New Wave Toys 1942 Mini Arcade - Better Than Emulation?

[@ButterSpider3]

Great demo of a great game. Thanks for the showing, George. That is one of my favorite arcade games. This cabinet looks quite nice. Appreciate your review.

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

You are welcome sir.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks too, to New Wave for hooking us up!

[@RonnieBarzel]

Wow, I didn’t notice it at the start, but once you mentioned that little black dot, that was all I could see.

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

Right?

[@GenXGrownUp]

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[@thunderm00se88]

The cabinet looks really high quality and the game itself, never played it, looks like something I'd love to play a lot actually. I noticed that the music in 1943 is really good too! Stellar video George👌🤘

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

Thank you sir. It's been a while and obviously it's not as high quality as a "Jon" video but I'll get there some day.

[@thunderm00se88]

@@georgeofgenxgrownup4500 I love your input! Also listen to the podcasts. It was just as good imo, it was Genxgrownup 👍

[@GenXGrownUp]

M00SE, I don't know if you're caught up or not, but you got a shout-out on a recent episode of the pod! 😁

[@thunderm00se88]

@@GenXGrownUp Thanks so much guys! I haven't yet! I'm on it!

[@fco64]

I never watch a Gameplay of this game but after i watched this i really want to play that game

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

It's a lot of fun.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks for watching, Fco!

[@edwardmclaughlin719]

Just bought one. My first. Half off deal ($79) now full price again. Still about an 11 second start up. Also bought the Change charger at 44.99. Now back to 59. Blue change machine charger is now sold-out New Wave Toys. Those deals are quick to come and go I noticed.

[@russellj.s.257]

I have been saying it since all these types of mini arcades, Nintendo has got to do this as well with their arcade classics: Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr. Popeye The Goonies Mario Bros. Excitebike

[@GenXGrownUp]

Man, if they do, I'm gonna have to take out a loan! Insta-buy! 💸

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

I'm afraid that would get very expensive for me. :)

[@RedRanger2001]

The Goonies was a Konami game on the Nintendo 8-bit console, though... And Excitebike was an NES-original title...

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@RedRanger2001 "VS. The Goonies" was a Nintendo cabinet released in '85 and "VS. Excitebike" similarly in '88. Both were based on the popular NES titles, but were legit arcade cabs.

[@russellj.s.257]

@@RedRanger2001 true about The Goonies,they did however made a Goonies game based off the movie in Japan for Famicom and it not only grabbed a spot on a player choice ten cabinet,but it also got its own arcade cabinet here in the States where NES and Konami gave us the sequel game to the original,I remember kids at school claiming to owning both games which was a lie unless mom and dad had money to have a Famicom shipped from overseas and Excitebike,my dad had an arcade machine of that in his restaurant when I was a kid.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I’ve never owned these miniature arcade cabinets, but the original arcade versions of “1942” and “1943” are really darn good, but the NES ports were mixed. The NES port of “1942” was really bad since it was the very first Capcom game for the NES in 1986 and it was developed by Micronics where they developed horrendous ports of the classic arcade games that were ported to the NES like “Ghosts ‘N Goblins”, “Athena”, “Tiger-Heli”, and others that were bad. The other NES port of “1943” was really good, but the low on energy sound was annoying. The biggest flaw in the NES port is where you get one life, and after you died, the game is over, and when you continue your game, you start over at the beginning of each stage where you left off. It also gives you a password feature where you can continue the game. “1942” was the first NES game to have a continue option where it gives you unlimited continues. I played “1942” for the NES and it was a terrible game, and it was the first NES title under Capcom before “Mega Man” started and it became a hit, and went on to make more Capcom titles for the NES where it became bonafide hits, and that’s why Capcom made awesome games for the NES back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.

[@Emolga6274]

Get up get down 911 is a joke in yo town

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

I think I may have just found a new research assistant. :)

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

@@Emolga6274 Ummmmmm, ok.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Hahaha!

[@swampdonkey4919]

I had 1942 on the NES, it was a'ight. The game itself was already outdated by the time it made it to my grubby little hands, and there were already many more-advanced shooters out there. I recall the NES graphics and sound to be rather bland. The music was headache-inducing. It was the first game I ever rented, I remember that.

