The same goes for the on/off switch, it’s located at the back of the cabinet near the floor, so if you want to turn off your cabinet the right way, you have to pull out the entire unit or turn it off by the wall which can’t be good for the computer over the long run, and feels unnatural doing so.Ī cabinet of this price should have a easily located on/off switch…Ī part from that, I loved every day with this thing, it’s a beast, it just needs a little extra work to be perfect.ĮXCLUSIVE 5% OFF DISCOUNT FOR RETRODODO READERS 2. I get it, there’s no simple way to get around the WIndows OS with arcade buttons, but this one does have a trackball so you’d think some software engineers could have got that to work? This should be built into the cabinet, or feature extra buttons on the cabinet to adjust the volume controls, it looks bad that this £2,000+ comes with a £15 controller to assist with this. One of them is regarding the low quality controller that comes with it to manoeuvre around the Windows OS and to do simple things like turn up/down/mute the volume. It’s close to perfect, but I do have some negative comments to make. The overall quality of the materials used is sturdy, I tried picking at corners, smashing buttons, and pushing the screen aggressively but nothing would budge, so I can confidently say that this is child-proof should you be looking to use it as a family entertainment system. The display has a great brightness to it, and features a matte finish (so face it away from windows), the buttons are incredibly high quality and I had no issues with them at all, they felt incredibly nostalgic, the same goes for the Ultimarc Trackball. The Bitcade Xtreme features a large 27″ display, official Sanwa buttons and joysticks to give you an authentic experience, it also has a very loud and basey 80-watt sound system alongside two arcade guns with recoil to completely immerse you! Some games do require you to map some keys, or access a link on your computer/mobile for specific instructions, because remember this is running on a Windows PC, so key mapping, gun calibration and more is required for some games to function properly. 90% of games are playable as soon as its setup, allowing friends and family to jump onto the cabinet with zero “training”. Gameplay is close to flawless and loads quickly. This OS is fairly easy to understand, even if I do think it needs a modernised overhaul, but that said all of your games are easy accessible, and can be favourited and organised to make access a little quicker the next time you boot it up. The Bitcade Arcade Cabinet plugs straight into any normal wall socket, and after turning it on, all you have to do is wait 30 seconds for the internal Windows PC to boot and automatically pulls you into the cabinet’s custom operating system. The Bitcade Arcade Xtreme is designed to fit through normal sized doors, even when completely wrapped in protective bubble wrap, and because the cabinet has wheels on the bottom, it simply wheeled into my living room with ease. To my surprise the delivery was incredibly easy. We put it to the test playing classic games and we experienced what the delivery process would be like for an ordinary customer. We had the opportunity to test the Bitcade Arcade Xtreme for almost an entire month.
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