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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Should be 5 stars, but poor prebuild out of box
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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For what it is, I'd normally give it a 5 star rating. I recently got rid of my real slot machine (goldfish 2) which was over 300lbs and had a lot of problems with it. This seemed like a nice replacment for that slot machine gameplay experience. (Other than I can no longer tell my neighbors they can play if they bring their own cash jk). The four games it starts off with are good. I like the variety of styles. Some are more luck based until you run out of credits and others are timed to solve a puzzle within 3 minutes. And in all cases, for leaderboard stats it's based on 1 credit until you run out. So it's not like you can keep putting in coins and keep playing to rack up a higher score than someone playing a less amount of time. So I like that feature. I've only unlocked one game so far with 30 gems and that's an interesting concept to keep you playing. So first impressions I feel there is good replay value. Being a long time Arcade1up first adopter and owning several machine, it is expected to have blemishes, chips, and other minor physical damage on the units. Compared to my other cabs, this one seemed to have the least amount of blemishes to the wood panels. The build time is much less too since all you really have to build is the stand.. The casinocade itself you just attach the screen to the control deck with some wood dowels and screw it in. Then use a lbracket to secure the marquee to the top. At that point you can play it on a table without even assembling the stand. So it can double as a countercade or standup cab. The fact a bulk of it is pre-assembled would normally add another star. However in my case, the control desk buttons were not installed correctly. I attached a photo so you can see it.. But basically when I first tried to play it, I thought the coin button was broken. When I pressed it, nothing would happen. I eventually found the buttons were not in the correct position but one. The -BET was correct. But to insert coin, you'd press +Bet. If you wanted to use the actual +bet, you press BET MAX. If you wanted to press BET MAX, you'd actually press "Coin In".. Try explaining that to someone coming over to play for the first time :) So that is the reason for one of the minus stars.. The other one is where the top LCD screen is, there are particals on the inside of the laminant protection making it look like black dots all over the screen. They're mostly small but once you see them they're very distracting. Almost like dead pixel situation but just tiny pieces of partical board wedged behind there with no easy access to try to clear it out. That's how I recevied the unit out of box for the second star removal. The pre-assembly was poorly done and clearly wasn't paying attention to details. The good thing is both those issues can be fixed just will involve more disassembly and have to make sure not to void the warranty, but that's the main reason for my star deductions. As far as the games go so far and slot machine experience goes, it does a good job. Even the volume of the bonus games are louder than the main game just like a real slot machine. The flashing LEDs around the screen distract from the actual size of the screen and makes it look like part of the overall experience so it doesn't stand out about how small the screen is. The last three games have the best visuals as in looking "60 frames per second" with the animations. First one seemed like 30 or less and kind of choppy at times but the rest are crisp and smooth. None of the games are installed either so when you go to play them for the first time, prepare to wait a bit to have them downloaded and installed. Same for the unlocked games later on. Overall I would recommend it if you like slot and mobile style games, just know if you get a flawless cab out of box, those a dime a dozen and consider yourself lucky :)
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Play the Wheel of Fortune in this “Slot Machine” Style Arcade game! As you hit the “Spin” button, the slot machine wheels spin, and various letters pop up that help you solve each puzzle. There are a variety of categories with different puzzles for each one. You have exactly “3” minutes to solve each puzzle, and you can use your earned diamonds for vowels. The game requires no money, and you can unlock other games (a total of 24) using “gems” that you earn while playing any of the 24 included games. It’s fun, and exciting! A great hit at parties, or just relaxing fun for anyone.
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Arcade machine works but 3 of the buttons were wired wrong at the factory. Good thing I have had experience working on arcade cabinets before or this would have been a return. This Cabinet is easier to put together than a lot of Arcade 1up’s other ones but there is still a decent amount of work if you want to place the unit on the base. Nice being able to use it as a bartop if you want to go that route though.
Nice addition to the gameroom, but could be better
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Attractive cabinet and entertaining games. You can unlock additional games from playing the programmed ones, which is a little silly for a hoe edition game that is free to play in the first place, games should just all be available from the get-go. Cabinet is narrow from front to back so it is a bit unstable, and the control panel could stand to be pitched toward the user instead of completely flat top. All-in-all, a good purchase.
