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As always, these plans are free! The Control Panel section, found on the Projects page , details the construction of my first custom control panel and shows how it was integrated into my cabinet design. There are a number of photos and a detailed parts list. This is the controller I use to this day. I use Mamewah as the front-end for my cabinet. I give an overview of this excellent application on my Projects page and have recently added a detailed install. Step-by-step instructions have also been added on how I added the Atari games to the cabinet.

Watch the News page for additional updates. The extension needs enough sockets to power the monitor, the Pi, the lighting and the speakers optional. Next thing is to get all the kit plugged in and organised with plastic twist ties to stop everything getting too chaotic. Gotta make sure all those wires are tidy! I got the marquee graphic printed professionally onto reverse print backlit film paper, which is usually used with lightboxes. It has a plastic film on the back which diffuses the light as it passes through.

I've seen a lot of people online printing their marquee graphics at home on normal printer paper and it seems to look okay done that way. Definitely an option if you want to avoid a trip to the local print shop.

These perspex sheets are cut to size and fixed inside the marquee box. The thickness of the perspex is not too important, so long as its not bendy.

The sheet I used was about 3mm thick which was more than enough. The cabinet is designed so that the marquee box and graphic are removable, to make it easy to swap out graphics or replace the lighting if necessary in future. Before putting the marquee box in place and screwing it down, I stuck down two strips of LEDs with hot glue and popped the wires through a predrilled hole on the surface.

They can then be connected up to the power source we wired in the previous step. It is common to use a small strip light for the marquee, which is fine, but we happened to have some LEDs lying around the house so we just used them. We figured they would be easier to install and give a more spread out light that wasn't so focussed in the middle.

For this step I cut a brass hinge down to size and screwed it straight into the back of the cabinet. I attached the hinge to the door half first and the cabinet half second. Its useful to stick some folded paper under the door to hold it at the right height while screwing the hinge in place, and to use a gimlet or nail to pre-mark the spots where the screws will go.

I also screwed a small piece of scrap wood on the inside of the frame to stop the door from angling into the cabinet itself. A small magnet hot glued onto this wood, and the appropriate spot on the inside of the door, gives it a nice snap-shut sort of feeling and stops the door from swinging open when the cabinet is carried around.

Lastly you can affix a small handle or drill a finger hole to allow the door to be easily opened. Not much more to it than that! I won't go over the setup in too much detail as there are a lot of tutorials online for setting up emulation on the Raspberry Pi. As a complete newbie to the Pi and Linux in general, I found a few things a little confusing so I will outline the basics as best I can for anybody wanting to follow along:.

Big shout out to the tutorials found on Lifehacker and SuperNintendoPi - these go into more detail on the Pi setup and were instrumental in helping me figure out what I was doing! The RetroPie forums are also very useful if you get stuck - chances are somebody else will have struggled through the same problem at some point! Its done! Sit back and admire the finished project and treat yourself to a few rounds of Street Fighter or Micro Machines to celebrate. There's a few things I would do differently but overall I'm very happy with how this turned out.

It proves that a little thing like the Raspberry Pi can happily power a near full-size arcade machine. Please post your own DIY arcade projects in the comments, I would love to see them! Well, you certainly went and raised the Bar. Topping my build Congratulations good sir. Good luck on the contests and I voted for ya. And yes all puns intended. Reply 7 years ago on Introduction. Thanks MoTinkerGNome! I don't think your build is taking a backseat by any means, console yourself with the fact that I voted for you too!

Puns equally intended. Reply 5 years ago. And even if we don't win the contests. We still have awesome Pi-Cade Machines. On a separate note we need to work out a pinball machine that runs android for Pinball Arcade. Their software and tables are awesome I just hate touch screens for gaming. Reply 6 years ago on Introduction. Oh yeah, I have a 23" and a 15 that are decently proportionalized to each other. I just am fighting with the software. Once I get that worked out Ill build a mini pin table.

Thanks MsSweet! I really appreciate the lovely response I've had from you guys over at Instructables : I fully intend to post more awesome things in future! I love how well documented this is!

I love that more and more people are building arcade machines. They are all just so beautiful! Question 22 days ago on Step 9. I am almost done completing this project, but can someone explain me the Marquee step?

Because following the plans file it just looks like a piece of wood. But I guess it needs to be cut and somehow fit the glass inside. Can anyone help? Reply 23 days ago. Question 2 months ago. Thanks so much for this wonderful tutorial. So many made beautiful arcades, very cool. I'm still working on mine, but I cannot figure how the marquee in mounted. I see no screws or whatsoever in the pictures. Can anybody help? Question 6 months ago. Hi there, For the sides I'm using 8mm triplex wood.

However the minimum size of of that is 9mm. Is it possible to use something like a clothes iron to shrink the U-mold to the right size once applied? Question 8 months ago. Hi there! Thank you so much for the detailed instructions. I seem to not be able to find the buttons you mention ultracabs website is down Is there any way you can direct me to another link for the controls?

Thank you! Answer 7 months ago. Have a look on aliexpress. Plenty options on there. Reply 8 months ago. By rolfebox Follow. More by the author:. About: I'm a guy who likes games and design and making stuff. More About rolfebox ». After taking in a lot of inspiration I decided the main criteria for my design would be: two-player classic 80s arcade style relatively portable I wanted to make something that would look vaguely 'real' with authentic controls for a convincing arcade experience at home.

Overall I was very happy with the size and shape of the mockup and only made minimal changes. Rinse and repeat for the other half and you've got two side panels ready to go!

This setting is easy to change, just type sudo raspi-config from the command line to open the configuration screen, then select 'advanced options', 'audio' and choose to force the audio out through the 3. Almost done now! Only thing left now is to get the hardware and software set up and working! As a complete newbie to the Pi and Linux in general, I found a few things a little confusing so I will outline the basics as best I can for anybody wanting to follow along: Download the latest RetroPie SD card image.

This is a preconfigured setup for the Pi running EmulationStation , which is basically a pretty front end for navigating and launching games for multiple emulators also included. You could install all the emulators manually but using the pre-made image saves a great many hours of work. Write the image to your SD card. You will need at least a 4GB card just to run RetroPie. There are dozens and dozens of plans for bartop arcade cabinets online,.

Cleaned up the model with netfabb to make it a little more printable. Get printable files at 45 usd. You'll want to also print out your templates for the control panel. Its for a bar top. I was wondering if anyone had a.