Mini Arcade Alert!

[negative1]

3 hours ago, Tanooki said:

@DavidD I've had my desk buddy for years now (NGM) and for the longest time it was not hackable, or if you did it, it seemingly made the joystick or buttons foul up.  I did read about a year ago someone (may be the same person) did successfully hack the thing and added a better/more selection of MVS titles to it.  I don't know if it's risky or overly complicated but it was cracked.

 

@negative1 I had that SF2 that didn't work right, shame the new one is not the arcade, but how do you surely find out if you have the 1.1 vs 1.0 broken SF2CE?

for street fighter 2, either the old stock is gone.

 

but you would have to open it up to check:

 

 

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[Bill Loguidice]

8 hours ago, negative1 said:

for street fighter 2, either the old stock is gone.

 

but you would have to open it up to check:

 

 

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I think the easiest way is the color of the buttons. I'm pretty sure I have the non-1.1 version (which makes me very angry since I guess there's no way to update) because they changed the button colors to red, white, and blue on the 1.1 and mine starts with white.

 

(EDIT: I just did the kick check, and yep, it definitely is the old model.)

Edited September 3, 2023 by Bill Loguidice

[Tanooki]

That's true I forgot about that.  I cracked mine open when I had it and swapped the button colors as it was annoying to me just enough to bother doing it.  I guess 1.1 has it with red/white/blue.

[negative1]

not that small, the new countercade form factor is 15 inches high:

 

 

https://www.qvc.com/Arcade1Up-Pac-Man-Counter-Cade-1-Player-New-Des-ign.product.E310385.html?sc=SRCH

 

 

• Five games: Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus, Galaga, Dig Dug, Rompers
• 8" LCD screen
• Real-feel arcade controls
• Coinless operation
• Adjustable variable volume
• Measures approximately 9.57"D x 11.93"W x 15.75"H; weighs 13 lbs

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[negative1]

the flood of titles begins:

 

 

FEATURES • Officially licensed title. • High resolution 2.75" full color vertical display. • Features artwork inspired by the original Ms.PAC-MAN arcade cabinet. • Powered by either 4 AA batteries (not included) or by a USB-C® cable (not included). • Built-in speaker with volume control. • 3.5 mm headphone port to connect your headphones. • Adjustable screen brightness.

 

 

 

Ms. Pac-Man Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tx Ms. Pac-Man Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tt Ms. Pac-Man Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R4

 

Atari 50 Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R2 Atari 50 Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73ku Atari 50 Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tk

 

SF2 Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R1 SF2 Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73l0 SF2 Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tl

 

Mega Man Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Qy Mega Man Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kv Mega Man Pico Player Pro » https://amz.run/74gj Mega Man Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kw

 

Galaga Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Qz Galaga Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Ts Galaga Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73ky

 

Tetris Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R0 Tetris Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tv Tetris Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kt

 

Space Invaders Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R3 Space Invaders Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tu Space Invaders Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R5

 

Pac-Man Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kq Pac-Man Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tr Pac-Man Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73ks

 

i want to get pac-man, galaga too.

 

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[wolfy62]

On 9/12/2023 at 5:37 PM, negative1 said:

the flood of titles begins:

 

 

FEATURES • Officially licensed title. • High resolution 2.75" full color vertical display. • Features artwork inspired by the original Ms.PAC-MAN arcade cabinet. • Powered by either 4 AA batteries (not included) or by a USB-C® cable (not included). • Built-in speaker with volume control. • 3.5 mm headphone port to connect your headphones. • Adjustable screen brightness.

 

 

 

Ms. Pac-Man Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tx Ms. Pac-Man Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tt Ms. Pac-Man Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R4

 

Atari 50 Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R2 Atari 50 Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73ku Atari 50 Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tk

 

SF2 Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R1 SF2 Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73l0 SF2 Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tl

 

Mega Man Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Qy Mega Man Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kv Mega Man Pico Player Pro » https://amz.run/74gj Mega Man Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kw

 

Galaga Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Qz Galaga Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Ts Galaga Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73ky

 

Tetris Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R0 Tetris Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tv Tetris Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kt

 

Space Invaders Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R3 Space Invaders Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tu Space Invaders Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R5

 

Pac-Man Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kq Pac-Man Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tr Pac-Man Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73ks

 

i want to get pac-man, galaga too.

 

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I've ordered as many of the micro players as I can without getting shown the front door 🚪 of my house by my Wife.

I already received the Space Invaders pro pocket player,it does have a nice screen and I'm waiting on the Space Invaders micro player and a couple others.

Too much game overlap with some previous releases, especially Ms. and regular Pacman.

Tetris and Megaman have not been done in any form by My Arcade, so that's ok.

I'm not a big Street Fighter or Meg Man fan however. 

I have always liked the looks of their Micro players, and I'm most looking forward to the Atari 50 one.

[Tanooki]

I have to admit, kind of tempted by some form of the SF2, MM and Tetris ones.  Not so much the mini arcades, but the handhelds, kind of think the Tetris micro looks a bit bland/ugly, too white.

