Ultra Series · 61 in tall
Star Wars Ultra Series Arcade Cabinet
4.0 of 528 player ratings
$549.99set at checkout in our listing
The arcade trilogy on a flight yoke, 61 inches tall, with the trench run lit up on a 17-inch screen at chest height.
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These stand on their own feet. We give them a lit marquee, a 17-inch panel at chest height and a control set the game was written for, because a cabinet you walk up to is the one that gets played twice a night instead of once a month.
Junior Series · 37.5 in tall
Pac-Man Jr Series Free Standing Machine
4.7 of 516 player ratings
$299.99set at checkout in our listing
A free standing cabinet at 37.5 inches with Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug, and three difficulty modes so a beginner actually clears a board.
Ultra Series · 61 in tall
WWE Ultra Series Arcade Cabinet
4.3 of 576 player ratings
Price at checkoutBetween runs — our listing shows the figure and the ship date
Five wrestling and arcade titles, dual joysticks side by side, 61 inches of cabinet built for two people to stand at once.
Choosing a retro arcade machine for the home
Ultra Series is our tallest build: 61 inches of cabinet, a 17-inch liquid crystal screen and a marquee that lights the room when the rest of the lights go off. We fit it with the control the board needs — a flight yoke for the Star Wars trilogy, dual joysticks for the WWE roster so two people can stand at it at once.
Junior Series is the same idea at 37.5 inches: a free standing cabinet with an 8-inch screen and three difficulty modes, so Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug stay winnable for someone whose high score is still in four digits. It needs a screwdriver and a cleared patch of carpet, nothing more.
Measure in front of the cabinet, not only under it. A yoke wants a step of room so you can pull it back; a two-player panel wants a shoulder free on each side. Give the base a flat floor rather than a rug edge and the whole thing stays steady through a long game.
From our floor playbook
Choosing a retro arcade machine for the home
A retro arcade machine for the home has to clear two tests before anything else. It has to fit the space you actually have, and it has to feel like the arcade you remember rather than a box with a screen in it. Our full-height arcade machines answer the first test with two heights, 61 inches and 37.5 inches, and the second with a lit marquee, custom side art and the original control the board was written for. Walk up, take hold of the stick, and a modern living room turns back into a 1983 arcade floor for as long as the game lasts.
How we build a full-height arcade cabinet
Every arcade cabinet starts with a wood body instead of a plastic shell, because a durable box is what keeps a 61-inch machine steady when two players lean into it at once. The panel is a full colour liquid crystal screen, the marquee runs on LED lighting, and the joystick is a microswitch part with a real click under the thumb. We spend the premium on the parts your hands touch: the stick, the buttons, the trackball, the yoke. Quality you cannot feel is quality we did not need to buy, and that is how the price stays where it is.
Licensed boards, official editions, real titles
The boards are licensed, so the games are the official editions and not lookalikes with the serial numbers filed off. Star Wars holds the arcade trilogy with the blaster fire and the vector trench run. The WWE cabinet carries four wrestling titles, with a fifth on the full-height edition. Pac-Man Jr arrives with Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug, three authentic arcade games on one board. Across the collection you get a variety of classic titles rather than a single featured game, and that is what keeps a cabinet in use after the first week.
Fitting a cabinet into a game room
Measure in front of the cabinet, not only under it. A flight yoke wants a step of room behind the player so you can pull back; a two-player panel wants a shoulder free on each side. Most game rooms take an Ultra Series in a corner with the marquee doing the lighting for that end of the room. If the floor space is tight, the Junior Series is the shorter answer at 37.5 inches, and our Counter Series sits on bars and desks instead. Check the width twice before you give a cabinet a wall.
What a cabinet does to a room
A screen is entertainment you watch. A cabinet is entertainment you stand up for. The thing we hear most often is that the machine changes how people behave in the room: somebody walks past, hears the attract loop, and a two-minute go turns into a competition with scores written on the back of an envelope. That is the fun we are after, and it is why the marquee is bright and the speakers are loud. Nostalgia gets people to the cabinet once; the action on the board is what brings them back.
Four sizes, one idea
We build four heights so the same arcade experience scales to the space. Ultra Series at 61 inches is the ultimate version, the one you walk up to. Junior Series at 37.5 inches is the free standing build for a child's room. Counter Series at 16 inches is the mini cabinet for a kitchen island. Handheld Series at 6 inches goes in a bag. Explore the heights before you pick a title, because the right size is what decides whether a machine gets played or gets moved into a cupboard in March.
Power, care and the years after the first game
There is no coin-operation to feed and no tokens to buy. The power lead goes into the wall, the attract loop starts, and anyone in the house can play without asking for change. We design for the years after the first game, which is why panels unscrew, bulbs are standard and the artwork is laminated rather than printed on paper. A cabinet bought this year should still be the thing a kid shows friends in five. Combining a timeless shape with parts you can get hold of is the whole trick.
Before you buy
Check the height, the width and the plug, and look at the control on the panel rather than the character on the side art, because the control is what you will be holding. If you are upgrading a game room that already has a screen in it, a full-height cabinet is the piece that makes the room feel finished. We are a family business making arcade machines, not a hardware company, so the specification sheets stay short. Warranty, delivery and returns run through the order page of the partner store you bought from, one tap from every cabinet here.
