To remedy this, the company sent out free replacement artwork and a plexiglass cover to go over the controls to protect the printed graphic surface to anyone who requested it. It didn’t take long until players complained that their control panel artwork had been reduced to a worn out smear of what it once was due to hours of gameplay. The first ‘generation’ of these cabinets, of which the Walmart Exclusive Pac-man was a part, suffered from no light-up marquee, riser or deck protector. No matter how good a company or product is, however, if you cut costs to bring an expensive hobby to the masses at a lower price point there will be issues and these Arcade1ups are no exception.
Finishing the look was side art, marquee and a bezel resembling the original graphics of the game, as well as clone joysticks and buttons to give you the feel of the original arcade. For a retail of roughly $300-500 (at the time) you could get a standup machine with a PCB (printed circuit board) containing anywhere from 2-4 games from the same publisher. This smaller footprint allows for easy movement around a game room and is aided by the original CRT monitors of the day being replaced by 17″ flat screens as well as the 3/4inch plywood shells giving way to lighter composite wood materials. tall (without a riser) and weighs between 50-70lbs. Fully assembled, the product stands roughly 4ft.
Much like a trip to Ikea, these cabinets are sold flat-packed for the consumer to build at home. Their 3/4 scale cabinets would allow the average Joe an experience that hints at the nostalgia that many of us were aching to return to (if even for a short time). In about the fall of 2018, a new company announced a product coming to the home market that would take the gaming world by storm: Arcade1up. I could never spin a yarn quite like Sophia Petrillo but I suppose I should start at the beginning.
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