Build Your Own Arcade Cabinet With Raspberry Pi

Runs off a raspberry pi and generates zero noise and almost no heat.

Build your own arcade cabinet with raspberry pi.

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. This video is sponsored by jlcpcb. Attach the other side panel to the back using a 600 mm piece to support the side. In this video i build a bartop arcade machine from a half sheet of mdf using a raspberry pi.

Precision laser cut cabinet 10 1 hdmi vga composite lcd screen. The magazine is now. 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. 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. It s essentially a fancy cupboard that holds a monitor speakers a computer a keyboard and some buttons. 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.

Turns your raspberry pi or other tiny computer into a fully functional mini arcade. Use the 19 mm x 42 mm pine build a frame around the side panels. The porta pi mini arcade is a desktop sized fully functional mini arcade cabinet measuring just under 13 x 9 x 10 inches hxwxd. If you want a clean setup and add the roms yourself download the latest retropie image for your raspberry pi here then use etcher mac or win32diskimager win to write your image to the microsd when that s done put your microsd in your raspberry and turn on your cabinet.

Single or two player controls. The porta pi arcade is a desktop sized fully functional arcade cabinet measuring just under 13 x 9 x 10 inches hxwxd. After all there s only so much variation you can make. An arcade cabinet is much easier to make than you might expect.

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. Get professional printed circ. This porta pi arcade turns your raspberry pi in a mini arcade machine. If the pacade is more your style you can check out the pacade bartop arcade build and get the pacade bartop arcade plans here.