# Did you Build your Arcade1up or Arcade Cabinet and forget something... **Source:** RetroRalph **Type:** video **Published:** 2019-01-07 **Duration:** 5m 12s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r14ZRs0bks --- ## Analysis Retro Ralph reviews the Twisted Quarter coin door as an affordable, space-saving option for arcade cabinet and Arcade1Up builds. He discusses installation methods, customization options (with/without lights and coin mechanisms), and practical tips like using wooden blocks to mount on thin Arcade1Up panels. The video emphasizes aesthetic recreation of classic arcade cabinets for home builders without extensive woodworking skills. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Twisted Quarter coin doors come in versions with/without lights and with/without functional coin mechanisms — _Ralph explicitly lists the product variants available from Twisted Quarter during the product overview_ - [HIGH] Arcade1Up panels are too thin to mount coin doors without spacers; wooden blocks can be used to raise the cabinet closer to the door — _Ralph demonstrates the thickness issue and explains his workaround using cheap wooden blocks from Amazon or hobby stores_ - [HIGH] Twisted Quarter coin doors do not include coin mechanisms on the back, reducing weight and space requirements — _Ralph states: 'This one in particular doesn't have the coin mechanisms on the back, so it doesn't take up a lot of space in your cabinet. It's a little bit less heavy because of the fact it doesn't have the coin mechanisms on it.'_ - [MEDIUM] Some manufactured arcade cabinets place amplifiers behind the coin door area for easy volume adjustment — _Ralph notes: 'I actually have had various cabinets that I've bought that were manufactured, that's where they put the amplifier typically.'_ ### Notable Quotes > "You forgot one thing. How did you forget one thing? You forgot the coin door, dude!" > — **Retro Ralph**, 0:30 > _Hook and central premise of the video_ > "The reason why I like this coin door is because it's great for just recreating that arcade look of your cabinet." > — **Retro Ralph**, 1:10 > _States the primary value proposition of the Twisted Quarter product_ > "I'm not actually much of a woodworker kind of guy, so options like these are appealing to me because it's quick and easy and it gets the job done." > — **Retro Ralph**, 6:30 > _Positions the product as accessible to non-specialists; establishes Ralph's own skill level and perspective_ > "Their pricing is fairly good... I like this one because it's a more cost effective and it just looks really nice, man." > — **Retro Ralph**, 7:50 > _Summarizes his recommendation: affordability and aesthetics_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Retro Ralph | person | Content creator and host; demonstrates product knowledge and DIY cabinet modification experience | | Twisted Quarter | company | Manufacturer of aftermarket coin doors for arcade cabinets; products reviewed in this video | | Arcade1Up | company | Consumer arcade cabinet manufacturer; discussed as a platform where the Twisted Quarter coin door can be retrofitted | | Street Fighter 4 | game | Referenced as a previous modification project documented by Ralph; used as case study for coin door installation | ### Topics - **Primary:** Arcade cabinet modification and customization, Coin door hardware and installation, Arcade1Up accessorization, DIY arcade building for non-specialists - **Secondary:** Aesthetic authenticity in home arcade builds ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.85) — Ralph is enthusiastic about the Twisted Quarter product, emphasizes its value, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness. Tone is encouraging toward DIY builders. No negative commentary about the product or build process. ### Signals - **[community_signal]** Retro Ralph is producing educational content for arcade cabinet builders, addressing common pain points (thin Arcade1Up panels, installation challenges) with practical solutions (confidence: high) — Entire video structure demonstrates problem-solving approach tailored to home builders; references previous detailed modification guides (Street Fighter 4 video) - **[announcement]** Retro Ralph features the Twisted Quarter coin door as a recently received product, indicating new or updated inventory/availability in the aftermarket arcade parts space (confidence: medium) — Ralph states: 'I picked this one up in the mail the other day' and provides detailed product overview and variants - **[technology_signal]** Aftermarket coin doors are being manufactured without internal coin mechanisms, representing a shift toward aesthetic-only solutions for home builders who want arcade authenticity without functional coin collection (confidence: medium) — Twisted Quarter offers bare coin door variants specifically designed for home builders; Ralph emphasizes this as a cost-effective