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This is an excellent machine. I don’t know why people are saying it’s a poor build because it’s extremely sturdy. The only thing I had to do was switch a few buttons that were wired incorrectly. And it took me less than 2 minutes and I have zero knowledge on electronic wiring. This is by far the best machine I have in my home from Arcade 1up!
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We stayed up until 2am the night we put it together because we were on a winning streak. We haven’t unlocked all the games yet but enjoy playing. The screen is smaller than we anticipated.
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The instructions to put it together are pictures only, but not too difficult. It comes with 4 games and you earn points to download more. All the games so far are fun! It's definitely worth buying especially if you love arcades, casinos and Wheel of Fortune. A must buy, you will not be disappointed
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Fun arcade to play. Love the sound and reminds me of being in Vegas. You do need to play to earn gems and unlock other games but its no problem. Friends who come over seem to enjoy it over other arcades we have.
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I bought this machine thinking it had the game wheel of fortune. It does not.
The machine ONLY has a variety of slot mini games, with a wheel of fortune theme. All “four games” are slot machine games with slightly different rules. All of the other games have to be unlocked with “gems”. There are some other games that look interesting to me but I can’t play because they are locked. How upsetting.
This is purely a novelty item. No fun playing with fake credits and I’m not willing to grind hours away on a mindless slot game to unlock the other games.
In addition, the touch screen is no where near the quality of modern day touch screen. I had to press multiple times on the keyboard to enter an email address. The game will not start unless you log in with an email.
I own multiple Arcade 1 Up cabinets and this is by far the worst value. I will be returning this cabinet.
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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So I absolutely love this arcade game already!  It's really only wheel of Fortune themed, but one of the games you do get to solve the puzzle and get letters just like in wheel of fortune this game is amazing !!! I'm very happy with how easy it went together and how the lighting on this machine is!!! It's just like playing slots at a casino.
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Perfect for bring the casino to you. Arcade one has kept me out of the casino saving me money. I can get that casino experience in my own home. This game is perfect for all of your gambling fun.
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First off, please understand this cabinet needs mandatory wifi connection to play any of the games. This cabinet will not play any of the games offline.
Also it will only connect on a 2.4 ghz modem signal. But it has trouble connecting to some modem models.
The 2 play screens are very small. 8 inch screen on the top. 10 inch screen on the bottom. The bottom screen is a touch screen.
The only games that use the buttons to play the game, are the 4 Wheel of Fortune games. All the other 20 unlockable games you have to play using the 10 inch touch screen
Which brings us to the next negative. Because the other games only use the touch screen it is hard to place bets and other functions because the screen is quite small. So for instance, to play roulette, you have to touch the little numbered areas which is hard to see and place your finger on correctly. Its that way for other games as well. Imagine playing solitaire on your tiny smart phone screen. Thats what it feels like.
The marquee is very bad. Extremely washed out with little dark spots showing through.
The only positives I can give is the cabinet looks really nice. The gold trim accents and flashing lights do give that casino slot machine look. The sound is very good.
The buttons feel very nice. The cabinet is split. So if you wanted to put the upper half on a counter or table you could easily play that way and not use the bottom base.
If the games could also be played offline. I would have given it a slightly better rating. But, if your wifi goes out, or you dont have wifi. The cabinet is unplayable.
Because of all the negatives this cabinet is extremely over priced in my opinion.
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Not what i expected but for the most part it does what it needs to in terms of entertainment. I wish the would patch the Wifi6e issue because im not downgrading my Modem just for it. When the Wifi is not an issue you can spend hours with some music relaxing like it was Vegas.
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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This is for anyone that likes casino slot games whether in real life or pc slot machine games. The slot machine games are very well thought out. Its not like the silly iphone and ipad slot games where you win 100 million everytime. These are very realistic and random. You do win often but its only small amounts because your only matching 2 symbols in a row. When you match 3 is when you make big money and it doesnt happen often and the bonus modes for getting certain symbols are so much fun . Spinning the wheel is exciting. Theres also the wheel of fortune puzzle game which is fun to and not too difficult. But i mainly am here for the slot games. The screen is very clear and bright and definitely big enough. I mean your sitting next to it , how big does it need to be? I see a lot of hate on youtube for this but those people dont even own the machine or are not slot machine game fans. Another awesome thing is the main part is fully assembled!! You can start playing right away and assemble the riser part later or just forgrt thr riser and put this on a stool or small table. Its light weight and easy to love around