Pre-Production GRS iiRcade Ultimate Control Panel

[@goofyfoot390]

Wow! I’m even more impressed with how low the price was!! Thanks again for what you do Glen😊

[@GlensRetroShow]

My pleasure!

[@jollygreen9377]

I’m so glad I preordered. Thanks for the tutorial Glen.

[@renemunoz9478]

Looks great!!!!!! ✌️ Coupled with Mystery Encoder, IIrcade might be the ultimate way to go!

[@vader86davedestephanis]

This is absolutely amazing I really wish I would have bought that cab before they shut down, just amazing Glen !!

[@SwampyFox]

I went out searching more info and saw they went bust. Sigh. I'd love to have something like this to be able to fit onto my cab.

[@timd6]

Outstanding work Glen ! It’s obvious how much work you’ve put into this project it looks perfect!

[@thomasb3668]

Glen, Outstanding work! Thanks for all you do for all of the Ronin iiRcade owners. =-)

[@shannahallak5072]

Thank you Glen! You and your group are doing a fantastic job!

[@Colin_Ames]

This looks like a great product. I don’t own an iiRcade, so am not a potential customer, but I’m impressed with the thought that has gone into it. Keep up the good work.

[@akcrafter5321]

Hi Glen. I just received my iircade control panel. Beautiful work! Got it hooked up and working! When shutting it down, noticed the trackball light and 4way/8way buttons are still lit up. How do these turn off?

[@GlensRetroShow]

You have to actually turn off the iiRcade. The iiRcade does not power off the usb ports and standby mode. When you press the power button, you're not actually turning it off. You're just putting it in sleep mode and it keeps the USB alive. Best way I do it is I have the actual arcade machine on a power switch on the outlet and I turn it off that way

[@scottboehmer1975]

Look amazing Glen! Can't wait to get this! The iircade lives!

[@johnstinson7495]

Glen! You're the man! This looks great!

[@mw6067]

Good God Glen, this is exactly what i wanted for my PC MAME build!! Would it be possible to get an adapter for the master connection to a USB encoder? And how much is this board? Awesome!

[@Triumph_or_Die]

This thing looks awesome!! I'm so glad I pre-ordered mine!! I can't wait to get it!

[@SIRSEGA]

So cool. I think it looks great as is. I'll probably keep mine stock.

[@ObsidianContraption]

Can't wait! Looks awesome

[@128Kgames]

Fantastic Glen! Can't wait to get ours!

[@JLSGamingUSA]

Heck yea!! Too bad i missed the preorder arghhh!!!!!!

[@madastra]

That is perfect, Glen!

[@ThomasGrillo]

This looks amazing. I wish I had funds to cover the kickstarter version. But, once the product goes into production, I would love if you would include selectable options in the ordering page, so I can customize things like the spinners, and trackball. Very glad to hear your project is going well. Thanks for the video. :)

[@Joker-1]

Great video, can’t wait to get mine.

[@warrendesenberg]

Thank you so much for working on this!

[@videogamevegas]

Glen, Looking great! Two big questions :) First, definitely want to see an install for the Gold. I'll be adding this baby to that machine. Second, I love buying custom bat and ball tops for my machines. Can we remove the existing tops from your included joysticks and put on our own tops? If not... Will you be selling shafts that are compatible for Sanwa tops? You know I backed! And I'm VERY HAPPY to hear about the push pull spinner swap capability. If it's easy enough, and Viper is planning an... ehem'... Forgotten Worlds possibility... You best believe you'll have another sale from me forthcoming :) Thank you again Glen for this opportunity to expand my home arcade's functionality. No more room to add additional machines and these inventions keep the expansion alive! Game on! vgv

[@MICHAEL-tz9ni]

great video, I got my pre-order in, and I can't wait to get it

[@ravenspe]

Looks fantastic, Glen. Can't wait to get mine 😁 Is the switching between iiRcade and your Viper board also possible between iiRcade and mystery encoder?

[@PaulCappell]

Awesome can't wait for mine 🎉

[@Wolfanoz]

Bravo man! Great stuff!

