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Other game-centric options are available on both the Bartop and stand, with some extra features added in like expanded storage. However, you don’t have to rep iiRcade in your gameroom if you don’t want. The design gets the look of bartop arcade cabinets just right, with branded iiRcade details in place of individual games. The control deck for the iiRcade Bartop is solid, with plenty of buttons in a layout that’s natural and easy to use for most games. Were it not for a second monitor, it would be perfectly at home on my desk. I planted mine on a custom stand in my basement (OK, it’s a pair of CRTs I can’t bear to part with) and have no complaints. Once assembled, the iiRcade Bartop is a snap to move, since the base is optional. They’re a little more cumbersome than I was expecting, but nothing I couldn’t handle. Where other units might have their brand name, or in the case of some of Arcade1up’s more premium offerings, light-up marquees, the iiRcade Bartop has a pair of absolutely massive speakers. I was sent one for the review, but currently lack the room to set it up, so I can’t speak to it.Īnother major difference between the iiRcade and its competitors is its large set of marquee-mounted speakers. If you don’t have a place to sit your iiRcade Bartop, iiRcade sells an optional stand that brings it up to normal arcade height. Kind of nails it with the name, but it does make assembly a bit easier since you don’t have to deal with the larger side panels you find on the AtHome or Arcade1up cabs. The main difference between the iiRcade and something like the Legends AtHome Ultimate is the iiRcade Bartop is meant to sit on top of a bar (or table). If you can build a piece of Ikea furniture, you can build this. And like all the other arcade cabinets I’ve tested, it’s pretty simple. Like all modern, at-home arcade cabinets, the iiRcade requires some assembly. While I wholly support DIY projects, it’s nice to be able to just buy what you want sometimes, and the iiRcade Bartop is one of the best choices out there for anyone looking for the arcade experience in a more manageable form factor.

But here, in a modern-day sequel, it just makes everything look uglier for nostalgia’s sake.Time was, the only way to have an arcade cabinet in your house was either buy one for a substantial sum of money, or build one with an old PC, a CRT and some carpentry skills. I can appreciate the effort it takes to build in visual glitches like screen tearing and flickering for the sake of authenticity, if you’re attempting to faithfully emulate an old game. Animations are stiff and lifeless, enemies look generic and unthreatening, and then there are the manufactured technical issues. Even compared to the classics that immediately supplanted its predecessor, Double Dragon 4 feels shallow and dated.Ostensibly, its appeal is the nostalgia trip it takes you on, but this is immediately undercut by the fact that it takes all of its cues from the comparatively weak NES port instead of the far superior arcade version. It slavishly works to emulate, both in look and controls, a game that was quickly iterated on and left behind by a slew of other arcade beat ‘em ups. But ironically, despite being a retro-inspired sequel to the fondly remembered arcade and NES games, Double Dragon 4 patently ignores the lessons of history. As wise people often say, you can learn a lot from the past.