# Game Room Solutions "BEAST" Arcade Cabinet - Sneak Peek - Part 1

**Source:** RetroRalph  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2019-08-29  
**Duration:** 5m 36s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7fdz9yjKY

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## Analysis

RetroRalph presents a sneak peek at the Game Room Solutions 'BEAST' arcade cabinet, a four-player custom build featuring a large control panel with competitive joysticks, trackball, spinner, and 32-inch monitor running Hyperspin with 8TB of arcade games. The video is part one of a three-part series covering the cabinet's specs, build process, and gameplay, highlighting its appeal for multiplayer classic arcade titles like X-Men, TMNT, and Battletoads.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] The cabinet accommodates everything including trackball, spinner, and competition sticks with four-pound springs — _Direct demonstration and description of control panel components_
- [HIGH] The system uses a Hyperspin PC build from Arcade1Up with 8TB of games — _Explicit statement about PC source and storage capacity_
- [HIGH] The cabinet features a 32-inch monitor with a cooling mounting solution designed by Ryan at Game Room Solutions — _Direct visual confirmation and verbal statement_
- [MEDIUM] Carlos at Arcade1Up creates 'by far the best hyperspin build' available for purchase — _RetroRalph's subjective opinion based on personal experience_
- [HIGH] The cabinet requires significant manual assembly work including wiring and T-molding installation — _Multiple statements emphasizing manual labor and 'not for the faint of heart'_

### Notable Quotes

> "This is not for the faint of heart there is lots and lots of wires that you are going to do yourself this is all manual work there's no harness for the ipac 4"
> — **RetroRalph (Jon)**, ~2:15
> _Key warning about the complexity and effort required for assembly_

> "Carlos over at Arcade1Up makes by far the best hyperspin build if you want to just buy one and don't want to deal with it"
> — **RetroRalph (Jon)**, ~4:45
> _Strong endorsement of Arcade1Up's pre-built Hyperspin solution as alternative to DIY_

> "The ones I'm most excited to play on here with friends and my family is X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Battletoads, stuff like that"
> — **RetroRalph (Jon)**, ~6:30
> _Highlights target use case: multiplayer classic arcade games for family/friends_

> "This thing is Papa Duke killer and I'm having a lot of fun with it"
> — **RetroRalph (Jon)**, ~7:15
> _Overall positive assessment of the cabinet's capabilities_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| RetroRalph | person | Content creator and host; reviewing and demonstrating the Game Room Solutions BEAST arcade cabinet |
| Game Room Solutions | company | Arcade cabinet manufacturer/supplier providing the BEAST cabinet and custom mounting solutions |
| Arcade1Up | company | Home arcade cabinet manufacturer providing pre-built Hyperspin PC systems with extensive game libraries |
| Paul Daniel | person | Friend and advisor who influenced RetroRalph's decision to use competition sticks instead of Sanwa joysticks |
| Brian | person | Friend who seconded Paul Daniel's recommendation regarding competition stick choice |
| Ryan | person | Representative at Game Room Solutions who provided the demo unit and designed the monitor mounting solution |
| Carlos | person | Creator of pre-built Hyperspin systems at Arcade1Up; praised for quality of arcade game library curation |
| X-Men | game | Classic four-player arcade game; highlighted as primary motivation for cabinet build |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | game | Classic four-player arcade game; listed among RetroRalph's most anticipated games to play on the cabinet |
| Battletoads | game | Classic arcade game; mentioned as example of four-player titles RetroRalph wants to play |
| Cadillacs and Dinosaurs | game | Four-player arcade game mentioned as potential fun title to play on the cabinet |
| Hyperspin | product | Arcade frontend/UI software used to organize and manage game library on the cabinet's PC system |
| IPAC 4 | product | Control panel encoder/interface requiring manual wiring; no pre-made harness available |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Arcade cabinet design and assembly, Four-player arcade games, Hyperspin frontend and game organization, Custom arcade control panel setup
- **Secondary:** Arcade1Up's pre-built solutions vs DIY, Competitive arcade joystick vs standard Sanwa joysticks

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.85) — RetroRalph is enthusiastic and excited about the cabinet throughout. He praises Game Room Solutions and Arcade1Up, expresses gratitude to Ryan, and repeatedly uses phrases like 'killer system' and 'Papa Duke awesome.' The only mild caution is the acknowledgment that assembly is 'not for the faint of heart,' which is presented as a factual difficulty rather than a criticism.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** RetroRalph explicitly soliciting viewer feedback and comments on the arcade cabinet platform (confidence: high) — 'I want to hear comments put your comments below because I want to hear what you think of something like this'
- **[market_signal]** Arcade1Up's pre-built Hyperspin systems positioned as premium alternative to DIY assembly for consumers (confidence: medium) — RetroRalph frames Arcade1Up's offering as worth the premium price for avoiding manual Hyperspin setup
- **[announcement]** Game Room Solutions BEAST arcade cabinet officially revealed through RetroRalph's review with three-part video series planned (confidence: high) — Direct demonstration and first look at the cabinet system with parts 2 and 3 upcoming
- **[product_strategy]** Game Room Solutions BEAST emphasizes competitive arcade joysticks and extensive four-player game library as key differentiators from standard home arcade cabinets (confidence: medium) — Deliberate choice of competition sticks over standard Sanwas, emphasis on four-player arcade game focus

