Build Your Own Arcade Cabinet With Raspberry Pi

Use the 19 mm x 42 mm pine build a frame around the side panels.

Build your own arcade cabinet with raspberry pi.

In this video i build a bartop arcade machine from a half sheet of mdf using a raspberry pi. The magazine is now. The porta pi arcade is a desktop sized fully functional arcade cabinet measuring just under 13 x 9 x 10 inches hxwxd. Runs off a raspberry pi and generates zero noise and almost no heat.

The porta pi mini arcade is a desktop sized fully functional mini arcade cabinet measuring just under 13 x 9 x 10 inches hxwxd. He s built a full size standing arcade console that is powered by raspberry pi and includes six pull out drawers for extra storage which brings some practicality to this fun machine. Cutout and attach all the remaining panels. Top control front door inside shelf inside top shelf marquee bottom inside bottom.

Attach the back to the side panel. Of course you could stuff any other retro console inside but the rpi is so versatile powerful and awesome that i stuck with it to build this mini arcade. You can make your own cabinet using not much more than a couple of sheets of mdf some clear plastic and a few cans of spray paint. Precision laser cut cabinet 10 1 hdmi vga composite lcd screen.

Over the years we ve covered quite a few raspberry pi based arcade cabinets and admittedly many of them have been fairly similar. Single or two player controls. After all there s only so much variation you can make. It s essentially a fancy cupboard that holds a monitor speakers a computer a keyboard and some buttons.

Get professional printed circ. Turns your raspberry pi or other tiny computer into a fully functional mini arcade. An arcade cabinet is much easier to make than you might expect. Space saving design that can fit anywhere in your home or office.

If the pacade is more your style you can check out the pacade bartop arcade build and get the pacade bartop arcade plans here. This porta pi arcade turns your raspberry pi in a mini arcade machine. Raspberry pi press has made available the next issue of its excellent hackspace magazine providing details on how you can build your very own full size diy arcade cabinet. Attach the other side panel to the back using a 600 mm piece to support the side.