[@thatwastheweekthatwaswasit1707]

The black dot was distracting... but then you spat on the screen when you said 'flexi'... and I couldn't stop staring at that instead... 😉

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

Yeah, I noticed that as well once the video was zoomed in but hey, we're all human.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Unlike the dot, that can be fixed with a handkerchief! 😜

[@thatwastheweekthatwaswasit1707]

@@georgeofgenxgrownup4500 hey, as a distraction, it worked! Haha

[@chadlamasa1742]

Way off topic I love the comics in the background especially the first appearance of Vigilante in New Teen Titans. He's one of my all time favorite characters that a lot of people don't remember

[@GenXGrownUp]

I can't wait for George to see your comment, Chad. He's a big-time, OG Teen Titans fanatic!

[@chadlamasa1742]

@@GenXGrownUp technically that's not the OG Teen Titans that was the reboot for lack of a better term

[@GenXGrownUp]

No, you misunderstood. George is the OG, not the Titans.

[@chadlamasa1742]

@@GenXGrownUp oh ok. Sorry about that

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

Me to Chad. I have a full run on The New Teen Titans, Tales Of The Teen Titans and Vigilante.

[@darthsynchronic]

The boxes are gorgeous as well!

[@GenXGrownUp]

New Wave really doesn't cut many corners!

[@ryanfields6616]

great new vid! Jon and the team have got me wanting this one now, I know who to blame if I ever get it :P

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

Blame away. Jon has cost me plenty over the years. Just paying it forward. :)

[@GenXGrownUp]

Ha!

[@mgpmbass3616]

That is friggin awesome! Thank you for trip down 80's memory lane! I'd love to see a miniature version of Paperboy, Star Wars, Kung Fu Master, Tron, Zaxxon, Berzerk, Gyruss, Moon Patrol, okay all of the classics lol.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Some of your wish list could be challenging to shrink those controls. Tron? Exciting, though. Thanks for watching!

[@mgpmbass3616]

@@GenXGrownUp Considering we have the technology to build functioning electronics smaller than the size of a grain of rice, there's no reason a handheld version of Tron, Star Wars and Paperboy couldn't be done. I'm sure they'd be a little pricey, but it'd be awesome! Btw, a mini MP3 player Jukebox to play 80's music would be cool too.

[@GenXGrownUp]

@@mgpmbass3616 For sure. I have no doubt the controls could be appropriately miniaturized. I'm thinking here about how I could actually get my meaty paws on a tiny grip stick and a spinner at the same time on a control deck less than 5" wide! 😜😜

[@mgpmbass3616]

@@GenXGrownUp I have some big meat hooks too lol. So yeah that would be a challenge.

[@mgpmbass3616]

@@GenXGrownUp After doing some Google searches, I found out that a micro rotory encoder can be used as a spinner and a 5 way through-hole joystick can be used for both directional and firing. It won't be a proper Tron stick, but it'll be functional. I also found a video of a working 1/4 scale Star Wars.

[@TiltingT]

Jumped onto the Missile Command Replicade , I have Dragons Lair, and I am waiting for QBert to arrive.. Just can't wait to get the 2 new ones in

[@GenXGrownUp]

Haha! I feel ya. I also have the Q*Bert & Missile Command on pre-order. 🕹️

[@TiltingT]

@@GenXGrownUp I feel like I have waited forever for the QBert to arrive!

[@Cyko..]

That dead pixel was trying it's darndest to come back to life towards the end. Did it ever fix itself since the video was posted?

[@GenXGrownUp]

No, it's still there but I'm not sure if it's a dead pixel or some debris on the inside of the screen shield. I haven't yet had the guts to disassemble the unit to take a look.

[@stewbacca2119]

Great video George. I'm a huge fan of both of those games, so you know I'm going to tell the wife that it's your fault when I buy it.

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

Duly noted sir.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Please do!

[@thanos4035]

Looking good George! Was that a dead pixel or just some dust? Super annoying!

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

I think it's dust under the plexi but I'm a little afraid to disassemble it.

