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Le Chuck:
I was checking out some great cocktail builds but didn't come across any ultra portables.  I'm think along the lines of a decased netbook running an 17" or 20" laptop screen and using buttons/joys needing minimal clearance.  I guess the idea being you can set it up on the coffee table for a game and then slide it away, or take it to a pub for tournaments.  Toss a carrying handle on the side, get the whole thing battery operated (additional battery to support larger screen?) and clamp on a peice of smokey thick glass and you're good to go? 

Anybody else done this and I'm just a ---smurfy--- surfer?  Utilitarian?  Fun?  Issues with the concept?  Suggestions for improved execution?  Just classics, just fighters?  Good project for a portable LEDwiz (how many LEDs can one run from USB power?)
Blanka:
I made a 50€ arcade station once, built from an IKEA LACK table. It is hollow, so all the stuff fit in.
ark_ader:
I was thinking of the same thing the other day. but I do not want a table.  I want something like the X Arcade I can move about of just sit looking pretty.  I have seen similar builds but I am not sure if .37 or .84  Mame had cocktail switching.  I am desperate to make a version of this:



This make me think a bit, minus the drawer:



I have a spare 17" LCD and I could pop one of the Xbox1 I have floating into it.  How hard would be to make I wonder? The drawer idea is nice but I see myself gashing my wrists on the corners of the drawer.

Anyone care claim this build and tell us how it was constructed?  ;D

I just got a broken 7" Portable DVD player with AV in, and I am tempted to butcher a PSOne and marry it to this display for the Coleco Tribute Arcade, or I could use my Galaxy S as the display and hack a Zeemote.  I would have a awesome way to dock/charge my phone and play the games.
TopJimmyCooks:
There were a few mini/tabletop coctail cabs going around a while back. 

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GPEA_enUS314US314&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=mini+cocktail+arcade

I was into it, but they just look so uncomfortable to play.  would be good if you could put them on a kitchen table and stand up, maybe. 
CheffoJeffo:
About as close as I have seen:





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