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I can't believe so many stock pieces died so quickly. Really makes me feel much less pressed to get one and to just go ahead and make one with Steam. Thanks Doug! Definitely motivating me to do dig in.

I specifically bought one to gut and mod it! :) price cabinets and graphics and ALL the parts just for a diy kits. This is the best value for a first beginner VP In a clean ready made package worth it for that alone. Like to see the community doing successful lcd back glass and improved playfield monitors already. Even the stock actuators currently being worked on, love the A1U mod community ingenuity.

This has become one of my favorite channels. Incredibly thorough, informative, and entertaining. Thank you. Excellent job!

Looks so much better with 1080p resolution. This is what the unit should have been from the factory.

I've been waiting to see how you did this!!! thanks for sharing the VS Display adapter link, makes sense it needs to be the appropriate size adapter which is why I failed converting mine. 😆 can't wait to see the rest of this series

I've wanted one of these from day one. The mod would be a necessity for me. To think that your stock parts failed so quickly is a complete shock ! That is crazy !

Just to think. That Dell PC sat on someone's desk used to create boring excel spreadsheets and TPS reports, and is now enjoying its retirement having a blast playing some vpin. Great work!

This video is awesome. I really appreciate the links to the things you used. No having to guess.

Just thrilled (dripping sarcasm) to hear about your problems with your unit. I haven’t even gotten mine out of the box yet. Thanks also to Game Stop (more sarcasm) Came home to find the box sitting on the sidewalk in front of the house I’m staying at. No e-mail heads up from Game Stop, no shipping notification, nothing, zip, just a box sitting on the sidewalk....(Ninth Ward in New Orleans) Where things have a tendency to magically disappear.... And neither David Copperfield or Mr Scott in the Enterprise transporter room are involved. So you can understand how thrilled I was... Wish me luck Doug. Even though these mods are WAY above my pay grade I always enjoy your posts. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻😎

Very nice mod CoolToy. I can't wait to see what else you do to this. We appreciate you.

Doug man you truly out did yourself. Excited for this series.

Legend. This motivates me more into making my own Virtual Pinball.

This is awesome. Thanks for this! I have the Williams one coming in the mail. I really wish the original graphics were just in 1080 or there was at least an option to switch between even if it meant a frame rate hit. I own literally every table on Pinball FX 3 on steam so the idea of upgrading this to play all those (and the digital backglass hinted at in the end) would be completely awesome.

Dam dude, I actually want the 1 up now. Can't wait to see the updates on this. This one looks so much better than the Atgames especailly with the dmd and that awesome backglass mod!!

Was looking forward to this video. Didn’t disappoint! I saw you mentioned in one of the comments that your Marvel unit was preproduction. Knowing this type of thing sometimes happens with preproduction units, just a recommendation that you add that to copy accompanying the video. I have AFM on preorder and was a bit concerned at first!

I just got my AFM yesterday and had ordered everything I needed to do these mods the same day, with addition of the 21'' LCD you recommended. I played with the stock parts for maybe 20 minutes and couldn't believe the delay that the flippers had on every game. Was so glad to upgrade everything with the ability to play almost any game on the machine that I want, thank you so much for this video.

I just did this mod today and it all went really smooth. Only thing I would add is you can change contrast and brightness settings of the DMD display with the Nvidia control panel.

On/off switch burned out? Solenoids board burned ? Woah. Awesome mod though 👌😍

It would be great to set up visual pinball on this cab, thanks for this tutorial, made me a little bit more excited about the longevity of these things

Pretty big difference on the flippers! Awesome video dude and excited to see the Advanced Mod.

COOLTOY, you're MacGyver'ing the heck out of that thing lol I love it! Can't want to see the next installments.

Thank you so much, I just got the Marvel 1up and u are making my life much easier

That was a lot of good solid impactful information. I will have to keep that in mind if I ever decide to mod one of my three arcade one-up pinballs. I would love to have more of the game repertoire to my cabinets you sir are a genius

Wow Doug! - One of your best videos! I am sooo excited to see how you add haptics, accelerometer, and analog plunger to this. I have built my own vpin, but it is lacking those addons. I have been looking into adding them, but getting good info is difficult, most people recommend a very expensive solution $300-700 to add those. I didn't want to spend that much on my first vpin. You always explain things very well, so I am REALLY looking forward to your next video on this. Love the channel, long time subscriber - Take Care :)

doug - you never disappoint - great mod

Well, I got all of my parts in to start this mod (only thing I'm not doing is adding the nudge buttons). We will see how it goes. Your video seems to be straight forward so I think I'll be able to do this! :-)

Nice! Curious as to (approximation) how much each of those upgrade components cost...especially an estimation on the Minimum Computer ($$$) and Recommended Computer ($$$) - Buttons (FREE), Encoder Board ($10), VS Display Board ($32), Y-Splitter Cable ($10). Looking forward to the next videos in this series! Thanks.

