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#1 ·
I finally got one of these. Very happy with it(except price). Its an extremely well built beautiful cabinet, excellent menu system and flawless game play control.

For those that dont know what it is, look here: http://www.chicago-gaming.com/alegends.php

Its basically a multi-game arcade that allows you to download game packs(sold separately of course).


**Version 3.1**

-1941

-1942

-Asteroids

-Asteroids Deluxe

-Bagman

-Battlezone

-Berzerk

-Black Widow

-Bombjack Twin

-Centipede

-Commando Crystal Castles

-Do Run Run

-Exed Eyes

-Frenzy

-Ghosts ‘N Goblins

-Ghouls n Ghosts

-Gravitar

-Gunsmoke

-Ladybug

-Legendary Wings

-Liberator

-Lunar Lander

-Major Havoc

-Mega Man

-Mercs

-Millipede

-Missile Command

-Mortal Kombat

-Mr. Do!

-Mr. Do!’s Castle

-Mr. Do!’s Wild Ride

-Penguin Wars

-Pinball Action

-Pinbo

-Red Baron

-Saboten Bomber

-Section Z

-Side Arms Hyper Dyne

-Space Duel

-Speedball

-Street Fighter II

-Strider

-Super Breakout

-Super Dodge Ball

-Tempest

-Warlords

-Vulgus

-Zero Wing


**Midway pack**

-720

-Blaster

-Bubbles

-Defender

-Gauntlet

-Joust

-Joust 2

-KLAX

-Marble Madness

-Paperboy

-Rampage

-Rampart

-Road Blasters

-Robotron: 2084

-Satan's Hollow

-Sinistar

-Splat!

-Spy Hunter

-Super Sprint

-Tapper

-Toobin'

-Vindicators


**Mega pack**

-1943

-64th Street

-Anteater

-Armored Car

-Astro Invader

-Astyanax

-Avenging Spirit

-Black Tiger

-Calipso

-Captain Commando

-Cosmic Avenger

-Cybattler

-Demon's World

-E.D.F.

-Final Fight

-Hellfire

-Jumping Jack

-Kick Rider

-King Of Dragons

-Knights Of The Round

-Magic Sword

-Mega Twins

-Moon Cresta

-Nova 2001

-Out Zone

-P-47

-Phoenix

-Pipi & Bibi's

-Pirate Ship HiGeMaru

-Quiz & Dragons

-Rod-land

-Saint Dragon

-Saturday Night Slam Masters

-Snap Jack

-Snow Bros

-Snow Bros. 2

-Son Son

-Space Panic

-Speed Coin

-Street Fighter

-Street Fighter II Turbo

-Super Bagman

-Super Pierrot

-Tazz Mania

-Thief

-Three Wonders I

-Three Wonders II

-Three Wonders III

-Trojan

-Truxton II

-Varth : Operation Thunderstorm

-Yankee Do!


**Sports pack**

-Arlington Horse Racing

-Gimme A Break

-Goal '92

-Goalie Ghost

-Golden Tee Golf

-Golden Tee Golf 2

-Gridiron Fight

-Hat Trick

-Hoccer

-Shots Tennis

-Karate Champ

-Mini Golf

-Ring King

-Side Pocket

-Speed Spin

-Spiker

-Street Football

-Street Hoop

-Super Champion Baseball

-Super Dodge Ball

-Super Doubles Tennis

-Super Strike

-Tag Team Wrestling

-Tehkan World Cup

-V'ball

-Windjammers

-WWF Superstars

-WWF Wrestlefest


**Dragon's Lair pack**

-Dragon's Lair

-Dragon's Lair II Time Warp

-Space Ace


**King pack**

-Donkey Kong

-Donkey Kong Jr

-Donkey Kong 3


**Pac Family Classics**

-PacMan

-Ms PacMan

-Galaga

-Galaxian

-Dig Dug

-Mappy

-Xevious

-Penguin Wars

-Super Dodge Ball


**Lost Treasures pack**

-Alien Syndrome

-Altered Beasts

-Bomb Jack

-Carrier Air Wing

-Congo Bongo

-Contra

-Crazy Climber

-ECO Fighters

-Extermination

-Fantasy Zone

-Mad Planets (not compatible with cocktail version)

