Is the NEW 2020 AtGames Legends Ultimate Arcade (Version 1.1) a WASTE OF MONEY? 

I bet you got a cabinet that someone returned. The fact it was missing stuff and the parts were open ... sounds like Sams Club shenanigans.

I have the 1.0 version that I bought from Walmart. I also had it shipped. Everything was perfect. I spent perhaps 30 minutes putting it together and there was a slight wobble that was fixed with a piece of cardboard under one of the corners (it can't be seen once it's in place). I do know that your bezel/screen should not be moving around like that. And I also know that these are in high demand and thus hard to find. But I would be tempted to return it considering the condition it was in when it was received. Someone was in a bad mood either when they were assembling it, shipping it, or both.

I would've sent that shit back with those cracks that's a no go for that price point I'll stick with my sf mk2 arcade1up cabinet

Seems like they dropped the box while delivering. Mine was nicely packaged and had no problems. Bottom right corner of the screen does seem to detach from the screen every now and then

Sorry for your experience, I have a version 1.0 and didn’t have any issues. I love mine and all that it can do. Hopefully after playing it some more you’ll like it better.

I got one from Sam’s Club for Christmas and it’s THE most popular thing right now in my house. From my kids as young as 8 to my wife, everyone loves it and it came super solid with no issues. I imagine someone ordered the one you got, online and decided to return it to the store.

Really? You just saved me the money and hassle. Thanks

The reason for the $1 an hour charge is because it’s “streaming” off of a computer in the “cloud” and not stored on the machine itself, but you can do that from a PC and there is no charge.

its obvious arcade1up hired you to shit talk atgames...

I have version 1 and had no problems with it. I actually love it and I have 7 arcade 1up machines the only one I play is Star Wars the rest of my play time is on the legends.

The cabinet looks awesome. You def got a returned item.

I built my own machine. Was so nice, I had people request machines afterwards. I sold ten afterwards. They take a month to build in my spare time.. No MDF or cheap materials...all birch 3/4" plywood, oak braces and aluminum. Happ controls with cherry microswitches, 1/4" tempered glass screen protector, 200 watt Subwoofer with Stereo 6.5" Speakers hidden in top (also doubles as a jukebox with a 5tb HD full of music, damn near every song written since the 40's, with full graphic UI to add more songs (or videos) via network) When not in use, works as an alexa show. Total machine is covered in black formica, and then the graphics are applied. You can pour a bucket of beer on it, and continue playing. Will last forever. no warping, peeling, nothing. Has diamond-plate kick plate at your feet. I was a custom audio guy for years, so my workmanship is top notch. overbuilt? hell yes. But hey I built it for myself with no intention on building another.. after 11 machines, I'm done.

Wow man, just saw this, you did a great review of the product. I must say, I didn’t have any of the problems you had with my Gen 1 ALU, sad to see so many QC issues. I have a theory that the version 1 Sam Club unit is superior in quality to the rest. It seemed like the Walmart v1 was a step down and it appears this one could be a step down from that. I don’t “dislike” Atgames as someone suggested in your comments section but it seems people that review it are not even remotely as critical about it’s flaws so I appreciate your honest take on the experience. I hope you’re able to get some enjoyment out of it. I view this as a easy to use mame emulation machine because the BYOG is really how most people enjoy it. I was in the arcades in the mid 90’s - 2000’s so most of the built in titles with the exception of the SNK ArcadeNet games, I don’t care for. Anyway, great review bud 👍🏻

Wow...just wow. I give you credit for keeping your cool. That looked like a terrible experience. Iam going to stick with my Arcade 1Ups

That sucks that you had a less-than-perfect experience. I have a generation 1 ALU and it's been amazing since day one. Mine came in perfect condition and hasn't given me any trouble at all. The BYOG feature to play ROMs was the main selling point to me initially, but I've been finding myself playing the classic arcade titles that came packaged in more and more. I hope you stick with AtGames and give them another shot.

You are a bit of a whiner. Shipping damage can happen with any product. You covering the usb plugs was your mistake.

Dang man, sorry to hear about yiur experience. I love mine.

