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I picked up a marvel super heroes countercade from QVC after seeing your video and its arriving this wednesday! I know what I'm doing this weekend! Gonna put it up in my new medical practice - thanks PDubs!!

This Hack is available as of today for only the Arcade1up Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and Marvel Super Heroes Countercades.

I use Emulation Station on a stock A1UP/6 button control panel, what I did is within retroarch set hold down P1 to bring up the menu, then it's back > up > enter to exit the rom/core back into ES. Sounds complicated but it quickly becomes muscle memory, and that way you can still play 6 player games =)

My excuse to pick up a countercade. Thanks for the info...you are so clear and well spoken. Big shut out to team encoder, thy keep the coolstuff banging! Yes

This is very cool. I probably won’t do it with my 1up counter boxes because I have a 3d printed pie 4 counter unit and a beelink PC based 10 inch countertop unit, but it’s really cool to see the option.

this changes everything ! so happy i kept my board from my SF Cocktail Table hopefully itll be compatible , i used my old gaming laptop for it and it was a powerhouse but this will allow me to do the same thing without having to use my laptop now LOL only perks of using using a laptop/Pc for the mod was being able to play FIGHTCADE and play MAME games online. thanks for the video !

Very cool. Wish we had some kind of software mod like this for the Partycades. Might have to start watching for one of these Countercades

Rad, thanks for posting and giving crystal clear instructions P-Dub. I should have an NBA JAM countercade secured from the community event last weekend and will definetly be running this hack!

If anybody is having issues with their USB cable, it's because of the metal backplate inside the arcade. I had to remove the backplate and once I did, I did not get any errors and installed Batocera just fine.

What format does the usb stick need to be in? Exfat or fat32?

Awesome Dubs - thanks for the thorough instructions! I never wanted any of these countercades cause I have the larger versions but now I think I need one…

Thinking I'll put everything on my Marvel Countercade and probably hand select the best NES/early Genesis sports titles to load up on my nephew's NBA Jam countercade with the 3 buttons.

Can't wait to try this, great stuff. Thanks for the great video and keeping the community strong

I'm getting a running installation failed when trying to install the driver

Ok, this looks great, the instructions are easy to follow, I have modded several things over the years, and I am not computer saavy or a tech geek in any way, shape or form. There are a couple of mods I just can't perform, unfortunately, this is one of them. I only purchased this Arcade 1Up unit just to do this hack, and after about 26 attempts, I still can't get it to work. I get stuck at the very first one each time. I quadruple checked that the power is not connected, the switch is in the off position inside the cabinet, the USB C to USB cable is connected correctly ( I tried 10 different cables) and can't do the second step to install the mystery to PCB. I was able to purchase a USB pre-loaded stick for my Playstation Mini and SNES mini, I have not found one for this unit. At this point, I am willing to do that before I smash this My Arcade 1Up unit and possibly take a hammer to my pc.

Im trying to connect the counterarcade to the pc and i have turned the switch on the back to off. I go in to install the file and it makes the countercade come back on and wont detect it. Has anyone had this problem?

I can't install the drivers because the pcb board will not power off. I Turned the switch to the off position and completely removed the power cord. When I connect the micro USB cord to the pc the whole countercade comes on screen & marquee EVEN while BOTH the pcb switch is off & the main power switch is in the off position. How can you power off the pcb on the nba jam countercade?

I tried this and when I put the USB stick into the countercade and turn on the system it just boots up to the normal marvel stuff, it ignores the usb stick

Would love a link to download that entire folder of roms you have transferred in this video!

Thanks alot for this great news 👍. This is the simple mod we all waited for !! Wish it was possible on the classic SF2 cabinets, just by adding a USB port to begin with.

2 years late to the party, 7 months late to the $99 Target sales on CounterCades but here I am...ready to mod my newly acquired MSH CC from Ebay. Sure I had to pay more but whatever. EDIT: Well that was short lived. I have the USB in, have the switch set to OFF, install driver but when I close the window, step 2 isnt' available for me to select and my Countercade is booted up as if its ready to play. EDIT2: Swapped to a 3rd USB cable and now it shows.

