Arcade1up 8 in 1 Pac Man Partycade - QVC Exclusive Honest Review Plus Mods 

Great review! Nice looking unit after those mods . curious as to how it will play when you change the gate and now have an 8 way.

Awesome review.. Thanks. Also loved that 80s style commercial part where you turn and zoom in... You can play it on a wall, etc... Classic 🤣🤣👍🏼👍🏼

Best review of the wallcades that I’ve seen! Was thinking of picking one of these up at somepoint. The monitor looks sharper than I expected. Thanks for the vid!

Nice. I like the honesty. It's obvious you know your stuff as well. I had no idea this style existed. Definatly some issues to think about. I really like the profile, and portability. The humor is a great touch in your videos. A pinball machine, are you kidding me? That thing looks awesome! Your game room will be epic.

I missed this, good to see you making videos again!

The issue is that these monitors are not normally meant to be turned on their side to get that vertical look. You will get the same issue if you look at a regular monitor and move your view extreme up and down…

This was a good review..thanks..got me thinking now

The wobbling can be fixed by installing easy to remove Velcro pads on the top corners. Great video btw :)

Yeah you can't move diagonally with a 4-way restrictor on your joystick, nor can you properly control most 4-way gameds on an 8-way stick. This is just another example of how Arcade1Up bundles incompatible games on their machines, forcing the end user to decide which ones will play properly and which will not. It's an easy fix, but a difficult choice. This example is actually pretty mild compared with other bundling nightmares resulting in cursed horizontal Tempest and Centipede configurations. I believe they do this deliberately in hopes of selling you incrementally less deliberately screwed-up versions of the same cabinets down the road. How hard is it to make a single-purpose cabinet whose design is fit for purpose? I think we're just misunderstanding Arcade1Up's purpose, which is all about money and not at all about creating objectively good products.

So the front of the one you took out of the box is different than the one you are playing with on the wall. What's up with that? I just got the one that looks like the one you took out of the box, I picked up used for 75 bucks with all hardware.

If these partycade go on sale later years, I will be buying one.

I am in stitches after the 3 modes!!!

This is a nice machine man it's dope I enjoy the ms PAC man one I got but I really want that one because it has dig dug 😂

Was your screen issue taken care off ? I appreciate your review n thank you .also i been trying to see in writing what us the 3 warranty qvc suggested to buy covers? I think the comming out with partycade havung 12 games in one sook. So maybe ill wait to wee

Video made it easy to install, QVC should hire u to do their instructions!

I adore this. It's not available in the UK but we're hoping it will be sometime.

Fellow Missourian here. Great review. Where did you get the vinyl sticker for the front? Thanks!

this video was put up in late 2020. now its 2022. has Arcade 1up fixed any of these problems Now w their recent releases?

Great video. I'm planning to have two Arcade 1ups back-to-back in the middle of my game room, but thought of an idea - do you think the wall mount would attach on the back of a standard 1up upright cabinet to hang the Partycade on the back of their upright cabinets? Near the top where the screws go in anyway? Do you think that it'd be at the right height? Seems like a good way to save space. Thanks!

Man, talk about dropping the ball. No reason in hell a unit with these issues should have been shipped. Another great video my friend.

Did you ever resolve the screen issue? What happened when you replaced the joystick? I would really like to see or hear an update on this video! Thanks for the review!

my screen doesnt have that issue but the buttons and stick are horrible. Planning on putting a pie in it or 60 in 1 jamma. Where did you get the lighted marquee?

You can normally push in the center of the gate and rotate it to change from 4 way to 8 way and the contrast ratio in not great on the monitor so the viewing angle isn’t great from the sides. Pretty common for low quality lcd panels. Oh and on that gate you should be able to unclip it and rotate it and clip it back on.

Nice.... About to purchase a gaming pc... and that's very cool love to have one of those were did you buy from?

Great Video Pat! Ashame about Zevious. Pretty dumb on their part! Mods looks great. Defective screen is a deal breaker for sure. But that could happen on any unit. Sucks it happened to you. That is usually my kind of luck. I would try the community on getting a new one since you already have the unit up to snuff!

can you do a video on how you did the mods ? I have this partycade but I'm having problem replacingt the springs and buttons. Did you have to take apart everything to do them ? also are the Happ buttons just plug and play?

