# Arcade1up Custom Light up Riser by Tulsa Arcades! **Source:** RetroRalph **Type:** video **Published:** 2019-08-03 **Duration:** 8m 55s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzKYv3Oc9Qg --- ## Analysis RetroRalph reviews Tulsa Arcades' custom light-up riser for Arcade1up cabinets, a new product offering pre-lit graphical artwork sandwiched between acrylic with LED strips. The installation is straightforward, requiring removal of original front plate components and reuse of existing hardware. RetroRalph praises the product as unique in the Arcade1up modding market, highlighting its modular design, quality packaging, and aesthetic appeal as a cabinet accent light. ### Key Claims - [MEDIUM] Tulsa Arcades' custom riser is the first significant custom riser product offering for Arcade1up; previously only riser artwork existed — _Host states there hasn't been a lot of people offering options around the riser and no custom riser from scratch before this product_ - [HIGH] The riser features artwork sandwiched between acrylic with integrated LED lighting — _Direct visual demonstration and unboxing showing the acrylic sandwich construction with graphical artwork and LED strip components_ - [HIGH] Installation requires only four screws (reused from original front plate) and basic tools — _Step-by-step installation walkthrough showing straightforward assembly process_ - [HIGH] The product ships with a welcome letter, hardware bag, LED strip, remote control, blackout board, and pre-cut front plate — _Unboxing segment itemizes all included components_ - [HIGH] Tulsa Arcades offers a la carte customization: choice of T-molding, plexiglass, included graphics vs. custom graphics, and LED inclusion — _Website walkthrough showing available options and configuration choices_ ### Notable Quotes > "There hasn't been a lot of people that offered options around the riser. There's been riser artwork, but there hasn't been like a custom riser from scratch. And it takes a badass to make a product like this." > — **Jon (RetroRalph)**, ~0:45 > _Establishes the product as novel and market-filling in the Arcade1up modding space_ > "The badasses over at Tulsa Arcades chase tornadoes. If you can chase a dang tornado, you can create a custom riser." > — **Jon (RetroRalph)**, ~1:15 > _Humorous acknowledgment of the creator's background and personality_ > "Dang, that looks pretty sick, man. This looks legit. I like this a lot. This looks really, really good." > — **Jon (RetroRalph)**, ~8:30 > _Genuine enthusiasm for the finished product's visual appearance_ > "I think Tulsa Arcade's hit a home run on this one. Just so you can get some perspective, I wanted to show it to you in a lit room as well." > — **Jon (RetroRalph)**, ~9:15 > _Overall positive assessment and commitment to thorough product demonstration_ > "I think Tulsa Arcade's knocked it out of the park to be honest. This is definitely a unique product I haven't seen any other product in the arcade 1up modding community for sale that's like this." > — **Jon (RetroRalph)**, ~14:30 > _Final verdict emphasizing the product's market uniqueness and quality_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Jon (RetroRalph) | person | Video host and reviewer, arcade enthusiast conducting product review and demonstration | | Tulsa Arcades | company | Arcade1up modding accessory manufacturer creating custom light-up risers for Arcade1up cabinets | | Arcade1up | company | Arcade cabinet manufacturer; consumer product brand whose cabinets are being customized with third-party accessories | | Mortal Kombat 11 | game | Xbox One arcade cabinet used as demonstration platform for the custom riser in the review | ### Topics - **Primary:** Arcade1up modding and customization products, Custom riser design and construction, LED lighting integration for arcade cabinets, Product unboxing and installation walkthrough - **Secondary:** Arcade cabinet aesthetics and personalization, Third-party Arcade1up accessory ecosystem ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.88) — Enthusiastic, genuine praise for product innovation, quality, and execution. Host expresses excitement multiple times and has no significant criticisms. Minor note: camera flicker during LED demonstration is technical limitation, not product fault. ### Signals - **[community_signal]** Third-party creators developing innovative accessory products to enhance consumer customization options for budget arcade cabinets (confidence: high) — Host notes extensive ecosystem of third-party Arcade1up modding products and accessories (custom artwork, lit marquees, control panels, now risers) - **[announcement]** Tulsa Arcades announces new custom light-up riser product for Arcade1up cabinets with pre-order availability and shipment starting the following week (confidence: high) — Website walkthrough showing product listed in 'More Arcade Store' section with pre-order status and upcoming shipment dates - **[technology_signal]** Emergence of integrated LED lighting and artistic graphics in riser customization as a