Let's Build a Mortal Kombat 1 Arcade Cabinet
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- čas přidán 19. 09. 2023
- This is Madness! No, this is the Electric Starship Arcade where we make dreams come true. Our resident madman, Mike Murray, decided he was going to build not one, but two full size Mortal Kombat arcade machines. With the release of the brand new MK1 imminent and the chance to see a legend grace the arcade once again I was more than happy to lend a hand.
What an absolute unit. That cabinet is solid. Well done guys, especially Mike. That is quality craftsmanship. 👌
That's awesome Mk1 arcade game 😅😮
Your mom's an absolute unit
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e i love your mom
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e Do you think she plays MK1?
@@user-vi4xy1jw7eyour so lame 😂
My older brother just bought a Arcade1up Marvel vs Capcom 2 cabinet, and it’s got me contemplating putting my 18 years of construction experience into building something like this.
No time like the present to do it.
Betting anything you build would be better than an Arcade1up.
Ever start? I'm planning to make one with my older TV. Going to make the tv tiltable to double as an entertainment stand. Probably router in drop in controller holes so I can grab them if I feel like playing from the couch.
Yo hice el mio con pocas herramientas pero con ingenio es una cabina y te metes como un carro cabina con porta vaso y charola de botanas oviamente el juego y luces led por dentro😊
This could actually be a fun business idea for new releases. Companies could pay you to make custom cabinets of their latest release and have them at their office or at public events. Amazing work guys, I'm subscribing!!!
I AGree that would be a nice business to have
Yes that would be amazing for gaming convention events, totally agree!
Isn't that what 1Up Arcade does?
@@applejuicejunkie316 yes, but this is a triple-a title in an arcade cabinet
@@applejuicejunkie316don’t think they do it with brand new games but I’m not sure
Imagine finding this cabinet at the arcade back in the 90s. It would literally blow peoples minds.
Lmfao , I think it even had the online , crazy
there would have been a literal Fatality!!!
I was thinking the same thing
If I saw this exact game but in the 90s I’d believe in magic
Cabinets back then had beautiful CRT screens, wonderfum bezels...etc
So I'm not sure about that
These aren't cabinets. These are works of art.
💯 agreed man I remember hearing the sounds of MK2 at my local mall😂👍
Xbox Rocks 💪 😎 CRAPstation 5 SUX 🤢🤮
@oliverpunset9537 no one asked.
They certainly seem well built, but calling them art is a reach.
Those are absolute quality, professional builds! Amazing work guys.
Beautiful work gents. These are entirely in the spirit of class arcade furniture. Just fantastic.
Beautiful cabinet. It makes me wish they still made official cabinets for these newer games like this and Street Fighter 6. I feel like barcades have been getting more popular in the last couple years too so it needs to happen!
If they have Street Fighter 5 cabinets, I wouldn't be surprise if they made a SF 6 Cabinet. As for Mortal Kombat, this would be fire to see it at Round 1 Arcades.
Wooohoooo!!!! Peeling off the protective film was such a feelz!!!!
My wife hates when I pull off the peelies from electronics. It drives me crazy.
The cabinet is fantastic. The only thing I might have change was player one buttons and joystick colors to red that way it would not only different the players side but also represented Liu Kang's red and blue fire dragon sides. But either way the cabinet is absolutely awesome.
imagine having color sync to the char. amazing.
As an owner of such an original arcade cabinet myself I think too this is an impressive piece of work, honoring something that was normal in the eighties and nineties. You may as well consider to start doing this for the big audience, you'll be successful.
I love seeing modern fighters getting this type of love in custom arcade units. The FGC is more console based now(for good reason), but it's nice to see these builds because it brings it back to the roots
Yep same I agree
these guys are historians keeping a once popular culture alive
I was just speaking about their cabinet making. I'm not too familiar with the new mortal kombat, can you tell me what is woke about it? thanks@toetagcommies
@toetagcommieswhat does it mean? too much dark element?
@toetagcommiesbruh
@toetagcommieswhat ? Go take a nap little buddy, you sound restless !
