I have four of these.
The 12 in 1, Pac-Man, Galaga, and Street Fighter.
Out of the four the only issue is one dead pixel on the Street Fighter screen.
They work fine, but the joysticks on Street Fighter could certainly use an upgrade, which I’ll be doing soon. I have read lots of complaints about the spinner on the Asteroids cab, but it seems it’s been tweaked to work better on the 12 in 1. I’ve never played many games that use it, so I can’t really give an opinion on how well it works.
Pac-Man is flawless and the joystick on it is great. I’m terrible at the game, though.
The trackball on the 12 in 1 works as well as my original Centipede cabinet did, I just got rid of that to make more room in the basement.
Galaga is great, and easily the one I play the most.
I’ll be getting Rampage as soon as it’s back in stock at Walmart.
The main issue most people are having is the art on the control panel is shoddy paint. It doesn’t adhere and once it gets scratched it starts to really just peel away. Arcade1Up has been sending out lexan covers to protect the art, and including another panel of artwork if your art has already been damaged. Although I have no problem with any of the art on mine, I’ve contacted them about these protectors anyway just to be on the safe side.
I’m a member of the FB group and check the Reddit a lot. I believe a lot of complaints about these stem from expectations not being met. People hoped they were getting an arcade quality unit, when what they are really getting is a “toy” for home use. For me, it works fine...but if you feel the need to slam joysticks around like it’s something you don’t own, you’ll probably be disappointed.
Their quality control seems to be something they skimped on in order to release in time for Christmas. Lots of people with things like two control panels in a box instead of the control panel and the box of hardware, some trim colors wrong, things like that. It SEEMS that second production run units aren’t having these issues as much.
Finally, yes some Walmarts are selling them dirt cheap...I’ve seen $75. This seems to be because Walmart shipped tons of these to rural stores where there’s not much of a market. Before finding these I never knew a Walmart store manager can set the price on something however they want...but they can...and so some stores want these giant things off their shelves so they’ve priced them to move. Thing is, it’s not everywhere...many places are still $299, and many are sold out. There’s only one store within like three hours of me selling at a discount, and they’ve got them for $250, but not many in stock.
Finally, they seem like a good platform to build a RetroPi setup. Once I get Rampage, I’ll be grabbing another Street Fighter to use as a Pi build just because I’ve never done one before.