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Mungo9000:
Hi All,
Today I completed a miniature Pac-Man cabinet built around a Gameboy Advance.
I took photos throughout the build and now that it's a success I'll share with you what I did.

To begin with, here's the finished unit within a retro-gaming advert.

Mungo9000:
To begin I bought a second hand GBA SP and a few components. I began with an Arduino prototyping control set. It seemed a good idea at first and I did have it working, but it turned out to be lousy later on.

Mungo9000:
The first step was a bit of paper-engineering to try and figure out what I was going to build.

Mungo9000:
Once I'd figured things out, I designed on paper before putting into the computer to print out a final plan.
I ended up using Adobe InDesign (?) which is DTP rather than a CAD program. It sounds weird but it really worked for me; I know InDesign backwards.

Mungo9000:
Once the design was ready to go it was time to cut some MDF. 4mm thickness seemed perfect for the job.

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