Arcade Machine

Completed arcade machine

I grew up loving arcade games. I used to spend hours on family holidays shovelling 10p’s into the latest and greatest machine I could find. That nostalgia prompted me to design and build my own arcade machine, and cram it full of as many retro games as I could. It was a lot of fun and now I don’t need to save my 10p pieces.

This gallery shows the build process.

MDF Boards marked out ready to be cut
First cut done
Side Panels cut out
Side Panel stood up to test the playing height
First button fitted
Carcass screwed together
Back view of the carcass
Back view with the back panel on
Front View of the constructed cabinet
Painted Cabinet
Painted control panel
Box of buttons and joysticks, ready to be fitted
Cabinet painted and buttons fitted
Painted control panel with buttons fitted
Monitor Installed
Quick test of the controls
Completed Cabinet
Arcade Machine placed in the house
Lynne enjoying some Tetris