Is there a aftermarket joystick that is adjustable between 4-way mode and 8-way mode that is easy to install on this game? As a fan of Zevious I would love to play diagonal as the original game played. Loved your review of the A1up 8 in 1 Pac Man Partycade.

I dig your Monaco Gp marquee. Did you make it? It is just back lit ? I'd like to learn more about it and make one/buy one for myself.

I bought a countercade and hated it. My telephone has a bigger screen. I'm wondering how big is this screen?

They had these already on clearance at a Target I was at a couple weeks ago, I think for 75 or 100. Dude, I laughed with the whole, "On the wall, on the door, even on the Counter!" great stuff. I agree they need to include screw caps. I say that Step Brothers quite a lot when we clean the house and make space. "So much room for activities."

Does it have settings for the speed or unlimited lives?

I have the centipede 4-1 HSN and the Asteroids 8-1 partycade/wallcade. All of their machines use screens which have color variations from the side: 1) It makes no difference when you're playing, because unless you are looking from the side, it looks fine. all the countercades, and 3/4 ones have that issue also 2) the 8-way gate, will cause issues with the 4 directional way games. whether you want that tradeoff or not, is up to you. i doubt that you or anyone you know will get to a point in xevious where it makes a difference. i can get to around 200k in xevious, with a 4-way stick, so it really doesn't impact me. if i had an 8 way stick i can probably get a little further. 3) the joysticks and buttons are always terrible, but its so cheap to replace them. it's harder replacing trackballs and spinners (which i have done), so they're more playable that way. the spinner has an issue right now, so thats on hold. 4) the game selection for the 8-1 in about as good as its going to get, so anyone complaining about price or choice should realize that 2-1,3-1, or even 4-1 are going for more or about the same as this 8-1 i don't recommend this either without modding, but its fair for the vast majority of people that aren't arcade purists or experts. later -1

Just got mine today !!! I love it !!!!! Worth the price ... 100.00. Q V C.... 😃

I love mine! But what would REALLY kick ass would be an Arcade 1Up that had EVERY PAC-Man game on it. Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus, Ms. Pac-Man, Jr. Pac-Man, Super Pac-Man, Pac and Pal, even a split screen all video version of Baby Pac-Man! And maybe Pac Mania as well.

How can you possibly return a modded cabinet? You probably voided the warranty.

I have the 4in1 it has the same side view problem .I never noticed it as I stand off to the right a little till you said something . But now I can't unsee it . Thanks a lot dude lol 😆 that is weird its only to the left side . Viewing angle is usual same from both sides?

I have a Question: does this one have the speed mode for Pac Man?

Hi! Loved the review. Would you mind posting a link to the replacement buttons you purchased?

I just received a Centipede 8 in 1 and the screen problem does not exist with it. I fully expected to have the same problem but it is not there. Plays good, hopefully trackball will hold up and is an easy fix if acts up.

Any updates from Arcade 1UP on the screen washing out and the other issues? I just bought this and it's coming soon. Maybe I should just not open it and send it back.

does anyone have a link to a tutorial on how to mod this with a rasperry pi

I think the left side loss of viewing is standard for these monitors. It is something that I think is less noticeable when in horizontal mount.

I bought one of these but I'm shocked by the Xevious issue. Lucky for me, that isn't one of my favorite games anyway. I really like the Wall-cade design and wanted to get at least one of them.

If you put some velcro on the door and door brackets that can help remove the wiggles

Just set mine up today. In Pac Man i notice some lag in moving. Any ideas?

How much would it cost to have some one put the 60-1 mod on my arcade1up - roughly.. I’m in the Philadelphia area... Not sure who to turn to..

Where is the link for the joystick spring . Thanks

I saw this on HSN and wanted to know more about it. Thanks for the great review. I hate that the fire buttons on most arcades are on the right side. To me steering should be handled with the right hand considering most people are right handed and firing should be controlled by the left hand. Where can I find a retro arcade cabinet with this setup? I love Max! I have 4 Standard Poodles! ❤️

Are there different levels to the Pac-Man game..?

