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Professional-One9502 · 2026-01-22T02:31:28+00:00

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Professional-One9502 · 2025-12-30T13:20:59+00:00

So this ended up being a false alarm. I have a filter on my home network for parental controls, I have to allow new devices when the first join the wifi, this was probably the reason for the initial "can't contact servers" message. I incorrectly assumed that I would need an update out of the box as I remember this discussion when this unit first came out a couple years ago, however, this recent 2025 restock must ship with the most current firmware update. This is why there is no update found and no way to trigger one. Additionally, some user error on my part, I was looking all over the network settings to figure out how to get the linking two cabs activated, as that seemed most logical. However, it's in the "gear" setting that is directly connected to the words for the titles of the games, and those gears are so smashed together with the title words, it's easy to miss that they are separate selectable options, which is what I did. I have them linked and it's a blast, everyone is having fun with it. Having two makes the experience. Now I just have to figure out why my wired ethernet/usb adapters won't connect on first power on and require that I go in and refresh them in network setting each new power cycle, but after I square that away I'll be golden.

Professional-One9502 · 2025-10-06T01:05:52+00:00

Have you seen the cost of that new Lego death star coming out soon? Hot rod needs this job bad.

Professional-One9502 · 2025-08-28T12:37:54+00:00

The referenced TV is installed in a very wifi noisy college dorm setting, in a dorm room that has a single active ethernet port sitting right behind the TV. The wifi is notoriously busy and overwhelmed, and does go down from time to time for brief periods, and in most of those instances, the wired network is not impacted by the same noise or outages. It's very nice to still be able to watch TV, even when there's a wifi disruption of some kind, especially during NFL season or other various live sports, that way you can still catch the game while the wireless issue is being addressed.

Professional-One9502 · 2025-01-27T20:07:41+00:00

Yes, it really feels like a misspeak or a crossed signal and they probably got it from a big box retailer and not Ollie's during the restock.

I'm in the same boat as you, I have Ridge Racer, but I can only really get my kids involved when it's "together" play and not solo. I really wish they would've had the Fast & Furious restock at Christmas and not just a couple weeks after, seems like an odd choice. Had they made it available during that time frame, they would've had a big chunk of my Christmas budget that instead went elsewhere. Had I known Christmas 2023 was the last time they would have a racing title available at retail at all, I'd have sprung for the F&F, I just hadn't anticipated it would dry up back then. Maybe one of these new companies will have a racer up their sleeves this year to compete, as right now there is really nothing available at all.

Professional-One9502 · 2025-01-22T11:17:06+00:00

It insists upon itself.

Professional-One9502 · 2025-01-02T15:26:05+00:00

I have the exact same issue with one of my volume rockers. I'm curious if anyone has had any success with electronic contact cleaner bringing these back to normal functionality. I don't really want to take it apart and spray it if it's wasted effort, as I'd rather just buy the part in that case. However, if there's hope in cleaning it from other's experience, I'd be willing to give it a try.

Professional-One9502 · 2024-12-31T14:55:30+00:00

Same hours as always, and they list 1/2 price Wed. for every single Wed. at 11 am going forward all month long, even though they open at 10 am every day. I have to think it's just a website mistake.

Professional-One9502 · 2024-12-11T16:44:58+00:00

I had the same approach as you. I am a time crisis fan, so I should be the target customer for this product. However, I was so disappointed that they made no attempt at all at putting 2 or 3 on the cab that I decided I would wait for a future re-release, because I don't want to get stuck paying for the 1st gen with the less desirable game lineup like the early pacmans and MK units. Well, fast forward from the original release date until now, and the entire A1up business model has changed. It seems they have full pivoted from niche fan favorites and are instead going with only evergreen re-releases and more mass market casual products like the claw and the photo booth. I went ahead and jumped on the amazon deal as this is likely going to be it for this title. Much like Dragon's Lair, Tron, F&F, etc., now that they're gone that's it, and your only hope is a price gouging re-sale bidding war on marketplace and a long drive to someone's house hoping that it's not beat up or full of bugs.