I'm trying to do this hack. I have the USB cable plugged in, and I have the switch ALL the way to the right, so it should be OFF, and power cord unplugged, yet it'll start up normally, the ON/OFF switch is set to off on the front part.

Thanks for the video. I have the Marvel Superheroes countercade and followed your video and got it going! Has anyone else noticed that the usb port doesn't stay seated very well when plugging / unplugging usb sticks? It will basically pop out of the slot and ill have to unscrew the screws to open the panel to place it back on. At first I was in absolute horror thinking I snapped the usb port and it fell inwards, however, luckily it will go back on to the post and it still works fine with a usb drive plugged in; just a PIA as it can easily fall back in if using too much force re-plugging...

oh wow! definitely been hoping for a mod like this although the only cabinet I own at the moment is the stand-up ms. pac-man... and nevermind the lack of buttons on that one, haha. perhaps if there were some way to interface with my atgames joystick (still the best damn home arcade purchase I've ever made!) but seems like a cool mod. hoping they can figure out the hot-key situation cus that's gotta suck not being able to play all those six-button capcom fighters on there!! I guess that does sitll leave the door open for the D&D and NEO*GEO stuff, though.

Im uploading paks with system gameslist.xml files wich will include images and videos. When you launch batocera it will load all my art for you without scraping

I’m finally getting around to doing this mod on my Marvel Super Heroes Countercade. Quick question, I doubt you’ll answer since I’m so late to the party on this one. I’m looking for a particular arcade game, Spider-Man: The Video Game. Any idea if that game is on this build? I’ve been looking everywhere and it’s never part of any rom set. Thanks for your time and helpful video.

Great tutorial! Now I want to get one of the supported counter cades! Game on !

Can you put a list of what countercades will work on this in the description or is it all countercades? If it's limited to a certain select few it would be great to know in case someone wants to order one to use this hack on it. Hopefully the Mystery Encoder team does this for 3/4 scale cabs. This is awesome.

FYI all 3 of these countercades are on sale at Kohl’s for $179, I just ordered the Marvel cab.

Hello....I am attempting to do this now but the arcade keeps turning on preventing me from proceeding to step 2! I have unplugged the cable from the metal box and switched the toggle to the right but as soon as I plug the cable into my PC, the unit keeps turning on! Help!

FYI, mapping the extra two buttons to L1 and R1 will generally cause Retroarch to map them as the fifth and sixth buttons in six-button arcade games.

Has anyone had issues when trying to install. I unplug the power cord and switch the system to off. But when I plug usb in it turns the machine on?

I'd prefer having a countercade. It needs a larger screen and better controls. Being able to add a few more games would make it awesome!

Hi all. I've been trying to do this. Multiple cables, computers, different usb hubs, no usb hub. Always the same - the Marvel countercade turns on when connected via USB. Any thoughts?

Interested in performing this! Any word on if a fix to play 6 button games has been implemented since?

Oh man very cool but alas my hopes got destroyed when I realized my ms pacman wont be hackable. Any word on the old 2 button countercades getting a build later? Great video. Very clear and concise! :)

Mine (Marvel Superheroes) keeps turning on if i plug the usb into a pc. Yes, the little switch in the back of the silver box is OFF. it doesn't seem to matter which setting that little switch is in btw. even jumping the two pins on the board doesnt keep it off. HELP!

not all arcade roms work. Try Galaxian, Galaga, Halley's Comet, Gyrus...and there are more...they won't work right..part of the screen is missing.

I unplugged from the wall, Put in safe mode Connected to the usb and the cabinet turned on I made sure that the the power was off. I stopped the mod not knowing if that was normal and safe to do the mod.

Hey, I followed all instructions correctly, until I got to the point of installing the drivers, the assistant says it installed ok, but it will not let me continue beyond that, please help, I'm starting to get pissed at this

I'm trying this on my MK countercade, but while it's plugged into my computer via USB, the dang machine powers on. the hard line is unplugged and the PCB is switched to off. the actual power button on the control panel is also OFF. When I go to install drivers (step 1), it's not working. Any suggestions?

