It's been awhile since we did a "5 Reasons Why" video so after spending time with Arcade1up NFL Blitz last weekend I came up with this. Let me know your Reasons Why below! You getting the Blitz?

No lates hits is a major deal breaker for me. I will never own this cab, F that. Thanks for the video bro, saved me some $ and room in my gameroom :D

I’ll wait until it’s $399 like the T2 cab and Simpsons cabs are now

They'd probably make alot of money if they had a download (upgrade) with the 'late hits' option.

Good list on pros and cons but I don’t think we see a sale on blitz till after the season ends perhaps a super bowl sale. Many could be waiting for reviews before purchasing it or may not have enough money to invest in both Blitz and MvC2. Still though even on its worst day I think Blitz is better than 80% of the games/cabinets released by arcade 1ups and that deserves a day one purchase for me. Only time will tell for everyone else though. Good content pdubs and I, like so many others enjoyed watching you guys interact in Chicago. It was like watching a virtual comic con of arcade 1up and IIarcade. Smiles all around and that’s what this hobby is all about.

Glad you decided to do another 5 reasons Dubs. Always liked them. As a massive football fan, I wanted Blitz but holding out for now. I’d just prefer an XL and a 2 player version as well. Dunno if that’ll ever happen but if a good enough sale were to come along, I’d consider it. Thanks for the +/- info bro!

Thank you for showing me this. I'm not blowing $660 with no late hits and no violent tackles.

You all rock for checking out that cab! That was a great time.

Great honest and detailed review as usual. Thank you!

Great tips...🤘🏼💯✔️

Found this on sale for $299 with the riser. I am thinking of pulling the trigger (This would be my first arcade cabinet purchase)

I will get this cab but it’s not a launch must have. Going to wait for a price drop for sure. Thanks for the great review my dude!

Yup, what Girthy Guitarist said.

Finally got Blitz for $299 at Ollie's discount

Honest as always. I just purchased a two player control panel for my NBA Jam from 99 lives. I think I’m going to do the same for NFL Blitz.

After having it for a week I'd say ya pretty much hit the mains. Add an addendum for us Bears fans. QBs are Kramer and I hate even typing McNown. 😬 Truly is an absolute blast to play. Just got Happ buttons installed yesterday so the decks up to par. Loving the higher set slant too. Arcade Graphix needs to hurry with decals tho!

This is definitely on the list of cabs I want, but I’m going to wait on a sale. I waited for The Simpsons and got one for $199.

I just bought one for Christmas. I am a novice to assembling a system, but I'm going to give it a shot.

Great video PDubs (as always) Can't wait for my pre-order to arrive!

Thanks for the review on this. Well done. This one's not for me, but love good new products. People are gonna enjoy these

On the fence about it. It's "edited"...but it's still Blitz.

You're right regarding the space issue. To get The Simpsons into my arcade, I had to sell my Galaga and Asteroids. Going to have to get things going in my garage soon... Speaking of The Simpsons, I'll wait until Blitz goes on clearance like that cab did. I'll ALWAYS say that the quality isn't there for what you get. Carppy buttons, and controls. Basically particle board for wood. I mean, most of what you spend must go to the licensing. I really don't see where they are putting the money towards.

I might consider a countercade version due to the lack of space at home. A single player control version with online play would be cool.

I'll wait for the Refrigerator Perry XL edition. Big boys need big toys!

100 Right Here my Friend WOOHOO

For me, it’s the $600 price tag for a low quality cabinet with a game that has content removed. Biggest issue is that this leans towards being a game for the older crowd but having 4 teens/adults hunched over should to shoulder on this tiny machine sucks. Too short, too small. I agree, Make it 2 player, put the real game on it, make it taller and quit price gouging.

I’m going to get the Sam’s Club version with the stool. It’s worth the extra $30 for a stool and it looks nice.

I'm hoping they put all the features missing from this cab into a pro cab.

PDubs, Cool as always to hear your thoughts. It's funny, after hearing your first impressions of the cabinet in another video, how the game seemed to run faster. The updated framerate stats you provided in this video, is now my number one reason to not buy this cabinet; the updated gameplay feel. As you said in this video, it feels like a new game. That's not what I'm personally looking for. I like that you mentioned the older game running slower and the newer tech being able to make improvements, but as a person wanting to feel that original feel, this just wouldn't work for me. I have no doubt it would still be fun though. But could you imagine applying that logic to other older titles, fixing something like Space Invaders? With the limited hardware at the time, the more aliens on the screen, the slower the clip. As you destroy more aliens, the chip can draw them faster causing everything to speed up (this was originally an unintended result, but should it be fixed?). With the hardware today, you can have everything run faster, but is changing the experience the better way to go? Take what Michael from iiRcade said about Double Dragon. They had the capability to make the game run smoother at 60fps, but said, and I'm paraphrasing, it didn't feel like the original Arcade game, so they kept in the pace of the original hardware to make it feel like it was back in the day. Now, I'm not saying Arcade1up made a bad call here, maybe they could've offered a toggle between new and old gameplay. But since that's not the case, even if they came out with a 2-Player sized cab, only having the option to play this new version, would keep me away from this one, though I won't say it wouldn't be fun. And I think Arcade1up should've gone all in with this new vision of Blitz, replacing late hits with handshakes and hugs. This is a Midway title after all, and why not take the "Friendship" aspect from Mortal Kombat and apply it here? I'm so glad you like this cab and can't wait for the review! :) vgv

