 
(Clicking buttons)
(Pacman Music)
 
Are wondering how to make an arcade cabinet like this for yourself?
I going to take you through the process I went through
SOme of the steps
Come here you and
Processes I took to do this I'm showing it is possible
and it works quite slick
and plays lots of different retro
arcade games
and it not too hard to setup
lots of different ways you can do it this is just one way
I followed some tutorials which are in the description and the credit really goes the the people   that came up with these tutorials
and they
( Robitron sounds)
are the ones
man it is hard to talk and do this
The are the ones who get the credit
Come here
(music)
I got some plans and I will share those with you
two sheets of MDF here you could probably do it with one
and use any scraps you have
The MDF approximately cost me $100 in Canadian money
the software  Rasberry Pi, and the buttons and the joysticks I'm in to it
for about $200 Canadian
Depending where you are in the world
than amount of money may be more or less for you
I will share the links with you as we go
so got some measurement and I and just about
to cut a board in half
and
see how that goes
form this angle you are only going to see my butt
so
lets
bring you around
easy. oops
stay
(grabs hearing protection)
(power saw sounds!!!)
Camera falls...
when did that fall?
ha, ha, ha
not going well so far. Alright
(power up sounds)
alright I'm going hand held for obvious reasons
So, I just basically marked out
everything
That drawn here
This is all the tools I have used
my first cut was rough
Just free handed
because that all you need I was just cutting it in half
these cuts you are going to want to be more careful
on  can you use a table saw. Yes
Do I have one . Yes
Am I by myself. Yes
This stuff is heavy even with two people it can be tough to cut on a table saw
 and
I already damaged a corner I dropped it
So for me I'm pretty big but this is heavy
this one single sheet
5/8's What did I call it? MDF
yeah. There is lots of different stuff
you can use plywood it good on both sides
k3, there is melamine kind of stuff
but
this was available to me this is what I am using
the measurements to me look small the feel small but double check
you know where your hand sits on a counter
with the height
you can see this is where the controls will be I hope
pretty god
curves I just used a bucket
and a pail
so curves
that will be have to be jigsaw-ed out
so that is a tool you don't see here
but yeah
I will giver so basic tools
you are going to need. you could hand saw it out
if you are crazy!
we will cut it out and then we will see
oh yeah the clamps. I also have it lightly clamped
just you konw
a little bit of pressure
you can put a piece of scrap wood in there if you don't want to mare the surface
but i"m not clamping that tight
two pieces are clamped together so when I cut it
it will you know a exact pattern for both
hopefully that was clear
cut out man this stuff is dusty
I can recogment do this outside
and I assume it is mostly glues so it is not to good for your lungs
don't breathe that dust in
the height is
the height is good
I am happy with it
the plan going forward is
this is where the controls  would be
right
the Rasberry pi that the is controlling it is about the size of cigarettes
so you don't need all this room
down here  and the backgoing forward is going to be
all storage shelving
(music)
okay
thing have changed a bit
from the behind you can see
I have another piece of MDF left over
so I wanted to show you at this point this is one pieceof MDF
I have another
scrap
that could go here
(boards starts to slip)
oops!