Can you explain in a little more detail the modifications you made, or you recommend, to the joystick? I just ordered the HSN 8-1 PacMan that has Xevious on it, and I will want all 8 games to be playable. Also, would you be able to provide a link to the spring you purchased? Are those easy to install? This is the first machine like this I have ever purchased, so I don't have a great understanding on how difficult it will be to make changes. Good video review and great dog -- I have a four year old Standard myself and they are the best dogs.

the problem with the monitor is that it is probably a regular monitor turned sideways and depending on the tech used, it might give you worst or better viewing angles looking at it from the bottom or top if it was positioned in its default factory horizontal position. About the restrictor gate, I would probably replace the stick with sanwa or a good quaility clone and use an 8 way restrictor. I do think that it looks nice and I would probably buy it if I did not have a 3/4 arcade1up already and a countercade. I would totally recommend it to people willing to mod it with a raspberry pi and want to save space vs the other options.

Mounted on the wall it looks very commercial. Saves a lot of space

Just got my 8in1 and the screen is fine. It also came with different paint (black sides) and a 8 way gate.

You can buy a 4&8 way joystick. PAC-man needs a 4 way or it won’t play right, they don’t use them in their arcades to keep the cost down.

So what do you do sit way left at an angle when playing your Pac Man or Dig Dug lol

Where did you get the yellow kickplate decal?

Boy, he really likes that dog. 😉

I built a dual screen cocktail arcade, and I used pc monitors mounted landscape. I noticed the same problem you had with your cabinet. So, I turned the monitors upside down and it fixed the screen visibility issue on both sides of my cocktail cabinet.. I think the Partycade monitor is similar with rotated game display. That's why one side is viewable, while the other side isn't really.

I just got one of these for Christmas and I would like to share a few of the things I have discovered/figured out. 1) The stick is 8-way but limited to 4-way by the "gate". People have mentioned playing pacman sucks with an 8-way, but I have been making my own arcade sticks since the Dreamcast and have often played pacman with my 8-way and once you get used to it, it's not a problem. Simple fix; route out the hole in the "gate" to allow the movement. 2) The screen looking weird from the left side I noticed doesn't happen with all of the games on my wallbinet. Oddly enough, I noticed while watching a video of somebody playing galaga in the arcade that the actual arcade cabinet of galaga does the same thing. I started thinking that maybe it was just Galaga itself (though that doesn't make a lot of sense) until I saw you show it happening with digdug. 3) The buttons absolutely suck. They used buttons that look like Sanwa-style buttons, which are considered the best, better than the cherry-key style buttons but unfortunately the ones they used are absolute shit. 4) The screen not being angled sucks. The way they have this designed if it is at a proper height for me to look at the screen properly, it causes my hands and wrists to be at an uncomfortable height. If I adjust it for comfort of my hands, I'm looking down on the screen, which is the entire reason screens were angled in the first place. They could have angled the controls downward and it would have been fine, too. 5) I replaced the button immediately with a cherry-key style and I used a dremel cutoff wheel to make the connection tabs on the cherry-key thinner, thin enough that the existing connectors will just fit right on. No non-reversable modifications (I'm still considering returning it for the Ms. Pac Man cab) That's all I can think of right this sec, I know there was more but oh well...

how do you change the game without turning it off?

Hello I have a question? How can I upgrade the joystick and buttons?

Nerd lol awesome review man keep it up

I love my Partycade. It's a blast. Put a new Sanwa joystick in it with 4 pound spring and a clear blue bat style handle. Looks and plays awesome. I want to put a raspberry pi in this thing now

The 8 gate will make miss turns on Pacman and Super Pacman turns are hard enough. I can't imagine paying it with a 8 gate stick.

New friend sending you my full support

I have the Costco Super Pac cab and it has same screen issue....i own a ton of these cabs and from what i can tell QVC, HSN, and Costco are using different monitors than what the other newer cabs are using.....theres a REALLY GOOD CHANCE THAT USING A DIFFERENT MONITOR WONT WORK WITH THE PARTYCADE PCB....BE AWARE!! also 4way gate is ONLY way to go bc other gate options except a 4way gate will screw up gameplay for PACMAN and DigDug.

I just ordered the Ms. Pacman partycade, and hoping there's no issues. I love the regular Arcade1ups, but my wife will kill me if I get another right now. This I can get by with though.

what film was that from at 7:03

You would think they would provide a better wall mount. Like one you actually can't see once placed, thing is ugly.

I just ordered one from hsn with $20 off coupon. I'm gonna mod it with Raspberry pi.🙂

Is there another way to switch games rather than turn it off and back on with the switch?