and space-saving innovation --- ## Transcript Hey guys, Retro Ralph here. Welcome back. So, you just finished building your arcade cabinet or putting together your arcade one-up. But why the long face, bro? You're playing your favorite games from your childhood. You just brought back that nostalgic feeling. But you forgot one thing. How did you forget one thing? You forgot the coin door, dude! In this episode, we'll talk about the coin door. Let's do it. So on today's episode, I want to do just a quick overview of a coin door option that may be useful to you if you're building a main cabinet, a multi-cade, or even an arcade one-up. So I got this in the mail the other day. It's a coin door by a company called Twisted Quarter. The reason why I like this coin door is because it's great for just recreating that arcade look of your cabinet. This one in particular doesn't have the coin mechanisms on the back, so it doesn't take up a lot of space in your cabinet. It a little bit less heavy because of the fact it doesn have the coin mechanisms on it Functions just like like a regular coin door It got a set of keys here It has a lock on the front so it does the buttons do function in the back so kind of cool And it just recreates that look. If you look at it on, you know, if this is a panel of an arcade one-up, it looks pretty good. Now, you know, if you want, the great thing about this option from Twisted Quarter is it does come with, there's various versions of this product. So you can buy it with lights. So you can have it with the lights that light up and no coin mechanism. You can get it with the lights and the coin mechanism. So if you want it to be a fully functional coin door, like I featured in my Street Fighter 4 modification video, you can certainly do that with this coin door. The other thing I like, and this is sort of an idea that maybe you could implement in your deployment of the cabinet. but you could mount this to your front panel and then mount your amplifier behind it so you can easily change your volume up and down on the amplifier by just opening up the coin door. I actually have had various cabinets that I've bought that were manufactured, that's where they put the amplifier typically. So it is actually very common for one of these other companies when they build cabinets to put the amplifier behind it so that an idea as well Now I talk about if specifically if you mounting this in a standard arcade cabinet you wouldn really have to do much modification here You would really just drill the required hole size, which this comes with a template of how to do that. So you drill the required hole size out, and then you would just unscrew these and swing them over. And then when it's inside the cabinet, you would just screw these down, and it tightens it up against the cabinet. However, you have a little bit of an issue when you do this on an arcade one-up because you can see this panel isn't very thick. So with this, you're going to need something to bring the cabinet sort of closer to the door. So if this was mounted here, an option that I've used, and I showed this off in my Street Fighter 4 mod video if you look at it, is these are really cheap. They're these little wooden blocks that you can buy on Amazon or really any hobby store. and what I do is I put these on the side to raise the cabinet up closer to the door and then when you unscrew these and then tighten it down it now has something it can butt up against so that it can be nice and tight against the door so and the cool thing about this is you don't really have to do much of much measuring you just kind of keep adding them as you know keep adding the blocks to the stack until you get it close enough so I know it not aesthetically the best but you know if you don care about what the inside of the cabinet looks like it a good option and gets you going fairly quickly The other thing I'm trying to appease to the people that don't have woodworking skills, I'm not actually much of a woodworker kind of guy, so options like these are appealing to me because it's quick and easy and it gets the job done. So hopefully you appreciate this option. And this is just one of many options, but I like the one by Twisted Quarter. Their pricing is fairly good. The other door I featured on the Street Fighter 4 mod, it's a different door. I'm gonna put that in the description as well. That one comes with all the coin mechanisms. I don't believe that one comes as a bare door option though. So I like this one because it's pretty cost effective and it just looks really nice, man. It gives it a nice polished look. So hopefully this video helps. If you do like it, please like the video, please subscribe to the channel and hit that notification bell so you can be informed of future videos. But as always, thanks again 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: b47d7789-ad4d-4396-9b0a-c54a2bfcbf1e*