Have to agree that the 4 player cabs are a waste of space - there just is not enough room to get 4 adults around these things to play - A1U should design some sort of system to allow 2 2 player cabs to be connected to play the same game on both cabs - that way those wanting 4 player could just buy 2 2 player cabs and link them when playing 4 player or play 2 different games with 2 players - having 2 blitz cabs linked together would be much more comfortable to play and would not take up much more space than a single unplayable 4 player cab.

Loved the video. I am wondering if the Arcade1up version still has the cheat codes for things like big head mode, play as Raiden, or play with the Midway Blitzers secret team, etc. Anyone know?

Thanks for the review

I preordered this cab which is the first A1Up I evered preordered and payed basically full price for. 600 is alot of money, but I ordered thru best buy and they had 10% off if you used their card. So it ended being 533 before tax. Oh well, its gonna be fun as heck.

Awesome video as always..

*_My ALL-TIME FAVORITE Football 🏈 video game!!!_* 🎮 *_I used to be able to get, like, 10 codes in there during the few seconds of the "dueling helmets" (team vs team) screen!! My cousin used to laugh his ass off listening👂🏾to my frantic button-clicking!!!_* 🤣😂🤣 *_My record for sacks was 31 and, although I've matched my own record many times, I never surpassed it!! Also, I used to laugh at how, when you're kicking the AI team's ass in the first half, it ramps up the difficulty at the start of the 2nd half!! The AI team suddenly gets so vicious, THEY START THROWING YOUR OFFENSIVE LINEMEN AT YOU LIKE FRISBEES at the snap of the ball!!!_* 😱😱😱 *_[Note]: Originally, the game did NOT have the NFL® logo or official teams! It was simply called "Blitz" back then. No licensed teams! All fictitious teams & players! Later, they got the "green light" from the NFL® (No Fair League) and... BOOM!! Officially licensed teams and players AND... YOU GUESSED IT!! MASSIVE CHANGES AND RESTRICTIONS: Less violent tackles, late hits - Gone (but only for one of [or both of] the two sequel games)!!! The experience was like these shitty remakes of today, where everything fun gets removed but it's all shiny and 🆕!!_* 😢😭💀☠️

Holding off for that update for the ALU you keep teasing us about...any more news on that?

I want 1 regardless PDUBS. Good video ARCADE1UP4LIFE

Yeah I don’t like 4 player cabs. But what games would you make exception on… blitz I think maybe one of those.

$211.99 at Sam’s club this week. Sick deal

Great vid!

Me and my brother played a ton of n64 blitz. Never played an arcade version. We were both never big sports game fans. Blitz excelled in the fact that it was a free for all blurring the lines from reality. The late hits and trash talking made it super fun. This version removes most of what made the game interesting to me. It’s a shame the nfl made them modify it. I won’t be picking this up due to the lack of quality and price. If I come across one for 300$ or less I may pick it up. If arcade1up expects people to pay 700$ it needs to be top notch. I’m new to the 3/4 scene and have six machines now. I would never pay full price for anything they have released in the last two years. The quality needs to be stepped up big time for a 700$ price tag. 300-400$ is a great price for what they are offering currently. I have no issues paying for quality products from any company.

No way Simpsons arcade has been on sale for $200 and saw xmen for $369 and this will be the same. These cabs drop so fast in price and turtles to $450. I would never buy any of these machines brand new. They drop so fast in 6 months. Big brand NFL expect to see them cheap like Simpsons.

I like 4 player cabinets if I really like the games/cabinet. I try to only buy cabs I really want, and that allows me to keep enough space.

Big fan of the game when i heard they were making it i was stoked. I didn't preorder for mainly 2 reasons 1 no late hits that was big to me its not a total deal breaker but it hurts alot. Its like taking fatalities out of mk! 2 like u said was the 4 player deck, should of been a 2p deck . That being said if the reviews are good and we see a price drop down to around 400-450 i will probably get it then.

Ordered mine supposed to ship sometime in October. I'm highly upset about it not having late hits. Do you guys think they'll ever do updates on these? I'm new to these home cabinets. This is my second one. I also have NBA Jam and was mad about not having Jordan on there but its still fun to play

Elected to pass on n this for mvc2…. The sped up frame rate is a deal breaker for me on top of the shortcomings with game modification . Horrible marquee and 4 player was not needed unless it was a pro cab with viable space …. Once it goes to $399 im in I do like the new artwork minus the grain issue

I only need 1 reason. The wife said no! 🤣🤣🤣

Arcade1Up first came out, I owed a few, it was cool and thought my Guests would enjoy it when I had parties 🎈 it was barely played, to small, many complaints, and my guests rather played corn hole 🕳️ it was then I sold it all and never looked back. Don’t get me wrong it’s looks cool just take up spaces and never used.