that is so I will
I will need to tuck into that other one
there
I want a
one there and that will
kind a hold in all the electronics
oh the monitor
I have a board
up here for the monitor
and it kind of finish it off
I could use scraps. You could use scraps
you decide for yourself
what you would use
I use pneumatic tools. Air tools
so staples
I made a 2x4 base
you can see there
just to firm up that
it is getting stronger but it is stlll
still has some wobble in it
but once you it will need a back panel
and that will stiffen right up
I keep forgetting to tell you guys and girls
this is two feet twenty four inches so
all the shelves
the base
24 24 all 24
and then I just ripped these
down
on the table saw
two inches
strips. Scraps x3
so you know you can but it where you want to
there is gaps here but
i will fill everything in
staples fill it all in
and then
should look good should look kind of professional
you cut the base square and it square everything up
put the back on
square up you know
eveything
easiest way to do it
okay we are on day two
little gloomier today I know I
said some warm weather is comiing
I guess I lied
just going to start tacking in cleats
for the monitor
ant this represent our a
our control panel
I just have it sitting in here
I cut out a share io thought I liked
it is just kind of a scrap piece
this is my monitor
shape I kind of
angled it to
to have a nice flush fit
and then i mean I just
you know I just measured up a size I thought
I think this is 17m inches it what look good to me
pencil behind
so I know where to put my cleats
again this stuff is
really fragile
I cut a piece already
broke out on me
 
more scrap
air compressor starts
of course
i just glue
you don't need much it will all squeeze out
glue
and staples
i actually using a combination of inch and a quarter
and inch and a half
these will go through
two thicknesses and these
will go through the one and just bite into the second
here i am using the shorter
(applying glue)
you can see my mark
it is going to have to be left handed
we will ge one
(air stapler)
didn't go in much
put some pressure on it
(bang!)
I am supporting the back with my right hand
(bang bang bang)
decent...
and that will just fit
okay i am  screw on for the monitor
it will have it be obviously cut out
I have not bought the monitor yet
I was hoping to get something used
I could use one of my monitors
we will be
I already screwed the
control paner
down and I am using
these cabinete washers
finishing washers
i think it give it a nice look
that a
 
you would want
Go in very light
or by hand and of course pre drill
mock it up to the
cleats where I want it
let me move you guys up with me
the n we will just
right in the corner
we are live
(drill sounds)
(drill)
not a drill you would make your living with
this is just a cheap drill
to have around the house
but good tools are all in my tool box in my truck
this is just a nice week drill good for this kind of stuff
it is not going to over power
(drill)
you use it so infrequent you never really worry about charging it
(drill)
again we are in Canada so we use the awesome Robertson bit
people in other parts of the world are stuck with their rank philips
sorry to say
you guys must be used to striped screws
(drill)
just the lightest touch
I mean this will strip out if you even looks at it the wrong way
(drill)
 
and I am just putting this up for
(drill)
true be known
i still don't have the stiffness in the cabinet
I would like
and I don"t want go and put on a big back panel
mostly because its going to be heavy
so I wanted to put that on and then
give it the
I may have to put a back panel on
So I'm getting ready to paint
sanded
everything down just rounded off the corners
just a bit
a lot of people use the edge molding here
I don't know
I think I am going to like the look of this
but you have got to sand
so you don"t see the... That might need a little more...
So you don"t see the saw marks. And then I just filled in all the little staples and in perfections
I didn't do a perfect job
just not looking for that
just do it is not too noticeable
I am going to spray it with a gloss back
just because
I might need to be a little more diligent sanding
I think I might go over it once more
Im turn on the air compressor
get my sprayer
just a cheap sprayer
I mean you could roll it
The next time you look at this  its probably going to be black
I will take this off to paint it probably going to be black
But we will start getting a coat on here
and the I will let it dry over night
okay a few days have pasts since
the last video
and it has just been painting
this is four coats
of gloss black
a plan to put some clear on there as well
Im am sure you are picking up some defects in it
not to terribly concerned
the plans is to put decals on here
and
just to give it some personalization
you are watching this is somewhat real time because  what I have done
is I built the cabinet before I have all the components
the other day my buttons arrived and the controller
as if you look on the the other video will see it
and i am building this because I have no patience
normally you would probably have all your components and put it all together make sure everything is working
i got a couple of test holes here
first one was 1 1/4 inch
it is the drill bit I have
it fit too loose
so i had to got but 1 1/8 inch and that fits decent
so I presume, there is a little play there
you might get away with an inch
and the kind of
red green or waller it out but ugh..
