Ditch Your Sofa to Make Room for TheseRidge RacerandTronArcade Machines

It feel like few companies really listen to their users , but Arcade1Up once again prove its ear are undefendable to sports fan requests with two new scaled arcade machines that retro coin - op enthusiasts have been begging for : a tolerate - up version of Ridge Racer with a steering bicycle and pedal , and a beautiful recreation of the classic Tron cabinet — complete with blacklight accents .

The young additions to Arcade1Up ’s three - quarter scale lineup follow the company announcing a machine establish onThe Simpsons arcade gamefrom the ‘ XC , which is wide considered to be one of the most enjoyable four - player beat-’em - ups of that era , and a title that fan of the company ’s miniaturized cabinets have been asking for for a while .

Preorders for theTron cabinetwill officially start on Oct. 19 , and in summation to what looks like a very faithful diversion of the game ’s artwork , which was mostly sourced from the Disney movie the game was establish on . The futuristic looking light-colored - up flight stick controller is still here ( which would have been impossible to dismiss in the dimly lit arcades of the early ‘ 80s ) and Arcade1Up has finished the locker with iridescent paint accents that will appear to glow thanks to a black-market light blot out beneath the overhead marquise .

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The gameplay is still the same , but as with all of Arcade1Up ’s arcade cabinets , the CRT technology of past has been replaced with modern LCDs , and this machine has been upgraded with wifi to provide access to a worldwide leaderboard for those give chase high scotch .

Those who frequented arcades while they were still around might think that Ridge Racer was most ordinarily distributed as a sit down down machine with a racing place that made the game find more like a simulation ( it definitely is n’t a sim race car ) but Arcade1Up ’s variant features a more compact standup pattern with a rumbling steering bike and two - room shifter below the screen plus a gas and brake foot lever on the bottom that can be operated with the actor ’s feet .

A 17 - inch liquid crystal display screen makes the automobile ’s five included racing titles — Ridge Racer , Ridge Racer 2 , Rave Racer , Ace Driver , and Ace Driver : Victory Lap — finger all the more immersive , while a phone jack will make home and/or roommates happier about your unexampled obsession . Like the Tron cabinet , Ridge Racer also include wifi so it can display an always up - to - date outside leaderboard . You ’ll have to wait until Nov. 22 to preorder , with last pricing to be divulge .

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