Building a retro arcade machine with Raspberry Pi 3 and Retropie

[feelosofer]

Wow that's dope. Building a cabinet is a pet project of mine but I never have the time.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

This guy successfully streams his steam games to raspberry pi 3

 

[General Mills]

Far as I understand Retropie can handle playing games from PS2 back very well.
I really just want a machine that can play Street Fighter 2, PacMan, and King Of Fighters.
Anything else is just icing on the cake.

King of Fighters

 

[Animal House]

Good idea. The guy who modded my og xbox and 360 had a fire arcade setup where he had a modded xbox inside running all the arcade games



Had all the buttons from a xbox controller displayed perfectly to. That screen he had

 

[Malta]

The thing is it doesn't seem the least bit difficult either. I already have a spare monitor I can use too.
Total parts I would be spending $150 - $200 max.
A stretch goal would be flipping them on online. I see people on ebay spending $500 on these things easy.
The question would be how fast could they be made. I already have all the tools necessary. We'll see. I want to give it a try on one of the table top ones but my time is crazy limited still being in school and all that.

You got a woodshop?

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

You got a woodshop?

No. I have a garage and power tools.

 

[Golayitdown]

I have a Pi 3 with Retro Pie. Works fine. Not too hard and a lot of guides out there walk you through step by step.

 

[HomieSoprano]

Started a build 2 months ago. Gonna run Hyperspin off a PC. 4 player control panel with led buttons and some custom side artwork. Having a lot fun doing it and learning a lot about woodwork, but don't think I would do it again.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Started a build 2 months ago. Gonna run Hyperspin off a PC. 4 player control panel with led buttons and some custom side artwork. Having a lot fun doing it and learning a lot about woodwork, but don't think I would do it again.

Looks dope so far. What you going for 32" monitor?
That slot looks like you plan on putting in that plastic trim.
Good stuff.

 

[Cobratron]

Very cool. I bought a Raspberry Pi a few years to make it an emulator, could never figure the shyt out though.

Just use my PC to play these days.

 

[Daystew]

I'm working on one too. Seems like the cabinet building community is growing online due to the retropie. I have my games all set up for the most part, and my MDF boards have been jigsawes out.

Taking it a weekend at a time, should be putting the frame together this weekend.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Very cool. I bought a Raspberry Pi a few years to make it an emulator, could never figure the shyt out though.

Just use my PC to play these days.

Get back to it. Install Retropie onto it. Every video I've seen is incredibly simple.

 

[Renkz]

This is convenient, in one of my classes we're gonna use rhapsody pi for a project, great to know I can still re purpose it later for emulators.
My nephew's eyes gonna lit up when he sees powerstone 2 & bahumut lagoon

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Tabletop Arcade Build
Raspberry Pi 3 $35.99
2 Joysticks, Control Board, 20 Buttons $72.99
24" Monitor $100
MDF Board 8' $35
USB Speakers $16
20' T-Molding $20.00
Total $279.98

This is my material list so far. Got pricing from Bestbuy, Home Depot, and Amazon. So far it's looking a little more expensive than I had hoped for this build but not a huge deal.
I'm in the middle of converting my garage into a full recording studio so this project will be a few weeks before I would even be able to start it.

 

[HomieSoprano]

Looks dope so far. What you going for 32" monitor?
That slot looks like you plan on putting in that plastic trim.
Good stuff.

Yessir, exactly, 32" lcd, black t-molding along the front edge. Hoping to build the control panel this week.