yeah
one and a eighth, which isn't a normal size, not everyone is going to have that
so that is an expense you may have to get in to
so this is my control panel my control board
I've just did pilot hole base on where I want my buttons
(music intermission)
This would be controller two joystick and then three buttons
there are tons of buttons layouts you can go by
get templates online for this stuff
you just got to look
but this is where you get to customize the is where you get to do it yourself
the spacing
here is 1 and a half inch thats all I can says
and then the is 3/4 of an inch up to down
One and a half inch
and  that spacing seamed nature to me
and then
just pilot it out to make life easier
I just drew everything out to be evenso all the buttons
all the way across
will be even
well we will drill one
this is my first one you get to
lets do it
(drill)
again very low drill it what I want
I have a piece of scrap underneath
to pevent blowout
an so I don't go into my table
(drill)
that was it
just that little puck leftover
a decent hole there
and decent hole centre on the screen there
its almost nicer on the back
and our button fits
good it comes with a collar
came with a colar
and I will quickly go over the wiring
again it breaks this down on the video I'm following
and I did this while I wanting House of cards
not because I was board
so you can see I8 put a insulated terminal on
the positive
and because I'm cheap a non insulated terminal on the negative
and these are
daisy chained
together
the are all hooked
I might need a few more but that was a start
and the you are just hooking
positive and negative
now these are the way way small terminals
and man all I could find
again where I am are these normal sized terminals
so they fit a littleloose
a litttle loose
just take your plyers and
crimp it squeeze it down a little more
and then it will...
it should hold
the reason there is non insulated and insulated if somehow you know if the are in there
if they touch
the don't short it out
music
I mean this looks like... this is a rats nest
this looks dodgy but
not as bad as you think it is basically one wire
to one conector
so you look
This would be the one button
or whatever you want if you want it one button. Player one
wire goes to
one
sw1
one button player two - one sw2 or sorry 2 sw1
and you just follow it along and put it in
I mean I probably should have spent more time  with cable management
like they all say but it never happens
and then your grounds are just daisy chained
one to the other one to the other into the ground
and you just follow it. it kind of therapeutic it was not that bad a all
one they I do say is your joysticks
you think the joystick pushes up
and you think wellup is up so you connect to the up but
no no its you have to look at the contact
and when i push up on the joystick it contacts
over here and you follow it its out here
You will learn that but trial and error
what do they say? Ask me how I know
oh man these are coming out already
yeah you just connect it all up and then it is just
a usb wire that goes into the raspberry pi or whatever you want
the one this switch this I-pac mimics a keyboard so when you push
the one button it think its pushing
the ctrl button in a keyboard
or the same thing up down left right it thinks its pushing the arrow buttons
on a keyboard and all these are connected
It thinks there keys so you could use this easily with a pc
or whatever you want
the wire comes with the i-pac
I did not know that
you it is all pretty simple
I am going to flip it over|
and you will see
a little careful you do not pinch wires
and I am going to hook it up in real time
down here I have got my raspberry pi
I recogment... I followed the video that I first saw
so I got the exact Raspberry pi
the guy got i the video
misstake get the best raspberry pi you can get
so any of these usb connectors
hooks in
power
you want at last a two amp
wall wart power    the raspberry pi
audio
And I don't know if you are going to make it out
whae using
this guy for my audio and those who know
these sound great
you are going to want access to a volume
because the ROMs they come at different volumes
so it up and down when you are alone at home
you are going to want to crank the volume
and then you are going to want to
get quiet when you have people
we are ready to go with a monitor
this would be easier to do from the back
but for the video
we are doing it up here
why can I think of its name
hdmi cable
this is my old monitor
and
this will go
come on baby
now you are deciding to fight me
kinds of goes like that
I need to get my screwdriver because this is going to fall down
we will bring you in here
It is a 19 inch monitor
again it is 24 inch wide to the inside oops
so it could have taken a bigger
monitor
I would maybe go to 21 you dont want to go
massive because again
