I would go get an old Ultracade or Arcade Legends. Quality parts, not 2500 games, but the classics and well laid out menu. Having done many of these by hand I find that while the number of games is held out as the success metric, you really won’t play most, and they clutter the ones you do want to play. Most standard renditions of newer built multicades use a Hyperspin front end that in heavy use seems to crash more often than not.

If you find a good 4 player one, let me know. I’ve been bouncing back and forth for a while now on what to do.

Ultracade and Arcade Legends were well made, but aren't those basically time bombs now? Old PCs with hard drives overdue to croak? I owned one about ten years ago and was very pleased with it.

I had an Arcade Legends. It was well built and all the games were original code, not emulated.

But the controls were cramped and about as non ergonomic as it gets.

I think you mean https://extremehomearcades.com/home.aspx

I ordered one about 4 months ago and he is at a huge backlog. I ordered at the end of November and he said probably May it will be done.

I had been looking at this place online since its local, but have not got a chance to go in person. When we get out of lock down I plan on checking them out.

https://www.aceamusements.us/

You could try https://retroactivearcade.ca/ as they do custom builds as well as stock. Might be good with canadian dollar where it is.

I got mine from...
https://arcadesrfun.com/product/mean-extreme-machines/

Have an Arcade Legends 1 that I purchased new back in 2006 maybe. Great selection of games as I added on two packs that were available at the time. Needed to replace hard drive last fall but now has slightly more games. Forget the few thousand game systems don't want it. Just enough with what it has now. Only thing its not the best for playing long periods of time but mounted two wrist pads under joysticks to help. AL3 new runs around $3k I believe.

I would be careful with this company as I had a terrible experience with them. Opposite from the user I am replying to though.

I wouldn't. And this is why.

Video games require hands on the controls, and they really screwed up with this part of the cabinet with the chrome T-molding right where your forearm and wrist hits. The controls are just too crowded anyway. Otherwise I might still have mine.
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I've done the multi thing (still have a 60 in 1), honestly A few choice originals exceeds the fun of one multicade.
The controls and buttons are confusing, they never feel real and guests enjoy pretty much nothing because they are overwhelmed by the thousands of games.
Also I think most light gun games don't work on an lcd.

Take for example a few posts up, 720 on a multicade.
I have the real deal and without the 720 control panel and joystick the game is useless.
There is a reason why games with proprietary controls hold more value, the gameplay can't be duplicated.

BTW, the last time I had people over, the most popular game? A centipede I got in a package deal that I didn't even want...

IMO, find a couple real games you love, acquire them, enjoy them, then trade them out just like people do with pins.

I bought a the cabinet from funcoamusements its a modified V4 funglo cabinet (slightly bigger).
Then wired everything myself. I found out quickly the 4/8 way switcher motor/joystick wasn't made for commercial use, so now they are both sanwa 8 way joysticks. Also wired one of those 2 in 1 jamma harnesses to have GT complete on one side and ultracade on the other. But no one played GT complete so I took it out.... now its just Ultracade.

It was fun, but the main games people play are street fighter, mortal kombat and galaga. I'm just going to get a few dedicated fighters and a pixel bash from now on. Also I will never do RGB buttons again, that took FOREVER to wire up.

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I recently bought this cabinet and top from "XTENSIONS Premium Arcade Gaming Equipment" and put it together myself as a kit and then bought from "Home Arcade systems" the hard drive and installed it in a gaming computer. Both owners of each company were more than helpful with any questions I had before and after purchase.
This one has 1- 4 way joystick, 2 - 8 way sticks, 3 inch track ball and a spinner (love playing Tempest). It plays on a 42 inch flat screen and navigating to the games is a simple process.
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