Full Size REC ROOM MASTERS 32" Xtension Arcade Cabinet "Emulator Edition"

[@Cinderkin]

Being 6'10 tall I couldn't fathom spending money on the 3/4 machines. Appreciate this video, I think this will be the build I go with in a couple years from now. Too expensive right now

[@evanstony3000]

That was the best video I've seen of this arcade! I'm waiting on mine and now after watching this video, I feel no regrets. Thanks

[@drrrrzz9145]

the fact that you want to use this beast mainly for cave games makes me like your channel even more. keep up the great work.

[@Hymanator]

IKEA should get into the arcade cabinet business.

[@theXaint]

Exactly my thoughts! Haha!

[@gundamxzero3]

Man that would be awesome.

[@jrami223]

I used a ikea wall table for my arcade awesome!!!

[@MrClockw3rk]

They might look something like my cabinets at Umbrella Arcades.

[@pdxmetal]

From experience I can honestly say that any full sized cabinet will end up being close to a grand unless you cut it yourself. CNC shops are a good alternative but they charge $60+ an hour and you have to buy the wood at $40+ a 4x8 sheet. Then you have to laminate, paint, or use melamine. Then you have to put the pieces together and they won't be elegant IKEA style cams and perfectly pre-drilled holes. If you aren't a serious woodworker it can easily end up sloppy and any big mistakes can result in buying more wood and going back to the CNC shop. And then there's all the little custom built pieces that cover unsightly gaps, line edges, you know, all the little things that give a professional appearance that will be missing when you just cut wood and put it together. Then all the custom artwork, control panel layout, marquee, controls, coin door, etc. It won't be like one of these or an A1UP where 3rd party arcade graphics shops sell compatible art, if it is a custom cabinet you need custom work, and that gets very pricey. A1Up is still the best option for the broke, but unless you find a full sized cabinet with plans and every part sourced, it is really better to build one of these. I do think it should come with a monitor for the price.

[@sdh2383]

I need one of these now! Looking forward to the marquee video.

[@llaffer]

I put one of these together last month with my kids. We are n00bs are projects like this so it ended up taking 3.5 hours, but it works and we like the final product.

[@enriquepizzati1246]

Fantastic video... ETA Prime... for someone who has only played emulators and Arcade 1Ups, I find this video very informative... One day in the near future, I’ll start to build one of these bad boys... and I’ll definitely refer to your videos... great work brother...

[@WildkatPhoto]

Man now I don't know if I can settle for a 3/4 size!!! Thing is beautiful!!!

[@pdxmetal]

I wouldn't. I bought A1UP for the price and I've never been happy with them, even after modding them six ways from Sunday. Even if you're broke. Save, be patient, and buy a full size.

[@jimthomas7594]

Prefect Video! I have the tankstick and been going back and forth on getting this cabinet with the tankstick cutout or extension controller. This video helped me choose

[@smartass23t]

now this cab is awesome, I thought about building my own. I can do it, I 'm just limited on the amount of tools I can use around here...so if I were to make my own, it woulnd't be as nice as buying a kit. I love these retro arcade vids, keep them coming!

[@dalenesbitt2491]

I've been watching all ETA videos for years, love the guy. At 5:06 I feel like I peeked behind the curtain to see the wizard 😂 Never knew what the man looked like 😄

[@Zigstar]

He should do a face reveal!!! XD

[@marcushopkins2290]

This guy has become my emulation guru. Keep up the good work

[@darktetsuya]

wow that's freaking sick! love the concept of the mini-monitor marquee that'll display the artwork for each game though. I know there's a light gun out there you can get that kinda does the wiimote thing but it's a real plastic gun like you'd use in time crisis or something (I think it may actually be a gun-con repro) so that might be the way to go for adding light gun support to your cab. awesome video man!

[@DanofWar101]

Seriously I've been wanting one of those fully cab units but I didn't have the budget for them... but if I can sit down and still enjoy those arcade cabs experiences, I'll do it! I'm lucky enough that my father have those power tools in his garage and that I only live 1 street over from his place! I already have a capable PC to run Big Box and I only have to get a decent monitor and supplies to get this project started! Great video and keep up the good work!

