![]() The ones I am using light up whenever you press them. There are different types of buttons available. Here is how the cabinet should look at this point. My monitor width is 63cm and the box was 70cm wide, so I’ve decided to leave 3,5cm from each side of the underlying level of the cardboard and cut out the rest. Use pencil to put marks through the holes. Cut extra cardboard from under the button/joystick flip sides. Your box should look like this once done.ġ.12. Originally, the joysticks are meant to be inserted from the bottom, but as our cabinet is made from cardboard it’s better to mount them from the top.ġ.11. If you have different joysticks, measure the width of the bottom part of it. Leaving 3cm from the left, draw a 7cm wide rectangle for joystick placement. Once cut, slightly push and tear out.ġ.10. Cut! I found it easier to start by cutting it in half and then going around the circle.ġ.8. I’d recommend lowering that baseline comparing to what’s shown on the picture as I had some difficulties with buttons overlapping once the cover is closed.ġ.7. Therefore, continue the grid down and add 4 more circles on the front panel baseline. Just like on a real arcade machine, we will put Coin and Player buttons on the front panel. Assuming your buttons have the same diameter as the ones I used, set compasses to 14mm and draw six circles for button placement. Repeat the same for the right side of the box so you have two symmetrical grids.ġ.5. The trick is to use the ruler as a spacer – just draw the lines on both sides of the ruler.ġ.4. Leaving space for joystick from the left side (I left about 15cm), let’s draw a grid to place buttons at. This will be the baseline for the bottom set of player one buttons.ġ.3. I’ve left 5cm from the bottom and drew a horizontal line. First of all, lets find the center of the box and draw a vertical line on the side where the buttons are going to be installed.ġ.2. Cost €8.Ī simple one, to connect it all inside the cabinet. Make sure these can be powered from an external power supply, not from USB. Pair of cheap speakers from a local computer store. Also it has dedicated Coin and Player buttons that just go good with a retro arcade machine. I’ve picked this one as it has fancy buttons that light up when you press them. There are dozens of different joystick sets available on AliExpress. Cost: €3.ĭepending on the number of ROMs you have, decide on the size of the SD card. In case you are using PI 4 you will also need to get a MicroHDMI to HDMI adapter. Cost: €76.ĭon’t forget to get a decent power supply for Raspberry. I’d still recommend going with the 4th gen just in case you decide to install some additional console emulators and they may require extra CPU power to render smoothly. I’ve used Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 4 GB of RAM, but probably PI 2/3 will also work just fine for FBA emulation. Most people are buying 4K monitors but those Full HD ones are still in stock and come at a good price. The reason I’ve picked this 27” (LG 27MK400H-B) is because they are extremely cheap nowadays. Make sure to pick a good one – some people are struggling at the flashing step due to low-quality SD card writers.Īctually you can use any monitor – even those with 4:3 ratio, which can even be flipped vertically, as many of the Final Burn Alpha games are actually meant to be played on a vertical monitor (just like on those old arcade machines). We will use a USB keyboard at the initial set up stage. ![]() Regular office stapler will work as well, I had a bigger one at home.Īny decent size screws are suitable, but the shorter the better. Standard 30 cm (12”) ruler will work just fine. The total budget in my case was about €270, but it could be about €140 if you find a used monitor with a box (I just bought a brand new one). Otherwise, you can easily drop any other platform ROMs to the according folders, and they will just work (probably □ ). The FBA games typically use 2 to 4 controller buttons, sometimes 6 (works for us!). While RetroPie can emulate 50 different gaming platforms (including PlayStation, PSP, Dreamcast, Nintendo, MSX, and others), I will focus on setting up controllers and games for an emulator called Final Burn Alpha (FBA) – basically a multiple retro arcade machine emulator. I will also explain how to add a nice cardboard-compatible theme, and fetch game video previews and info. The software part will run on RetroPie, an excellent image for Raspberry Pi micro computer. I’m going to use the box that came with the monitor as a cabinet, which means the final arcade machine will be a portable bar top version.
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