- Arcade Games: 412
- Total Games: 412
- 26" monitor
- 1 LED joystick
- 3 LED buttons
- Small (~2") LED trackball
- External volume control
- Coin operated
- Under cabinet LED lighting
- Arcade Games: 130
- Total Games: 130
- 25" monitor
- 2 joysticks
- 6 buttons per player
- 3" trackball
- Coin operated
Home Built Arcade
- 408 Arcade Games
- >3,700 Total Games
- 27" monitor
- 2 programmable 4-way/8-way joysticks
- 6 LED buttons per player
- 2 dedicated LED pinball buttons
- 4 dedicated LED administrator buttons
- 3" LED trackball
- Spinner
- Full LED animation / attract mode
- External volume control /stereo sound
- Coin operated
- Under cabinet LED lighting
- Full end-user addition/removal of games
*My cost is approximate. I tried to keep track, but I had to purchase tools and other items in quantities over what I needed. If I were to build an identical second machine, I could probably build it in the $1,200-$1,300 range.
But as you can see, the home-built version has many more features, games and expandability over the retail versions. Of course, you have to supply the labor and possibly the time invested to learning, but in the end, I feel the home-built option is far and away better than the retail version at less than half the cost.
You did a fine job sir.
ReplyDeleteIm currently trying to decide what size/style cabinet. I like the how the buttons in use light up for each game.
It is done via a software package called RGBCommander that works with RetroPie. I describe this in more detail on my page here: https://retroarcadebuild.blogspot.com/p/rgbcommander-wiring-and-custom.html
ReplyDeleteYou can also find additional details on the control panel in other pages, listed down the right hand side of the blog. Good luck with your project... I really enjoyed the process of building mine.