Is Legends Ultimate Arcade Worth it? | Nostalgia Nerd
Head to www.squarespace.com/nostalgianerd to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code NOSTALGIANERD....The AtGames Arcade Legends Ultimate arcade machine is a thing. It's a thing of size. It's a thing of MDF. It's a thing of plastic. It's a thing of potential joy. But the question is how much joy? Is this thing any good? Have AtGames actually created something that's decent? Something worth paying £799 for? Perhaps? Perhaps they've known how to do it all along.
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00:00 Introduction
00:43 Background
02:13 Assembly
06:31 Specifications
08:10 Aladdin
09:30 Ad
10:12 Bundled games
11:00 In game options
12:10 Controls
13:16 ArcadeNet
14:25 Adding games
17:17 CoinOps X
22:00 Game streaming
23:25 Other apps
24:25 Using Blast! plugins
25:25 On The Go functionality
26:08 Lightguns!
27:24 Settings
28:51 Final thoughts
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List of included games: legendsultimate.atgames.net/arcade/assets/Legends-Ultimate-Game-List.pdf
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Update; A lot of people have rightly asked whether the machine can be used without logging in. Perhaps in the advent that AtGames servers are taken down in the future, etc... So I contacted AtGames and this was their response; "Yes it can totally be used without signing in. You can use the built in games and OTG mode to connect a Pi or PC and play games that way. You only have to log in for online play and services, as well as log in once every 5 times you power on the device to use AddOn X and CoinopsX (COX). As to if the online services go away, I don't know what we could say there. We have no intentions of shutting online capabilities down. We're very online oriented. I guess if we completely had to leave the online world, we'd have a solution that would always be to the benefit of the consumer." My view on this is that, I guess they could potentially remove the Addon/COX modes at their own discretion (if they were hit with a lawsuit for example), even if you opt out of future firmware updates. This would still allow us to plug in a Pi to the HDMI, and use CoinOPs/RetroArch via that route. BUT that's not ideal. Plus, worst case, if the company were to fold, then I *highly* doubt they would make firming up of existing machines a priority. So this is worth bearing in mind if you're looking for a standalone future proof solution. On the flip side. The community is outstanding, and I have little doubt that it would be hacked and restored to former glory in no time. There are some excellent channels that cover the Legends Ultimate; PDubs Arcade Loft - nlworld.info Restalgia - nlworld.info/stream/-rS0donnV8wupjW2Vzrlnw.html CoolToy - nlworld.info These are the kind of channels that help form the backbone of the retro community, so be sure to check them out and say "Hello there". If you're in the UK you can grab a cabinet from Liberty Games at nnerd.es/legends, unfortunately, us Brits pay more due to shipping & import charges (it feels like the 90s again). In the US, they're available from several retailers. I'm unsure about the rest of the world. You'll find some other useful links in the description.
My reply to their reply is, "What a pile of horse shit."
They got no more reason to worry about any lawsuit than Pi or PC makers. People add their own games and emulators just the same as they do on a Pi or PC. Atgames is not held responsible for what or how consumers use their machines. So, for now the only reason I see them requiring online account and internet access is their way of promoting subscription service. I keep getting their annoying on screen message to log on sometimes even after couple of power cycled. All the pushy subscription promotion aside I really like this machine. It has all the controls I want and they are of good high quality.
I spotted Thief 2 on your shelf , one of the greatest games in History, i also enjoyed Thief 3 but it was nowhere near at the level of Thief 2
@Mad Mullins Remember how no one tried to save the Gamespy server infrastructure, vital for like 500+ games? No one attempted to buy them from GNU, none of us made a kickstarter or petitioned Gaben or something? May god forgive us.
"We have no intentions of shutting online capabilities down. We're very online oriented." So was GameSpy...
00:12 seconds in and Im already hypnotized by the jumper
Nostalgia Nerd *gets full size arcade cabinet... immediately boots up emulated console games?!?
People in the comments section are cheap. Build ur own or pay retail. $700 isn’t that much. You would pay far far far more for a cabinet that’s actually nice, with a real computer and a large hard drive with games. I don’t understand what people here want. Buy a kit and put a pi in it. This is for lazy old people.
ATGarbage.
Somebody try to run CS:GO on that thing and make it use the arcade controls
I have my Arcade 1UP Final Fight cabinet. That's all I need. Nothing else.
"... unless you choose fill, which in that case, you shouldn't be watching this... please leave" - cracked up almost immediately
If it runs on an android box, you SHOULD be able to root and overclock it. You'd be surprised at just how much you can overclock an android box. Especially if you add extra cooling, like a small 90mm fan in the case or something.
