What an absolute unit. That cabinet is solid. Well done guys, especially Mike. That is quality craftsmanship. 👌

My older brother just bought a Arcade1up Marvel vs Capcom 2 cabinet, and it’s got me contemplating putting my 18 years of construction experience into building something like this.

Imagine finding this cabinet at the arcade back in the 90s. It would literally blow peoples minds.

Played in person last night and couldn’t believe how immaculate this cabinet was! They even had all the DLC characters included in the roster! 11/10 👍

This could actually be a fun business idea for new releases. Companies could pay you to make custom cabinets of their latest release and have them at their office or at public events. Amazing work guys, I'm subscribing!!!

Def brings back arcade memories. I remember when mk3/umk3 came out with the huge projection type screen and set up that, especially for the time, could rival this one if not better. I'd love to see all these mk pros compete against each other on a arcade set up in a mk1 tourney at one of these big events instead of console play all the time.

These aren't cabinets. These are works of art.

Beautiful cabinet. It makes me wish they still made official cabinets for these newer games like this and Street Fighter 6. I feel like barcades have been getting more popular in the last couple years too so it needs to happen!

these guys are historians keeping a once popular culture alive

I love the way you guys are keeping the mortal kombat arcade legacy alive with these modern cabinets. Makes me feel the MK arcade era didn't end with MK4. Hats off to you guys

I’m so grateful to have found your channel. I’m speechless, such an amazing job. I started to cry a bit. My granddad would take me to play the OG MK at an ice cream shop. This build brought back so many great memories. Thank you!

As an owner of such an original arcade cabinet myself I think too this is an impressive piece of work, honoring something that was normal in the eighties and nineties. You may as well consider to start doing this for the big audience, you'll be successful.

Those are absolute quality, professional builds! Amazing work guys.

Mortal Kombat was big when I was at my first year of University of Michigan, also Street Fighter II. The machines were already crowded just as they were back in 1990-91 at the North Campus commons where everyone went to get lunch and hang out in the lounge, arcade area. I can’t imagine what kind of absolute and complete chaos a cabinet as awesome as this one would have created. There would have been REAL physical combat just to get a place in line to play it, It’s just amazing

The cabinet is fantastic. The only thing I might have change was player one buttons and joystick colors to red that way it would not only different the players side but also represented Liu Kang's red and blue fire dragon sides. But either way the cabinet is absolutely awesome.

This takes me back. Used to work at a vending company in a warehouse tearing down old games, building new ones, redoing all the joysticks and buttons, and replacing all the art on the cabinets and making sure the coin mechanisms worked. My mom owned an arcade through the 80s, and we always had games at home to fix and play nonstop haha.

I love seeing modern fighters getting this type of love in custom arcade units. The FGC is more console based now(for good reason), but it's nice to see these builds because it brings it back to the roots

Love it! Only thing missing is a subwoofer. 😁

You did great man if only companies still made arcades for newer games that would be amazing. But they couldn't do it so you did it yourself big props to you man you definitely deserve the glory

Insanely cool and also with elegance. The buttons and the giant screen, artwork...oh my. The only extra touch I though was to sink the speakers inside the frame an inch or so. Very minor thing though and not an issue per se. You are definitely on the vising list when I get to see TX! Love the stuff you do

This is incredible! I remember the original MK being wheeled into my favourite arcade when it first launched. We played that game every single day!

we need a new renaissance of widescreen arcades like this with modern multiplayer games. this shouldn't be a secluded one off thing it should be everywhere like in the 80s

Wooohoooo!!!! Peeling off the protective film was such a feelz!!!!

Simply amazing! After seeing all this I can only think one thing... I wish the Arcades would return in the present with everything and their glorious past! I love that MK1 machine, one of the best I have ever seen, congratulations and thank you very much for continuing to make magic between us. 💙🔥🙏🔥💙

Watched from beginning to end and honestly this fully captivated my attention. The craftsmanship, the attention to detail, everything was done thoroughly and I really don’t feel like anything needed to be changed.

This is absolutely amazing; lining up all the Mortal Kombat arcade at the end of the video was so satisfying! Thank you!

Wall of Kombat

Great build, guys. Mike's workmanship is fantastic.

Look at the graphics! Very detailed. As for the cabinet.. excellent job! Beautiful!

Beautiful work gents. These are entirely in the spirit of class arcade furniture. Just fantastic.

Epic build, just finished watching Ed Boon interview on Hot Ones! I absolutely loved MK11, looking forward to seeing how MK1 plays! Enjoyed watching your build!

