Arcade Bartop DIY tutorial powered by RetroPie & Rasperry Pi (100+ pictures)

[Ryadel]

I know I'm hardly the first one, but I think I made a good job explaining all the required stuff I used and how to actually perform the various tasks.

You can see the end result(s) here:



The full tutorial is a 6-posts-long guide with more than 100 photos (!) of all the various building phases.

• Part 1 of 6: Introduction & Raw Materials
• Part 2 of 6: Tools, Design & Prototype
• Part 3 of 6: Building the Cabinet
• Part 4 of 6: Painting & T-Molding
• Part 5 of 6: Installing the Hardware
• Part 6 of 6: Configuring the Software (Raspberry PI & Retropie)

Let me know if you like it!

[ako5ta]

Very nice, really well documented. I built one a while ago now, it has a full PC inside with amp and hyperspin as the front end. Doesn't get used at all anymore. I used an I-PAC2 Keyboard Encoder worked really well. My build cost a lot more and doesn't even get used.. Wish I had done a pi one I recon it would be used more.

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[Moonsword]

Love your work, just one minor little nitpick.

Your conversions are a little off when going between imperial and metric.

Part 1, Introduction: Full-Size Cabinet vs Bartop Cabinet

five-to-six feet (180/200 meters) should read as five-to-six feet (1.5/1.8 meters).

180/200 meters is a huge difference in distance.

[Ryadel]

Love your work, just one minor little nitpick.

Your conversations are a little off when going between imperial and metric.

Part 1, Introduction: Full-Size Cabinet vs Bartop Cabinet

five-to-six feet (180/200 meters) should read as five-to-six feet (1.5/1.8 meters).

180/200 meters is a huge difference in distance.

Yeah, you're right: I changed "5-to-6 (180/200)" to "6 and above (1.8/2 meters)", so that should be fine.

Thanks a lot for your valuable feedback.