@toetagcommies If you're going to make wild accusations like MK1 being woke, at least give examples...
You did great man if only companies still made arcades for newer games that would be amazing. But they couldn't do it so you did it yourself big props to you man you definitely deserve the glory
Honestly, a Bar with 20-30 of these running modern AND retro arcade games would be an absolute HIT in my opinion.
@@TyDieMusicOLED screens 😍
@@DOWNTOWNMAK Bad idea for OLED screens to be used as arcade cabinet displays with all those static images like HUD elements. Bad burn in and image retention as well as degradation of the organic substrate.
If you've seen a fair share of old arcades, there's a lot of burn in with those old CRTs as well.
There are quite a few companies out there that still make arcades. I live in the Tampa Bay Area, and a new arcade building company started recently. It seems arcades are having a bit of a come back. Our local arcade (Replay Amusement Museum in Tarpon Springs) is very popular and almost always packed. Ours is $14 for a day pass. $8 for kids under 12.
Arcades aren't as dynamic than during the 1990s, especially with how powerful videogame consoles are along with their online capabilities.
To me, arcades main appeal are the racing, gift, test your strength & dancing games, something that aren't easily replicated at home. Kudos, for the OP making a MK1 cabinet though.
I love the way you guys are keeping the mortal kombat arcade legacy alive with these modern cabinets. Makes me feel the MK arcade era didn't end with MK4. Hats off to you guys
Absolutely gorgeous, top-notch craftsmanship!! 😍 🔥 🔥
Love the videos, keep them coming!!
I’m so grateful to have found your channel. I’m speechless, such an amazing job. I started to cry a bit. My granddad would take me to play the OG MK at an ice cream shop. This build brought back so many great memories. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Cheers!
This is incredible! I remember the original MK being wheeled into my favourite arcade when it first launched. We played that game every single day!
Simply amazing! After seeing all this I can only think one thing... I wish the Arcades would return in the present with everything and their glorious past! I love that MK1 machine, one of the best I have ever seen, congratulations and thank you very much for continuing to make magic between us. 💙🔥🙏🔥💙
Great build, guys. Mike's workmanship is fantastic.
Wall of Kombat
Incredible build! Love Mortal Kombat in general, but this one is special. Awesome video as well. The pacing and editing were great, and I always appreciate seeing the game in its final place on the floor!
This takes me back. Used to work at a vending company in a warehouse tearing down old games, building new ones, redoing all the joysticks and buttons, and replacing all the art on the cabinets and making sure the coin mechanisms worked. My mom owned an arcade through the 80s, and we always had games at home to fix and play nonstop haha.
Mortal Kombat was big when I was at my first year of University of Michigan, also Street Fighter II. The machines were already crowded just as they were back in 1990-91 at the North Campus commons where everyone went to get lunch and hang out in the lounge, arcade area. I can’t imagine what kind of absolute and complete chaos a cabinet as awesome as this one would have created. There would have been REAL physical combat just to get a place in line to play it,
It’s just amazing
Watched from beginning to end and honestly this fully captivated my attention. The craftsmanship, the attention to detail, everything was done thoroughly and I really don’t feel like anything needed to be changed.
Look at the graphics! Very detailed. As for the cabinet.. excellent job! Beautiful!
Gorgeous machines. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing work. Absolutely beautiful cabinets!
Truly amazing! You guys also seem like genuinely good people too. Have fun and enjoy all your hard work
Helped sell a few things to this guy for this cabinet. Super excited to see it finished being an MK fan. Love it!
Love seeing Mike building again! What a great build!
My GOD I want one for my house!!!!! Great job guys!!! Makes me appreciate the arcade even more. Such craftsmanship 🤟🏽
That is a thing of beauty. Great job. I would love to build a custom arcade cabinet one day.
Absolutely incredible! This was just so awesome to watch. What a dream arcade machine!
Beautiful! Nostalgic at its finest!! 😢😍🙌🏻
Bringing back arcade memories. Thank you.
What a fantastic work, true craftsmanship indeed!!!!