LOL $600 in the US, £800 in the UK? Are they shipping them on a solid gold yacht?
Oh god no... not another AtGames abomination...
Eh... feels too gimmicky for me. For this price, you can get a CPU-focused PC with some Xeon for emulation only, AND have some change to build an MDF cabinet, or something like a PS3 lol... at the very least the cheap Android-style CPU they use can be replaced with a faster model, the point of the And the ability to stream games directly from PC to cabinet is literally supported by any SmartTV that can install Steam Link, though yeah you'd be limited to games ran through Steam for now... Can it work with outside games linked through Steam? Probably. So yeah, while a home arcade is cool, the configuration they have is just far from optimal methinks. Even basic games lag noticeably!
I will play all my games on "fill" just to defile your soul
I wouldn't say it's trolling. I honestly believe they are just lazy and incompetent. Incompetent in that they luck their into the good products they have (rarely) produced. I doubt their coders could reproduce the result if asked to start from scratch. By lazy, we've seen how busy they've been to make good on the crap they sell. For example, I keep hearing about how bad the Sega Genesis Firecore is. I bought a first-gen one over 10 years ago, and I have never thrown away a game console so fast - within a couple hours, same day. They've made no efforts to improve it. Now, not every product of theirs is garbage, but where they produce something actually worth the money they charge, I chalk it up as a fluke.
I placed an order for one, got the total for $543 and change, then a screen refresh took the total higher to $603+ for an add on $50 handling fee. To be waved if you fork $45 to join Sam’s Club. I didn’t like that, may to buy mine at Walmart.
Just want to say I love the style of your videos, really informative, funny and so comfortable to watch, I'm an old man so this is a good thing. Continue with feeling!
Wow, the price on this is crazy high in your neck of the woods. In the US, this typically goes for $500-$600 (~£359-£431 when directly converted), depending on where you get it from, what's included, and if it's on sale or not. For the US price, I'd say it's a good deal, especially if you connect a PC, Raspberry Pi, or MiSTER up to it. I also looked into how much it would cost to put one together by buying the parts myself, and as someone who isn't a woodworker, the cheapest solutions with good components would cost just as much if not more than one of these at the US MSRP. And those DIY solutions wouldn't even have the spinners and trackball like this does!
Man... you a bit of a whiney bitch. You went in to this wanting to hate, and you didn't disappoint.
Additionally, why do you think that this vid is worth EIGHTEEN commercial breaks? lol Thank dog youtube premium saved me from that. No sub. Lost me at greedy.
The narrator sounds like the Geico gecko. Just sayin'.
Great review!
16:9 screen 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Would you please tell me the name of the airplane game @11:57 sir.
I have the new 1.1 version with side art already applied (from liberty games) as a vinyl !! nothing to hang down the sides - so I must have the v1.11 version lol
I got this arcade yesterday at 200 bucks, a steal
See ATGames logo, immediately know its not good
I got the Sam's Club version that came with the Pinball Kit. In the Control Panel Test screen the Player 1 Z and C buttons trigger the Pinball-R buttons, and vice-versa. The Player 2 Z and C buttons however do not trigger the Pinball-L buttons. I replaced one at the store because of this issue, but the replacement has the same problem. Not sure if this is a known issue, or if I got two with the same defect. Anyone else notice similar issue?
unless you choose fill... k, bye.
Not sure if you realize there's blue film over the chrome T molding.
Money Puzzle Exchanger - you two are retro gamers of class I see!
Great Video mate.
When u pinched ur hand I almost spit out my drink 🤣🤣🤣🤣
i want to buy both ultimate an pinball later but the ultimate to me still cpu an gpu are way under powered wish also had micro sd card slot on mother board so i could add more storage space cuz 2gb weak sauce. so i will wait an see love the other capability's wish had bigger monitor an faster refresh rate my laptop has 300hz.
But can it play DOOM? Kind of cool I guess but for me NEWDM! Unless it can play DOOM.
I don't think the attract mode music is thaaaat bad :( although it doesn't really fit the idea of being "arcade music" at all.
Imma drop a lil something something, if you want a genuine arcade machine or a cheaper alternative, Mexico is the place. they still build them and there’s a lot of genuine ones (i bought genuine marvel vs capcom one for 100 dollar after conversion) they are great quality and you can modified from switches to screens. Bran new ones run you about 3,000 to 5,000 thousand pesos depending on the set up so about 100 to 250 dollars.
new 2021 firmware update on it is awesome
Good review!