Thanks so much for this! Does this overwrite the original programming? Can i switch between the USB and the original games?

I'm very new to this, but I got my husband the NBA jam countercade for Xmas. I had no clue you could do this with it, so I'm about to try and figure out how with ur video....thanks & wish me luck!

What game file should I use when getting roms? When I place it in the mame, it doesnt work in the actual arcade.. Where did you find your games?

Thanks for your reply. I purchased a new one, so it's all good.

Thanks for this update PDubs. Question, I noticed you were specific about the style of flashdrive to use for this hack. is it possible to use an external drive in stead of a flashdrive? I have one sitting around not doing anything. If I could use that, that would be great

Looking forward to trying this on my Marvel Countercade. Has anyone who has tried this attempted to use a USB hub to connect the thumb drive and a usb controller at same time? This might be a workaround for getting an extra button to map as the hotkey

Does the TMNT 2 Player Counter-Cade hack include the classic arcade X-Men, The Simpsons and MK games? Those are some of my faves!

Hi PDubs, Thank you for another great video. I am going to try to see if I can get the box art to work. By the way, will it work on Full Arcade1up cabinet as well with this hack? I would love to turn some of the Arcade1up full cabinet with this hack. I guess not because no USB port. But can we used the MicroUSB port and added USB flash drive to it by using adaptor. Maybe Mystery Encode can made that happen so we can mod all the cabinet using the MicroUSB port for Flash drive stick by using USB adaptor by convert MicroUSB into USB A.

Have you tried a USB hub on the USB port so you could plug in both the Flash drive and a linux compatible USB WiFi dongle? Batocera has built in WiFi drivers for the most common devices so it SHOULD work unless they put out effort to remove the WiFi drivers that were already there

Awesomeness! Great video! Cant wait to do this over the weekend!

I was wondering if anyone has this problem, seems like the volume button doesnt work here, when i take the batocera usb drive off, i can use the volume button without a problem, but when I launch batocera it launches with sound at the highest level and I cant seem to bring the volume down... anyone have a clue what I can do to fix the sound slide? maybe I need to map it?

Awesome video, thanks man. I have a marvel super hero’s cabinet so I think I’m gonna have to do this!

Quick question !! Quick question!!! Can we put all neogeo and SNK roms?

Um..will this work on the Ms Pacman Arcade 1 UP? I dont think it has a USB port? plus the screen is vertical.

PLease do something for the STREETFIGHT 2 Partycade! thanks

The Micro USB keeps giving the cabinet power and I have the switch turned to off, is this normal? Not sure how to install the drivers if the power is on

I was super excited to try this out so I did as soon as I got my NBA Jam countercade, sad thing is is most of the Roms I put on no matter which version I found works with it. I am pretty disappointed considering all I want is NFL Blitz on it lol.

After you clicked on mama2003 where did you get the games to drag there? Help please!!

I wonder why they put usb slot in some of these Arcade1ups to begin with. Besides outrun, we haven't seen any easter eggs.

Hell yeah, I've been waiting for this!

hey! If I remove the USB, will it start up the normal system again?

I get to the Mame folder and then I’m lost! I’m a rookie! Where did you get the 4000 games from to drag to mame? I’m on the usb driver roms, mame, what am I picking up and where is it to drag to mame? Thanks so much!

I accidentally purchased one of those mini USB sticks in preparation for this--you mention not to use those. I've set it up, and it works fine--should I get a standard stick? Thanks, and thanks for these awesome videos!

The on/off button in the back of the unit will NOT turn off and when I plug something into the port and connect it to my computer my computer it is powering the unit because the unit stays on even if the power is off. I need to turn the unit OFF and still be able to plug into my computer. HELP!!!

After install it worked, then after shutting down, when booting back up, now the right input on the player 1 stick will not work... whether playing stock games or with the stick plugged in. Fixes/tips? EDIT: Fixed! I just did a reinstall of the whole mod... fixed it. Weird bug!

