A lot of these are pretty common but if there's something you don't have - borrow it! I personally borrowed a great deal of tools and advice from my housemate, fellow retro gamer and all-round good egg Jonny from 1up Living. 400ml matte black spray paint - £3 (screwfix).750ml all-purpose white primer - £9 (screwfix).3m x 15mm coloured t-molding - £6 (arcade world).Joysticks + buttons + USB interface - £44 (ultracabs).19" LCD TFT monitor with built-in speakers- £25 (eBay).Fused switched mains inlet socket - £7 (eBay).This list should show you the total cost if you were to buy everything. I've shown how much I found each item for online, although bear in mind that quite a bit of this stuff was already lying around the house and I didn't actually go out and pay for. Substitutions for similar items are fine - this is just documenting what I personally used. If you want to follow along at home, here is the basic recipe for the build.
Arcade control panel layout template pdf#
UPDATE #2: After a ton of requests I have finally got round to making some handy PDF guides which show all the necessary dimensions to make this arcade machine even easier to build yourself! I've knocked up full 1:1 scale printable guides for the side panels and the control deck, plus a reference sheet with dimensions and angles for the rest of the panels. I'm loving the photos in the comments, keep 'em coming please! UPDATE #1: Thanks for the great reception to the Starcade everyone! Very pleased to have placed in two competitions and won some top loot from Instructables. This is my first big DIY project and my first Instructable - be nice! Any questions or feedback are more than welcome in the comments. $320) to make, whereas a prebuilt custom cabinet can set you back four or five times that amount! It also lets you play potentially thousands of games on a single machine. Making a custom bartop cabinet like this one solves both of those problems. I've always wanted an arcade machine for authentic retro gaming but they take up a lot of space and cost a lot of money.
Using a Pi keeps the cost, weight and complexity to a minimum but the cabinet could also house a more powerful PC-based system to play more modern games.
It is powered by the Raspberry Pi micro-computer and plays multiple types of retro games - primarily NES, SNES, Megadrive and arcade (MAME) games. The 'Galactic Starcade' is a DIY retro bartop arcade cabinet for two players.
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