[@kdj29]

was just looking to see if there was an update on an eta on delivery of my pre-order

[@AntiSocialHero]

Really looking forward to getting mine, if I had one critique though it would be that I wished it was designed so that only one power cord came from the machine. Other than that everything looks great.

[@GlensRetroShow]

The main issue there is the iiRcade board does not have sufficient power

[@PlisskensRun]

Wish I could give this 2 thumbs up

[@glenwoolsey4698]

I have mine ordered, Woot!!! Is there available now for the artwork from someone ready to order or still working out the details? Thanks,,,

[@PudinTane-gc4dn]

theres a pre order coming in April and what can we even use this for? iiRcade is dead isnt it?

[@tomhollett]

Yep, they filed bankruptcy and are dead…so I’m a bit confused as well.

[@kcpiranha58]

I know its probably said by some but I would love to see the corners rounded. Biggest flaw in the iircade control panel. Looks like the team encoder board is sold out and they are not having another round of preorders.

[@clumaster]

do you think they will make a standalone version of this like the X-Arcade Tankstick for use on PC or Console?

[@GlensRetroShow]

........ ..... .. ..... And ..... .. So stay tuned

[@kumrogames]

Awesome work sir! I placed a pre-order and cant wait! Any easy options you can suggest if i wanted to keep my original iircade control panel art (I have the Sydney Hunter cab), thanks for making this for the iircade community!

[@GlensRetroShow]

Thank you so much! We have a stencil for the control panel and my suggestion would be to reach out to arcade graphics or Joe sabo's arcade

[@2Dai4]

Yes 👍😍👌🔥🔥 let’s go 🦾

[@rstout1152]

Looks GREAT and cannot wait, so glad I pre-ordered it . :) thank you Glen. But is the ball tops and bat tops removable far as the actual top so if you wanted a different color ball or bat top?

[@GlensRetroShow]

I will have to check..on that

[@rstout1152]

@@GlensRetroShow thank you, I am fine with the colors it comes with I have a Dragons Lair OG cab but a Buddy of mine has the gold Dead Cells cab with purple and blue bats and buttons and he was wondering.

[@bobvince324]

Mine just arrived what will the viper board me for…sorry I don’t follow all the changes much😊

[@Buttafingaz]

Nice! GAME ON! 🕹️🕹️🕹️

[@carlo1132]

HI Glen, I cant wait to get the new Deck. Special Thank You for the Concave Buttons, I much prefer them over the Convex. Question what are the springs in the joysticks? I hope you went with 4lb Springs, I use them in all my Atgames products.

[@AntiSocialHero]

I hope you didn’t replace all the springs in your devices because AtGames has always used 4lb springs by default. 😅

[@carlo1132]

@@AntiSocialHero I've forgotten more things about Atgames products than you have ever known.

[@AntiSocialHero]

@@carlo1132 Doubt it. I have a wooden box ALU 1.0.

[@johndough8115]