the bigger the monitor
it just going to stretch
out the graphics the graphics don't get better
and the monitor
i think
I probably going to get this wrong 17, 19
inch back in the day
the of course a lot of they were vertical
you can do what you want I put it in horizontal
in actually couldn't figure out
how to swap it to a vertical monitor
and the old, old games are vertical yes but
the more modern you get
the mid eighties
are more horizontal 4 by 3 right
so it will fit that better
So there is always going to be a compromise
So if you are really into vertical shooters
you could consider a vertical monitor
but if you are into horizontal shooters
defender and what not
then
whow okay I am going to screw this in
then we will see it in action
going to be a bit of a cut. The eagle eyed viewer among you will see I did not
hook power to mt monitor
and I did not want to just say that I wanted to do it on camera
I also have for lack of a better term
this is just a usb extension cable
it goes anywhere
the idea is
hook this up, install all the games
and never make a change again, It will just run and run
but in reality
you are going to want to make changes you are going to want to add games
you are going to take them off you are going to want to
set games up differently
and
you might want to change the controller setup around a bit
and you are going to need to get into the raspberry pi
is going to go out the back
if you build your unit with a door
you won't need that
you need access to the raspberry pie
the is going to git me access
okay i am going to attempt to do the in real time
reach back and switch
back here...
checking the little pig is on
I hope this comes up if you are on the right angle
it takes a minute or two to boot up
there we go
so doing it with the raspberry pi
does it work yes I  have proven it does work
the gentleman I saw he inspired me to build this
I am so grateful for him for putting up that incredible video
Did he oversell it, maybe
a little bit
but it is possible so
and if he didn't oversell I probably would not have made this video so I am not dissing him at all
but it is not as easy and straightforward as it seems
The biggest thing is with a raspberry pi
it only uses what I understand is old versions of ROMs
and they are not as easy to come by
you can download a bunch of ROMs
you can google and see
on the internet
and half of them will work
but not all of them
you are going to have to do a little searching
for things like
something like old
arcade ROMs maybe
or old ROM OS
or something like that. Ah! we are up
so the easiest way to do this
the easiest way to do this
to me I think is to use an old PC and then
all your ROMs will work
it will be great
the thing is with that as far as I know it will boot into windows and then you have to boot it into mame
where as this it just boots
right into your a emulator
and from there you just giver
can't see my fingers
you are my player two so
boom and then
we got
ROMs... I got all these working
what am I looking for here
something really old
hopefully that came up
a little volume on this I will reach down
(williams boot sound)
robotron is a duel stick
as you need to
you will have to tell ROM you are using this stick because otherwise
it thinks it is a player 2 stick
coin up
player 1
(robotron sounds)
am I looking in the camera -oh I have got to save this person
and I have to save this person
(level 2 sound)
and this is almost perfection
these a eight way joysticks and
I have a pause button over here. I think you can see that
and this is my escape
so it takes me back the main menu
and it works great
probably need two more buttons. One for tab and it will get you into
the menus when you are in a game
and an enter button
but other than that you could just
with that usb controller ah the usn extension cord you could just
plug in a keyboard
a have been keeping you keyboard up here above
so a little bit of the programing
robotronis a two stick game
to make it fully immersive you need two sticks
now I do have a keyboard hooked up here
you don't absolutely need it I have twelve button layout
if I had a 14 button layout
I wouldn't need a keyboard
you need to access some of the  game menus
you need two more keys than I have
this button here is my escape
as I my have shown
there is a button over here that is my pause
and I pause the game right
escape will take me out of the game into the menu
the is another button on the ipac controller which is tab
and then you can access... you can play the keyboard
as well
oppps... perfectly fine
so you can do some auto fire. Robotron is already auto fire
but for the guys like me who suck at video games
autofire is nice to have
and I turn it on on games like
time pilot
so you don't have to sit there and button mash you just hold it down
play your game
