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Hi everyone, I recently purchased a completely empty Street Fighter Hyper Fighter Z back cabinet that had been redone in Mario Bros theme. This is my first arcade project so I am a beginner for sure. All of the guts are missing so I started reading about multi-cade applications as it will be used casually in my garage with friends. I grew up playing pinball machines in my Dad's garage and have always wanted an arcade machine
Before joining this site I read thru just about all the information in this section of the forum but most seemed to be back from around 2020
From the forum here it seems most common suggestions are the "x in 1" type systems, Pandora's Box, or BitKit were the main ones I saw listed
From the Pandora route it seems there was a lot of varying opinions on which one is the go to, with most being the DX JAMMA in either the 3000 in 1 (blue) or 5000 in 1 special (pink). It seemed the newer 10th Anniversary edition (red) wasn't well received
The "X in 1" systems seemed to have a lot of mixed reviews depending on where you order them from and the manufacturer you pick. After looking thru Ebay and Amazon I turned my attention more towards arcade based sites like Retro Active Arcade or DIY Arcade as I would think they would sell a more credible products for the arcade community but I am not sure. They had an 138 in 1 for the Horizontal monitor that mine has that seemed to have a great game list
As a new guy trying to sort thru all of these options what would you suggest? I would like to be able to buy one of the complete kits for the buttons/joysticks and all the associated harnesses and power supply but I'm unsure the route to go. My only requirement is I would like to have Mario Bros to play since that is what the cabinet is done up as, and I would like to use an original monitor and not have to upgrade to a new LCD
Any advice, opinions or experiences would be appreciated
Before joining this site I read thru just about all the information in this section of the forum but most seemed to be back from around 2020
From the forum here it seems most common suggestions are the "x in 1" type systems, Pandora's Box, or BitKit were the main ones I saw listed
From the Pandora route it seems there was a lot of varying opinions on which one is the go to, with most being the DX JAMMA in either the 3000 in 1 (blue) or 5000 in 1 special (pink). It seemed the newer 10th Anniversary edition (red) wasn't well received
The "X in 1" systems seemed to have a lot of mixed reviews depending on where you order them from and the manufacturer you pick. After looking thru Ebay and Amazon I turned my attention more towards arcade based sites like Retro Active Arcade or DIY Arcade as I would think they would sell a more credible products for the arcade community but I am not sure. They had an 138 in 1 for the Horizontal monitor that mine has that seemed to have a great game list
As a new guy trying to sort thru all of these options what would you suggest? I would like to be able to buy one of the complete kits for the buttons/joysticks and all the associated harnesses and power supply but I'm unsure the route to go. My only requirement is I would like to have Mario Bros to play since that is what the cabinet is done up as, and I would like to use an original monitor and not have to upgrade to a new LCD
Any advice, opinions or experiences would be appreciated