This is pretty decent... the only Criticism that I would make... is the lack of a True "deep-travel" Leaf-Switch button. You see, leafs not only FEEL much nicer for certain Classic games.. but they are Much easier and far less Fatiguing... in Rapidfire shooters... such as a game like "Halleys Comet" (or even extended Galaga sessions). There is a special Trick about Leafs that I never realized, until much later in my life... Its called: "Feathering"... You see, a leaf button takes a certain amount of travel before the two Leafs touch. The long travel helps prevent accidental presses. But once you make the two contacts connect... you can then lightly "Vibrate" your finger... and it will cause the leafs to connect and break connections, rapidly, with virtually No physical effort at all. In this way.. you are NEVER pressing the button to the point where the plunger hits the Bottom of the button. Its like a trampoline, where you just bounce lightly up and down. No loud clicky sounds. No typical strong Microswitch Snapping Resistance. Nor the new light-activation force micros... that are too easily activated on accident (merely by resting your fingers on them). Traditional Leafswitches can be less than a papers thickness apart... to connect and disconnect... and again, unlike a microswitch... you dont get a hard spring resistance before each activation (which causes a lot of fatigue, over a long periods of time... with rapidfire presses). Now.. leafs are not always the best solution for certain games... such as fighters.. where you desire a positive "Click" to have exact timing. But, if you put the leaf on only one of the 6 buttons, such as the Quick Punch or Quick Kick buttons... then it probably wouldnt really effect things enough to be an issue. Of course, the best solution, IMO... is to make a 7th button, that is lower and near the stick... like MK3's Run button... but on the CP.. there clearly isnt room for that. Realize that there are many old Leafswitch types out there. Some are shallow, and bottom out to quickly / easily (bottoming out causes impact fatigue, as well as reduces energy recovery + slows return speeds). However, there are also much longer Travel leaf buttons, that almost double the traditional travel distance... which allows for the "Feathering" to be easily be performed. Obviously, if you press the button too hard.. it will still bottom out. But if you know about feathering... you can easily prevent the button from bottoming out, with long-travel leaf buttons. While there are not a lot of games that need constant rapidfire... the ones that do require it... such as Halleys Comet.. are well worth the addition of the proper Leaf buttons... because its virtually unplayable without them. But as Ive said... Leafs are so buttery smooth, and so Quiet... that once you start using them for most of the classics... you will never want to use Micros for these older games. In fact, its somewhat similar with the Wico Balltop Leaf joysticks. They are pretty much a requirement for getting the quickest and best control abilities... with Robotron. They sound and feel so much better than micros, too... with that wonderful shock absorbing rubber Grommet centering system. Of course, these joysticks are NOT good for fighting games... where precision diagonals and stop+start type of movements, are required. Anyways... Try playing Halley Comet for as long as you can... using a standard happs microswitch button.. and trying to maintain your highest repeated press speeds. As this particular game rewards you for maintaining the fastest fire rates... and you will get FAR more powerups in a fraction of the time/distance... IF you can keep that fire rate high enough. Obviously, someone could use some sort of Rapidfire Cheat, or a Hardware rapidfire speed-dial... but that also takes away the fun and challenge of these games.

[@thewookiewins9617]

It put a smile on my face when I saw the video this morning. I had a question or two. First, will the power button on the controller turn everything on/off (including Viper)? I already assume Viper will need a separate power supply as well. Second, can the non joysticks like the spinners be used for dual stick games?

[@GlensRetroShow]

The deck has its own power and the VIPER will too..the iiRcade will still supply power even when off...so u would need your own power switch... If the game supports duel sticks absolutely

[@mgpmbass3616]

When will.your Sinden gun be available for purchase?

[@kdj29]

btw, i have those same slippers if they are minnetonka's

[@gsbarlow4]

When will the pre-orders ship out?

[@matthewhall6288]

Will I be able to hook up a MiSTer to this and still use the iiRcade software?

[@Sting44]

Have you tried the spinner and track ball to see how it works with space harrier on iircade

[@GlensRetroShow]

Yes, that is the only official iiRcade game that supported them

[@Sting44]

@@GlensRetroShow I can't wait to get my control panel

[@sandysavard8030]

what type of joystick controller due you use to get the 4-8 way ?

[@garycope4884]

Hello Glen I ordered your deck and the encoder board. Will there be anyway I can run a mini pc with coinops and your switcher? Will I have your controllers, stock monitor and sound? Thanks very much.

[@GlensRetroShow]

At this time the deck is being made to switch with the GRS Viper. I am sure people can mod that to use a PC, but not our current focus on the design

[@garycope4884]

Thanks, I will get the viper and use Batocera then.

[@richm5276]

When will the shotgun be available?

[@lenovohome2559]

Is it possible to show the hardware/accessories list to let us to easy purchase? Also, the single player joystick with trackball is vert attractive. May I know the details? Thank you

[@GlensRetroShow]

The pre-orders for this product are closed. There will be about 70 available in this same configuration after the presale orders are shipped. This is not a customizable item.

[@MrMattPacker]

I love this Can you use an adapter for a Mame arcade?

[@GlensRetroShow]

This version is made specifically for the iiRcade...but trust me...stay tuned.