I know it’s hard to compare old tech to new…but the screen difference alone between the original mortal kombat and this unit is insane. It’s like looking at alien tech next to our stuff.

Incredible build! Love Mortal Kombat in general, but this one is special. Awesome video as well. The pacing and editing were great, and I always appreciate seeing the game in its final place on the floor!

Oh man, a miss the Arcades!! Mk1 Machine is pure art! Guys, congratulations! You´re the MK artists =) So glad for watching this video!

I love it. It’s wide enough for two grown men to play each other comfortably & the button layout is a Vewlix layout, so not only does it makes it easy to play other fighters aside from MK on it, but it’s also ergonomic unlike the old school straight 2 x 3 layouts that cramps your right hand after a few games. Absolute flawless work. 👌🏾👏🏾

This would've been the perfect marketing for MK1 in San Diego CC.

When you said “the sprites look huge on that” I had a deeply traumatic (and somehow comforting) flashback to my youth. Keep up the great work guys!

Ed boom gotta hire this youtuber to bring back nostalgia. Wanna see how is gonna be like on the arcade places.

as a regular at your arcade, this is the best arcade i’ve ever been to

Very cool. I'd love to see more like this. I enjoyed The Geek Pub's Attack of the Petscii Robots arcade cabinet video.

Just like the past few mortal Kombat games, your still making mortal Kombat arcade machines RESPECT😎😎😎😎

That is a thing of beauty. Great job. I would love to build a custom arcade cabinet one day.

Mind blowing guys !! WOW !! Just imagine how cool would it be if we had that in 80/90s!

The only thing I can point my finger at is the L1, L2 and R1, R2 buttons. Since it is the XBOX version, it should have been LB, LT and RB, RT buttons. Other then that, this thing is beautiful and so well made. Very impressive.

You guys should put a glass or plexiglass on front of monitor for protection & it would look better if you put clear t mold with leds (looks great guys )

Truly amazing! You guys also seem like genuinely good people too. Have fun and enjoy all your hard work

Love seeing Mike building again! What a great build!

Looks great Mike! You guys did a fantastic job!

I'd be protecting the displays in case someone hits it etc , can see those 50 inch tvs being broken for sure . Other than that , amazing, absolutely amazing !!

Pocket hole screws only suck if they're visible in the end result to this woodworker. I thought the reveal of the vesa mount was cool, i was actually relieved to see pocket screws... so easy and effective.

It’s always a pleasure to watch smart people doing things they love well.

Love how you keep calling them sprites =) hehe it's kind of endearing. This build was DOPE to watch, well done everyone!

sincerely, sir, there are no values like yours anymore. you are a master

Absolutely beautiful builds - as others have said though, the finishing touch would be a smoked tempered glass panel in front of the screen (would help with glare and reflection, too).

I came here randomly and didn't even know that the mk1 machine was built from scratch, it looks really clean and frankly awesome

love the quality work, nice to see how a modern arcade is put together. I miss the days where arcades was a big thing and you can just get by with 25 - 50 cents a game. Street Fighter 2 and 3 were my jam during those times. Making an arcade room in my home is a bucket list dream. Consider me subscribed love the video can't wait to see what else you guys work on.

Awesome cab! I wouldn’t of used the same image of Liu though. I would’ve switched it up and used multiple characters all over the cabinet, and I would add a move list around the top and bottom of the screens bezel like the old skool cab’s use to have back in the day 😎👍✨

The Pico Fighting Boards work 100% with the XBsX. You can make your own with a 5 dollar Pico or get a Brooks Style board for 25.

Wow, what a fantastic project.

This is wicked awesome, another great build.

Those Carbinets are freaking dope, only thing I'd ever change is swapping the button labels for (L1,2 R1,2) for LB/LT and RB/RT as they don't match the xbox controller layout and button prompts in game

Phenomenal build. Looks fantastic. Only thing I would've added is a pane of tempered glass between the player and that nice 50" screen to protect it from frustrated players. Not too late, just more work, if there's a need for that. If I had unlimited skills and materials and capabilities I might've added a different to each cabinet side, but really I'm digging here. The entire things looks amazing. Top quality stuff.

Precioso, hermoso trabajo amigo FLAWLESS VICTORY!

This was a pure joy to watch. Good job on the build, gentlemen!

This was an awesome build! Also love the synthwave music in the background. Fits the nostalgia of building an arcade cabinet perfect.

Looks phenomenal, would love to see some pro players play on that beautiful work of art!

It looks beautiful. I wish there were still plenty of Arcades in existence with new game cabs like this.