[@DeepSouthTechie]

I love that system! The wife will think I'm nuts but I gotta get one, lol. Retro gaming is pretty much all I do in gaming and that setup is perfect for it. Can't wait to see more videos on it.

[@thuglord808]

I got extremely lucky 2 weeks ago and found the sit down version of this cabinet for $350 on that offer up app !! I always wanted one and was happy to get one after I herd they went out of business..

[@austincaldwell8358]

I have the same cabinet, it's amazing. Can't wait to see the add ons you do to it.

[@arcaderacer586]

I had a very similar cab made by x-arcade about 10’yrs ago. They are sweet.

[@XtremeDesert]

Thanks ETA for the video its awesome... got me in the mood to build one.

[@Maj0ra]

Such an amazing video. I will definitely use this video if I ever build a cabinet. Thank you so so so fricking much.

[@MAD450r2]

Keep up the great videos. I find your videos very informative.

[@GetOffMyyLawn]

I have this same cab with the emulator edition + controller. I love it. I have a few suggestions. When putting it together, put some protection on the bottom panels that contact the floor. You don't want to damage the cabinet sliding it around. Also, consider that the pressboard material will absorb water easily if you keep it in a basement... maybe raise it up on something? If you use a tv, you may need to keep a remote handy to turn it on. I used a monitor that wakes up with the pc... minor issue. Finally, if you plan on putting graphics on the cabinet, bite the bullet and do it when you buy it. The controller needs to be completely disassembled, so at least do custom graphics on that when you order.

[@BlueForceSabers]

Great review, I have the same cab with the same coin slot. I had them do a custom Star Wars wrap on mine and it came out fantastic! I absolutely love mine and it's been through some serious Street Fighter and MK tournaments, and holds up very well. You can't go wrong with this company, highly recommend them.

[@kilkwon]

can you please make a video how to connect the coin door cables to the control panel? (mine is pro, console version). i want putting coin functions as select button in retropie. i saw your other video but thats for arcade1up cabinet and usb encoder and buttons aren't same. please! thanks in advance!

[@retroforce6919]

Very cool, few years back I also bought the full size cabinet with custom Star Wars theme side art, control panel and the marquee 👍

[@retroforce6919]

@@kilkwon if I'm not mistaken the coin door cable is via USB, in MAME you go into the key assignment and set the coin door for credit or if you set the game on free play then you set it to start game. Most people use the coin door for credit/coin up.

[@kilkwon]

@@retroforce6919 think i have asked in a wrong way. i would like to know the wiring, how to connect those two wires (green & white) from coin door to the select button on control panel.

[@retroforce6919]

@@kilkwon Gotcha, you connect the green and white from the coin mech to the blue and grey in the control panel. You'll need to drill a hole to run the green and white wires into the control panel. Hope this helps. Good luck 👍

[@foxbag]

Bought one of these 2 years ago with the 4 player emulator edition controller. One of the best decisions I ever made.

[@scottblanchard7542]

also bought the 4-player cab this past december. it's unbelievably awesome. i have to agree, one of the best decisions i've ever made.

[@patbacon765]

Please do a light gun video that works with area 51 and show how to set it up. I'll donate $50 for that video

[@IRWPD]

All so would like to see the light guns working.

[@advancedvendingmachine8732]

you know there is aimtrak light gun and it works with emulators

[@ffburger101]

Oh man, that would be great addition

[@Sirg17x]

@@advancedvendingmachine8732 would it work with a cabinet with a tilted screen like the 80s Taito cabinet? I always wonder with the sensors and how they would compensate.

[@psykojojo]

@@Sirg17x do arcade guns not suffer from the same issue that console lightguns do? where they don't work on hd screens because of the refresh rate?

[@ffburger101]

I've been following your channel for awhile now... but this... THIS is what I've wanted. A full size cabinet with a track ball and storage! THE BEZEL PROJECT seems awesome! ~US $1,500? Looks like I'm saving up. I can't wait

[@retroforce6919]

You can visit Rec Room Masters website, they have different size cabinets with different prices. I bought the full size cabinet that can handle a 27" monitor and with custom (Star Wars theme) side art, control panel and marquee few years back.

