u/NeoHyper64

Back in October of 2025, I partnered with a Sr. Merchanding Manager at Spreetail (purchaser of Arcade1Up, Iconic, and Wonderland products) to start a new YouTube channel called The Arcade Insiders. The channel was created with a single goal in mind: provide the home arcade community with a direct, firsthand source of official information.

So, that's what we did. Of course, nothing is perfect, and we took our lumps in the process. We've also had to learn (and are very much still learning) quite a few things along the way.

BUT...

Thanks to the community's support, we've managed to gain over 1,000 subscribers in our first 6 months! Sure, this is small potatoes compared to the big guys. But we're growing steadily, and we know the people who watch us actually care about the stuff we talk about... that's what really matters to us.

Anyway, we want to thank everyone who has helped us build the channel and who has returned reguarly to hear what we have to say. So, to that end, we're partnering with Arcade1Up (Basic Fun) to give away some very cool prizes... including a WWE WrestleFest Supreme home arcade cabinet!

This will be a one-time-only livestream thing, where the winners are chosen during the show. So, take the night off, eat dinner early, find a babysitter... do whatever you've gotta do, because this one's for you! https://www.youtube.com/live/2vVtLnJenG4?si=-YCAiOTs1s4GTASe

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A few, new details revealed during our discussion of the new Joust + Rampage Arcade1Up Deluxe cabinet on The Arcade Insiders:

• The price is $449 until they're gone (NOT the $530 indicated in the leaks)
• The cabinet can be purchased from Arcade1Up (Basic Fun) directly at: https://arcade1up.com/collections/our-best-sellers/products/arcade1up-rampage-joust-deluxe-arcade-machine-with-14-classic-midway-games-1
• The marquee art is hot-swappable, with no cabinet disassembly required.
• The control panel art is hot-swappable by removing the 4 screws that hold the plexi.
• The monitor is a 17" BOE (not the older-generation TN).
• This is the last of the Tastemakers-era products, and not indicative of the current design direction under Basic Fun.
• Brian Colin, original designer of the Rampage game and arcade artwork approved of the new design (though opinions on the "mashup" concept in general are certainly mixed).

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For anyone who hasn't seen it already, the product we had intended to reveal on 5/14 has been leaked online. The product in question is a Joust + Rampage Deluxe (17" monitor) Arcade1Up cabinet with swappable design elements (to make it look like more of one design or the other), and there are lots of photos and a product listing floating around.

BUT...

The leaks can only tell you what's in the product listing. And there's a lot more to learn about this one. Fortunately, we have those details, and we plan to cover them in our Thursday night episode of The Arcade Insiders. These topics include:

• What does it look like in real life? (we'll show you a built sample!)
• What is the actual price going to be, and where is the best play to buy it?
• Is the monitor one of the good ones, or is the older type?
• What pieces are swappable, and how hard is it to do that?
• Is this product indicative of what Basic Fun will be doing moving forward?
• Why didn't they just release Tapper (or something else)?
• What does Rampage's original designer think of a product like this? (We'll be answering that one with our special guest, International Video Game Hall of Fame member Brian Colin! He's well known for his work on projects including Rampage, Xenophobe, Arch Rivals, and dozens nore. He'll be joining us live to give us his thoughts and tell us what else he has in the works!)

Join us tomorrow night, Thursday, 5/14 at 8:00 Eastern and drop your thoughts and questions in the chat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-y2C5VArRU

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Consider this a PSA that we'll be doing an Arcade1Up product reveal this Thursday, 8:00 Eastern on The Arcade Insiders.

There's been a lot of speculation about what's being shown, and I'll just leave a few clues and/or points of clarification:

• No, it will be not be a Supreme/XL (it is a Deluxe)
• No, it will not be a "slim-cady"
• No, it is not Mortal Kombat
• Yes, there is a unique element never-before-seen in an A1U product
• Yes, we plan to have a special guest who has something to do with the product in question

Feel free to speculate or, better yet, join us Thursday to see what it is (and whether or not it's anything that piques your interest). See you then!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NA8iv42n0s

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It's been nearly a year-and-a-half since we first heard about the Iconic Arcade Street Fighter cabinets, and a lot has happened along the way... legal challenges, tariffs, supply-chain issues, quality improvements, and shipping delays (to name a few). And all of that has given armchair quarterbacks LOTS of time — and ammunition — to sow doubt and raise concerns about the company and it's future product.

