X-Arcade Tankstick- inside space?

[clok]

I was thinking of putting a MINIatx MB and such inside one of these.. I have looked for a few screenshots of the insides and there are some, but all are pretty small so its hard to judge. Anybody with one tell me if i can get a PSU (normal size) and a ATX board in there?

[dgame]

Probably not:

[ark_ader]

How about an MK808 Android Stick?

[clok]

thanks that is the best shot i have seen, most are to small to really judge. Yep, my plans would not work.  I am tempted to buy one and redo the lower box, but it appears that is attached to the top before the laminate/top is put on.. so removing it would be troublesome.I imagine i could just add 2-4 inches to the base with some braces inside alos. They are cheap enough  its hard to justify the work to build one myslef.. parts would cost less, but not much when you go encoders, sticks buttons trackball etc..

[pbj]

I've contemplated it, but there's really no point.... but it'd still be cool. 

If you get a device small enough to fit inside the X-Arcade, then you've got a device small enough to tape to the back of your TV.

Until we get to some -really- low power devices, I don't think you could run it without additional umbilical cords...

Another thought I've had is to convert the encoder to wireless transmission.  Something like that would run for hours off a rechargeable battery.

Let us know if you go for it, though. 

 

[clok]

I think I will end up with a BARTOP. This is a project for Ex GF son, he  grew up with me and loves the OLD games, I have a standup i built in the mid 90's (lucids design) with help from here. He comes over when he can (rarely) and plays it non stop. I figured a 2500K intel and a such .. since he is a bit of a run around (step fathers house, mothers house, etc) so just the stick you plugged into a TV would have been nice. But with some good engineering ( and there are loads of awesome projects here) and LCD's being light, maybe I will build him a bartop.  Im a bit stuck as I want 7 button 2 player setup.. and you need a tiny bit of width to get a good 2 player 7 button fighter layout..which comprises weight and size..  Im sure I will figure it out, and if I build post it here.

[pbj]

Glue a Raspberry pi to the back of it and run an HDMI cable to the TV?

 

[PL1]

You may also want to consider a "barstick" design.

Rablack97 made the Vision Box.


CoryBee made one here.



Scott

[clok]

I had thought of a PI or Ouya (love my Ouya) but I would like to do the most I can (dreamcast/3Do etc) I have a drive made up with hyperspin and "everything" its a 3TB.. but that part is not important.. basicly i need some power to run the higher end emu's.. so a PI or Ouya is out.  Really want to do a 2500K (mild OC'ing) even have some all in one watercooling I might run in it to keep it quiet and cool (h60 where $38 with rebates awhile ago so got 4 of them). its just he age old, size, functionality question the smaller the better of course. The bartop sticks are the idea I was going for.. The X-Arcade just seemed like the quickest route, but it seems size excludes it. so Building my own is an option. (those pictured are very nice). But if I am building I need to consider a full bartop then as its only a little more work and I do have a ton of 19 LCD's so its just some woodworking, and design. But the desgn is the tricky part.. but again, there are many good examples here.. I was just looking at the short easy route.