Mini arcade cabinets

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[Pocket_Lucho] has really done a fantastic job on this one. He’s making miniature arcade cabinets(translated) from old consoles. This post is mainly talking about a Sega genisis version, but he’s also done one for the PC engine(aka turbografix 16). He takes us through pulling RGB video strait from the chip as well as harvesting buttons from a cheapo all in one arcade controller. For the screen he’s using a PSone portable LCD, pretty much un modified. What really stands out is the final layout. He has built tiny arcade cabinets, about a foot tall, to house them. These are amazingly awesome and we want one. No, we want an entire mini arcade of them. You can see a video after the break.

[thanks Keith]

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tagged: arcade, console, mini cabinet, sega, turbografix, video game

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Wow.
That’s extremely well done!

Posted at 6:37 am on Apr 15th, 2009 by strider_mt2k

Straight****
But these cabinets are damn fine.

Posted at 6:47 am on Apr 15th, 2009 by infin1ght

ha! those are super cute! and I’ve never said that nor thought I would without getting punched.

but they’re the footprint of a cd case. I love it!

Posted at 6:48 am on Apr 15th, 2009 by fyrebug

Very nice made. Are they for dwarfs?

Posted at 7:19 am on Apr 15th, 2009 by liebesiech

What a surprise seeying my mini cabs here! I like doing arcade cabs but I already have 2 ‘big’ cabs and no more free space for another one so… I have to make ‘pocket’ cabs! My goal is to finish the 16 bit generation, actually pc-engine/turbografx, megadribe/genesis and neo-geo are finished, super nintendo/super famicom comes next and later a pocket mame cab using a mini-itx board will come… stay tuned ;)

Posted at 7:42 am on Apr 15th, 2009 by pocket_lucho

That’s freaking sweet. Me want.

Posted at 9:24 am on Apr 15th, 2009 by Mike D

those are pimp, for a pocket mame cab wouldn’t a nano-itx work a bit better. anyway amazing work there.

Posted at 9:27 am on Apr 15th, 2009 by h_2_o

seems like those Genesis games play really well even with those mini joysticks.

Posted at 11:39 am on Apr 15th, 2009 by ddh819

The Cabinet Art is the best part about it. It soo slick and shiny.

That, and finding out there is a Yu-Yu Hakasho game for genesis. Time to find a rom :O

Posted at 12:48 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by cde

Nice, an interesting middleground between a fullsize arcade cabinet or TV setup and a hand-held hack, but with optional TV outputs. Very nice cabinet art, too. The Genesis 3 seems perfectly sized for this, unlike my bulky old MegaDrive 1 + MegaCD v1.

The only thing that could let it down is the vulture-poo glue all over the boards.

Posted at 1:49 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by cynic

Yo guys check my MAME cabinet out, leave a comment :)

http://matthack.com/category/mame-arcade/

Posted at 4:26 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by matthack

this looks highly marketable

Posted at 4:44 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by Paul

Genius.

Posted at 6:23 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by RomanSB

What did you use for a Neo-Geo? One of the smaller one-slot arcade PCBs (MV-1C etc)? Is the cabinet the same size, or did you have to make it bigger? I’m interested in what sort of hacking and rearranging you had to do to your Neo-Geo’s PCB…

Sorry to be such a neo-nerd! :)

Posted at 7:16 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by DanAdamKOF

I want a whole arcade of these! I didn’t read the whole article, but would be nice if they ALSO had TV output. Yes, these would be highly marketable.

Posted at 7:35 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by yuppicide

Wow….Are these for purchase on any site :))))

Posted at 7:41 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by skepsis

Hi, I use a neogeo mvs mv1b, only soldering 2 switches for the menu/pause buttons. You can see the making off here (in spanish):

http://briconsola.mundoforo.com/pocket-neo-arcade-cario-he-encogido-mi-neogeo-vt2018.html?sid=a7b1154fd10533126cbcdae811cb0657

And the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he8a8yrnpps&eurl=http%3a%2f%2fbriconsola%2emundoforo%2ecom%2fpocket%2dneo%2darcade%2dcario%2dhe%2dencogido%2dmi%2dneogeo%2dvt2018%2ehtml%3fsid%3da7b1154fd10533126cbcdae811cb&feature=player_embedded

I sold this machine for 650 € ( 1 € = 1.32 $ -> 860 $!!) and took me 4/5 months to finish. I´m re-doing this now with some improvements with the usa neogeo color scheme and arts.

And yes, all my minis have tv output, 2nd player pad connector and switces for region/hz when needed. In the video of the pc-engine cab you can see the tv out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lamc_bmwjzc&feature=channel_page

If you have more questions please ask and thank you for your comments.

Posted at 11:57 pm on Apr 15th, 2009 by pocket_lucho

You’re cabinet is noting short of amazing. I love the cabinet art. If I hadn’t seen the pictures of it being built, I would be convinced that this was some sort of mass produced machine.

Posted at 8:38 pm on Apr 16th, 2009 by moshguy

Suggest adding one of those lever action suction cups so you can really get into the game!

Posted at 5:29 pm on Apr 18th, 2009 by Buddy

Awesome post, you have answered many questions I have been search for the answer to!

Posted at 11:55 pm on May 31st, 2009 by Unbrick Psp

Dang, now I want to build one, I didn’t the first few times I saw it, but now I do.

Posted at 2:16 am on Aug 10th, 2009 by nubie

Hey!

Posted at 12:45 pm on Sep 30th, 2009 by Sonic the Hedgehog

Nice Cabinets.

Posted at 2:27 pm on Sep 30th, 2009 by Google cash

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