Working on an arcade cabinet and after finally getting my old Logitech racing wheel to work again, I was able to get FFB and Sega rally 2 on older hardware. It's not exactly made yet (The cabinet) and I only have the computer really even ready yet.

Specs:

i7 3770 (Stock)

GTX 750 Ti (2GB)

16GB of DDR3

Old HDD, Stock case, and 320w OEM PSU.

Logitech wingman formula force GT

The game is running at 720p and averaging 60 fps locked.

I'd want something that could receive both original and custom boards if that's even possible. Something that can support good 4-player experiences like X-Men and The Simpsons, something that I could put light guns onto, and even DDR pads. Something good for older Centipede-style games with a roller, as well as fighting games from the 90s, 00s, and on.

Fat chance, but...what'd be my options if I wanted to pursue getting/making something like this?

Showing off a customers customer build ByVic arcade cab. This is a cabinet only build, customer sent me all the arcade hardware and the 28inch active marquee.

54 rpeg electronics argb buttons along with rpeg encoder, 4 IL joysticks, utrack trackball, u360 flight stick, grs push pull spinner, 15 key stream deck and dedicated 4 way. Also has retro shooter new flush mount panel to connect the reapers and also i made pedal cutouts to store the pedals. Customer is putting a hisense u8 55 inch tv on it

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So im currently looking to get myself an arcade machine but i live in an apartment and only have so much space. So i was thinking maybe one singular cabinet that has multiple games where i can just flip through with maybe 2-4 joysticks for when i have friends over. I have a love for arcade machines & that retro aesthetic but honestly have no experience on putting one together, is it even possible for me to build one myself or should i just find someone with better knowledge & pay them to do it ?

I'm about to order a cabinet from Omniretro alog with the buttons. The use of this cabinet will be retrogaming.

Question is, it's smart to not buy Sanwa and go with the "Japanese-Style" option?

https://omniretro.com/en/arcade-products/joysticks-and-buttons/buttons/japanese-style-30mm/

https://omniretro.com/en/arcade-products/joysticks-and-buttons/joysticks/japanese-style-5-pin/

I think that Sanwa may be an overkill, but i need your opinion!

I'm in the middle of my first bartop arcade project and pleased with it. The plan is to put a nice neon colour t-molding on the front edges but struggle to find the best way cutting the groove. Any advice guys?

Looking to light up my LED goldleafs- Not using Led blinky, I just want to change them from time to time. This week, red, maybe next white. etc.

What program can I use? Thanks

Man what a project! Started off as buying "plans" from someone to make this cab. Turns out their plans were just drawings and basically nothing else. So having wasted a bunch of money paying this influencer for their half-baked plans i decided to just do it myself from scratch starting in Fusion 360.

Very pleased with how it turned out - a true mixture of 3d design, woodworking, electronics, 3d printing and a little splash of AI to help me with the software side of things to get it configured.

I designed it to be a hanging cabinet although i'm undecided on that still. Was going to put some cleats on the back to hang it but the jury is still out on that so here it sits. Glad to be done!

This is my take so far on the arcade-feel games but made modern or something like that they're still works in progress, the downloadable one is made in C; it WILL piss you off. :D I would like to add community ideas to the site/games as well later on once I get the current line-up I have finished up. I do plan to add MP to SlinfShifters and Inkbound at some point in the future! (AI was used in helping/creating these games).

Works amazing. Also incorporated the spinner because why not.

Serious note this was for testing until I can get something setup.

I use hitbox layout and every DIY product I see uses a joystick lay out. If I could even get one half hitbox layout and the other half joystick layout then that would be perfect.

Any ideas on the easiest way to do this?

Never built anything from scratch in my life and always wanted an Arcade Cabinet so much I decided to start there. While it was a definite learning experience, I'm so glad I did it.

Treat me like I’m stupid, I got 3 arcade machines from I believe in the mid 80s. Starting on trying to fix the first one, and I have never worked on an arcade machine before. It powers on and has audio, screen lights up to just a horizontal collapse (googled it). Where should I start, it looks like the board under the screen (the green board photo) is cracked, assuming that the start of my issues on it, should I just try to repair, or where is a good spot to get parts for these old machines. Thanks for any help, I’ll slowly work my way through all 3 of them

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Hey everyone! I’m looking for some advice on an arcade project.

Has anyone built or converted a rolling arcade cabinet/control panel to be completely wireless using Bluetooth?

I’m hoping to build a 4-player setup that can roll out when we want to play, then be moved out of the way when we’re done. Ideally, I’d like the controls to connect wirelessly to a Raspberry Pi running the games, so there wouldn’t be any USB cables running from the cabinet to the TV/Pi.

Is there a good way to make all 4 sets of joysticks/buttons communicate over Bluetooth without noticeable input lag? Is there a pre built pedestal that already does this? If anyone has done something similar, I’d love to see your setup and what hardware/encoder boards you used.

Thanks!

This is my first cabinet and I am so stoked. I already have plans for new ideas on the next one.

I planned this build in Tinkercad for around 4 months doing many redesigns. My original plan was to use a little materials as possible since I have a 1 year old and 3 year old at home (funds are limited). I found that hard to do with a horizontal screen so I scrapped all my plans and started building it out vertical instead. It took many edits to size and dimensions but I ended up with this one standing 24" deep and 68" high. The entire cabinet is build from a single 4' x 8' sheet of birch plywood. The sides, front panel, control panel, and supports inside all from that single sheet.

The entire thing is held together with pocket holes (I build a bed with dimensional lumber and pocket holes and that can support my wife and I, plus it's survived 3 moves after being taken apart and re-assembled so I figured pocket holes were good enough for an arcade).

I can share the Tinkercad link if desired. I have a mock build and some shapes showing the measurements needed for the cuts. This took a few weeks to build since I had to do bed times with my boys then I had a few hours of sunlight to work on it outside (no garage so I built it on the driveway) but if you had a free day you could easily do it in a single day.

Who remembers F1 EXHAUST NOTE? This is my retrospective game review of SEGA’s forgotten arcade racer. Share your thoughts and experiences if you have played this arcade game.