[@GenXGrownUp]

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[@Phaota]

I'm surprised they didn't put 1941 on there as well to make it a game trilogy, but of the two, '43 looked and sounded like it played better than the former, though the brightness was way too high. When are you going to do a review on the Tempest New Wave release? Sure wish I had known about that one back when it was sort of cheap instead of now when they are going for an arm and leg to own.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Ouch! A sore spot! 😉 Tempest is one that I missed entirely and wish I had nabbed when it came out. I got the Centipede and liked it, but at the time I didn't realize how short the runs would be.

[@Phaota]

@@GenXGrownUp Also, the current prices for the Tempest cabinet is outrageous.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

I have an arcade 1 Up that has the same issue with power up. I initially thought it was DOA after I turned it on and nothing happened.

[@GenXGrownUp]

I hope you got it sorted out.

[@TheWarmotor]

Were you a Navy guy? I only ask because you referred to the integrated stick as 'on the deck'.

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

My father was Navy, I was Air Force. I referred to the control area as the 'deck' because when I worked at a game room that was always called the 'control deck'. :)

[@GenXGrownUp]

George does swear like a sailor, though, so you're not far off! 😜

[@greggreattricksnarke5916]

Hey George on Christmas eve night I got the Marvel vs.Capcom Infinite for my Xbox one I like it.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Nice!

[@swampdonkey4919]

You can plug it into a tv?

[@GenXGrownUp]

Indeed. 5:48

[@e-conrecords4665]

I still don’t get why in 2021 these companies can’t secure the OG arcade ROMs.

[@jpears1100]

It *is* running the arcade ROMs. All of these Replicades, (and also Numskull's Quarter Aracdes) do. It is NOT a port of the game. EDIT: from the website: "officially licensed by Capcom featuring the original cabinet artwork *and* *both* *1942* *and* *1943:* *Battle* *of* *Midway* *arcade* *ROMs* "

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

You know I've wondered that myself. I think the original code is in this device but it has to be updated for the hardware it's on. With no real coin mechs, or dip switches, etc... a lot of the original code would probably be useless. The fact that they went to Capcom, got it licensed, and got this close to the original is pretty impressive to me.

[@e-conrecords4665]

@@jpears1100 Some use Nintendo ROMS like the Namco Arcade releases… so being licensed by Namco doesn’t really amount to much.

[@jpears1100]

@@georgeofgenxgrownup4500 The original code is just running inside an emulator that simulates the hardware such that the original code thinks the hardware is there even though it really isn't. Like how MAME works.

[@GenXGrownUp]

New Wave just verified in an email to me: "Also, that is the original arcade ROM, possibly those ROM’s have changed as it was ported, but those are considered the official original ROMS."

[@realmchat6665]

It isn't better than emulation, because it is emulation.

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

Very good point but, I think some of the other comments have pointed out that the original code is in there with some translator to make it work with the hardware. My thought was more about the form factor vs playing through MAME on a PC.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Indeed. It's definitely better than playing 1942 in a window with your keyboard! ✈️

[@goldenheartOh]

How do they charge $150 for something that tiny!??? I'd guess $50 tops with that HDMI output & 2nd controller.

[@russellj.s.257]

The problem with these is they are too pricey.

[@GenXGrownUp]

George made some really good points about this very topic that just didn't make the final edit. At $99 they would be an instant-buy for most fans, but that extra $20-30 pushes them just outside the acceptable price for a lot of consumers. We don't debate the value for the money, but cost is a definite barrier for a lot of potential buyers.

[@georgeofgenxgrownup4500]

Agreed, there are 2 more devices available right now that I want to buy but, at $139 or more, they just feel a little to high. I sometimes wonder if that isn't on purpose so they don't have to manufacture as many and they become more collectible.

[@russellj.s.257]

I would love to have the Star Wars trilogy 1up arcade machine.

[@russellj.s.257]

I'm still sticking with the Basic Fun and My Arcade micro player

[@mikecarter8880]

I think your rating is a bit low, and the cons are no real big gaming issue. I would have saved the low score for the bad CRT effect on Missile Command and Food Fight.

[@basshunter2007]

You got a dead pixel

[@GenXGrownUp]

_You_ got a dead pixel. 😉

[@basshunter2007]

It’s emulation

[@GenXGrownUp]

This guy gets it.