I'm all over this, it's now on my wish list or as it's otherwise known bullshit in my head lol.
I used to play the AtGames genesis when it first came out and I loved the selection of games they had on it. But of course the sound was a deeper pitch than normal so it sucked audio wise and the controllers were so hard to get to work because of the IR. Other than that it was good though. I just bought the Atari 150 games collection for the Switch and had no idea it was AtGames. They included some 5200 Atari games along with Arcade and 2600 so I'm happy. Atgames still rules!
I got mine for around 600 bucks and love It. With the currency exchange that seems expensive for this though.
It must be a wonderful dynamic between you and Octavious thats all I can say.
Hey.. I've you've got money..buy it .. I love it .. Will never buy a 1up again ..
Looks interesting but raspberry pi connected to TV is way cheaper and easier to configure.
Sinden Lightgun. Check it out. Here its a game changer for lightgun games and LCD screens.
I would def use one of these, but the $800 and assembly and all the steps to get things working the way you want.. plus no driving wheel is tough but it’s good you can plug one in, and playing console games with an arcade joystick seems rough so maybe plugging in a controller for some games? It’s tempting but I dnno.. Maybe if I had a spare grand to spare on stuff, but who has that these days besides people not affected by the pandemic? Edit: ok the light gun plus a sensor on an arcade cabinet seems really intriguing.. point blank or other games like a real arcade would be so much fun. I hope there’s a way to attach better speakers too, just in case. It seems like there’s a lot of customization with this thing, and that’s what I like.
Pandora Box Retro Arcade Console way more games cheaper and takes 30 seconds to set up.
You could make this with a Pi with more ram for half the price lol
😢😭😭😭😭 sold out
So basically it's OK but you could build a decent raspberry pie for half the money. For 800 quid I'll just buy a smashing pc and a decent arcade controller.
So overpriced shite then. Didn't expect any less from AtGames
I just want a full sized IKEA style assembly arcade machine that I can play my fav 80s and some 90s games on. The first arcade machine I ever played was Space Invaders in the 70s so yep I'm old, yet I have two very young kids so no time. But that's what I think would sell big. I don't want to pay anything extra than the system and it all has to work with no tweaking... Well maybe a little tweaking.
AtGames.. They get to a certain point and then give the hell up
let me ask you something.. do you keep yours powered on?? or do you turn it off after you finished playing?
£800!? I could buy my dream machine. An Astro city candy cab and stick an rgh 360 in it or pi.
You are a over a year late .. this product has been out for a long time and has 100's of reviews online. It is a FANTASTIC machine / Plays 1000's of ROMS and no you don't "need to log in" noobs. Not even to play addon games. Pop in USB . Good to go. Maybe in a year you'll review the virtual pinball machine they made that's already out. LOL?
Don't hate on Ralph! It has Fix it Felix Jr.?!?!?!
Short answer, yes, any emulation box is better than paying $800+ for a full arcade cabinet that has subpar screen and speakers.
In my opinion, any "new" arcade cab that's coming out thanks to the retrogaming fad is a complete waste of space and money. I collect pinball machines and I have a couple of real arcade cabs: nothing fancy, just generic Jamma cabinets, but they're perfect for the job. The point is, the MINIMUM requirement for arcade emulation should be having a CRT in your cab. These games are meant to be played on a 15Khz CRT, they were designed that way, anything else completely misses the point of having a cabinet - if you're not bothered by 16:9 flat screens you can just buy a good arcade stick, play on your monitor and you'll have a much better experience. And in most countries, arcade operators still have lots of generic Jamma cabinets laying around that are much cheaper than this fake crap. Yes, you have to work a bit more to interface a Raspberry, or any other solution (how about a 1-slot NeoGeo MVS board with a chinese 161-in-1 cart? You can buy both on Aliexpress), but the results will be incomparable.
I don't think this is made for arcade enthusiasts so much as nostalgia obsessed folks who want an arcade cabinet for their man cave. Same goes for the rest of AtGames's library, really.
Even going into the mid 2000s running games on CRTs just looks flat out better usually. As for audiences that would care about replicating this authenticity, I don't think there'd be an audience more off-put by the lack of projection panel than arcade enthusiasts. Given CRTs aren't space efficient anyway it somewhat justifies the size of the unit (aside from the box art)
When the ego of a NLworldr needs to bash most things on expensive merchendise that was sent to them for free.
