After a little waiting I finally received all the parts to add new internal speakers to my Arcade1Up machine. The original plan was to mount them into the control panel and have the audio pumping out through speakers just above the player buttons but I ended up heading […]
A small update while I’m waiting for the rest of my parts… After getting the controls up and running with the RetroPie and Arcade1Up cabinet I’ve spent quite a few hours “testing” games and seeing how it all holds up at this stage. And for the most part […]
I’ve been playing quite a bit of my PSVR lately and thought I’d provide a couple of recommendations around what games are a highlight on the system. Please be aware, I haven’t got all the games for PSVR, so this blog post will be around what I’ve played. […]
A lot of my time with working on my Arcade1Up so far was in trying to get the replacement controls right. But now that I had overcome a lot of mistakes on my part it was time to bring it all together. The key parts needed to finish […]
After getting the control panel almost right I could see that maybe I should recut it and get a better result from the holes being more aligned. So once again I sliced up a sheet of MDF and drew in the hole locations and began cutting away. Partway […]
In my first post on modifying my Rampage Arcade1Up machine I covered my plans and built the riser which is still going strong… and still upright! Now I’m on to the next part which is building out a new set of controls to replace the existing three player […]
Making changes to my Rampage Arcade1Up was always going to be part of my plan. Much of this has been inspired by an amazing video by ETA Prime (see below) who breaks down exactly what’s needed to get a Street Fighter Arcade1Up working off a RetroPie. It’s a […]
It’s been a while since I last played flight sims on my PC using a joystick. I had an old Saitek Cyborg 3D that was nigh on indestructible however the march of progress would eventually be it’s undoing as it required a game port connector (pre USB). Now […]
There’s plenty of gamers who have fond memories of going to arcades and standing in front of their favourites chewing through coins. Whether it be Street Fighter II, Golden Axe or Pac-Man a lot of good memories were thanks to those games and though modern consoles can easily […]
Not everyone would remember the Intellivision but during the reign of the Atari 2600 they (plus the Colecovision) offered viable alternatives for gamers wanting something more. They may have lost that war but the company continued to survive with titles such as the Intellivision Lives compilations that appeared […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 