# ATGAMES 3/4 MINI CABINET- Are They Coming after Arcade1up?

**Source:** RetroRalph  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2020-09-07  
**Duration:** 3m 36s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i2G7G4cprI

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## Analysis

RetroRalph speculates on leaked images of an AtGames 'Legends Gamer Mini' pinball cabinet, comparing it to existing Arcade1Up competition and the AtGames Legends Gamer standalone controller. The cabinet appears in an Arcade1Up subreddit, featuring pinball buttons similar to the mocked control panel, though no official announcement has been made. RetroRalph analyzes the feasibility based on the Legends Gamer's documented capability to connect to external cabinets.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] An AtGames 'Legends Gamer Mini' cabinet image was leaked in an Arcade1Up Reddit forum — _RetroRalph references the leak appearing in 'a reddit forum that is the arcade one group' and discusses where/how it surfaced_
- [MEDIUM] The Legends Gamer Mini mock-up control panel appears nearly identical to the existing Legends Gamer mini cabinet design — _RetroRalph compares the leaked image to existing product photos: 'if you look this legends gamer mini looks almost identical to this mock-up control panel here'_
- [HIGH] The Legends Gamer Stern Pinball Arcade manual documents the ability to connect the standalone stick to an external cabinet — _RetroRalph directly references owning the product and consulting its manual: 'in the manual for my Legends Gamer Stern Pinball Arcade, it shows that you can connect this to a cabinet'_
- [HIGH] No official announcement of a 'Legends Mini' cabinet appears on the AtGames website as of the video date — _RetroRalph states: 'I did go to the website to see did they announce something that I missed... there's some coming soon products, but none of them actually show a cabinet that's called the Legends Mini'_
- [MEDIUM] The leaked cabinet image includes pinball buttons on the side, consistent with the Legends Gamer design — _RetroRalph notes: 'It even has the pinball buttons on the side and so does this mock-up picture'_

### Notable Quotes

> "The weird thing about where this was leaked at is it was leaked into a reddit forum that is the arcade one group so it like almost like is someone over there trying to mess with them or something like that"
> — **RetroRalph**, mid-content
> _Raises speculation about whether the leak is intentional internal marketing or external disruption aimed at Arcade1Up_

> "so if it's architected the same way or engineered the same way as the Gamer Stern Pinball Arcade, then the Legends Gamer Mini would connect to a cabinet as well. So you'd have it available as a standalone stick and the ability to put it in a cabinet, basically this thing."
> — **RetroRalph**, late-content
> _Provides technical rationale for why the product design is feasible and doubles as both standalone and cabinet-integrated form factor_

> "a lot of people play Arcade1Up as one player anyway, even though they're two-player cabinets. So, you know, if there's something good about it, it could be that."
> — **RetroRalph**, early-mid-content
> _Identifies the market positioning strategy: smaller footprint/better price for single-player casual use cases that Arcade1Up currently serves_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| AtGames | company | Manufacturer of the Legends Gamer Stern Pinball Arcade and presumed maker of the leaked Legends Gamer Mini cabinet |
| Arcade1Up | company | Competitor in the compact arcade cabinet space; the Legends Gamer Mini appears positioned to compete with or undercut their product line |
| RetroRalph | person | Content creator and pinball enthusiast analyzing the leak; owns a Legends Gamer Stern Pinball Arcade unit and consulted its manual for feasibility analysis |
| Legends Gamer Mini | product | Leaked/unannounced compact pinball arcade cabinet from AtGames; appears to be a smaller form factor version of the Legends Gamer platform |
| Legends Gamer Stern Pinball Arcade | product | Existing AtGames standalone fight-stick style pinball controller that can connect to external cabinets; served as architectural reference for the leaked mini cabinet |
| Stern Pinball | company | IP licensor/partner with AtGames for the Legends Gamer product line; associated with Game of Thrones pinball mentioned as reference product |
| Game of Thrones | game | Stern Pinball title mentioned as comparable product to the Legends Gamer lineup |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Leaked/unannounced arcade hardware, Compact arcade cabinet market competition (Arcade1Up vs AtGames), Pinball arcade product ecosystem and form factors
- **Secondary:** Product design feasibility and technical architecture, Market positioning and price-point strategy

### Sentiment

**Neutral** (0) — RetroRalph maintains analytical skepticism throughout, presenting evidence both for and against the leak's authenticity without advocating for a conclusion. Tone is speculative and invitation-based ('I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts'). No strong positive or negative evaluation of AtGames or the product itself.