[@drewjbx228]

LED Blinky and HyperMarquee tied in with EDS... prepare for a headache, would love to see a video on that. I have quite a bit of experience with configuring all of that on my 4 Player cab. I will keep an eye out on that video. Keep up the great videos, very informative!

[@octoman_games]

When are you goin to make the DIGITAL MARQUEE video!?

[@KingWillie76]

Wow they are right down the street from me, I am picking one up today!!!

[@Bruin2002]

You mentioned there is a firmware update to recognize the controller as separate controllers? Can you please share a link on how to do that? Thanks in advance.

[@CFunk-xw2wc]

Built one bigger than this out of ikea shelves and a 13 year old 32 inch flat screen. Total cost $200 including pi 3 and $50 joysticks and buttons

[@Hatorihhonzo]

Love it I have there sit down 32 inch unite and love it. This is my hobby as well bro...

[@GadgetMartian]

Totally makes the arcade1up look like a toy from Toys R Us! Great video!

[@IRWPD]

That is one nice looking cabinet. Seems well worth the money. All so would like to see the light gun working. That would be cool.

[@shawnl1385]

Would LOVE to see a review of the 4 player version of this cab!

[@Hwi1son]

time to switch to a pc in my cab so i can run big box. such a good front end from what ive seen

[@4h0w1e6]

I thought I wanted a full size 4 player cab, then I got one (an old Williams beast) and ended up selling it. It was monstrous and deserved better than to sit in my garage.

[@bhazard451]

I have this cabinet and love it. Add a Dayton puck bass shaker to the bottom of the control board to give it some nice rumble feedback. Looking forward to the light gun video as I have issues with the Dolphin Bar getting set correctly in MAME for 2P. The Odroids work really well in the cabinet too flashed with the MiniPac Gamepad firmware. I also have a 29" Ultrawide up top and love seeing the Dynamic Marquee. If you find a clean way to insert it into the top of the unit, I'd love to see that.

[@aaronroberts8601]

I've had my RRM 32" emulator edition cabinet for a little over 3 years now and I still cant believe I own this thing!! Ive always wanted a nice hefty cabinet for as long as I can remember. I love it just as much now as i did when I bought it...totally worth every cent I spent on it!! I run everything on this...mame, model 2 and 3, demul, teknoparrot, daphne, etc plus tons of stand alone games also. Its my goal to "own" a version of every arcade game I can 😀

[@esprithk]

Aaron Roberts yes, full size is always the BEST.

[@lachlanfraser3147]

Its a nice cab, Bigbox is good Fronend but the Best looking overall Front End is COINOPS Diamonds 3+

[@ryecatcher25]

This video shows just how much of a toy the 1ups are.

[@siniestro0239]

Man I'm so jealous. 1k+ is serious but worth it. can you make an up to date video on how to install/configure big box/themes?

[@obsidian1710]

I'm also looking for a good 2 player light gun solution for shooting games on my Xtension cabinet, it's tough getting Ultimarc guns configured correctly and to work well. But a recently funded Kickstarter might be the best option now called "Sinden LightGun". Looks like a perfect solution that also will have a recoil option.

[@jorisbonson386]

Those arcade1up machines look absolutely ridiculous without risers 😂

[@EQOAnostalgia]

REALLY sucks to learn these guys just went out of business... they built me a beautiful Streets of Rage legacy cabinet all custom. Shortages buried them like i knew they would last year. So glad i got my cab when i did.

[@IAmWarN]

Thank you ETA Prime for another great video and the reason I'm down another $1000+. I need to find a place to hide this cabinet from the wifey! 😀

[@GrandMasterLynx]

You can hide it over at my place 😎

[@kevincoady3413]

ETA what lcd bus monitor would you buy for this ? I use hyperspin and launchbox. Thank you

[@michaellimandri8537]

Yes, this would be great information!