I am trying to wait for a sale. If it bombs like the Simpsons it will be 199 eventually

Wow. All 5 of the no's are not my radar. 1-5 for me is the price. I can wait. I'd like to go on the record and say I could give a $#@! about the late hits. I'd be upset if the taunts were removed. PS huge football fan, specifically NFL and I have a barcade that is dying for this

So the three major reasons I've heard folks say this game sucks is 1. No late hits 2. Washed out marque, 3. Grainy cabinet art!!! WTF!!! If the game is fun with a bunch of friends big deal!!!! In all honesty I dont think the average person is even gonna notice or even care about those issues! I know I dont!!!

I’m passing on this one. Not a big football fan or have any nostalgia for blitz.

it is getting to the point for 700 freakin dollars i would just find a real arcade cab and mod the jamma to play anything i want and it wouldnt b e crap emulation

Honestly why buy any dedicated single or few game cabinets instead of an ALU?

@T Dog and @Consolefanboy since you guys asked here are my thoughts , I only watched a little. There’s only 1 reason to buy this cab, online play, and nobody has even seen that yet. Otherwise you might as well play Blitz Pro. This is a worse version of blitz pro which you can get on multiple consoles. Also everyone has the ps1 REAL version, the Dreamcast, the N64 . If online sucks , you’re not going play this much and if you really want to play with friends, just sit on the couch spread out and enjoy the real Game. You can also play this on Fightcade or a multicab. More bad news coming from this review , bad marquee , bad art , still on a riser with a cheap build, etc. the only selling point is 49 way sticks and we already saw they had calibration issues . $650 for A worse version of Blitz pro that is not even lose to Blitz. It’s very sad that then Illuminati convinced everyone to preorder and didn’t share any of this info that the game is sped up, missing players , missing audio , missing tackles, they never even played it but convinced people to preorder . Sure it’s fun to play , but so is sitting around with friends and playing 4 people on 60 inch tv and the real blitz . And how many times are you going to have people over to play ? Honestly this is nba jam all over again. And at least online play for nba jam is ok . I’m not spending $650 for an arcade that I won’t play much and when I do want to play blitz , I’ll just play the real one in a variety of ways. It’s groundhogs day again , gotta have it like MK30 , like BB , like Tron , like T2 , like KI, like Xmen, like Simpsons, like TMNT …. I’ll pass and spend $650 on something else. I’ll put it towards another pinball . Somehow this will be spun to I’m a hater but if they made this right , and it was the real game , I would have considered buying it.

I would of had to get rid of either my Simpsons cab or my Golden Axe cab to fit Blitz in my game room. I rather stick with what I have. Bad marquee and horrible vinyl (side images) ruin this $600 cab for me.

The speed of the gameplay is probably the biggest issue. If the gameplay is sped up too much then you will break the gameplay loop. It will be too easy to score and if you are playing an expert then they will stop you on defense by spamming suicide blitz and it will be a bad experience. It seems it probably won’t affect most casual players. The 2001/special edition port of blitz on n64 had this issue and the fans to this day stick with blitz 2000. Also there unfortunately is a big controversy/scandal with Favre stealing welfare funding for the construction of a volleyball stadium in MS. And he is on the side art displayed prominently. Not a good look and bad timing for this unfortunately.

I’ll wait till the XL version.

Looks decent but not 500+ price point.

#1 because they’ll release a better version next year

Are all 3 games remastered and up scaled to 960 or is it just the original "Blitz" game?

The tackles ARE the game n what made it so great...what is this world coming too😂

Hi p dubs thanks for your feedback regarding nfl blitz I have a off topic question I wanted to order a iircade gold space invaders cab but it is sold out is possibly it was a limited edition of that skin cab thanks

NFL has gone full wimp mode

U can still get Blitz pre orders but when it comes to MVC2 y’all Shit our of luck, I wonder Why . Does anybody no when MVC2 is being released

I've not listened yet, but will see if some of my "five" match yours. I can not come up with five reasons to buy it, but can with "not" buying it. Laptop size display (really stands out with the wider control deck), incredulously grainy artwork, neutered version of Blitz, too cramp for comfortable four player, and ironic to that, takes up more space than other 3/4 cabs.

Besides the late hits can you knock down the dbs with wrs when playing 2 players?

Never Go Full Retail..

How do calibrate the joysticks ?

Number 1 Reason Not To Buy is NO LATE HITS

Hard pass , maybe if it drops at Christmas but I'll wait

Not after seeing it has joystick drift issues.

Not a good review... To bad.

Jerome buttis lmao. That's not how you say it

Of course you shouldn't buy this.

Another garbage release from A1U!

its marked down to 190$