Always learning something new from your videos. Awesome content sir

Excellent video

So Cooltoy I have to ask....what is you favourite Home Pinball cabinet now. Okay now that I got that out of my system back to watching the rest of the video.

Brilliant Review❤️🏁👍

Great video man! Can’t wait too see the haptics, accelerometer and back glass video! Keep up the great work bro!!! 🎮

Glad I avoided this. I’ve heard of multiple units breaking! Great mod!

This is fantastic! I wasn't sure I was going to mod it, but now I'm definitely going to. Thanks COOLTOY!

Thanks was looking for something like this

Love these videos! This man is the G.O.A.T

Great show as always!

Great video @CoolToy everything was cleanly explained. Looking forward to more content in this area.

Dude this is epic. Can’t wait for the next mods you previewed. But the fact your A1up components died already... df! Hope they give you money back or a replacement.

Great work! Thanks

Excellent video! Thank you!

Its a little concerning that the stock parts didnt even last a month. Sounds like poor quality control and am now worried about my machine....Great video though.

Doug thanks for the very detailed and and awesome mod tutorial. I'd love to see you and Bee maybe do a collaberation livestream together where you guys talk to us about the future upgrades and options you'll be doing with your pinball machines.

Very cool introduction for people who are starting on virtual pinball... One note for you, that may help you in the future. Dont put the dmd or backglass on TOP ot the playfield or to the LEFT... you'll have issues with future upgrades in other type of pinballs like visual pinball, future pinball, and if you use pinup player or popper... negative values are ok with pinball fx or even pinball arcade but you'll have problems with the rest.

Looking forward to seeing you replace the backglass to a monitor. Great video

Thanks for this. I was thinking about picking up the Attack From Mars machine but reviews made me sceptical. Now with this mod I believe I'll pull the trigger. Being able to have some of my favorite pinball games and not having to build a cabinet is perfect for me, the novice gamer. I have bought the Sharpin Ultra last year when it came out, for some reason I have very noticeable lag and owner seems not to want to help support US buyers. I see the upgraded 32" monitor and 21" back glass monitor so I will add those projects as well. Thank you again. I'll let you know my progress. I will gift myself Attack From Mars for Father's Day Ordered Attack from mars from Best Buy, should be here 06/17

Thanks for the video. Scary that the pre production unit died so quickly

The two dislikes are most likely not Bill Murray fans. Awesome shirt.

Love your channel man keep it up

Well, I know that you specifically said that you do not "suggest buying a $600 arcade 1up cabinet for the sole purpose of modding it" so I paied $850 (Canadian) instead. Looking forward to modding!

Great job w/ that 1080p!

Nice job of modding and great video...keep'em coming!

Can you give some insight or guidance on PC set-up? As in; how to power-on the PC, when it's neatly tucked away and out of reach, and how to launch FX3 (auto-launch at PC power-on?). Interested in achieving: Switch-on the machine, PB-FX3 launches straight away and I'm into the application without any mucking-around. A one button/switch activation would be great :)

Amazing job! 🥃

This is amazing thanks!

Great job man! Typical Arcade1up crap though... broken parts within a month - no replacement parts anywhere in sight on the website - user eats the costs and must mod via 3rd party.

Sounds like this is going to be a really fun series of videos to watch! I need more space before buying pinball, but I like the idea of using a PC and changing the back area to a monitor to match the game as opposed to buying multiple VP cabs. I never really took a close look at the DMD before, but I dont understand why they can include something like that without issue on the pinball, yet be so hesitant to confirm inclusion on a Dragon's Lair cab. Hopefully they figure that screen solution out soon. I much rather pay extra for a proper second screen and not possibly using my own, versus getting some deluxe edition that includes another stool or something. Lol. Sidenote; I know you originally started looking at these products just because they were more cool toys (pun intended) for the community, and now you've sort of been given this extra pressure to *immediately* inform the Arcade1up community of any red flag or update you come across lol. I guess it comes with the territory. Hopefully you are still having fun with everything. I appreciate the videos and whatever you decide to present to us when you have the chance to do so.

Wow, can't believe it has that kind of problems already.

Love the video .. I'm looking in to digital right now because the real pinball machines have got insane in price .. so of course after watching all these upgrades I wanna just upgrade right away a new digital one up machine .. is there a better way to go ?? THANKS MAN I HIT THE LIKE AND Subscribe BUTTON . .LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE

Incredible job!!