I don't think it takes much out of the game it saves you a little repetitive strain injury
I mean this works with joystick because this joystick is the same keys
as up and down
dip switches you can get in there an look at it
I decide to include this programming bit just because it just was not necessary find
it that easily on line
it is out there and I figured it out and I am not that smart
input for this game
and you will see up down left right
is up down left right
on the keyboard
and then stick two
player one is always 1 and 2. This is my player 1 this is my player 2
and then
player one again is says
up down left right because again it is a duel joystick
and so games like smash tv
our duel joystick
and other ones out there
you would go in
and you put your input in what you want up
so in this case up is (click stick up)
no it not there sometimes it takes a minute to do that
and there its is up is r or r or d
but it should work
we will back out to the game escape here
or escape here again the are the same key
no
I did something wrong
already
we wil pause it
and
input
so your other button would be an enter button
so tab and enter
or the keyboard otherwise i would not need a keyboard
so up
I want to go input this
as
up
I wonder if I might of
push it slightly to the right and it triggered it as both
it is possible
One thing with the joysticks  I will mention at this point it does not have to do with this but
the joysticks I bought the most that are out there they can go 4 way or 8 way
and it is just a gate that you turn
and I recommend
you need... maybe I covered this already
It is much easier to play the old games like donkey kong
and digdug with a fourway joystick
it is actually really tough to play with an 8 way joystick
and all it does is
there is a gate in there and it won't like you go diagonal
because the diagonal confuses it nothing will happen
but if you make it you will find out for yourself
but jusr experiment with thaty gate
and changing it from 4 way to 8 way
or 8 way to 4 way
we will back out of this again
lets try
(robotron shooting)
im am going to have to edit this video
oh yeah no its working shooting up
seams to be working good
I will talk a little bit about the case itself
you are probably wondering about these graphics
and I did not specifically do a how to on this because
this is customization
you do what you want
these are just jpegs I found online
and 
I just sent them out to a  online photo processing
any company you want
and for several cents they will print out a photo these are just regular
3 by 5 photos
the big ones there are bigger ones like this
will be an 8 by 9
photo and they are a little more expensive and I just
use crafting product modge podge
kind of glue and stuck them on. Now I messed up
the clear coat I was trying to go for a textured finish and I won't tell you what I did
it's embarrassing
but it came up all milky and disgusting and it looks dirty
and I am going to have to fix it
do wghat you want to
to put your stickers and we just personalized the way we want to
we have just some retro stickers
you can see frogger, and nintendo, and donkey kong
It put a little coin here
I don't know if I like it or not
and there are stickers all over
clear coated over
and it adds a little personality
paint it how you want it
now as far as changes
the monitor you can see how it recessed
for me it good if you are a little shorter
what I did not pick up is
modern day monitors are designed to be  looking down on
When you are at your desk you are always higher the your monitor
and the viewing angle is setup that way
you kind of have to be higher so look at this monitor
I recommend put your monitor a little more horizontal and I will probably do that in the future
and again I have no way to access my
raspberry pi
I have got to take my monitor out and take this out and I should
done the in reverse all I have to do it take this out
a couple of screws hinges up
access the pie
and go down
now at this point you may not have a reason to but
yeah it probably should
have been that way
again
If it was me even just a a couple inch wider with two  player might have been nice
now I asked everyone who tried it and they say it fine
when we are playing two player you are not bumping into each other
I'm a big guy you know two big guys like me playing this it might get a little
tight but
with the 24 itch form factor
it is really efficient for wood
you don't get a lot of scraps
and of course you rip down a 4 by 8 sheet
and it just works
so future cabinet you would consider that
but I mean 24 inches definitely works
and there is not complants
with people that have used it maybe they
just being polite
something I noticed
and thats about it
the rest of it I think I covered
but I suppose if you do have anything else to add
add a comments and I will try to update when I can
as alway thank for watching
