reviews! Thanks

$600 for cheap mdf and back aching height even with the riser is tough

Great review with many valid criticisms. Canceled my preorder after some early impressions and Best Buy holding off on sending orders out. Luckily this enabled me to cancel my order.

Thank you for doing this video! It was very helpful!Glad to see an honest opinion.. great stuff!

Great review. That intro is 100% spot on! Keep up the good work.

These companies tend to demonstrate POOR 'after sale' customer communication because they don't actually have any ANSWERS for the questions/problems being reported by owners! 1Up are FULLY AWARE of all the issues, but they can't do anything to help. So, unless you're requesting a 'return/refund' then they'll probably just ignore the reported problems, and hope the majority of owners just accept & ignore any shortcomings...

Prices go up, and quality comes down. Not really good selling points here. I'll hold onto my money. Thanks for the video.

I'm so glad that I hesitated to pull the trigger on this cab. This is a fantastic review.

I’m glad I came across this review before I purchased this cabinet. I was going to purchase this cabinet for the online game play. Thank you for the honest review.

Very honest review and whata up with the sudden lowering if the volume during gameplay? My Yoga Flame cabinet does the same thing and it's annoying

Fond memories I have of playing those classics...X-Men vs street fighter..m vs c 1 and 2...gem fighter....pocket fighter.... nostalgia

Nice thorough objective review. 2 marquee cabs released within a month of each other with ADVERTISED online multiplayer. To not have it working at release is really dishonest, and as you mentioned,the fact there is nothing on their official media is disheartening as a consumer. $600 is too much to spend for an obvious selling feature to be missing. We saw how long it took to get pinball patched. 🙁

perfect review man the flows etc and the speaker thing happened to me so i build again another cab after they changed it tsk your super right they didnt give justice on mvc2 they just want our money they didnt even gave us a stool with that kind of game tsk i thought being developed by justin wong would help them a lot but i guess it helped them a little tsk 😔 love your review hope many gamers would see your review thanks again man 🤙🏽

Thanks for mentioning the input lag with the added scan lines. It's really unfortunate.

I appreciate the fair and balanced points you made. Great review. I do have a preorder directly from arcade 1up themselves. So i hope some of these issues are addressed before shipping. But I'm probably in the minority because i already have multiple ways to place mvc2. I really just want this machine for the novelty of owning an "arcade" of mvc2, as i always wanted to own an arcade as a kid. But definitely wouldn't be surprised if many others cancel their orders or return the cabinets and it would be justified. Arcade 1up should definitely do better

I notice how much this cab rocks really bad when you are in game play. That would drive me nuts. I've heard to if you upgrade the spring tension on Arcade 1Up cabs that they move all over the floor. Thanks for the great honest review. Just another good example of not pre-ordering an Arcade 1Up until you see the issues. And then you have to wander one day is Arcade 1Up a company that will fail and go out of business.

Great review. You just saved me $600. BTW, I just found you and I’m now a subscriber. Nice work!❤

I am coming back to this review after doing the control panel mod to see which of the packaging material you used. It is a great idea, but you should definitely go with the 1/8" material on the squares and NOT the 3/16" shown here in order to get it really flush. Just peel the 1/8" material off one of the squares and you will have the material you need.

I will say i like the cab quite a bit and I've been enjoying the other titles online, but aside from the missing mvc2 online the biggest annoyance by far is the company not saying ANYTHING lately. It's obvious this cab and blitz were rushed to start getting to our shores before the holiday season, but A1U not giving a single official notification of the missing feature is ridiculous. I am not regretting my purchase because I wanted this cab to replace my mvc1 regardless so I could have mvc2 and COTA, but after having pre-ordered both blitz and mvc2 I dont see myself pre-ordering any other cabs going forward. This last quarter should have been nothing but excitement for A1U and instead they've really shot themselves in the foot with two of the biggest games they've put out.

I really hope them come out with a countercade version cause I can't justify the amount of money unless it's halved

I understand limitations on the availability of components. However, you just do not do a MVC2 cabinet until you can do it right. Would rather it be delayed and done right.

The dealbreaker for me was the game freezing during Justin Wong’s shill video. 🤣

seems like a wonderful addition to a bar or dormroom floor or something like that...but not a home release.

You will need to replace the panel with a wide panel, the buttons and joystick. The stock ones are not responsive enough to maintain any sort of quick play combos like Magneto’s infinite or Sentinel’s fly on/off etc. Combos are dropped all the time for a frustrating experience. This cabinet should have come with premium parts from Sanwa, Seimitsu or IL. I’m a diehard MVC2 fan, very disappointed in this cabinet but committed to making it work so I bought all the replacement parts for another $500 which included the wider panel buttons from Seimitsu and Sanwa high tension joysticks

Mine arrived late, and I havent had a chance to even open it. But after this (and other) reviews, I may be just takingbit back if I dont hear of a patch soon.

This is a very good review! I like how well it was balanced. I'm a filthy casual so I don't care about online. However for those that do this is very annoying. Especially if blitz still doesn't have online after a month.

What a great review, subscribed to your channel now, good job.

I actually dropped my cabinet off at UPS today for a refund before the holiday extended return policy ended.

if you still have this it would be great to see a follow up video to see if they fix everything in regards to audio issues and game play

I agree I’ve said it so many times that arcade 1 up isn’t that great as the original arcade machines the Dreamcast you can only play online that’s if you own the Japanese version and people are still playing online on the Dreamcast that is I got the Dreamcast Japanese version cause Japan got it first everyone needs to understand arcade 1 up aren’t perfect and are to pricey they need to cost way cheaper

They're weird on updates. They did an update for the ms pac man stand up that adds dip switches and a sharp pixels option, but no updates on the cocktail version. But this coming with online advertised and it not being there is not good. But I'd also figure you could just play MVC2 on fightcade and get a better experience.

