# At home Arcade cabinet **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-home-arcade-cabinet/846919 "2020-01-24T21:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-home-arcade-cabinet/846919/1 "2020-01-24T21:22:23Z")
I am looking at this: > **[Amazon.com: Creative Arcades Full Size Stand-Up Commercial Grade Arcade Machine...](https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Full-Size-Commercial-Trackball-Joysticks/dp/B07KQV48ML)** > > Buy Creative Arcades Full Size Stand-Up Commercial Grade Arcade Machine | 4 Player | 3500 Games | 32" LCD Screen | 4 Sanwa Joysticks | Trackball | 2 Stools Included | 3 Year Warranty: Arcade & Table Games - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on... And this: [https://shop.xgaming.com/collections/arcade-machines-arcade-cabinets/products/arcade2tv-showcase-with-250-arcade-classics](https://shop.xgaming.com/collections/arcade-machines-arcade-cabinets/products/arcade2tv-showcase-with-250-arcade-classics) Are there better options out there? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-home-arcade-cabinet/846919/2 "2020-01-25T01:49:51Z")
[Moderating] Moving to the Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-home-arcade-cabinet/846919/3 "2020-01-25T04:29:44Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > I am looking at this: > > [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KQV48ML/ref=twister\_B07SFZZCMM?\_encoding=UTF8&psc=1](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KQV48ML/ref=twister_B07SFZZCMM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1) > > And this: > > [https://shop.xgaming.com/collections/arcade-machines-arcade-cabinets/products/arcade2tv-showcase-with-250-arcade-classics](https://shop.xgaming.com/collections/arcade-machines-arcade-cabinets/products/arcade2tv-showcase-with-250-arcade-classics) > > Are there better options out there? Lots of way better and cheaper options. Spend a good amount of time here: [http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/](http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/) which tells you how to do EVERYTHING from full DIY to buying a complete system like the highly overpriced ones in your links. If the forum is too much for you, this is an outstanding read: [https://www.amazon.com/Project-Arcade-Build-Your-Machine-ebook/dp/B07KYT8S22/ref=sr\_1\_7?crid=1NJB0VSYE93IK&keywords=build+your+own+arcade&qid=1579926057&sprefix=build+you+own+arcade%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-7](https://www.amazon.com/Project-Arcade-Build-Your-Machine-ebook/dp/B07KYT8S22/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1NJB0VSYE93IK&keywords=build+your+own+arcade&qid=1579926057&sprefix=build+you+own+arcade%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-7) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-home-arcade-cabinet/846919/4 "2020-01-25T07:11:32Z")
I assume those on Amazon have legally licensed games on them, right? That would account for some of the priciness, but it still seems cheap for something like 3500 games. I mean, yeah, I know about MAME and how to get ROMs, but are these above board commercial products? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-home-arcade-cabinet/846919/5 "2020-01-25T07:26:15Z")
not from what ive seen … there are liscensed systems that are like every arcade game capcom ever done but those are usuaklly single company cabnients ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-home-arcade-cabinet/846919/6 "2020-01-25T16:00:28Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > not from what ive seen … there are liscensed systems that are like every arcade game capcom ever done but those are usuaklly single company cabnients +1 Read through the questions on the Amazon machines and you have to ask them for a list of games. So they don’t want to/can’t advertise what they have. Suspicious. On the other hand, X-Arcade lists their 250 included games with registration and trademark symbols, so 99% legit. X-Arcade has a strong reputation to uphold. Even with X-Arcade, once you go past the 250 games and want to add more, you’re back into the gray area of MAME ROMs. The only way to be 99% legit is to buy the actual arcade boards for each game, at which point you’re allowed to download and play the backup ROM. ---
**Author:** ![Deser2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Deser2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deser2)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-home-arcade-cabinet/846919/7 "2020-01-27T15:40:05Z")
I came across this site last week. Not quite as many games as the one you linked to but the cabinets are WAY cheaper. > **[Arcade1Up | Officially Licensed Arcade Cabinets](https://arcade1up.com/)** > > Arcade1Up game cabinets look, feel and play just like the classic arcade games you remember.