Yeah, I keep reading about people finding NBA Jam for $100 but the best I could find in-stock in the Denver area last weekend was $170. (I used Brickseek and just kept typing in surrounding zip codes until I found one): https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker?sku=664728270

Me and my boys had fun building it and have had a lot of fun playing, so I'd say after four days we've had $170 of fun with it already. That said, it feels like an Ikea-quality mini-arcade game so I'm not sure I'd have been psyched to pay full price. Based on the history of these games it seems like holding out for clearance makes sense as they somehow still haven't mastered the supply/demand situation. Though maybe some games they do smaller runs on and they actually do "sell out" at retail?

I don't really care about the online play feature, so I'm already thinking that once the boys get tired of it I'll replace the guts with a PC for MAME (just the 50 or so games I actually want to play, not 6,000 or whatever which sounds like a disaster to me), add an extra button per player so we can play the D&D Capcom games and Samurai Shodown, and swap in an old 20" monitor. There're tons of great YouTube posts on modding these things!

That marquee now looks a little out of place

Nice looking reskin! For Tapper, is it playable with a standard joystick (without the gates)? I’m doing a mame mod on an Arcade1Up NBA Jam and am finalizing my game list. I figured Tapper would require the custom controllers but if it works with joysticks I’ll give it a spin.

I’ve got all the parts collected to swap in a $20 Craigslist monitor in my NBA Jam cab, I’ll post back when I finally get around to doing it!

I guess every Walmart makes its own clearance decisions (and pricing), but last year a bunch of them put NBA Jam on clearance. I paid $270 for mine in Oct or Nov, but some people reported getting them as low as $89. But at least in the Denver area they seem to be all sold out, so it's either suck it up and pay retail at BestBuy, or keep an eye on Craigslist.

Doesn't really matter but I paid $170 for the NBA Jam, not $270 like I said here.

I’ve read the cabs are still 3” shy of arcade height with the riser. But you can 3D print “legs” to make up the difference. That’s probably next on my list.

Here're the Walmart links, includes free shipping:

• https://www.walmart.com/ip/Arcade-1Up-Mortal-Kombat-Midway-Legacy-12-in-1/994999671
• https://www.walmart.com/ip/ARCADE-1UP-The-Simpsons-Arcade-1UP-With-Riser/620999169

I think Walmart clearance deals are usually store/region specific, but worth a look anyway!

The Walmart website picture doesn’t show the riser or marquee so I assume it’s not included. Nice work getting BestBuy to price match the better setup!

You’ve probably seen the YouTube videos, but it’s relatively straightforward to mod 1Up BBH with a bigger screen. Of course that wouldn’t get you the bigger cabinet.

Famous last words ...

Is the T2 easily modded to add more games? Or is there something funky about the light guns that they won’t work with a MAME emulator?

What did you end up paying for those? I do like the look of those PacMan cabs.

This one looks pretty nice (in the comments he explains how he did it, doesn't sound too bad).
https://www.reddit.com/r/Arcade1Up/comments/a0mgv8/incorporated_a_mini_fridge_into_my_arcade1up/

Awesome! And I love the door decals on your v2.

My gut feeling is with the economy cooling off a bit there should be more Arcade1Ups popping up on Craigslist at reasonable prices, and we may return to the days when you could regularly snag them on clearance at Walmart. So if you're not dying for either of these titles now I might hold off.

I also agree w/ kool1's comment above about the low replayability of Simpsons. Same goes for TMNT and the other "beat 'em ups". Simpsons is a great candidate for modding if you want to do a multi-game cabinet (and are cool with 2 buttons per player or comfortable doing some drilling to add more). But I wouldn't buy one just to play as-is unless you're a huge fan of the original and want it for pure nostalgia value.

I love this quote: "Our remastered version has over 84% of the different hits from the original Blitz, so do not worry, all of the fun chaos is still there." So I guess 84% = 100%. That said I'm surprised Arcade1Up got permission to remake the game at all, apparently the NFL was none-too-pleased with Blitz when it first came out and it's a different league than it was in the 1990s.

If you're modding your Arcade 1Up cab yourself and put a modestly powered PC in it (splurge for the $75 one on Craigslist and you're in the ballpark) you can run MAME Blitz as well.

SF II Big Blue w/ riser and stool is $399 at Walmart currently. With Arcade 1Up prices coming back down I'm not sure if that's a "deal" anymore, but thought I'd post it just in case
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Arcade1UP-Street-Fighter-II-Big-Blue-Arcade-with-Riser-and-Exclusive-Stool-Bundle/530710375

Not speaking from experience here. But from a bit of searching on reddit it sounds like you can mod the Arcade1Up cocktail tables, but you probably cannot use a preconfigured 60-in-1 card to swap in, and will instead need a cheap PC with CoinOps or other emulation software (you can use a raspberry pi on the standup machines but evidently it’s underpowered to do flip screen mode on a cocktail).

Do the 1Up virtual pinballs usually go that low? Here's a link:
https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-5753575/arcade-1-up-williams-bally-attack-from-mars-10-in-1-pinball-machine.jsp

Are you planning to upgrade the monitor? I'd recommend it -- looks like they'd charge you $30 for an adapter to use the existing monitor. For not too much more than that you could probably buy a bigger and better replacement on your local craigslist (downside is you'll lose the cool bezel if you go with a maxed-out 19" monitor, but worth it for increased quality and screen-size).

Sold out quickly!

Yes, but it's not at all plug-and-play. Arcade 1Up uses a custom single-board setup, not standard JAMMA wiring. I added an old PC to my NBA Jam cab to run MAME, and I'm guessing you'd need a similar parts-list for a 60-in-1. I needed adaptors and/or replacements for the monitor, joystick/buttons, and sound to get them to work with something other than the stock 1Up board. You'll likely also want to add one or more buttons for on/off, add credits, etc. (it takes some significant work to use the existing power and vol. switches with a replacement board).

Given the cost and work involved I'd recommend skipping a 60-in-1 board, which limits your game choice and is probably only 1-2 player games. If I'm right it's about the same work to install a Raspberry Pi or PC which will give you more control over the interface and game list (at the cost of more time figuring out all the configuration options).

Looks like brand new NFL Blitz still has the riser. I wonder if they do it so (short) people with big collections and no risers will have a nice consistent line of games? Or maybe they just like charging an extra $60 for a couple of pieces of MDF.

Well they have some larger cabs like the Shaq NBA Jam model and the "Pro Series" models, so maybe they'll do something like that for SW?
https://arcade1up.com/products/nba-jam-shaq-edition-arcade-machine
https://collider.com/arcade1up-pro-series-full-size-gaming-cabinet/

I did a Coinops conversion on my Arcade 1Up NBA Jam. I love how it turned out but was a LOT of work getting it up and running. Some of that is Coinops specific (they didn't have a 4-player Coinops build when I did it so lots of messing around in config files to get all the controllers working right, and I spent a ton of time messing with settings to pare down the game list to ~50 and get the display just how I wanted it). But Arcade 1Up is not easy to mod (probably by design), so you have to add a PC to replace the processor and deal with proprietary connectors on the monitor, speakers, and controllers. So if you're looking for an easy (vs. dirt cheap) Coinops machine, I'd also recommend fining something more plug-and-play than a 1Up.