Nice review! How is Arcade1Up’s customer service? I bought a NBA Jam countercade on Black Friday and I’m a little disappointed that nowhere in the advertising does it clarify that the NBA roster is incomplete. And it’s not just incomplete - dozens of players are opted out of it most notably Reggie Miller. This is the equivalent of going to see your favorite band but finding out it is only a few members in their old age making a quick buck. The countercade is arriving tomorrow and I don’t think it’s worth returning at $80. Not sure if customer service would offer anything for the misleading advertising. I just got into these arcades and I’m learning from you and Rexxer all the issues that they’re having. What a complete mess…

I own this same machine, Does anyone know how to reset high scores? Thanks.

Just upgrade the stick to Sanwa 8 directional and a heavy spring. In regards to the wobble on the closet maybe some gorilla double sided tape on the bars would help.

How do i change games tho

My brother just got this game I have to get me one

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Be careful what you ask for. If they add an 8 way controller for the one obscure game you won't like how it interferes with the games that only require 4 way gate. I hate that about my multicade mame machine that I built when I try to play pacman style games.

Arcade Ups Pacman 4 game 40th-anniversary tablecade with the side brown woodgrain has the same side view screen issue and that literally just came out. Very disappointing....

I love that Pac Man art. So 70s! Too bad about quality though.

A1Up uses cheap bottom margin displays for most of their cabs.

How hard is it to switch the buttons and the joy stick?

That's so crazy that they screwed this up. So obvious to anyone who played games in the 80s.

I want fast Pac-Man/Ms Pac-Man

My theory is the screen goes off color on only that side is because of the blue wall's reflection

You have no problems changing out the buttons for real Happ, getting custom parts and graphics, but changing the restrictor plate on a joystick is insurmountable? They probably went with a 4-way gate because the main titles use a 4-way or 2-way gate in the real machines. Xevious is the only title that has an 8-way stick. The Pac-Man games and Dig Dug are 4-way, Galaxian and Galaga are 2-way. If you want an 8-way restrictor put one in there, but it's going to make the Pac-Man games a not so great experience. If anything the issue isn't the stick, it's correct for the bulk of the games, the problem is the inclusion of Xevious in a cab that has a 4-way stick as it should for the headline titles. Also the issues you mention with the screen, you're pretty far off axis when the color washes out. It's not a left/right issue, it's an up/down issue because that is a monitor turned 90-degrees from the intended orientation. They're not designed for someone to look up ah them from underneath when oriented horizontally, which is why you're seeing that from one side and not the other. It should still be fine for straight on viewing, and at the end of your review your camera is off to the left and the screen looks fine.

Mine has black background on the body not yellow like yours.

Wait so u can mod this :o

It’s $239 now at QVC.

What's your thoughts on this 8 in 1 Partycade. I realize Pac Man has been done to death but this design really intrigued me!

It's square gate because Pac Man stinks that it ruined Xevious for you though.

I’ve played pac man games with an 8-way gate and they SUCK believe me... A bit disingenuous for you to present the 4-way gate as a “problem” or issue. It’s ideal for 7 of the 8 games. They should have swapped out Xevious for another 4-way game maybe ...

I appreciate your reviews, however, I'll never understand how people expect to pay so much less and expect everything to be working completely perfect with the options that are offered. Let's get some Chinese to fix it using our technology. LMAO

My Namco plug-and-play has the same games as that. I paid $0.50 for it in the thrift store.

This will sound rude, but IDC. A bit incredulous that you would be doing these kinds of reviews, yet wouldn't understand the nature of 4-way and 8-way joysticks / restrictors. A 4-way joystick on a Pac-Man machine is not a "problem", it's a necessity. But I definitely don't know why they would subsequently include Xevious or any 8-way game ON the cabinet, other than laziness / money saving on licensing. Yeah, I guess that sucks, but almost any enthusiast (apparently not you, though) would rather just keep the proper 4-way control on Pac-Man and the others, vs. caring about the diagonal movement in Xevious. And to the causal player who still may not understand what I'm saying, since they grew up with analog gamepads and similar - more is absolutely not better when it comes to arcade games. It's not "8 ways > 4 ways, what were they thinking?" It's, 8-way control in Pac-Man and others will literally screw up your ability to properly control the game, and cause the Pac-Man to hiccup / not obey you / screw up, because the original game was designed to have 4-way only.

Unfortunately the main problem with your partycade is that it's made by Arcade1Up:/

You can build a far better quality wallcade for not much more than the price of these things