This might be my favorite review you’ve ever done for a number of reasons. But the fact that Arcade1up tweeted your video makes me hopeful that we are getting online play in the next 30 days? Or maybe they didn’t watch your review? I’m going to be optimistic

Good review. One question , was there an earthquake while you were playing the machine ? It was shaking the whole time you were playing it and you didn’t appear to be playing roughly.

Despite the flaws, I've been unable to get a near perfect version going in my modded Marvel cab from years ago so this is still going to end up being a purchase for me. I still have my DC and the game with an Agetec stick to boot, but I want the full package experience without needing to dedicate those to another cab exclusively either. Online isn't a selling feature for me as it does not represent those nights with a crowd of 20+ people watching me and others duke it out live in person. I think with some Sanwa button upgrades and perhaps an HD marquee replacement, this would more than satisfy what I'd want out of this cab.

The fact that Flycast delivered what people actually wanted (A modern emulated version of MVC2 with online rollback netcode at PC) instead of this Arcade1UP deal with a less-than-perfect gameplay/details and not even the advertised online function was there as a result of #SaveMC2 is sort of insane Then again its more often than not where people have to deliver their own good stuff (and also its more sad than anything that Capcom seems to be limited to re-releasing MVC games in this format because of licensing, as well as the cabs not being as good as promised for the price tag they have)

Agree with you on all points. After deceptive trackball on Simpsons cab I quit buying A1UP. Quality issues, monitor issues, design issues, advertising vs what they actually sell have all been never ending issues

Honesty really goes a long way man

Good review. Between the fake FOMO and these issues, I'm going to return mine to the store. I've had it in the box for the last 3 days and though I'm excited to play it (been years) I'd rather wait till they either fix the issues or the cab goes on discount

This one definitely had the "if I have to stop this car..." vibe. Arcade1Up would be well advised to address the shortfalls of their latest products before the groundswell of discontent erodes their market. Most of these misses were easily avoidable.

Nailed it on Arcade 1up in general. It’s always 1 step forward and 3 steps back. I’ve had some issues with quality on just about every one I’ve purchased from risers with gashes covered up with marker to broken pcbs and upside down front panel art. I still got suckered into this one myself. I feel like this company is about to hit a brick wall with it’s recent blunders and lack of communication and accountability. I hadn’t even noticed the input lag with scan lines…the volume lowers itself when my scan lines are on.

The cabinet moving during play 3:15 is one other many reasons I stopped supporting 1up and their products. They look cool in a room but that's about where it ends for me. Great review Doug

I bailed on one up a couple years ago . Bought three cabs from them and it's problem after problem. Screens went out on all three cabs I owned. I gave up. And with the prices going up there is no way I'm sticking with them. I just bought a very nice custom multicade. Think I'll just stick with that for my retro gaming

Is the song saying “same asshole” near the end a way of telling us arcade1up has not changed yet?

This game was one of those elusive gems that MAME could not emulate properly. The fact that someone could have a stand up cabby was such a fantastic offer. However the cons outweighs the pros in your video.... Such a shame...

Great review. After the pre-order fiasco I vowed I wouldn't buy one, I ended up folding and purchasing through Walmart when I saw it was available. I ended up getting mine much earlier than others through A1up. That said and as a huge fan of the series, its not my best purchase but at the very least its a nice piece of furniture and nothing more.

Great job my friend. I appreciate your reviews.

Thank you for this detailed and honest review. I'm going to pass it onto a friend of mine who likes to buy Arcade1Up machines.

Did you keep the cabinet or return it? Especially after their "update" video, stating they have no idea when they are making online available for MvC2 or fixing the input lag.

I'm planning to buy it when it's on sale for $400. I can wait. I already had it on my modded SF A1up cab using Odroid XU4. I'm waiting till they fix all the issues that the consumer noticed like they did with the KI cab. Not all Arcade1up emulations are perfect.

They should hire you to save their company I seriously mean that

WOW. Thanks for this brutally honest review! 😬

Saved a few lives there brother. Honestly for a little more money you could build your own custom arcade and get what you want

I have the real arcade board in a big blue version 2 myself so I was surprised they didn’t put it in their big blue as well

Regarding the slant of the control deck it’s at a steep angle rather than more horizontal, putting strain on the wrists. When the hands rest horizontal it’s more natural, less strain. When playing for a while it can really begin to be bothersome. Is there anything that can be done? I can’t find a solution. No after market deck or diy hack?

When did latency of screen expectations get lowered? I remember when 6ms was enough typically

Seeing how violently it shakes while you play on it is enough of a deterrent for me. I’ll wait for it to eventually hit 200 bucks on Walmarts website in a year or so.

Almost 1 year later - how is it?? I got into the A1U scene with their OG MSH cabinet...then got shit on when they basically re-released it with Wi-Fi features minus the Punisher game (which I find odd that it has not been released again). I did end up modding my MSH and went balls to the wall with everything: •Pi 4 8 gig with Argon One V2 case (haven't gotten the M.2 SSD yet) •20" Dell screen with Tulsa Arcades Bezel Graphics mount •5.1 Logitech X-530 speakers •light up 25 cent coin buttons •light up marquee from AGF •2 Sanwa joysticks •an Inlet Module Switch hooked up to my OG On/Off power switch •a Tulsa Arcades light up riser •Gosund Smart Wi-Fi surge protector with 3 Smart USB ports When I finally got the 20" monitor installed & booted her up, my Pi 4 image fried. I haven't touched it in 2 years this month....talk about frustrating! I don't have a PC currently to make another, so I'm basically sitting on a 5' tall paper weight! 🤣 🤣