Thickness of the wood panels is up to the user. The plans can be downloaded from the links below.

Although I made a lot of modifications especially regarding the controller board, his 'Starcade' plans were a great starting point. I was able to find a compelling design for the table-top cabinet on Instructables, made by user Rolfebox. They have a really basic kit for around $100, and another kit that is a bit more feature rich (artwork, backlit marquee, etc), similar to what I am building, for around $220.

I will also be adding speakers to the unit and an access panel to the back.įor those that don't want to make their own cabinet from scratch, there are plenty of websites selling kits that will allow you to assemble a cabinet if you don't have all the tools required to build it yourself. It will look similar to a standing cabinet, and will house a 19in 4:3 aspect ratio LCD monitor. I still plan on making one in the future, and it will be powered by a small PC instead of a Raspberry Pi, but this project was downsized to a Table-top sized design. I initially wanted to build a full-size standing arcade cabinet, but decided that it was a bit much for my first attempt. 26x Classic Arcade Push Button (Including 1p / 2p Start Push Button).2x Zero Delay USB Encoder (sends button presses to the Raspberry Pi vis USB cable).Fused switched main inlet socket & power cable.I already covered the parts for the Raspberry Pi, but here is the remainder of the parts that will be used for the arcade cabinet. This specific post will mostly cover the controller board, but being that we need something to begin measuring against, lets talk about the cabinet first. Now that the hardware and software to run the emulator has been covered, on to the actual Arcade Cabinet construction. TableTop Arcade - Wiring and Wrapping Up.TableTop Arcade - Artwork, Speakers, Marquee.TableTop Arcade - Assembly, Electrical, and Painting.TableTop Arcade - Cabinet Construction & Cutting.TableTop Arcade - Controller & Parts Selection.TableTop Arcade - Raspberry Pi 3 & RetroPie Setup, Part 2.TableTop Arcade - Raspberry Pi 3 & RetroPie Setup, Part 1.

Arcade joystick layout pdf