For Lion King, that isn’t much of a difference, but the SNES version of Aladdin is vastly superior, in my opinion. I was excited to see Aladdin and Lion King from my SNES days, but these are the SEGA versions. On the newer end, you’ll find some Sega entries. No one is ever going to play the inferior console versions of those games. Speaking of Asteroids, that “300 games” claim feels a little inflated when you get doubles of games like Asteroid and Tempest, once in the console version and once as an arcade version. But that does mean a few classics like Pong, Missile Command, and Asteroids. You probably won’t find Soccer or Basketball all that inspiring. The vast majority of the collection are ancient games from the likes of Atari.
But don’t get your hopes up about giant swaths of quality. Surely with multiple hundreds of games, you’ll find something you like, right? While lots of arcade machines come with three or four games, the Legends Ultimate comes with 300. The big draw to the Legends Ultimate machine is the sheer number of games you get with the device. 300 Games, a Few of Them Good Both sides features the same artwork. Still, altogether it took me about 30 minutes to build a near full-sized arcade machine, and that’s not bad. But I found myself annoyed at the final result until I discovered the proper instructions on the AtGames website instead of in the box. Instead, you need to follow a set path of driving the screws to get a tight fit. But that was a mistake and will leave the vinyl pieces floppy. In the video above, you’ll see me take the logical step of inserting all the screws from top to bottom. Instead of printed directly on the MDF sides, the Legends Ultimate artwork arrives as two rolled-up vinyl pieces. Instead, you’ll build the lower half of the cabinet (effectively a hollow box), connect the two halves, then attach three cables to the control deck. You don’t have to put a display in place or wire up speakers or the lit marquee. The reason becomes obvious quickly-the entire upper half of the machine comes preassembled. When the Legends Ultimate arrives, you get in a box at least twice the size of an Arcade1Up box. It’s a tedious process.Īnd while the AtGames Legends Ultimate is still tedious, the company managed to make the process easier. You build an entire cabinet Ikea-style and route cables from the control deck to display and lights. I can almost assemble an Arcade1Up machine blindfolded because, until recently, they all followed the same formula.
Weirdly, I can't find a mention of screen size anywhere.įor $450, you're getting a lot more arcade cabinet than anything currently offered by Arcade1Up. Those controls consist of a joystick, six buttons and a spin-wheel, though there's only a single trackball.
The cabinet includes controls for two players, who won't be quite so crowded together as on Arcade1Up's smaller machines. There are some notable titles, to be sure, including Asteroids, Fix-It Felix, Jr., Karate Champ and Missile Command, but also some notable omissions: No Donkey Kong, no Punch-Out, no Rampage or Mortal Kombat. There's also something called Bring Your Own Game, which has the potential to greatly expand what you can do with the system.Īs for the 350 games already included in the cabinet, you can find the complete list here. This Special Edition version of the cabinet comes with a few extras, including Bandai Namco Arcade Blast (a dongle that adds Dig Dug, Galaga, Pac-Man and seven other games) and a three-month subscription to AtGames' ArcadeNet - a subscription service that streams oodles of additional games (mostly from older consoles).
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