You have completed the magic feeling of playing Mortal Kombat 1. Just by watching this I realize, as good as the sequels have been, and always delivered, I haven´t played an arcade version since mortal kombat 4.
love the quality work, nice to see how a modern arcade is put together. I miss the days where arcades was a big thing and you can just get by with 25 - 50 cents a game. Street Fighter 2 and 3 were my jam during those times. Making an arcade room in my home is a bucket list dream. Consider me subscribed love the video can't wait to see what else you guys work on.
A piece of art. Beautiful cabinet.
Precioso, hermoso trabajo amigo
FLAWLESS VICTORY!
Epic build, just finished watching Ed Boon interview on Hot Ones! I absolutely loved MK11, looking forward to seeing how MK1 plays! Enjoyed watching your build!
Love how you keep calling them sprites =) hehe it's kind of endearing. This build was DOPE to watch, well done everyone!
What a magnificent work, Loveee the design and the preciseness of wood working, and the buttons oh goodness it feels good to play on those. Love it!.
Clean and meticulous when cutting out the cabinet frame. Would've loved to have trained with someone like him growing up.
Very cool. I'd love to see more like this. I enjoyed The Geek Pub's Attack of the Petscii Robots arcade cabinet video.
Ed boom gotta hire this youtuber to bring back nostalgia. Wanna see how is gonna be like on the arcade places.
Just like the past few mortal Kombat games, your still making mortal Kombat arcade machines RESPECT😎😎😎😎
It’s an amazing cabinet, and I had no idea there was a video of the build. Just popped up on my feed. Amazing!!!
It looks absolutely amazing I never thought I’d see someone make one of these before
Looks fantastic. Great job
Thank you!
Wow, what a fantastic project.
Thank you!
Awesome video! I love seeing behind the scenes of how things are built, and this was especially interesting since some aspects were made from scratch.
This was awesome to watch. That chrome trimming really pulled it all together and looks so clean. Great work on that masterpiece!
Phenomenal video man! Love this.
Thank you!
these cabinets go crazy... amazing work!
Mind blowing guys !! WOW !!
Just imagine how cool would it be if we had that in 80/90s!
Very impressive DIY Arcade. Bravo!! You guys seem to like MK since 90s era :)
Looks phenomenal, would love to see some pro players play on that beautiful work of art!
Amazing job from all of you. Miss the days i used to play in the arcades. Would play on the one you built each day
Beautiful work
Que lindeza!!!! Congrats!!
This was a pure joy to watch. Good job on the build, gentlemen!
Awesome cabinets cheers
Marvelous project!!! Congratulations!
This is wicked awesome, another great build.
Thank you!
Looks rad great job!
I love that you also link and plug the button layouts and how to do it yourself. That's super handy. I absolutely love the color scheme you went with. I'd love an arcade system like this for the bar. Man this would be cool.
Wow! This just took me back to the early 90's. I am considering getting one of these for my game room.
Looks great Mike! You guys did a fantastic job!
Great job. Love these custom builds. Only thing missing was a trip to Buc-ees 😂
We have an auction this weekend. Gotta go to Buc-ees!
Awesome build! ❤
Looks pretty awesome. Great job on the build.
I know it’s hard to compare old tech to new…but the screen difference alone between the original mortal kombat and this unit is insane. It’s like looking at alien tech next to our stuff.
it is a sore thumb tbh. im not kicking dirt on their craftsmenship, it's top notch. but the actual game is pretty awful. the mystique is gone in the series. well, it has been gone for awhile. i think us middle aged white guys will forever be chasing the environment and excitement that the 1990s arcade experience brought us but only to always feel like a key component isn't there...imagination.
Ficou muito bom parabéns pelo trabalho 😊
Awesome job guys please keep making these cabinets your so good at it
Love it guys. Nostalgia for those arcades that were so popular back in the day.
I love it. It’s wide enough for two grown men to play each other comfortably & the button layout is a Vewlix layout, so not only does it makes it easy to play other fighters aside from MK on it, but it’s also ergonomic unlike the old school straight 2 x 3 layouts that cramps your right hand after a few games.