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## Transcript

 Hey guys, welcome back. So on the episode where I sort of hinted at the secret project, I never actually said what the secret project was. I was like really, really amped up and super excited and I was working on the control panel and the audio pieces of it and I just got a little bit out of hand. But anyways, if you didn't see it, here's like a two second sneak peek. Yeah, clearly I was out of my mind. So anyways, so what I'm going to do in this episode is I'm going to give you a sneak peek and it's going to be a three part episode. So it's going to be a sneak peek, the build and then gameplay. So I hope you guys enjoy this. This is a sneak peek into the special project. all right guys here it is let's do a flyby of the control panel this is the game room solutions beast that's what i'm calling it i'm calling it the beast this is a four-player cabinet it is pretty big and it has a gigantic control panel as you can see here but it accommodates basically everything it's got a track ball it's got a spinner it's got all half competition sticks pretty awesome stuff and i debated on the hap sticks but i went back and forth with my buddy daniel and he talked me into it so I was going to do Sanwas with four pound springs and he decided he kind of talked me into that and then my buddy Brian also sort of backed that statement up so that's what I went with I'm really glad that I did so this is not for the faint of heart there is lots and lots of wires that you've got to all do yourself this is all manual work there's no harness for the ipac 4 so this is pretty crazy there's the side of the the artwork it's supposed to be modeled off a hyperspin build and as a matter of fact there's a hyperspin pc in here so how convenient and on this side John Youssi more hyperspin uh stuff so it's just modeled after hyperspin it's pretty neat but i really like that all right so let's take a quick look at the marquee the marquee looks awesome even light distribution really good stuff i love all the t-molding on the cabinet that is all stuff you need to do yourself as well but in the build video which will be part two you will see all it takes to build this thing like i said not for the faint of heart but if you got a little bit of patience a little bit of time you can build a pretty killer system there's a light up trackball this is just so you can get a good idea of what it looks like in its entirety it's a big system guys and it takes up a good amount of space but um this is kind of like the end all be all of um of multi it got a 32 inch monitor um and uh ryan over at game room got a pretty cool mounting solution on the back to make it easy it plays modern games as well as you know retro games but I just going through the modern games here These are all the Windows PC games There's a bunch of ones. You've got Street Fighter 4, 5, Mortal Kombat 10, all a bunch of stuff. It's really cool. Lots and lots of options for gameplay. This is actually a PC build by a company called Arcade One. So Carlos over at Arcade One makes by far the best hyperspin build. if you want to just buy one and don't want to deal with it. I dealt with hyperspin a lot when I was younger, and I used to mess around with main machines and stuff, and my gosh, I put so much time into hyperspin in these days, I just don't have the time for it. So yes, you pay a little bit for it, but oh my gosh, Carlos has by far the best build that I've ever seen. So this is an 8TB build, so there's lots and lots of systems on here, just about everything. I don't know of a system that's not on here, so if John Youssi one maybe that's not on there, let me know, but I didn't go through the complete list. We'll do that when we get to the gameplay video, which will be part three of the series. So the next video, we're just going to go through, you know, how to build it and put it together and all that stuff. All right, so why would we do all this? Well, the main reason is four-player games, and there's a ton of them on here. So yeah, four-player games. Lots of four games yeah All right let check those out real quick laughing at myself So there tons of them on here guys All the ones that you would typically want So, you know, go through the list. But the ones I'm most excited to play on here with friends and my family is, you know, X-Men, Turtles, Battletoads, stuff like that. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs can be super fun. But anyways, guys, I know this is a really super fast overview. I'm going to leave some links in the description of where to get this cabinet. I know you're probably gonna want to see parts two and three before you make your decision, but but you know I love this Ryan. Thank you so much for for the demo unit This thing is pretty killer and I'm having a lot of fun with it So guys I got to tie up some loose ends with this system But I'll put as many of the links in the description as possible But like I said, it's gonna be a three part series This is just part one quick overview, but I wanted to make sure I got it out to you guys quickly So if you like this video, please like it, please consider subscribing to the channel channel please turn on notifications and I want to hear comments put your comments below because I want to hear what you think of something like this because this is quite a big you know upgrade over something like an arcade one-off so let me know what you guys think and we'll see you on the next one you

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