😒 Pass, what I ended up doing was: Desktop Gaming PC + Living Room TV + TWO Arcade Fighting Sticks

It's brand new and falling apart on you my suggestion run return it as fast as you can

I’m glad I build my own arcades these problems would turn me away rather than convince me to waste my money on one of these. People might wanna do some research on building one...it’s not hard at all depending on how you want it just find a weekend to dedicate to the project it actually really would take a weekend if make basic without all the bells and whistles they can be added later if needed. But once you collect all that you need to run the arcade and games it’s a weekend job and faster if you have a friend to help good luck everyone on your arcade adventures.

I just don't understand why they went with widescreen.. This will be no better than a laptop monitor for vertical games with a thin game screen right in the middle. At least in 4:3 there'd be many full screen games.

I have version 1.0. Love it!

This is a good review and I've learned a lot I would not be getting this machine why pay for video games that you have to download the play that's just dumb after paying that much for a machine and I got to pay the play extra no thank you I learned something about this it's not worth it stick to Arcade one

Man, just got a 1.1 on trade and this machine is badass with the coinops!!! Geez!! I have a few oneups and yeah the nostalgia is ok, but man this has it all!! And its bigger!! Bigger screen! Almost full size machine.

Which is better quality , at games legends or arcade 1 up ? They both seem cheap quality . I would like to buy one not for Their games but to customized it with my own build but buying a new empty cabinet is expensive and still you have to add lots of stuff more.

Wow, you really had some issues there. I also picked up a 1.1 from Sam's Club, but everything was fine on mine. Not sure if you kept it or not, but they are back in stock. I setup CoinOpsX and am rocking 1561 games now! I wish they'd consider a 4 person machine. Pretty good price to fun ratio!

Meh, it's 2024 and Atgames is still cranking out the low performance machines. If there is any saving grace for Atgames, it's that their products can be easily modded and turned into powerful and capable arcade machines when you remove their clearly "cost cutting" hardware and software. And customer service is still very poor.

You a have lot of patience

Game was great no problems with it then one day started game up and nothing working. Drove 150 miles with it and got it fixed. Control board problems. Got it fixed now a year later same problem. Blue lights blinking at power switch. I need another control board. Absolute garbage machine.

Really good review. I’m not surprised on packaging issues . Every arcade kit manufacturer has numerous complaints on damaged product. Although it’s not their fault, there has to be a better way of packaging these things. Glad you went in with an open mind. You have to remember , Ralph doesn’t like Atgames , and alternatively has relationships with 1up. So you have to make judgements yourself. Nice work.

I still cant decide if I want one of these. At Games really aren't known for quality. At least with their plug and play classic console products. Every one I've bought was so cheap feeling. The controllers barely worked, and made the games unplayable most of the time. The emulators they were using were so lousy. Games didnt look and sound right either. If there's anyone who's had one of these for more than two years, can you tell me if they're worth it? 👀

I bought one back in October.I bought a usb w " 7,000" games. It " worked" for a while...mind u..i played this thing for only like 3 hours all together from September to the day it croaked which was in November. I remember the day i used installed the usb it started lagging. Finally the day i had visitors it did not want to turn on. It wouldnt do anything. I returned this garbage to Sams and got my money back

Out ours together, played one game shut it off waited for my 10 yr old to come home and play. Turned it one and nothing worked!! Couldn’t pick a game swipe over do nothing! 1020$ JUNK!!

Yes it is. ALU 1.1 is a total waste of money. A proprietary device where you have to pay to play. Sooner or later, I bet they will cut Coinops access by USB. Just wait for a while and we will see that.Then, unless you extract any traces of their board and system and put a PC or an XBOX inside, using their controls and cabinet. What is not easy, ALU is a totally useless device. Oh, their proprietary monitor connector has an LVDS cable instead HDMI, just to make things worst. Oh, one more thing, if you have one of the Intel XEON processors, you cannot even think about connect ALU 1.1 by their bugged ArcadeLinkNet software, which by the way has no updates for more than a year and 3 months.

Just keep complaining about it. Pretty sure you got a dropped unit. That would cause the discoloration on the screen. I have to say your review is slightly uneducated. I was starting to get worried about paying to play my own games too, but turned out I was doing it wrong. This machine has a lot to offer and you have to pay attention to what you're doing and how you're doing it.