### Signals

- **[leak_detection]** Image of unannounced 'Legends Gamer Mini' arcade cabinet leaked to Arcade1Up subreddit, showing control panel with pinball buttons matching mock-up designs (confidence: high) — RetroRalph confirms the leak location and describes visual matching between leaked image and existing product designs, with no official announcement found on AtGames website
- **[market_signal]** AtGames positioning a smaller form-factor pinball cabinet at a lower price point to capture single-player casual users and space-constrained buyers that current two-player cabinets serve suboptimally (confidence: medium) — RetroRalph notes that 'a lot of people play Arcade1Up as one player anyway' and identifies the 'smaller cabinet, better price point' positioning as AtGames' competitive angle
- **[announcement]** AtGames appears to be developing a compact 'Legends Gamer Mini' cabinet to compete in the affordable arcade cabinet market segment currently dominated by Arcade1Up (confidence: medium) — Leaked product image combined with technical feasibility analysis based on Legends Gamer architecture; however, no official confirmation exists and leak origin is ambiguous
- **[product_strategy]** The Legends Gamer Mini dual-form-factor design (both standalone stick and cabinet-integrable unit) mirrors the existing Legends Gamer's architecture, allowing customers to choose between compact controller or mini cabinet (confidence: medium) — RetroRalph's manual research shows the Legends Gamer can connect to cabinets, and applies this to infer the mini version would offer both standalone and cabinet options

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## Transcript

Hey guys, welcome back! larger than an arcade one-up and it's more almost the height of an official arcade cabinet although it's it's not as deep obviously and then you've got the legends gamer the gamer pro these are sort of fight stick type things i have one i'll do a review on that shortly and then there's a legends gamer mini now if you look this legends gamer mini looks almost identical to this mock-up control panel here so it's definitely quite feasible that this is something that's real uh and it's going to be announced at some point it even has the pinball buttons on the side and so does this mock-up picture. If you look behind here, it sort of has the pinball buttons. You can sort of see it in the background. Now, I did go to the website to see did they announce something that I missed? You know, did this cabinet get announced somewhere on the page? And if you look, there's some coming soon products, but none of them actually show a cabinet that's called the Legends Mini. So it's kind of interesting. You know, are they trying to compete with Arcade 1-Up in a smaller footprint? You know, a lot of people play Arcade 1-Ups as one player anyway, even though they're two-player cabinets. So, you know, if there's something good about it, it could be that. I mean, I play alone most of the time versus with someone. So I don't know. Maybe that's the idea is have a smaller cabinet, better price point, more competitive. It has similar functionality to the AtGames Legends Ultimate, I would assume. So it definitely kind of interesting It very unexpected I didn expect them to do this The weird thing about where this was leaked at is it was leaked into a reddit forum that in the arcade one group so it like almost like is someone over there trying to mess with them or something like that so I don't know do you guys think this is real or fake it'd be interesting to hear your thoughts so is this a real thing will this come out it's definitely feasible that it'd be real and I'll tell you one quick reason why so in the manual for my Let's go back to the website. In the manual for my Legends Gamer Pro, it shows that you can connect this to a cabinet. And so if it's architected the same way or engineered the same way as the Gamer Pro, then the Legends Gamer Mini would connect to a cabinet as well. So you'd have it available as a standalone stick and the ability to put it in a cabinet, basically this thing. So they would sell it like this as a cabinet, which basically for all intents and purposes, this is the same thing as this. But if you don't have the space, you know, you can buy the stick alone. And then if you want a smaller scale cabinet at a better price point, you can do this. So I don't know. I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts. Put them down in the comment section below. Let me know what you think of this thing. Is this is it real? Is it fake? Do you even care? I don't know. Put it in your comments. I want to know. And on the way out, definitely give us a thumbs up if you like comment, if you like content like this. and consider subscribing to the channel also don't forget to turn on notifications to be informed of future videos just like this one that's it for now guys we will see you on the next one you

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