[@mgpmbass3616]

Will the control panel work on a Win10 pc?

[@garycope4884]

Hi Glen, I ordered your deck and wanted to ask you one question. If something were to happen to the iircade motherboard will the deck still work with your viper board? I don’t really care much about the 60 games I bought from the store. I would rather have a couple hundred real retro arcade mame games on the viper.

[@GlensRetroShow]

Yes if the iiRcade board should fail the GRS Viper SBC will be able run fine just as is. No need for the original board

[@garycope4884]

On your viper is there a set of pins to plug the deck into? And an output to the stock monitor? Thanks Glen

[@ShinGoukiSan]

I like it but not a fan of the button layout. Wish more used the old school american Street Fighter Straight layout

[@violator6677]

Glen i want to pre order but its sold out. Is there a wait-list or will the pre order open up to available again? I need this for my gen 1 iircade

[@GlensRetroShow]

Hey.. The pre-order is closed and at this time is no plan of making more. However, once every one of the pre-orders are issued, we will have about 70 extra units left over that we overbuilt they will be up for grabs and a first come first served basis

[@MatrixkGaming]

Glen. I missed the window of pre orders for the grs unit. Im an origional backer of iircade and would like to order this if possible. How do i do so?

[@GlensRetroShow]

Once all the pre-order sales are sent out to the backers. We will have approximately 7o units up for grabs

[@MatrixkGaming]

So we are looking around the novemeber timeline then? I also subscribed to your channel to stay up to date. Thanks for the response.

[@GlensRetroShow]

@@MatrixkGaming thank you for.the sub. It could be sooner ..

[@tantalusera892]

Me: regretting not buying operation wolf when I had the chance because I couldn't use a light gun and now seeing it possible = 😐...😔..🥺...😭...😂

[@GlensRetroShow]

With the VIPER add-on it's still doable

[@tantalusera892]

@@GlensRetroShow Really...🤔..where can I obtain this "viper"

[@dhultgren1]

Where can I get the actual wood enclosure box? I don't see it anywhere on the iiArcade site. 🤔

[@GlensRetroShow]

I'm sorry I can't answer that sadly

[@dhultgren1]

@@GlensRetroShow Any chance of getting a hold of plans? Thanks.

[@glenwoolsey4698]

Now what to do with the factory iiRcade deck....lol.

[@GlensRetroShow]

Lol still beautiful artwork on it

[@billchecco]

How do you change colors on the trackball?

[@GlensRetroShow]

3 dip switches under the trackball 🖲️

[@paulinetinsley68]

Can i use this on my pc setup?

[@GlensRetroShow]

We will have a version soon for just USB

[@paulinetinsley68]

@GlensRetroShow i cant wait to see it. Thanks for supporting us with this great work

[@GlensRetroShow]

@@paulinetinsley68 here to help :)

[@lolgod9623]

How do you get a mystery encoder board for iircade?

[@mysteryencoder9997]

Acustomarcade if you google it will take you to N-i-x's store where the board is sold.

[@billchecco]

Where does the power plug in on the board and how long is the power cord?

[@GlensRetroShow]

Power is outside the back of the unit .. I will get it's length

[@2bin]

Looks cool, but isn't iircade going out of business?

[@GlensRetroShow]

The original company yes has..but potentially new owners

[@guiltynessness8926]

Will any more units be available for order, or was it preorder only?

[@Triumph_or_Die]

He says in the video that there will be about 70 available once the preorders have received theirs.

[@guiltynessness8926]

@Triumph_or_Die Thank you. I watched it all but I'm also at work so I must have missed it. It looks great.

[@GlensRetroShow]

Once all the pre-orders are completed. .we will about about 70 up for grabs

[@guiltynessness8926]

@@GlensRetroShow Thanks Glen

[@tom11zz884]

Look like it is already sold out :(

[@GlensRetroShow]

Once all the pre-orders are issued .. we will have 8o ish available on a first come first served basis

[@tom11zz884]

@@GlensRetroShow May have to grab one then, even though I hardly use my iiRcade to play anything, but this definitely gives the iiRcade some value now.