Arcade1Up's massive WWE WrestleFest cabinet just hit Sam's Club

Basic Fun! just released the Arcade Classics WWE Supreme Series Arcade Game. This is the first new cabinet since the company acquired Arcade1Up's assets late last year. The four-player machine is available now for $649.

I loved Arcade1Up. My game room has several of their 3/4-scale machines, and I was genuinely shocked when the original company folded. The home arcade space felt empty for a few weeks until Basic Fun! stepped in to purchase the brand in late 2025. I have been waiting to see what the new management would actually ship. This WWE release gives us our first look at the company's hardware direction under new ownership. It is a relief to see them tackling a highly requested four-player property right out of the gate.

Five games and four missing wrestlers

The cabinet includes five arcade titles. You get WWF WrestleFest, WWF Superstars, The Big Pro Wrestling!, Super Dodgeball, and Acrobatic Dog-Fight. All five run on the same internal board and use the four-player control deck. WrestleFest and Superstars are the main draws here. Technos Japan originally developed both wrestling titles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They defined the arcade wrestling genre with their large sprites and button-mashing grapple mechanics. Super Dodgeball is another Technos arcade release that perfectly fits the four-player layout.

Licensing old wrestling games is a legal nightmare. The original rosters included wrestlers who have since passed away, changed promotions, or signed exclusive likeness deals elsewhere. Because of these ongoing rights issues, the versions included here have been modified. WrestleFest is missing Sgt. Slaughter and the Legion of Doom. Superstars omits Andre the Giant and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. The games play exactly like the arcade originals otherwise. The roster cuts are noticeable, but they were likely the only way to get these games released in a commercial product today.

The $649 Sam's Club exclusive

You cannot buy this cabinet at Best Buy or Target. It is only available at Sam's Club. The machine falls under the Supreme Series banner, which is the new branding for XL-sized cabinets. It has a 19-inch BOE liquid crystal display. That is a massive upgrade over the older 17-inch monitors Arcade1Up used to use. The larger screen makes a huge difference when four adults are crowded around the control deck trying to tag in.

The physical hardware includes a light-up marquee, stereo speaker grills, and a faux coin door. The control deck has a rub-resistant coating to protect the artwork from sweaty hands during intense matches. You do not need quarters to play. The machine plugs directly into a standard wall outlet with an included AC adapter. Basic Fun! kept the authentic cabinet shape, complete with the angled control panel that mimics the original Technos arcade hardware.

Getting these games in a home cabinet is a big deal for arcade collectors. WrestleFest has been stuck in licensing limbo for decades, though a remake for iOS, retitled WWE WrestleFest, was released by THQ in February 2012. Fans have largely had to rely on original arcade boards or emulation to play it. Basic Fun! is clearly trying to target the premium end of the market right out of the gate with this $649 price tag. We will have to see if the final build quality matches the asking price. If this is the new standard for Arcade1Up, the brand might just survive after all.