Geek out with a Star Wars arcade cabinet and app-controlled Stormtrooper robot for $350
My birthday is only two weeks away, so I have to give some pointers now. If you’re like me at a certain age, you’ll remember the Star Wars arcade game that put you in the cockpit of an X-wing as you flew through the vector graphic trenches of the Death Star and navigated with one authentic yoke. Arcade1Up has built this old cupboard in 3/4 scale. In combination with the riser, it reaches a perfectly playable height of 60 inches. At the moment you can get one The Star Wars cabinet, riser, and Arcade1Up bonus stormtrooper robot (more on that in a moment) for $ 350. That’s a savings of around $ 186.
The last time I wrote about Arcade1Up’s Star Wars cabinet it was sold for $ 449 with risers. So this is a remarkable deal. The game speaks for itself, of course: you use a cool-looking flying yoke to switch between shooting TIE fighters in space and digging trenches on the Death Star, and finally dropping a torpedo into the exhaust opening like you used to Womp rats have done in their T-16 at home.
This cabinet plays three games (based on Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and The return of the Jedi) on a 17-inch LCD display.
But wait, that’s not all. This cabinet comes with Ubtech’s Star Wars Stormtrooper first-order robot. It stands barely a foot high and is controlled by voice input or via an app on your phone or tablet. It has facial recognition and can patrol your house, recognize up to three people and challenge everyone else as a potential rebel. The Stormtrooper debuted around $ 300, but you can find it now Stormtrooper robots at retailers like Amazon for around $ 80. Even at a regular price of $ 80, this package is a great bargain when combined with the arcade cabinet for a total of $ 350. Someone please: My birthday is coming.