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[kenkyoro]

I bought a trackball and a spinner on Amazon.com.

I would like to change the Arcade1up trackball and spinner to better one.  I challenged that. I bought a trackball and a spinner on Amazon in US. 

ThunderStick LED Arcade trackball (TS-UTB01) Arcade Spinner for Arcade1Up Arcade1Up 12 in 1 Interface Board

But I found out later that the Arcade1Up 12 in 1 Interface Board wasn’t needed because ThunderStick LED Arcade trackball has a connector with the spinner. 

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I could change the game settings.

I investigated how to improve my Arcade1up cabinet and I got an information like this.

According to this article I can change the game settings if I add an USB port with the Arcade1up PCB(printed circuit board). I tried it.

This is my Arcade1up PCB.

Actually I’m not good at using a soldering iron. lol It’s difficult for me but I done.

After that I could access the Arcade1up game settings with USB keyboard. I changed trackball sensitivity setting on ‘Quantum’. I can finally play ‘Quantum’ comfortably.

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Regarding my Arcade1up

I'm almost satisfied the Arcade1up cabinet(Atari Deluxe Edition 12-in-1), but on the other hand it has many negative points I would like to improve.

The trackball is good but the spinner is bad because the spinner is with click. So I can’t play ‘Major Havoc’ smoothly.

Compared to Original Arcade game setting, some default game settings on Arcade1up are’t right. For example trackball setting for ‘Quantum’ is too insensitive. It is hard to play 'Quantum' with this trackball setting. I can’t see the function I can change the settings. 

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How much did it cost for my Arcade1up.

I love Atari Video Games. I was dying to get the Arcade1up cabinet.

The following is how much cost I paid for importing it to Japan from US.

- Arcade1Up Atari Deluxe Edition 12-in-1 $399 (44,683 yen) - Tax in US $27.4 (3,390 yen) - Purchase agent commission (4,807 yen) - Insurance premium (600 yen) - International shipping (15,035 yen) - Receiving in US fee (1,280 yen) - Special packaging fee (3,000 yen) - Tax in Japan (2,424 yen)

- Total Cost 75,219 yen

It was too expensive but I did it! lol

[kenkyoro]

I imported a mini arcade cabinet.

I imported a mini arcade cabinet from United States in November 2018. It’s Arcade1Up Atari Deluxe Edition 12-in-1. The Arcade1up cabinet I bought isn't sold in Japan.

I was excited. How beautiful artwork and game title logos are.

It was easy to assemble it for me.

Mission completed!

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About me.

My hobbies are playing video games,watching movies,taking photos and things like that. I especially love old school Arcade Video Games.  And I’m interested in new gadgets.

I’m a Japanese. I live in Japan. Please call me Kenkyoro. Now I decide to post about my favorite things in English on this site because I’m in the middle of learning English.

You are  welcome to point out any mistakes in my English sentences of posts because I would like to study natural English.

Thank you.