Cool modding video! I don’t plan to mod my A1UP pinball but this was still a cool watch! The main reason I don’t plan to mod my A1UP pinball is, when I turn on the machine, I want a streamlined experience. I don’t want a window’s desktop UI, then having to launch Pinball FX with a Bluetooth controller, then exit and properly shutdown the PC through windows again, etc... does this mod or your future mod make it so that you never see a Windows interface or is that inevitable for a PC mod? How long was it before your stock haptics and switches gave out? And also, would A1UP have replaced them? I just got my A1UP about a week ago, and I’m loving it just the way it is, but if the haptics or switches crap out, I’d love to be able to fix them. Sorry for all the questions! Great video, very detailed, good visuals to match, and it’s cool seeing how far people push their mods!

Awesome. Really appreciate the detailed mod info. Shame about the stock controller board dying so quickly (quality issue or just bad luck?). This looks like a no-brainer upgrade for most people who have a spare PC around to power their steam collection. Cheers!

Have you thought of adding a small subwoofer to the cabinet? I’ve been thinking of getting one of Arcade1Up’s pinball machines and mod it with the backglass as well - along with a subwoofer.

Sorry to hear the A1up components died, so soon. Did A1up even offer to replace them? Nice job on repurposing the existing cabinet. A good lesson for those who already spent good money on this cab, and want to continue using it, with way better replacement hardware, without having to buy, and build a new cabinet. Looking forward to the backglass monitor install video. Thanks for sharing this.

I wish someone would just figure out if/how you can just copy games from the other Arcade1Up pinball tables. Like take Marvel tables and add them to the Star Wars one, etc

Wow I'm wondering how long before others have the same issues with their cabinets, imagine after all the waiting you play a few weeks and kaput! Just another reason I'm glad I cancelled my pre-order after all the excitement and anticipation!!

What specific graphics card are you using in the optiplex? Can it be any GTX 970? It has to have at least 3 video outputs correct? Thanks for the vid...can't wait for the others.

Damn the unit already fried? Great video. I am going to do this on mine but I have to get a bigger screen.

hi. thanks for taking the time to make these mod videos, really enjoying the series. One thing i am unable to find (i may have over looked) is what video card you are using in your PC or are you just using on board graphics from the I5? if so, does it handle all 3 monitors without anything else needed? thanks in advance for any help.

Fancy modding man! Too bad the machine clunked out on ya but looks like something good came out of it.

I did this mod yesterday. Your video was really helpful, some of the connections are a bit confusing. The DMD works in Windows, but haven't gotten it to work with the tables yet. I got Pinball FX and FX3. FX3 works really well, but I wanted to play Mandalorian, and that is through FX. I got a bundle of 2 games with FX. The flippers work with one, but not Mandalorian. Definitely still have some more work. I'm conflicted on what to do. Do I take this farther and get the better encoder and upgrade my PC? I would love to upgrade the screen, the stock display is not great. There are so many tutorials out there, the more I look at this stuff, the more I want to do. But...with the stock PCB, everything works. I loaded all 30 tables plus the Zen and Pinball Arcade mod. It's easy. I don't think I will go back to stock, but it's tempting. Just depends how much time, money and effort I want to spend. Edit: I got the flippers in Mandalorian to work. I had already setup Joytokey to work with FX3, and the keys are different in FX. I just went in and set the FX keys to match what I had set for Joytokey. Still don't know why the DMD is displaying my second Windows screen but not the game's DMD. I'll figure it out.

CoolToy, Wow! This has to be your best tutorial yet! Amazing and thank you! Thank you also for confirming the stock Arcade1up monitor resolution as 1080p. So cool! I had one quick question if you have a moment. It is a bit worrisome that the Marvel Cabinet started breaking down after such a short period of time. Do you think this is because it's not a retail unit? Or, since you got to really take it apart, and you also own the Star Wars retail cabinet, that the Arcade1up pinballs might just have a short lifespan? I know this is a VERY SMALL case study to look at, but would just be curious to hear your thoughts. $549 to $600 might be a bit pricey for a machine that will only last a month or two. I was seriously considering the Attack From Mars, but now I'm not sure. Thanks as always for the great content and at least we know we have an out if the machine does break down quicker than we'd like. I also own all the Zen tables on Steam (and also Pinball Arcade before it lost all it's licenses, Addams Family Baby!) and it would be nice to play them without having to re-buy them on another platform :) Have a great one! vgv

EXCELLENT JOB....

Thanks so much for a great and informative video. You mentioned that you don't recommend getting one of these if your intent is just to mod them. Any other kits you'd recommend? I love the Star Wars theme and really would need that smaller scale of cabinet for my room, so modding this cabinet seems like a solid fit for me. I'm much more comfortable on the PC modding side than in building a cabinet from scratch, so some sort of kit appeals.