I've heard nothing but bad stuff coming from Sam's Club purchases. I got mine from AtGames store, and had no issues. It is about $100 more though so...

You must have gotten a return unit because Madlittlepixel did a review of a unit AtGames sent him and all the screws were in that plastic container and no broken panels. You should have complained to Sams Club for selling you a used unit as a new unit.

Lol...you have to pay to play your own games you connect on the arcade machine you just bought? The horrid build quality...PASS!!!

So glad I watched this before I pulled the trigger. I'll stick to building my own. Great review. I've never had any issues with my arcade 1up products (pinball and cabinets) and the more I look into these legends cabinets and pinball they seem to just have so many issues and awful customer service.

They charge you a dollar an hour to play your own roms?? No way!!! That's just crazy no thanks I will just make my own

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heads up guys 30 day warranty control deck board went bad after 8 months they made it clear that they would not cover so i have to upgrade to gamer pro the kick they said it was my fault and said they were not assigning blame for the time being i am stuck using xbox controller

they have the absolute WORST quality control. I said something on FB and they had the nerve to come at me as if I did something wrong! ATGames is shit of a company.

So this piece of crap ain't for me. Arcade 1up needs to then make full sized cabinets, with bigger monitors for grown men...

Unfortunately the world we live in. There are no custom good arcade units out there at all. So many corners cut to save money and overall laziness.

"made before the atari" ??? That would be what ... Pong ... and that's about it? Maybe Space War?

All I want in the all-in-one bar top console and cabinet, and I'll install the games I want.

16:9 display for a retro cabinet? No thanks, I’ll pass

This is no joke, The Legends Ultimate is a production lottery. We had mostly all these problems plus others. Our D board was split in half, T-mould was scratched and chipped along the edges, E Board had a chip taking out of the corner, Side panel had a scratch dead center. various edges were chipped and needed touch up marker. As we slide the panels in we noticed this haze on the edge of the panels. We started wiping the haze with a microfibre cloth and water. Huge amounts of black paint was coming off the panels from, I am guessing, the veneer overspray? We got the overspray paint off the panel and they looked normal again. We finally got it assembled, and the display wouldn't turn on. Opened it up and the monitor power switch wasn't even attached. After it finally turned on we have a chunk of plastic stuck in the bottom right corner of the LCD (inside the actual LCD panel). Further to this, the LCD panel was also not even assembled properly, we have a strip of exposed lighting from the panel in the top right hand corner of the screen too (total eye sore when sitting and playing the machine). The acrylic plexiglass is scratched with swipe marks from a dirty cloth underneath the bezel from whoever assembled the unit. This has been more work and worry than excepted. We wrote atgames to hear their response, but have not heard back yet. We may just end up shipping this back to samsclub, but we are debating even attempting an exchange. This is way more production faux pas than normal.

Wait wait wait wait WAIT They CHARGE you $1 an hour to play your own roms? Why aren't you more upset by this? That is the most insane thing I've ever heard.

Arcade 1-up are trash. If this is worse, that's a really bad sign.

not worth it just a cheap show off piece not for use lol

Anyone know any good websites for cheap multicades?

Great, I just took a arcade1up golden tee machine back and ordered this. I do however think you got a returned model.

I just got my machine... I have so many issues lol broken wood, parts everywhere in the box, missing screws, screen light bleed, and the front bezel is not attached correctly at the bottom... A lot of my issues are likely due to FedEx completely destroying the package... It was so beat up, holes all over the box. These people couldn't care less about keeping your packages from not getting messed up. 1) Can you fix the bezel issue? 2) Can the light bleed be fixed or can the monitor be replaced?

I would of returned it when I opened it and the screws were all over the place

Paying for your own games ? Thats fucked up

The same thing for me and I had to replace the double sided tape to fix but I didn't have the light bleed. With screen issues I would return it. Sam's club gives you 90 days.