new product category in Arcade1up modding market (confidence: high) — Host emphasizes this is the first custom riser product of its kind available for purchase in the Arcade1up community, previously only riser artwork existed --- ## Transcript Hey guys, welcome back. It's no surprise that the Arcade1Up modding community is on the rise. There's tons of products being offered by third parties, and all these things are great because it helps make modding easier, especially for someone that doesn't have the tools to create some of these products. And there's tons of them out there. There's custom artwork for your cabinet, there's lit marquees, and there's even custom control panels. And this is just a few of the products, but there's one area that's uncharted waters. And that's the riser. There hasn't been a lot of people that offered options around the riser. There's been riser artwork, but there hasn't been like a custom riser from scratch. And it takes a badass to make a product like this, right? Someone that might even chase tornadoes. Yeah, I bet you didn't know that. The badasses over at Tulsa Arcades chase tornadoes. If you can chase a dang tornado, you can create a custom riser. And that's just what he did. So in today's episode, we're going to take a look at Tulsa Arcade's Custom Riser. Alright, let's waste no time and get straight to it. So when you open up the box, the first thing you are going to see is a welcome letter, and it's got some instructions and a thank you for purchasing the product. It's a nice touch. I always appreciate this. So, Tulsa Arcades, keeping it classy. Love it. All right, let's get that out of the way. The next thing you're going to see is in the middle, there's a little hardware bag, and then that is actually your LED light strip that lights up the graphics. Then what you'll notice is each piece is very well individually wrapped, which I appreciate because, you know, we don't want things being damaged in shipment, and they do a really good job. So, good job, Tulsa Arcades. Thank you. I appreciate that. We're gonna unwrap all this stuff and then we're gonna start the build process. Alright, as we unwrap every piece I'm gonna tell you what it is. So this piece right here is the blackout piece that's so that light doesn't bleed through. Uh, this is the LED light strip like I told you before. Uh, this right here is the remote for it, and the rest of it is just hardware bags. And then the piece that we really care about is the front piece to the riser. So I'm getting that out right now. You can see that here in a second. But what he got here is he got the graphical artwork sandwiched in between some acrylic. Looks really cool. And here I'll show you the back real quick. So all self contained. Pretty awesome stuff. Okay, step one, we're going to remove these front screws. There's four of them from the front riser plate. So just remove all these. Just be careful, set these aside because you're going to need these in the next few steps. Okay, next step is you're going to remove the dowels. There's four of them. You do not need these, so you can save them or chuck them. And the next step is you want to remove the feet from the front plate, the original front plate, because we're going to reuse those. We're going to put those on the new front plate. They're easy. You just push them in, so line up nice and just push them in. You don't need a tool to do it. All right, there we go. Okay, so now I'm going to flip the riser up just so it's easier to work with. I didn't use the supplied LED kit. I'm actually using one I had on me. So you can order it either way, and I'll show you that when we get to the end of the video. You can order it with or without the LEDs. So I'm just trying to pay attention and put the LEDs in the middle where the graphics are. There's no need for them to be over to the side since there's no artwork on that side. And we're just gonna make sure we line up real, real nice and just pay attention to where they are in relation to where the graphics will be. And then we run the power cable down here at the bottom of the cabinet. Make it super easy. Okay, the lights work. We're good. Lined up nice, and I'm happy with that. So, cool. Testing complete. All right, now you'll notice there's an area where light could bleed through. So they provide this board, which is a blackout board, and they also supply the two screws to secure that to the top. So all we're going to do is put a screw on either side, and that'll just avoid any light bleeding out of the top, which no one wants. So that's perfect, and cool that they added that to the kit. I'm a little anal, so I'm going to go an extra step and I'm going to put some duct tape on those two sections just to make sure there's no possible way any light would be bleeding out. This isn't something that's a suggested step. I'm just doing it because I'm anal as hell, and I'm sure all of you guys are too. So you might want to just add it to the process. Super easy. It takes a second, and everyone has duct tape. So, done and