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Wall-mounted arcade designs?
edekoning:
--- Quote from: JDFan on October 28, 2013, 09:53:00 am ---I was thinking the same thing but figured he just hasn't finished mounting them - should be easy to add some recessed outlets into the wall behind them :
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I think that depends on the type of wall you have. Mine is made out of concrete with lots of stone pebbles, and is a nightmare to cut into (don't even get me started about all the fine dust that this produces).
michelevit:
--- Quote from: 2084 on October 27, 2013, 01:09:29 pm ---I've built a few wall mounted units. All of these run MAME on the Raspberry Pi with LCD monitors. I am currently working on a Fix it Felix Jr.
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those look great. Did you use original Marquees or repros?
Well done and thanks for sharing.
(just use white power cords or spray paint them to match the wall- or F*it, it looks just fine)
JDFan:
--- Quote from: edekoning on October 28, 2013, 10:13:06 am ---I think that depends on the type of wall you have. Mine is made out of concrete with lots of stone pebbles, and is a nightmare to cut into (don't even get me started about all the fine dust that this produces).
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True -- but in actually reading the posts He says :
--- Quote ---I placed 2 exactly 16" apart on the back of the cabinet and placed the wall ones on the studs.
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Which would indicate he has drywall over wood framing that is 16" on center ! :cheers:
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: michelevit on October 28, 2013, 11:52:46 am ---(just use white power cords or spray paint them to match the wall- or F*it, it looks just fine)
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Actually, it doensn't look fine. At least tack them neatly to the wall.
2084:
To answer a few questions, all the CPO, marquees, and bezels are replicas. For Stargate the size of the CPO, is the same as the original. For Robotron it is slightly smaller, and the Rampage has a custom bezel and CPO that I painted myself.
As for the cords right now it is a temporary installation as the other half of the room is a castle and dollhouse table for my kids who are currently too young to appreciate these games. As they get older and I build more games I imagine making this into more of an arcade room. I've thought about building kickplates to give the appearance of the bottom of the arcade cabinet while hiding the cords. It would also be possible to put outlets higher on the wall behind the cabinet and that would look better, although that would make it difficult to unplug them. In any case this is in the basement and the cords aren't an issue while playing the games which is 99% of the time I spend in the room.
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