[negative1]

here is the genx review of pocket galaga/galaxian

 

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[wolfy62]

On 9/12/2023 at 5:37 PM, negative1 said:

the flood of titles begins:

 

 

FEATURES • Officially licensed title. • High resolution 2.75" full color vertical display. • Features artwork inspired by the original Ms.PAC-MAN arcade cabinet. • Powered by either 4 AA batteries (not included) or by a USB-C® cable (not included). • Built-in speaker with volume control. • 3.5 mm headphone port to connect your headphones. • Adjustable screen brightness.

 

 

 

Ms. Pac-Man Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tx Ms. Pac-Man Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tt Ms. Pac-Man Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R4

 

Atari 50 Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R2 Atari 50 Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73ku Atari 50 Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tk

 

SF2 Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R1 SF2 Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73l0 SF2 Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tl

 

Mega Man Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Qy Mega Man Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kv Mega Man Pico Player Pro » https://amz.run/74gj Mega Man Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kw

 

Galaga Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Qz Galaga Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Ts Galaga Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73ky

 

Tetris Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R0 Tetris Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tv Tetris Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kt

 

Space Invaders Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R3 Space Invaders Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tu Space Invaders Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73R5

 

Pac-Man Micro Player Pro » https://amz.run/73kq Pac-Man Nano Player Pro » https://amz.run/73Tr Pac-Man Pocket Player Pro » https://amz.run/73ks

 

i want to get pac-man, galaga too.

 

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ne gat ive 1

Thanks for the info,Negative1!👍😊

All the above mentioned My Arcade new line of releases are now also available from the newly revamped My Arcade website.

[ComputerSpaceFan]

FINALLY New Wave Toys has something I'm interested in! It'll go nicely beside my Charge machine

 

[negative1]

new wave toys is working on mini skeeball game:

 

 

 

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Edited September 25, 2023 by negative1

[Tanooki]

That seems shockingly well playable for even at that scale.  I don't see ever buying one as it's more of a novelty even at full size, but it's great to see the attention of detail they took it to even on the prototype stage.

[wolfy62]

On 9/22/2023 at 4:28 PM, ComputerSpaceFan said:

FINALLY New Wave Toys has something I'm interested in! It'll go nicely beside my Charge machine

 

And this also is a usb charging Machine!👍

[negative1]

galaga has the no shoot bug in it:

 

 

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[negative1]

good overview of all the new myarcade machines, and older ones too:

 

 

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[Yakumo1975]

Japan has the right idea for these minis.  Quality finger exercise on the way. 

https://www.zuiki.co.jp/DDRmini/

[NE146]

8 hours ago, Yakumo1975 said:

Japan has the right idea for these minis.  Quality finger exercise on the way. 

https://www.zuiki.co.jp/DDRmini/

Well good they're doing it, and with the official tunes and mapping because the Tiny Arcade DDR my kid has now is a piece of crap.   It actually runs ok I guess, but the songs are too slow with zero challenge.

 

 

 

[Tanooki]

Wow. If I were a huge DDR fan I’d be all over that as it looks accurate and insane. Nice job Konami. 

[roots.genoa]

I wonder about the playlist, though.

[Tanooki]

2 hours ago, roots.genoa said:

I wonder about the playlist, though.

Not announced yet, I'm digging through their pages, and I can translate this piece of somewhat useful info: The design is based off the DDR1-3Mix arcade machines, and all three machines stickers and music will be of its selection choices, but the finalized specific tracks from each of the 3 DDR games (DDR, DDR2nd Mix, DDR3rd Mix) has not been finalized yet so it can't be shared.  At this rate, look up the original Japanese arcade cabinet tracks and hope for the best.

 

Also from this it looks like it's still in planning, not a finalized to be 100% surely released project even.

https://kibidango.com/2462

 

I never was a huge fan, I can't for the life of me dance on those mats, but I think in this format it could be more fun as I use to mess with it some on the controller and I could handle despite my loathing of rhythm games do pretty well on easy/medium levels but hard...ugh.

[negative1]

genxgrownup compares old pacman against new one.

 

the new one has minor fixes, but is basically the same version

 

 

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[wolfy62]

On 10/13/2023 at 7:14 PM, negative1 said:

genxgrownup compares old pacman against new one.

 

the new one has minor fixes, but is basically the same version

 

 

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ne gative 1

Great to know the differences,which aren't many on the Pocket Player Pros.

The micro player pros screen and packaging are different enough for me to purchase those,but I don't want the repeats of the Pocket Players.

[negative1]

genx grownup review of ghosts and goblins, 

 

 

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[Tanooki]

Wow that one is actually really really tempting.  I can't finish that game anymore, but given how hard it is, it's not exactly ever unfair either (other than debatably that second loop for the true ending.)  You would get your moneys worth out of this one far more than some laserdisc, fighting game, or some shooter though 1943 was pretty tight.

[BrianC]

On 9/2/2023 at 3:02 PM, M-S said:

They already have an arcade perfect port of Frogger to the Genesis too. But Street Fighter II not using the arcade version is a bummer.

The level layout is completely different after stage 5 and the game doesn't have two snakes at once like the arcade version. It looks the part, but it's definitely not arcade perfect. 

 

Basic Fun had a NES on a chip based Frogger mini tabletop. AFAIK, it's the Majesco NES on a chip Frogger with the music even more altered from the arcade. Port wise, it's ok, but missing some of the arcade tricks like riding on the snake's tail.