Recently, we received an arcade cabinet from Arcade1Up featuring a few Marvel games developed by Capcom. We thought it was time to review it. The initial review was created during the Christmas season of 2019. We had only a few minutes to play around with the cabinet prior the holidays , and were bombarded by the sheer number of items to review. We decided to slow down and explore it to a greater extent. Why not? It’s Marvel and Capcom in an arcade case. Let’s play with it as we imagine we were at arcades right now. The unit’s name is the Marvel Super Heroes Arcade Cabinet. It was created to be as similar to the home arcade center original model as it could be. The cabinet’s lower half shows every game apart from obvious branding from the company. It’s four feet tall and has an LCD monitor and a basic sound system similar to all cabinets made by the company. The major difference from the first model to the current version is that the controls aren’t placed at an angle, but are totally flat. The speakers, although at their initial position are different for A1U because they’re in the marquee instead of underneath the monitor. We were sent a complete unit to build our own, which took just 30 minutes to build, complete with instructions along with a one-foot riser that made the cabinet 5 feet high so that we didn’t have to be sitting on it while playing. The arcade games that come with the cabinet comprise X-Men Children Of The Atom (1994), Marvel Super Heroes (1995) as well as The Punisher (1993). The thing that unites all three games is the fact that they’re all intended for one or two players that is a huge thing considering that a lot of Marvel’s other titles that were not fighting were either single-player or included the option of a four-player game. Marvel Super Heroes was among the most popular fighting games in the 90s, before Capcom introduced peanut butter with Marvel’s chocolate. It was possible to play multiple Marvel heroes in the very first time ever in the form of a fighting game. There are several characters who attempt to stop Thanos getting the Infinity Stones. Each character has their own tale. It’s still relevant and could be a significant issue for people who have never played it prior to. X-Men: Children Of The Atom is also a combat game, but it’s not as well-known to the majority of players because it didn’t get the attention it should have, considering that Capcom invested more marketing in Alien Vs. Street Fighter II: Turbo and Predator, both of which were released the same year. This is unfortunate since this game is focused on the “Fatal Attractions” storyline of the comics, and occurred the year before in X-Men’s 30th anniversary. This is a fantastic point since games typically didn’t connect to the stories of other mediums such as this all the time. The Punisher is the last one on the list , and is probably the most bizarre. It’s a side-scrolling action game where you take on either The Punisher or Nick Fury. The player is Punisher and must navigate a gang of men to locate your family’s killers, and then the Kingpin. You also have the option of taking on Fury who’s trying to locate sources to Punisher. But, you end up helping Kingpin defeat him. Both of them use the same strategies, but with two distinct specials. Ultimately, you’ll end up in the same final stage of the plot, only with different narratives to get you there. The game didn’t perform well in arcades when it launched but now it has an avid fan base of those fascinated by collecting the original cabinets. We thought that overall, that the Marvel Super Heroes Arcade Cabinet was pretty impressive. It contains three distinct games that, while they might look similar but each has their own unique feel and are able to visit many properties. This arcade game is a excellent piece of nostalgic fun, particularly for Marvel fans. We think there was an enormous opportunity lost here. Why not create an arcade game cabinet? Perhaps, at a most, X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter. Most A1U cabinets contain four games. The cabinet we have here has three. We also know that the capacity for storage of these three games aren’t too large. We’ve seen hackers hack these cabinets to load whole libraries onto them. Also, something could have been cut or didn’t get enough time to be approved. This is extremely disappointing as adding another to the mix of the three could have been a great idea. The nostalgic appeal of the three already present. The cabinet is available at the price of $400 on the website, as well as retailers such as FYE as well as Walmart.