Hey bro thanks for this video this is a cool mod and I wish I now had a counterdade but I do have a full size NBA jam new still in the box and wanted to ask if this can be done on it? It would be cool if it can, Im being hopefull. Thanks for everything you do and informing us here about these cool mods bro take care.

Great video. I knew it looked to easy. I am stuck after install driver. Says it doesn’t detect then I replug usb in. Now it detects but says incorrect driver, try install again. Install again it continues the same loop over again. If anyone else had this happen, any solutions.

The driver keeps saying it failed to install for some reason and i tried 3 different micro usb cords. Would could be the issue?

Great Video!! Just set mine up and works great!! Vol though didnt decrease or increase for me

step 2 doesn't come up. I'm running windows on bootcamp..tried several cables some cables make it power up.some cables just say this usb device isn't recognized .

Do you recommend buying the nba jam countercade and doing this mod or no bc of the limited buttons available compared to the others. Reason I ask is this one is still $99 on Amazon 😉. Thanks!

After I close the window, step 2 won't open. I've closed the window after getting "install OK" am I missing something?

TMNT and the buttons aren’t working. Nothing is set up to start game. Is there a way to reset the buttons?

I cry, they dont have one for the pac-man countercade and thats the one I'm trying to mod :(

I bought one of the Marvel Super Hero countercades to try this out. Followed the directions on the mystery encoder website and readme file to the letter, but each time I error out on the first step. I used 4 different micro USB cables, 8 different ports on 2 separate computers, but no dice :(

Does anyone know if the marvel countercade still has a side usb? I was going to order one now but in the pictures on the site there is no side usb

Great video PDubs. Will this work on a Crombook laptop?

I got the software on my usb drive, but I’m unable to hook the drive back up to my computer to install more roms. It doesn’t recognize the drive anymore. Suggestions?

If the ROMS aren't included how does it work exactly ?

I tried 3 different micro usb cables including a brand new one and step 2 always says If PCB not detected reconnect USB. Any ideas ?

Wow 😮 is incredible, can’t wait to get with the box art 🕹

very cool! side question: i havent seen this cabinet in person, so that screen looks really small. what size is that?

Do you need to map the select button if your only playing arcade games? I don't think you need a select button to play six button arcade games. Unless there is something I am missing.

When I hook up the countercade to my PC with the USB it still turns on even though I shut off the toggle switch. Can't get step 2 to work. It stays in gray and not optional. So where do I go from here?

Hmm, so I followed all the steps but when I get into Bactocera there are only like 7 or 8 systems listed and it’s missing MAME even though the folder is there with ROMs.

Any chance of a softmod for the Galaga 88 countercade? It has a usb port and micros card slot.

Does anyone know how to play 64 games without audio chop? Graphics are fine, and with all the high resolution and visual fidelity improvements on. It seems the horsepower is there. I believe it may be the preloaded 64 emulators. it seems the “Parrallel” 64 emulator offers options to correct this through threading. Anyone have advice??

Any idea if i can do this on the TMNT 1 player counter? no external USB but i thought OTG cable to micro USB so i can connect my drive? thoughts?

Very cool... I'm guessing support for the 3/4 scale cabinets must be on the radar as well.

Followed directions but doesn't launch and just goes to regular 1up lunch screen.

Ok so I'm really interested in a Turtles Countercade... I'm doing my research right? Y'know like you do. But no one is showing the actual back of this device. Can I use this mod on a Turtles Countercade? Can I drop CAVE shooters and Sega Super Scalers on there. That would make the machine a steel for me.

After installing driver and selecting ok, 2nd step never becomes available. Any suggestions?

Is it possible to hide the other systems on batocera? I would prefer arcade and maybe just a few select systems?

Isn't the chipset even lower power than the normal core Legends Cabinet? Cool if a lot of stuff plays well! I'm working on a setup with the Core Max, now that it has offline mode. Works great using the two player Legends Pro panel!

can you help me? my games won't play when I select them? please help

Great tutorial man. We appreciate you and Team Encoder.

How do you easily get a micro usb cable into the port on the countercade, with the side on?

Do you have to leave it connected to the PC to use it or after you install everything do you disconnect from the PC ?