But the day has finally come.

The preorders have been fulfilled, the boxes have been opened, the cabinets have been assembled, and the proud posts have been shared.

So, now it's time to put the past year+ of rumors and speculation behind us and finally hear from the folks who actually put their own money (and their patience) on the line. Now it's time to hear from the owners.

Join us Thursday night at 8:00 EDT to hear from people with firsthand experience... what did Iconic get right? What did they get wrong? What should they improve? And where should they go next?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3ry7-23fT0

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As some of you in the Arcade1Up community know, I like adding subwoofers to all of my builds. Full speaker replacements are almost never necessary, and that's especially the case with the larger speakers and seemingly more powerful amplifier in use in these new Iconic Arcade units.

So, is it possible to just add a powered subwoofer to the Iconic Arcade Street Fighter cabinets? YES! And it's simple. Here's what you need:

• A powered subwoofer that can fit in the bottom cavity of your Iconic cabinet
• A 3.5mm y-splitter cable
• A stereo RCA patch cable
• 2 minutes to hook it up, and 5 minutes to adjust the sound to your liking

All you need to do is install a y-splitter to the 3.5mm audio cable that runs between the monitor and the control deck. Then hook up an RCA pactch cable between the open lead off the splitter and the subwoofer. Get yourself a subwoofer with an auto on/off and route the power cord through the back panel of your Iconic cabinet (I drilled a small hole). You'll need a spare power outlet available to plug into, since the subwoofer can't run off of the Iconic's electronics for power.

Once you have it hooked up, just adjust the crossover and output level to your personal taste. The Iconic cabinet will tend to amplify the subwoofer's own output, so it'll take very, very little power to get a big kick (I had to turn mine down to about 3/10 and go no further than about halfway with the crossover). The bass output will scale with the built-in volume control, so this is a "set it and forget it" mod that won't require any further fiddling once setup.

UPDATE! Turns out this method of adding a subwoofer (which works for 95% of Arcade1Up cabinets) does NOT work in the expected way this this Iconic Arcade cabinet. I didn't discover this right away, but apparently the audio lead that runs from the monitor to the control panel sends a fixed-level signal, so splitting the signal here only leads to a fixed level of bass volume. In order to get volume that changes as you increase or decrease volume levels, you would need to splice into the speaker-level wiring going from the control deck to the speakers themselves and route that into your subwoofer. This is certainly feasible, and not even all that hard, but it DOES require a subwoofer with high-level inputs and outputs (such as the one linked above), and it would require some minor cutting and splicing of existing wiring. Pig-tail connectors might also be available to avoid any cutting, but I haven't looked into it yet.

Apologies for any confusion. These Iconic cabs continue to surprise!

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In case you missed the announcement last night, Basic Fun is partnering with Spreetail so you can now purcase Arcade1Up cabinets directly from the brand. That means you can skip the middle man and get it right from the source, with fast shipping via Spreetail (yes, Spreetail has infamously had some trouble with preorders, but in-stock items like these have been known to ship stupid-fast). Shop the lineup here:

https://arcade1up.com/

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It's been a long time coming (and there's been no shortage of delays and other plot twists along the way), but the day has finally arrived — the Iconic Arcade Street Fighter cabinets are making their way to people's homes as we speak!

So, how do we celebrate the occasion? By having the Media1Up crew that made it happen join our Arcade Insiders livestream Thursday night for an Iconic launch party!

Stop by to say hello, ask questions, offer your congratulations, and hang out with us for some fun banter and maybe a suprise or two. Congrats to everyone who is getting their cabinet this week, and we'll see you Thursday night for the party!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99aczBOM8ts

The Media1Up dream team: Bobby Vu, Sean Misselbrook, and Ryan Souders

When are they actually shipping?

What is the current state of the software?

Who kidnapped MOAT and prevented him from releasing a proper review?!

All that and more on tonight's livestream. See you there!

https://www.youtube.com/live/TGnljgI10cU

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