Great video, Cooltoy! I realize your model is preproduction, but that is concerning to have that many parts quit working so soon. I’m looking forward to getting my AFM cab, but am a bit concerned about the parts quality now.

I think we’re all very concerned about the broken parts. That’s too soon. I’m rethinking the Star Wars cab when it becomes available in 2024.

For Max users, I wonder if you can run Parallels and use a Mac mini?!

Can you only use the VSDISPLAY just to improve the stock screen quality to 1080p or do you really need a pc also? I am only interested in doing a screen mod to inprove quality & contrast from the stock screen. Please let me know.

AMD Ryzen NUCs are getting crazy powerful with their APU. Should be way more than enough power and super tiny to run all this.

Hey Doug, I assume this is unrelated to the mod that lets you play just the 1up Zen tables? Does that still work? If I own the tables via Switch does that count? Or do you have to go through steam. I’m hooked on Vpinball (didn’t think I would since I have a real Bally machine). Thanks for the videos!

Good joob🎉

Great video! Thanks so much--i used the teachings herein to repurpose my arcade1up pinball into a dedicated Pc-based pinball fx3 cabinet. Quick question: would it be possible to connect the power for the DMD/speakers/backlight into a USB port in the PC, using some sort of barrel-to-USB adapter, so that the entire shootin' match powers up when I power up the PC? Or is there a way to power everything off of the PC power supply?

Oh man. They’re already breaking down. I hope A1Up gets these issues ironed out as I really planned to get one.

Wow at the poor QC on the stock units. A1UP really needs to turn it around quick on these.

So with the PC mod you lose the functionality of the stock analog plunger? Also are there two separate display connections for the play field and DMD or do they run off the same lvds connector? Thanks a lot man for you help on this you're a lifesaver.

HI AWESOME AWESOME VIDEO. Just a quick question the three outputs from pc what are they all hdmi? cheers damian

Cool build! So what video card are you throwing in that Optiplex 9020? That PSU is fairly limited. I guess you are having to use low rise cards too.

Doug can I ask what type of computer / graphics card you went with? Trying to price out mine to do the same?

Awesome to see, can't wait to see future vids.. Curious, if you feel 24" feels small compared to the 32" now that both are running 1080p. Wanting to pull the trigger on vpin cab, whether it be one of the offerings or a flat pack, but still stuck on screen size, which can influence price of either. I feel 24 is too small.

I believe you mentioned on your channel that your Marvel was a preproduction unit sent by A1Up and you bought the Star Wars because of your Star Wars love. Do you think the board and solenoids went kaput on the Marvel unit because it's a free preproduction unit? I have a Star Wars A1Up table that I spent my hard earned dollars on. I love it! But, I'd be raging if the solenoids and board were fried so soon after release. As always, thank you for the vid and for sharing your mods!

What about a Threadripper based unit with 24 core 48 threads or 48 cores 96 threads or 64 core 128 threads on a X399 TRX40 motherboard and 1TiB of Threadripper compatible 3600MHZ DDR4 RAM and some way of controlling the bumpers and what have you, Linux runs very well on the RYZEN Threadripper series of chips, You could go with Linux Mint 20.1+Wine64+Winetricks+Zip.dll to run the Windows software or install the STEAM client for Linux.

Thanks for the awesome video. I grabbed this converter board for my PC's HDMI to the monitor. Thank you. If I wanted to convert PCB to HDMI (so that I could add an HDMI switch and run either system) what do you recommend to convert PCB into hdmi?

Cool Toy, I have selected the exact Dell optiplex 9020 small form factor PC you have in the video. For the 3 video outputs, do they all need to be HDMI? Or will display port work just as well? Do I need to get a display port to HDMI converter cable?

i had the dmd and sound go out i did a 22 inch lcd mod for the back glass have my dmd on there for now would be good for art work

Wow!! So your telling me that ur stock pinball died in like less than 3 weeks....so im DEF not going to buy one of these now....i can wait for Gen 2s!-

I picked one up from BB for 30% off. I'd been debating a build from scratch but I'd spend the same on parts anyway. I was disappointed that the factory display was so horrid. I hope I can mod it with just a Pi and new display since I've built several types of emulators with the Pi. I'm not sure if fx3 will run on Linux though.

Very cool! Can you show off Indiana Jones pinball from 1993? :)

Honestly, Arcade1up could have sold these cabinets as DIY kits, they would have sold just as well. Good size for mini vpin.

When preparing the stock monitor for the VSDISPLY do you simply remove that existing smaller metal box from the back of the monitor. Any more details around this step would be appreciated. I ordered a mix the parts form this step one video and the the step 2 video for the plunger, accelerometer and button controller. Has anyone documented this process further? Thanks for the great videos!