Absolute flawless work. 👌🏾👏🏾
É uma pena que não existe mais fliperamas 😢😢😢 que trabalho magnífico e obrigado por trazer essa maravilha de trabalho e nostalgia aos amantes de games 👏👏👏
Concordo,uma pena não ter mais os fliperamas! Lembro que era mágico entrar em um local com fliperama na época! Ficou muito legal este modelo para o atual MK! Eu fiz um em 2018 (5 meses de trabalho e pesquisas) ,mas foi uma quase replica do original de 1993(MK2),se tiver um tempo,tá no meu canal,espero que curta! Valeu!
Lovely work!
Awesome cabinet project! It looks fantastic. 👍
Thank you!
Made me flash back to when i was a kid when mk1 came out in arcades i literally remember staying there all day on one quarter. Who remembers when u had to put a quarter on the edge of the screen to get next?
I do, I also played the first game for hours on end at my local bowling alley.
I know I do, between Street Fighter,Mortal Kombat and Tekken arcade games I dropped many a Token at the Aladdin's Castle arcade where I'm from in NC as a kid. Great memories,arcades were the shit back then as a kid in late 80's and teenager in the 90's. Good times indeed!
Que trabalho maravilhoso 👏👏👏
Such great workmanship,and attention to detail, it was a pleasure watching this video
Looks absolutely fabulous !
Great job guys !
we need a new renaissance of widescreen arcades like this with modern multiplayer games.
this shouldn't be a secluded one off thing it should be everywhere like in the 80s
Plenty in Florida
It is a shame the arcade era largely died off in most places and I can't see a resurgence but I can see VR style arcades popping up more as the technology gets better
The only thing I can point my finger at is the L1, L2 and R1, R2 buttons.
Since it is the XBOX version, it should have been LB, LT and RB, RT buttons.
Other then that, this thing is beautiful and so well made.
Very impressive.
Yeah not sure about the use of the xbox for this, or the TV, would of rather built a PC in it and used a smaller monitor instead of a TV, but still cool
@@flavourfulz8147 That TV is higher specs than most monitors. The lines between "TV" and "monitor" are quite blurry these days.
facts that tv actually does 120fps at 4k so @@TheGeekPub
@@RealSkyeBlue Samsung CU7000 series TV is 60hz $300 USD tv. this is about as cheap as you can go, all the hardware inside it is bottom of the barrel, the concept is cool, the cabinet itself is cool, the hardware is not, alot money spent on cabinet itself with cheap hardware, not how i would go about it, i would gone with OLED screen that was 120 or 144hz and a PC setup that was repairable something like RTX 3060 Ti or 3070 should be able do 4k 60fps in Mortal Kombat.
@@RealSkyeBluealso the game itself is locked to 60 FPS, but there is still benefits going for OLED 120hz screen, faster response times and better image clarity as well as better contracts and colors and ability to have VRR and that TV doesn't support that.
Awesome job by everyone involved! I'm enjoying your content.
It looks beautiful. I wish there were still plenty of Arcades in existence with new game cabs like this.
I'm not a MK fan, but this was great content, I would love to see a KOF15 cab like this.
Se o Ed Boon ver esse video,concerteza vai contratar esses caras para fazer isso em um evento ou em outra coisa, isso é muito incrível.
Great video fellas! That cabinet turned out amazing!
Amazing work!! Would love to have 1 in my garage!
That's sick asf!
I love Mk, I love woodwork this is perfection 😂
Pretty cool and fresh, you guys know how to put things working😎
Nice work yall! The cab looks great!!
Absolutely beautiful builds - as others have said though, the finishing touch would be a smoked tempered glass panel in front of the screen (would help with glare and reflection, too).
Pocket hole screws only suck if they're visible in the end result to this woodworker. I thought the reveal of the vesa mount was cool, i was actually relieved to see pocket screws... so easy and effective.
Looks amazing .
If I ever have a arcade if my own I’d definitely would want one of your MK cabinets, amazing!