[@MichaelGonzalez-ef9tv]

Can’t wait for you to do the dynamic marquee! I’m ordering this cabinet and would like to know where to order a marquee monitor that will fit.

[@bigdog6286]

Beautiful cabinet

[@samuelmeasa9283]

Have you done the video showing your install on that marquee and additional changes? I'm thinking of getting one of these myself and would like to see what could be done with more then the basic model.

[@juggalotuz04]

That's sweet, I'm super jealous.

[@dondehne5370]

I built one last year... as far as the speakers go just open the tv and reroute the speaker wire to the top and use the existing speakers the sounds not amazing but let’s face it I turn mine on one a month so it’s a cheep fix that’s more then good enough.

[@ThatRyeMcFly]

Not what I was looking for but I'll look into it

[@dazsly]

Nice build. Looks nice. Wish it was easy to get the roms all in one zip configured

[@LandOfToz]

Now that Rec Room Master went out of business, if you were to do another build like this, who would you use for the cabinet?

[@colindunn9964]

RecRoomMasters just reopened under new management. Just in time now that it seems Micro Center got out of the cab kit business.

[@primitivepatterns]

interesting seeing Blender on the desktop there, that would really be somethin on an arcade cabinet

[@Le001M66]

Not sure if you'll see this, but I wanted to follow up about the tv you used. RRM just reopened and I ordered their 2p cabinet, but I'm trying to figure out which monitor to get. Should I just get any standard 32" 1080 tv, or go for a 32" gaming monitor?

[@AaronMcFarland]

I am curious how you got the coin door to work with the rec room extension controller? Earlier video you showed it hooking to another controller board you had access to the button cables to add it. Was just curious how you did it with this one? Thank you.

[@BanditHeroTV]

Now this is the ONLY arcade cabinet you will ever need! Those other smaller sized ones are rip offs.

[@jdcooks9929]

Curious what or if you did anything to fill in space/gap around your monitor? Ive seen people do things with black poster board. Looking at buying one of these but that gap or seeing through the cab would be bothersome.

[@UnixGoldBoy]

Awesome video! I spoke with the owner of Rec Room Masters a few months ago when I was up in Lawrenceville getting my BMW modded. He says they've been super busy for years manufacturing these cabinets and can't keep up with the number of orders every now and then. Where do you get a bus monitor for the marquee? I noticed some on Alibaba, but that's about it.

[@briannypd44]

Awesome review. Did u ever get rgb buttons and lcd marquee?

[@positrack99]

Cant wait to see that Marquee!

[@benjaminapeterson]

Any update on that Dynamic Marquee add-on? Thinking of doing the same thing with the same cab. Would love to see one of your build videos for it.

[@TheMiracleMcgee]

Would love an update on this.

[@Dan-lm4di]

#bump . I haven’t bought this yet because I want to see that add-on first.

[@demifried9075]

looks very good, LCD marquee tutorial pls

[@blakekwamin7400]

Can you do a video setting up launch box with this machine?

[@hagar2167]

What are the speakers size required to go in this? Great video ETA Prime. always enjoy them.

[@thenextmj4523]

Can you use the xarcade tankstick on this cabinet ??

[@foxbag]

Yes you can, you just need to request the the tankstick panel from rec room masters when you order it.

[@thenextmj4523]

foxbag187 THANK YOU! 🙌🏻

[@matt4193]

Tate video showing off tate game Well played, ETA. Well played.

[@muhammadakhir7469]

Matt by

[@adamsupacoop6119]

I know you prefer lunchbox and big box, but I'm doing my project step by step. I just bought the 8tb hyperspin drive, and I want to attach that to a clean mini pc. Then to the Xtension cabinet. Anyway you could do a hyperspin arcade cabinet video?

[@brandonrcampbell]

Did you happen to setup the trackball with BigBox? I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it to work. I am using BigBox and Mame on a regular PC with Golden Tee or Shuus and it doesn't seem to work.

[@gmpnj29]

Very cool, nice work.

[@nitronamous]

I would love to see you do a legit Hyperspin build in this cabinet! I’m trying to get one going now myself and need some “Prime” advice if you know what I mean.