Looks fantastic. Great job

Imagine going back in time and dropping this bad boy in a random arcade in the 90s. Everyone would lose their minds!

Se o Ed Boon ver esse video,concerteza vai contratar esses caras para fazer isso em um evento ou em outra coisa, isso é muito incrível.

Too bad I live in Canada but you have an arcade I swear I dreamed of. I'm not lying. I've had dreams of incredible arcades with mortal Kombats I've never seen before. I noticed you have the Sega Time Traveller game. I saw that when it first came out at the arcade at Maple leaf Village in Niagara Falls in the early 90s. Also double thumbs up for using the Xbox version. BOSS

It looks absolutely amazing I never thought I’d see someone make one of these before

Why has no one ever built a modern arcade cabinet? Bring back arcades 😢 its been long enough!

I didn’t know the guy from tenacious D built arcade Cabs 😂🤣😂🤣

Very impressive DIY Arcade. Bravo!! You guys seem to like MK since 90s era :)

Great job, guys! Just one little nitpick: I would've placed the right side stick and buttons more to the right to be symmetric with the left side and give Liu Kang more exposure.

Phenomenal video man! Love this.

Bringing back arcade memories. Thank you.

É uma pena que não existe mais fliperamas 😢😢😢 que trabalho magnífico e obrigado por trazer essa maravilha de trabalho e nostalgia aos amantes de games 👏👏👏

Fantastic looking machine just needed a sheet of plexi or glass in front of screen as you have that shelf in front covered in dust but otherwise some skills for sure

I'm not a MK fan, but this was great content, I would love to see a KOF15 cab like this.

Mike needs to get him a CNC machine that can cut the wood out of templates, to save time and to replicate easily if needed!

Absolutely gorgeous. Since you asked, the MK1 cabinet should be on the far right, and since the cabinet is Xbox based, the buttons should be A, B, X, Y, LB, RB, LT, RT. How much if I wanted to buy one for my home?

My GOD I want one for my house!!!!! Great job guys!!! Makes me appreciate the arcade even more. Such craftsmanship 🤟🏽

Since u guys used an Xbox Series X console to power the arcade cabinets, some of the buttons should be LB instead of L1, LT instead of L2, RB instead of R1, and RT instead of R2. And also, View, Menu, and Share Buttons.

I really like this idea to combine a console with an arcade cabinet. In this way you could make a Samurai Shodown cabinet as well for the 2020 reboot version. A very nice Special Edition exists for Xbox Series X and i could imagine it being played in this cabinet. But of course this video is 6 months old now, so theoretically there is no chance that someone would read this comment. 😢 Btw it is a really nice job and well done guys!

este siempre ha sido uno de mis sueños: tener las maquinitas en mi casa...........felicitaciones muchachos...Pdta: los que le dan dislike al video son unos envidiosos jajajaja...

AWESOME Cab! I wouldn't display it in that order though. MK1 is the successor to the legendary originals so it should be on the end! Just imagine: kids would have *exploded* like Kitana's fatality if that turned up in their local arcade back then...

Que lindeza!!!! Congrats!!

i love the fact that is clearly noticeable that they are having fun

Ficou muito bom parabéns pelo trabalho 😊

Wow! This just took me back to the early 90's. I am considering getting one of these for my game room.

Que trabalho maravilhoso 👏👏👏

I hope these men are proud of this build. I am speechless.

That is a thing of absolute beauty! Are the other MK cabinets original or custom built as well? Hard to judge the size in the video but the graphics on the cab look correct

Super incredible build. But that Burger Time cabinet is gorgeous, too. I'm always a sucker for Burger Time. It's one of my earliest memories of gaming

For so long, I've wanted to make an arcade cabinet in the shape of a PS5 and make it look like one.

Absolutely gorgeous, top-notch craftsmanship!! 😍 🔥 🔥 Love the videos, keep them coming!!

The build is awesome. The cabinet has clean modern look. But in my opinion I prefer a more vibrant approach. I know that the developers intended to have the white theme as they wanted to reboot the series but I would have sticked to a black base color. IMO I really hate how bland Liu Kang looks and if I was forced to put him it would just be in the front panels. But I wouldn’t even put him in the cabinet. I would add maybe ninjas on the side like reptile and smoke, or maybe a couple female characters like ashrah or kitana, and if u wanna do some different stuff then general shao, kenshi or even havik look dope!! This would make it less bland and more vibrant imo Anyways cool build

Fantastic and Briliant Mortal Kombat 1 Arcade Cabinet,,,,,