Arcade Cabinet – Installing Emulators & Games
This is the last part of the DIY Arcade cabinet tutorial series. In this guide, I will show the overall steps to add an emulator. Since there are many different emulators, I cannot write a guide for every emulator. instead, I will show the default steps you should do when adding an emulator to your […]
Arcade Cabinet – Setup Hyperspin & Controllers
This part of the DIY Arcade guide will cover the installation and setup of the main software on your arcade. This includes: Setting up windows, configuring your USB Controllers, Installing and configuring the Front-End and much more.
Arcade Cabinet – Installing & Wiring Cabinet Electronics
In this part, I will install the electronics in the main cabinet. this includes the computer, speakers, cabinet lighting, coin doors, in cabinet lighting, fans, power supplies, USB hub…
Arcade Cabinet – Building the Control Panel
This part will cover the build of the control panel. This includes the building of the control panel, drilling and installing buttons & joysticks, wiring the Controls & LEDs, Installing the Trackball & Spinner…
Arcade Cabinet – Building the Arcade Cabinet
This part will cover the assembly of the arcade cabinet. As well as creating cutouts for coin doors, speakers, wheels, power button, RJ45 connector…
Arcade Cabinet – Introduction & Design
This is the introduction to building your own full-size, 4-player Arcade Machine. In here you will find everything you need to start building your own. In this part, we will decide over the design of the cabinet, what special effects, controls, TV, artwork and much more. This is a very large project and I recommend […]
Build a Coctail Arcade Cabinet using Raspberry Pi
In this guide, I will build a small cocktail arcade machine based on RetroPie running on Raspberry Pi. It has an ‘old school’ look with original arcade controls, can be played with any USB controller you can find, is fairly cheap and easy to build and there is an unlimited amount of retro game ROMS […]
Barcade Arcade stand with storage space
In this guide, I will build a matching stand for the Bartop Arcade Cabinet I built earlier. This way it can be used as a regular stand-up arcade machine, also while I’m at it. I will add a storage compartment, LED strips, indoor lighting, and a coin door. The storage will be used to store all my […]
Build a Bartop Arcade Cabinet using Raspberry Pi
In this guide, I will build a small bartop arcade machine based on RetroPie running on a raspberry Pi. It has an ‘old school’ look with original arcade controls, can be played with any USB controller you can find, is fairly cheap and easy to build and there is an unlimited amount of retro game […]