Sorry to hear you had such a frustrating disappointing experience with your unit. Can’t speak for 2nd generation overall build/system quality but as a day one 1st gen owner I’m extremely happy with mine and haven’t had any problems whatsoever with it. I have all the great classic games (including arcade 1 ups library) on my retro pie with over 8k games. Coin ops X is crazy incredible with all the killer games too. For me it was the multifunction capability of it that sold me on it. Hope you can get an exchange if you decide to keep it. You will discover all the great games you can play on it too! 👍🏼

Just purchased mine last week. It came out perfect. Well built. Cabinet aligned perfectly.

what the hell? it costs money to play your own games? lol. that's the worst scam i've ever heard of. how can anyone buy this??

I see this machine over and over and for me I just cant spend that coin on a machine that I dont see literally one game I want to play. It just looks generic AF. Ill pass. Sorry you had to go through all this bro. I would have been HEATED!!!!!!!

This was informative I won't be buying this cab. Charge you every hour to play your own games wtf?

Disappointment is a reality in the human world ~Someone

The roll on, unstuck graphics looks soooo bad. I'm glad a got the Gen1. Sorry man :(

I am very happy with my Legends Ultimate- generation 1 (Sam’s version). Love the BYOG server to play games like PGA Bowling via Steam. This looks like a step back.

Ouch...I don’t know, the v1,0 is what I got and is everything I wanted. The again they cut a lot of hidden gem games out for v1,1 and that build quality is sad on yours.

Trash product. Avoid at all costs!!!

Sorry you had such issues, just unboxed and set it up today and it is in excellent brand-new condition, bought it for me boy. My fave so far is Centipede. thumbs up!

You have to pay to play your own games????

No Waste of Money.... buy it love it

I thought the Sam's version was supposed to be the better one?

Nope.. Still wouldn't buy one..

Looks great, good controls. Downside is the computing power inside the machine is about as powerful as a amiga. It struggles to run arcade games from 30+ years ago such as primal rage. Also think it blocks same Mame titles from loading too but cant prove this.

You must have got a return, non of those things should be as they were on yours!

Sounds like you love it 😂😂😂

I'm currently looking at this machine at Sam's club deciding whether to take it home or not. Unlike your model the display model here has the HDMI/USB ports right above the 1st player joystick is. Also I see the side panel of the machine has some damage but it looks not too bad.

Your experience seems opposite of other reviews. Even the 1.0 version is built better than the A1Ups. The controls on them are threshold junk.

Omfg. Screw them. I almost bought one the other day, dodged a bullet. And the fact they charge you a dollar an hour to play your own games, WTF.

It's not a waste of money but the "reddit" discussion groups seem to really be "scared" of doing mods on it involving things like soldering. Your parts problem was an "individual" situation, mine didn't come like that. It sounds like someone badly handled the unit during the delivery. My art came "glued" on already. I would say the company selling this thing is getting "cheaper" by the day with their creation. But remember, if it was FedEx, it won't be a "quality" delivery, expect some breakage.

Looks like garbage. Thanks 😊

Absolute waste of money yes.

Wow they include Tron!

cheap PC, cheap monitor, mame and order a full size cabinet from China .. all the games for free you could possibly want and one time purchase price .. these toys are a joke ..

Oh geez. Got one on the way. LOL Fingers crossed. maybe they've fixed the light bleed issue, by now. From the images you showed, I'd have to suspect that unit was a returned product, and whomever had it before, didn't repack correctly, or the factory didn't repack correctly. One would think the factory would have a stock of spare parts, to support customers. I'm guessing you could reinforce those broken parts with a piece of 1/4 inch metal with holes in it, from a DIY shop, or a piece of wood, on the inside facing surfaces. Very sorry to see your unit arrive in that condition. You might be able to get those graphics to lay flatter, if you apply a light coating of fabric adhesive (non-permanent), to the back of the graphics, and then reinstall them. I'd paint those clips black, though. Personally, I'll likely go without the graphics, turn the kick plate around, to just show black, and just have the machine be the black monolith, from 2001, in the room. LOL Thanks for the video.

So I have to pay per hour if I have games on a usb stick?

That sucks! I wanted a gen 1, but I couldn’t find one. This is a downgrade! I’m out. I wish Arcade1up would release a multicade with a large selection.

Won't be buying this b*******

LOL of course not!! You should know better as you cover our products long term and have been fair and honest (and at times against the haters) - please reach out to us support@atgames.net we will figure out your unit together. Join the FB fan page to share. See you there.