-Omega Racing

-Puzznic

-Quantum

-Rally Bike

-Street Fighter II

-Tempest Tubes

-Time Pilot

-Tutankhan

-Zaxxon


**Space Invaders pack**

-Space Invaders

-Space Invaders part II

-Space Invaders deluxe

-Super Space Invaders


**Taito pack**

-Arkanoid

-Arkanoid 2: The Revenge of Doh

-Tournament Arkanoid

-Arkanoid Returns

-Bubble Bobble

-Bubble Bobble 2

-Bubble Memories

-Cameltry

-Chack'n Pop

-Champion Wrestler

-Cleopatra's Fortune

-Don Doko Don

-Elevator Action

-Fairyland Story

-Insector X

-Kram

-Landmaker

-Legend of Kage

-Liquid Kids

-Plotting

-Plump Pop

-Puchi Carat

-Puzzle Bobble

-Puzzle Bobble 2

-Puzzle Bobble 3

-Puzzle Bobble 4

-Rainbow Islands

-Rastan

-The New Zealand Story

-Zookeeper


**Casino pack**

-Boardwalk Casino

-Lucky Poker

-Dynamic Dice

-Blackjack

-Super Casino

-Super Duper Casino

-Showdown

-UltraSlot


**NeoGeo pack** (not compatible with cocktail version)

-Art of Fighting

-Blue's Journey

-Baseballs Stars 2

-Battle Flip Shot

-Captain Tomaday

-Double Dragon

-Fatal Fury 3

-Football Frenzy

-Gururin

-Karnov's Revenge

-King of the Monsters 2

-Last Blade 2

-League Bowling

-Magical Drop 2

-Magical Drop 3

-Money Puzzle Exchanger

-Metal Slug

-Metal Slug 2

-Metal Slug X

-Neo Bomber Man

-Neo Drift Out New Technology

-Neo Mr. Do!

-Neo Turf Masters

-Panic Bomber

-Power Spikes 2

-Puzzle Bobble 2

-Puzzle de Pon!

-Puzzled

-Shock Troopers 2

-Spinmaster

-Stakes Winner 2

-Top Hunter

-Twinklestar Sprites

-Waku Waku 7
 
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#53 ·

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Originally Posted by mbott1701 /forum/post/11395486


I agree with Humanoidx. Now if I didn't have the funds to to the legal thing, I might be more tempted to do a MAME.

I do like the idea of doing a custom MAME cabinet, though. I like to add personal touches, which is why I changed out the stock trackballs and put lighted ones in my ultracade. I'm also redoing the control panel overlays.

Yes, just to say I built one...just for the experience of it; that would be sweet. It may happen, as I have an empty cab that need a lot of work.
 
#56 ·

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Originally Posted by humanoidx /forum/post/11395218


I always opt for the legal way to do things, and I have a large tie to the video game industry, and always want to give creators of games their due share.

Do you think any of the money you pay this company in...well..wherever they are, is making it back to the guys who made the game? Its likely not, its probably just making it back to the companies that hold the licenses for the games and character likenesses.


But, whatever works for you is key here.
 
#58 ·
Another reason I went with the Ultracade is becuase I wanted a cocktail and I wanted it to do this:


"One of the most unique features is UltraCade's cocktail dual screen mode. Games that are two player simultaneous, will automatically mirror image the game screen to players allowing games such as Street Fighter II to be played on a cocktail, a feature never before offered in any cocktail table."
 
#59 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by mbott1701 /forum/post/11399915


Another reason I went with the Ultracade is becuase I wanted a cocktail and I wanted it to do this:


"One of the most unique features is UltraCade's cocktail dual screen mode. Games that are two player simultaneous, will automatically mirror image the game screen to players allowing games such as Street Fighter II to be played on a cocktail, a feature never before offered in any cocktail table."

That is very cool...although I have to admit, the idea of playing streetfighter on a cocktail....I mean.....do you keep spare Carpal-Tunnal braces handy at the house?? Do you require your players take advil before any matches?



I was lucky...I've known about Mame for some time, and I was lucky to find a guy who literally gutted arcade cabs and practically gave them away for free....I had to force the guy to take money when I found the cab I wanted (he wanted to give me a sit down OUTRUN driving cab for free...tempting as it was, my wife would have beaten me with a stick if I'd shown up with that in the back of the truck).