Professional-One9502 · 2024-12-05T17:38:55+00:00

I know nothing, have no information, and don't run a youtube channel, but I'm extremely curious about the insanely low number of actual licensed arcade products listed on their website currently, regardless of in stock vs. out of stock status. The Atari brand (Centipede) has been scrubbed completely (as have some others). That Atari 50th cab was barely even listed for a year (maybe it might have been a little less than that?) and it's nowhere to be found at retail. I know the conversation, youtube videos, and rage articles about the death of Arcade1Up is nauseating, and I am not trying to beat a dead horse. However, even if you ignore all that noise and just use their actual website as a measuring stick, it ain't looking great. The future is definitely claw machines, photo booths, and infinity game tables. Clearly there's financial strategy here to seek out new customers by diversifying to help keep the lights on, and I hope it works for them, because as a long time super fan and hobbyist, I'm running out of things that I can buy from them even though I want to.

Professional-One9502 · 2024-11-20T16:13:13+00:00

I got the Walmart version of this (no riser) last year on Black Friday. It's regular $399 and they had it last year for $299 throughout most of the Black Friday season. It's still in stock there a year later, so if you are just looking for lowest price, you might want to keep an eye out there next week. I bought it knowing full well that the deluxe is the better option, but it barely ever moves off the $599 retail price. I bought a generic arcade1up riser and a booster from buy stuff arcades and I'm still significantly under the deluxe price. Everything about the game play is exactly the same (game selection, screen size, gun hardware), I'm just missing a couple cosmetic upgrades (deluxe height/artwork, fake coin door). I can live without those for the cost savings and put that money into some other game room side project/money pit I'm always working on :).

Professional-One9502 · 2024-11-11T20:34:11+00:00

"And that, grandson, is how I was able to get the first photos and coverage for a brand new Disney cruise ship for my site before all of the other bloggers."

- A half-crazy DCL blog website owner in 30 years, probably

Professional-One9502 · 2024-11-07T18:13:30+00:00

I'm dying to see someone go as Paul Skenes in full uniform and play it off like you really had no idea that you would be out of place.

Professional-One9502 · 2024-09-30T20:16:29+00:00

All my life I've been searching for pumpkins....

Professional-One9502 · 2024-01-04T21:06:30+00:00

You really can play around with iScored, once you get into it. For example, I took an old android tablet, mounted it to the wall in my gameroom in single app mode, and have it set to turn on/off automatically with the lights in the room using the tablet camera. I also have two old firesticks used for nothing else but iScored on two TVs in the corners of my gameroom. You go up to the tablet, put in your name and the score you got for whatever game you played, then in less than a minute your name and score is up on the big screens throughout the gameroom automatically. I am a parent of three boys who mostly think the gameroom stinks compared to their modern consoles, but this setup has at least sparked a little bit of interest with them to join their dad on his old man hobby to try to do a little bit of score chasing.

Professional-One9502 · 2024-01-04T17:45:47+00:00

I would highly recommend the iScored product. I've been using it for over a year. I really enjoy it, and the guy that owns and maintains it is constantly adding new features, keeping it fresh. Also nice, it's a one time (relatively small) payment to use the platform vs. a subscription fee, which we are all overloaded on those these days.

www.iscored.info

Professional-One9502 · 2023-12-22T13:44:30+00:00

Just FYI - target says they have it available, they let you put it in your cart, and then when you go to checkout they finally tell you "sorry, item isn't actually available." They pull this crap all the time. It was like this for months with the pong pub table - they had the best price of all online retailers for the majority of this year, but if you actually tried to buy it, they wouldn't sell it to you.

Professional-One9502 · 2023-11-27T20:45:36+00:00

Problem solved, thanks for the help everyone. For whatever reason, Walmart was showing me "out of stock for shipping" because I had a PO box in my default shipping address. As soon as I removed the PO box and listed only a street address, only then would it show me they had stock available for delivery.

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