As you state yourself, about 8 minutes into the video, it sounds more so that you have had issues with your courier beating up the cabinet than that AtGames has made a bad product.

The cabinet is nearly what I am looking for; I don't need a two-player system. But I would like all the same feature for one. What I am looking for is a DYI cabinet with joy-stik, buttons, spinner & ball. And I'd like to add all the classic, common 80s games like; Galaga, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Centipede, Defender, Tempest, Donkey Kong, and Pac-Man, and others of course. But I can't seem to find all of these available for one gaming system. I may find some together with 50 other games. And even the 412 games in some tabletop verson on ebay seem to lack some of these basic games in one package. Yet, these games are available but in separate gaming systems. How can I get them all in one system, and in a cabinet that has all the right controllers?

This is junk. Got it 2 months ago and joy stick stopped working. Customer service never got back to me. Never buy atGame junk!!

Bluetooth Controls - Switch / PS3 / XBOX 360/ Wii U Compatible? So I know that the newest Beta firmware has the ability to do Bluetooth controls from the cabinet controls. What I thought with also be cool is the ability for these Bluetooth controls to work withe Switch, PS3, etc. Technically a company like 8bitdo has made controllers that work along these lines. For me, that would be the major game changer on this unit. You would literally be able to play any game from any older and/or newer machine by just hooking up the HDMI cable and using the controls as Bluetooth controls.

I hope atgames replaces your ultimate legends. Sucks all the bad experience with the arcade. I gotta tell you this has been an awesome arcade. The one thing I hate about the new is less usb and hdmi ports. Just recently got 4 usb with over 2500 games CoinopsX. 1267 arcade games plus nes, snes and sega. I got lucky going to Sam's club and buying the 1st gen. I rather buy a 500 dollar awesome Multicade. I put a video of just showing some of the games.

ATGAmes has an "F" rating by the BBB. Their Ultimate Legends game console had a bad control board less than 90 days after I bought it, and they wanted $20 for a replacement board. They warranty their products for ONLY 30 DAYS!!!!

the games are free anyway

Does this mean it is ridiculously over-powered to run all these Atari roms, if it’s capable of running things like Metal Slug etc? (Or is it going to struggle with comparatively newer games)

I got the 1.0, I'm very happy with it. The marquee did arrive cracked but I imagine that's because of how unwieldly the 1.0 box is to handle, I'm sure the delivery people had trouble, I had to get help to bring it upstairs into my apartment. Atgames replaced it for free, albeit about four months later, but at least they did it. It was just a cosmetic issue so it didn't bug me much. I also replaced the plastic screws with metal screws of similar size spray painted with glossy black enamel paint (stick them into a piece of cardboard, follow paint instructions and spray over them, wait for them to dry) because it looks nicer and they're more durable. I keep hearing about the poor quality of the 1.1, sorry you had to go through this. Most of your issues do seem to be through poor handling as well, but the loose screen and crappy side art panels are the two biggest complaints about the 1.1 that are the fault of poor quality.

Well, I got one, back in January. It has horrible audio lag. Tried reporting it to customer support, but they waited a month, to tell me to report it to technical support, and three weeks later, they told me to report it to customer support. This went on three more times, by which time, the warranty was expired. Basically, AtGames stole my warranty. When a supervisor finally contacted me, asking for a video of the problem, they flatly denied the problem, and said I was "perceiving" the problem. I'm a professionally trained video editor, and I know audio video desync when I see, and hear it. LOL. Other problems have started happening, lately, like garbled audio, if a game is left running more than a couple of hours. So, I finally broke down, and bought Arcade Modup's Raspberry Pi, and LCD marquee kit. Gotta tell ya', there's absolutely NO delay between audio, and video. I think I'll permanently bypass the AtGames assets, now. I've already canceled the AtGames Arcadenet account. Definitely was an unwise decision to go with that cabinet. Oh, and the joy sticks squeak, like a beat up old car's suspension. LOL Oh, the cabinet isn't even all wood, like the Arcade1ups. The core component is mostly plastic. Only the base, side, and back panels are wood. Thin wood, at that. For a full sized cabinet, the panels should've been 3/4 stock.

Dude I wish I could be as optimistic as you dude refused to give up on the cabinet 😆