[@PolloMaster6969]

Great video, like always!

[@Soulstoner]

What is the maximum depth that a monitor can be for this cabinet? I've purchased the cabinet, and have a 32" samsung curved monitor in mind that is about 4.5" deep. Is that too deep for the front panel? Model: HG70

[@foxbox19]

Love your videos ETA. I'm going to order one of these cabinets with a coin door. How do you plug in the coin door to the Xtension board?

[@crazykong1967]

Does the Bezel work with standard LaunchBox and BigBox or do I have to have Hyperspin along with Rocketlauncher installed?

[@retrowolfe9972]

How is the weight on this? I have a old mortal kombat 2 gutted mame cab with a 27 inch crt I'm thinking of ditching.. It's been getting a bigger cab again or the at games smaller cab thats bigger then the arcade 1 up.

[@clumaster]

I would also like to see the light gun setup, it was my understanding that light guns will not work with LCD/LED TV's and neede CRT's to work properly but it has been awhile since i looked into it.

[@retroforce6919]

One of the more popular light gun is called "aim-trak" it's a really nice light gun. It comes with a IR bar that goes on top of a TV, that's how it works on a modern TV. You can buy one with built in recoil (force feedback) or without.

[@IIMANIXII]

you should do tutorial videos for other people too - your voice just works sell it lol

[@jotakux7489]

Would the odroid work good for this? Have you made any odroid videos. I heard a new ones about to come out. Last set of questions, why did you say you wouldn’t recommend using a pie for this? Any particular reason for this?

[@arnould69]

What TV are you guys using in this cabinet? I am looking for 1080p sets and not the recommended 720p. I have seen a few people use the TCL 32S327, just wondering if anyone has tried other sets? Thanks

[@ernestscott9244]

I'm looking at that Arcade Cab next to the Arcade 1up Cabs and that is a real arcade cabinet Arcade 1up could learn to make theirs a bit taller cause the risers don't do much to make them taller i'm 5'4" and they are tiny to me.

[@icsunonova]

would love to download your bigbox setup..without games in the folders if it is possible?

[@mRipX]

we'll just put this on my wish list

[@BB-wh2vu]

very nice, i have been looking at these cabs for a while as I have no woodworking skills either, Any reason you didn't get the "Plus" version of the control board?

[@ArcadeCabNBud]

sweet cab

[@MrJaz8088]

That's a very wide cabinet, with plenty of room around the button's, My first cab was a 19" crt and biggest is 26" lcd Now add Spinner's and Light Gun and it's the Fully Loaded Machine

[@Speedracer50]

did you ever find the monitor for the Marquee?

[@davidoswald2155]

Does the Big box come as an image like the Raspberry pi does on stuff like arcadepunks?

[@dave6489]

Awesome cabinet and great video review. I am looking to purchase that cabinet however I am needing advice or assistance on where to get a lot of arcade ROMS to play. I would like to have numerous games to include lightgun games. I know I can go the Jamma route using Pandoras box but would prefer Mame for certain games/lightgun. Please any help is appreciated.

[@jakestn5482]

Check out the sinden light gun, its currently in kickstarter but would be amazing on this size cab

[@Batsniper123]

Any luck installing a digital marquee on this? Would love to see a video on that

[@travisellis9230]

What kind of speakers do you use for your A300 with this arcade cabinet?

[@thenextmj4523]

Have you done a video on the digital marquee yet?!!

[@Slimm254]

I’m looking to do a build such as this, but I’d like to max out my mini pc in one build, that way I don’t have to go back and upgrade; can you recommend what should go into the build?

[@MyChannel-vm6dw]

ETA do you have a link to the digital Marquee and what software controls it?

[@fasteddy1252]

Whats up with that RGB video? Been a while my man.

[@jdcooks9929]

Heard you mention PS4 when I spoke with Recroommasters they said that control board will not work with PS4 or Xbox, and that you have to use there Pro controller. Can you confirm if this works? I would love to get this controller but want to incorporate my PS4 and XB1.