Enjoy your cabs.....worst comes to worse, if the company goes belly up, you rip out the guts and build MAME cabs.
 
#60 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by HeadRusch /forum/post/11399517


Do you think any of the money you pay this company in...well..wherever they are, is making it back to the guys who made the game? Its likely not, its probably just making it back to the companies that hold the licenses for the games and character likenesses.


But, whatever works for you is key here.

It does work for me, and I'm not gullible enough to believe that the original programmers are going to see a dime out of this. But somebody had to do the work to pay for licensing, and get these game all legal for play on these machines. That is a philosophy that I respect, because someone actually did a good job making these legal, legit and great to play on a very nicely made cabinet for the home. If they make money, great. That's what's going to keep things like this going. The reason they're so friggin' expensive is because people have been just pirating ROMS from the get-go of MAME. I know MAME's creators had originally created the whole system to be a preservation of arcade games, and if it wasn't for them, we'd be much further in the dark about arcade emulation in general. But people have bastardized the system so much, they think it's the norm to get the pirated versions rather than pay for legit copies of games any more. I'd much rather dole out some hard earned cash and play something I know I paid for, than have to visit a bunch of porn/spam/warez sites or deal with torrents to grab a whole bunch of pirated games. That's my choice, and again, it works for me.
 
#63 ·
Guys, there is a formal request on the Twin Galaxies forums: http://www.twingalaxies.com/forums/v...ic.php?t=10426 to pursue high scores for Arcade Legends/Ultracade machines. Please go over there and chime in if you can. They seem to want to put this on the back burner b/c of all that's involved, but it would be a great way to legitimize these machines if the high scores were counted the same way as their CPU-board counterparts.
 
#73 ·
Hi, I'm a new Arcade Legends owner -- picked one up a couple months ago. There isn't much online concerning the machine -- hacking it and whatnot, glad I came across this owner's thread though. I just, literally two minutes ago, purchased the sports upgrade pack from eBay. And I'm curious, has anyone tried this yet?...


- dd the usb stick (bit-for-bit on a *nix box) before marrying it to the system;

- use the stick, install the games, etc...;

- dd the dumped image back to the stick afterwards.


is it again usable now? I would imagine after using the stick once, it writes something back to it, creating the relationship with that particular machine. Logically it seems like this would work, if you have a fresh virgin copy of the image before hand. Right?


I understand the legality issues behind this, but I'm curious, that's all. Unfortunately I don't know anyone else personally who has a machine. Is someone willing to test with me?


Furthermore, I started poking around by connecting a VGA monitor, keyboard, and booting a KNOPPIX live linux cd. My machine is a Dell Pentium III 930MHz with 128MB ram, and a WD 40GB drive. The file system, if there even is one, obviously isn't recognized by Linux -- it runs some proprietary JoshuaOS operating system. Can't find much documentation on that either... Anyone else playing with the Arcade Legends in this regard?
 
#75 ·
I picked up an Ultimate Arcade 2 recently - which I think is just a repackaging of the Arcade Legends 2 for Costco. I admit looking all over the place for anything on the JoshuaOS and found nothing myself. From what I read, JoshuaOS started out as an Arcade emulation project in college that turned into a the ultracade. I was hoping it might be possible to add ROMs onto the system myself in the future if I was unable to get them from the manufacturer. It looks like everything is proprietary from the boot sector on up and it was written for one purpose to emulate arcade machines. I would definitely be interested in anything you find but it will be a long time before I would risk any attempts to hack the system.
 
#76 ·
Hi,


I have an Arcade Legends I which I bought about 18 months ago. I have the Neo Geo, Taito, Arcade Treasures, Sports and Casino packs.


My machine is fine, but I do worry a bit about when the inevitable happens and it breaks down. Does anyone have any experience with getting the system repaired if it has broken?


Rich
 
#77 ·

Quote:
Originally Posted by Haviland1970 /forum/post/12195089


Hi,


I have an Arcade Legends I which I bought about 18 months ago. I have the Neo Geo, Taito, Arcade Treasures, Sports and Casino packs.


My machine is fine, but I do worry a bit about when the inevitable happens and it breaks down. Does anyone have any experience with getting the system repaired if it has broken?


Rich

good question....
 
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