Materials: Ramvik
Description: Who has not ever dreamed to have an arcade machine at home?
Dream of all men.
When I was ten, in video game rooms, it was necessary to pay 5francs (almost 1$) to play and I didn't have a lot of pocket money.
Now, I decided to build my own arcade machine, with a Dreamcast (SEGA). On this, you can play Neogeo games (Puzzle bubble, Metal Slug, King of Fighter, etc, etc...), Super Nintendo games (DonkeyKong, Tetris, Mario, PacMan)
Step one: Cut the table with worked, moderate and thought measures, To be able to incorporate TV, the joysticks and electronic (speakers & co).
I have disassembled the television, to remove the hull.
I have only the electronics and the paving stone.
I cut the main board to incorporate the screen.
When all the cuts were made, I have everything repaints in black and I varnished.
To bring out joyticks, I created two small doors with hinges.
And now with my arcade table, I can play (with friends) to old school games!
See more of the Arcade coffee table. (in french)
~ Mikael, Marseille, France
Im am so fan of this hack! I was wondering myself of something similar (i'm an old school gamer too)... I'm very fond of your work. If i may, i'd prefer to have the display tilted at 45° towards the player, but it is only a personal choice...
ReplyDeleteBeau boulot!
but you wouldn't be able to use the glass top that comes with the table...true?
DeleteI was saying that i'd prefer to have a 45° of the screen beneath the glass pane, which of course would stay flat, else it would ruin the concept :-)
DeleteThe only thing I would improve: Paint the insides of the doors that cover the arcade sticks!
ReplyDeleteJust for intreset: Do you use an SD-Card Mod on the Dreamcast or do you play the games from disc, if from disc: How do you switch the discs? It looks like the Dreamcast is hidden under the screen.