done. All right, we move on to the next step. Okay, we're going to flip the cabinet up once again, and now we're going to secure the new front plate to it. So remember, those first four screws we removed are the ones we're going to reuse for these. There's no need to use any other ones. We just reuse what we already had. So put all four of them in there, and we're going to just screw those down real quick. That's pretty much it, and we're pretty close to being done with this installation. So pretty simple and easy if you follow these steps. No issues. Okay, we're going to fire it up in the dark. I'm shutting the lights off. I'm going to turn it on. Dang, that looks pretty sick, man. This looks legit. I like this a lot. This looks really, really good. I don't think the camera is doing it full justice because it looks better in person, but whatever. And the camera is picking up some flicker from the refresh of the LEDs. You won't see that to the naked eye. But man, this looks sharp. I am really excited to put the cabinet on it and have this as an accent light. It's pretty damn cool. You can cycle it through different colors, fade in, fade out, all that stuff, and just see what you like and what your preference is. It's just kind of more of an accent light, but man, it looks cool. This is a unique, kind of a one-of-a-kind thing. I haven't seen this quite yet, so fired up. I think Tulsa Arcade's hit a home run on this one. Just so you can get some perspective, I wanted to show it to you in a lit room as well. So that's with it on and that's with it off. So it looks really nice. It's a great accent light, and it's very visible even in a lit room. So pretty cool. Here's one last shot of it in a dark room. So this is my Mortal Kombat 11 cabinet that I put it on. And this one runs on Xbox One. So I'll actually put a link above so you can kind of check that video out if you've never seen it. But I wanted you to see what it looked like on the cabinet in a dark room. So we'll scroll down here a bit. And there it is. So it looks really nice, guys. I'm pretty excited. And like I said, that flicker, that's not something you'd see with the naked eye. But man, I think it looks really sharp. It really does make a difference, and it's just a really cool accent light. All right, guys, so if you're as fired up as I am, you want to know, how do I order this thing? So you go over to TulsaArcades.com. I'll have a link in the description of that. You go to More Arcade Store and Arcade 1 Accessories. So this is where you find all of Tulsa Arcade Arcade 1 Accessories. And the new riser option is right here on the left. It's the first product on the top left. So hit shop, and what you'll see is right now it's available for pre-order, and then the first shipments are going out next week. So just keep in mind as he ramps up production on these things, there might be a little bit of a lead time. They'll update you on the website, but I'm just thinking right now, probably good to say five business days from the day they first start shipping. And then if you scroll down, you'll see the options you have available to you. So, you know, if you want the plexiglass, if you want it slot cut for T-molding, it's all right here. If you want to include the graphics in it, or you can provide your own graphics. So the cool thing about this is it's kind of a la carte, and you can do what you want. The other thing I like is if you choose T-molding, it looks really nice. So I forgot to mention that. I don't know why, but that's one thing I really liked about it is that it has real T-molding on it. So pretty cool stuff. All right, it's final thoughts time. So what do I think about this thing? I think Tulsa Arcade's knocked it out of the park, to be honest. This is definitely a unique product. I haven't seen any other product in the Arcade1Up modding community for sale that's like this. So that's really neat. So it's unique, it's interesting, it's a really good accent piece, I think, to your riser because risers are kind of plain in general. The installation was super easy, so that was a breeze. And then I like that on the website you can a la carte the pieces and parts. Like I may not want to get the LEDs from them. I can get them myself. Or I may not want to get the artwork from them. I can get that myself. So if you want like a one-stop shop, they can provide that. Or if you want something that you customize a bit yourself, then you can do that too. I like that option. I think that's really neat. I think others will probably like that too. So with that said, if you enjoyed this video, please like the video. Please consider subscribing to the channel and turning on notifications so you can be informed of future videos. I want to hear your comments below. I think it's a pretty cool product. I want to hear what you guys have to say, and I'm sure Tulsa Arcades does as well. So that's it, guys. Thank you for watching, and we'll see you on the next one. _(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: b1de8d85-8112-40df-b6f5-a3c8d76848b9*