I have not received my 4 player pedestal as of yet...

I have not received my 4 player pedestal as of yet. It's shipping now, but I wanted to give a review on my experience with the company and I will update this once I get my system.

I wanted a 4 player for my game room and I found Retro Active Arcade. At first I was worried about it being in Canada, however, after reading reviews and not finding better options here in the states, I went ahead and order this. We actually waited a year after contacting Casey before my wife let me order it lol.

Spoke with Casey for most of the early going, than Joe took over once it was almost completed. Both of them were very helpful and Casey was not trying to sell me extra stuff. He explain what each item would bring and if it was worth it on my end. I ended up ordering it, with the LED buttons, fusion buttons, and Mario decal to go with my Super Mario Bros pinball machine.

The only thing that was frustrating was the broker (nothing to do with Retroactive). As I have never order something outside of the states that cost more than $800 bucks, I didn't know I needed one. After calling a few that Casey gave me the number for, I ended up going with border buddy. Others I called ended up either not calling me back, or gave me number to another part of their company. Just felt like a run around. Amanda, at borderbuddy (which are great), worked with me and she made it super easy along with Joe at retro. I would go with them again if I ever need too.

I guess the main thing was that I had to wait till the item was ready to ship before I filled out my information. Amanda was good though and Joe talked with her to get the ball rolling once it was shipping out.

All in all, it was great ordering from Retro and I would tell others too also. Just waiting on my machine to come in and I will finish this review.

Update:

So I have had my game system for about a month, and I must say we are enjoying it a ton. My wife, sister and brothers play all the time. It came in a big crate and it protected it really great. You must get a crate (well you don't have too) if you are shipping to the USA. I just feel it will stay safer that way.

My wife sister and I carried it upstairs. They had one side, I had another. It was hard as hell hahaha. If one of my brothers were here, we could have done it easy, but my wife couldn't wait to play it, so we did it. It is heavy, so make sure you have 2 strong people there, or a determined wife lol.

Games are playing great. We really like the Metal Slug series. Up to number 4 now. There are a lot of games from around the world which is cool. Games I never even heard of, but are fun to play. We really like the 4 player games, so any games that are 4 player we play. Oh my wife loves loves loves super burger time. We wish they made that game longer, but its actually 2 players at the same time!!! Pretty damn cool.

Quality is great. I feel like this will last for years and years. And the way they did the machine, if your joysticks or buttons wear down over the years, it will be easy to replace. So don't be afraid of worrying about what happens after 10 years of playing. You can replace it easily yourself.

Overall I'm keeping the 5 star review on them. This is a great product and well worth it. You must get 4 player though. It's worth the extra money. Way more fun yelling and having a good time with 4 people.

Edit: Updated the chairs :). Couldn't find a yellow chair in that style so had to go with orange.