Easiest to understand review I’ve seen on Legend Ultimate. Just subscribed. One thing that’s still unclear and missing from this review...isn’t the main point of the “on the go” feature to be able to hook up a pc via hdmi and to stream games from things like stream or more power hungry modern arcade game emulators like teknoparrot running in that pc? I don’t even think you need to use the USB port, but I’m not sure.
I don't care if the thing costs £100. If I have to log onto their service to play it.... I'm out.
Cautiously, cautiously optimistic about this. I’ll admit it; surprised at Atgames.
If someone can invent a 2 player sitdown racing cabinet home arcade I would like one.
Yes!
800 pounds, cheap SoC, can't even properly run ST. What a joke :)
How come they can do 300 games and arcade 1up has like 3 on average? I get that not all 300 games are worth playing OR emulate properly but that is a very wide gap of games to price difference between the two companies. I PC modded my 1up cabinet a month after I got it because I was bored with the games day one.
if you are willing to pay that much for that stuff you deserve to be trolled
That unfortunate side art looks like the b***ard lovechild of a what a broken down laundromat arcade wished it had in it's repertoire after a drunken bender, then threw up on a few Disney stickers.
Well, the arcade Tempest had a vertically aligned monitor. So, fitting it onto a horizontal monitor format WILL squash it.
Its like a Raspi in a cheap wooden case.. for 6-800 bucks you can get a real but used ArcadeMachine like an Sega Astro-City or Naomi. Its nothing more than a cheap cashgrab! Only Idiots with lots of Money would buy such stuff.
Having seen the price, I'm ready to brush up on my MDF cutting and painting skills.
You're talking about the arcade cabinet but all I can focus on is the Captain Power Powerjet XT-7 in the background. LOL
800 Pounds!? LOOOOOOOL
Lol £800 and most of the best games he plays are not included
At Games removed the Sega logo from the game
Love mine considering how many games and not everyone has room or money to buy a dedicated cabinet, they have done a great job with updates, its well worth it and for now keeps getting better..
You handle your sponsorship annoyingly and disrespectfully.
I'm really happy with my unit.
It’s worth whatever you are willing to pay
a fricking pinball emulator, those mad lads
Attract mode sounds like a Tavarish time lapse engine build
Looks about the same size as a arcade cabaret cabinet.
Coinopsx all the way baby!!
I only paid 499 for mine at sams club in the USA...
Missed opportunity to run Doom on it.
I've had the ALU for a year now and play it more than my PS4. Street Fighter V and other Steam games run great via OTG. Without a pc you can run whatever mame game, nes, snes, genesis you want with just a usb stick. I'd buy another one if I could but that money is already reserved for their vpin cab.
Thanks for the review, and Merry Christmas / happy holiday! :)
That's a whole lot of money for a product that, not only wants you to be online (for some reason), but also seems to be woefully underpowered (and ugly to boot). Think if I am going to get a all-in-one cade at this point, I'd consider just building one with semi-old PC parts (make something that can run, say, SC6/KI/FighterZ) and run emulators. It'd probably be cheaper than this solution as well.
atgames have some of the worst retro products I've ever tried
Search ebay or Alibaba for "Pandora box video game" to see a much cheaper and better alternative, minus the cabinet (most do include control panel and over 1000 games).
Yes yes but will it handle Atari 2600 Pac-man?
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That does look very very nice and I have to admit I would like one... Justifying the price is another thing but as I'm useless at getting emulation and PIs to work correctly I suppose one could save a lot of hassle and wasted time.
Most GenhExers And Meh-Llennials Will Have To Find A Boomer With A Screw Driver To Assemble This For Them. But The Kids Got Hooking Up The WiFi Under Control.
Happy Christmas all! Yeah. At that price and build quality you can keep it. In fact anything that says “sign in” that’s supposed to retro - you can keep it. :)
why the f**** you'd need to register/login for a physical product like that. total showstopper for me
What a cheap piece of shit
I think I'd rather just make my own.
The point is that yes, you could do your own for half the price and use a faster processor (probably my biggest concern) but when you get to your age, yes you target audience reading this, you tend to cost things in time not just money. Not that you have much time to play games these days anyway, do you.
@リナックス変態レトロワルド94 NEO-GEO emulation has been spot-on perfect for more than 20 years now. To recreate the mainboard would require all sorts of work and legal loopholes to jump through I should imagine, not to mention redesigning a way to mount that (now likely a lot smaller) board in a new case. Are you asking for a return to having to use giant, expensive MVS / AES carts or slow CDs? You also wouldn't be able to do anything else on it. Might as well just buy an old cab with a flashcart mod.
That control panel is worth the cost alone just by how it includes a spinner and trackball if you ask me. Fantastic product.