yeah thats okay. Just having an arcade machine at home standouts already. Besides, it aligns with 2 of my goals for this build
- strong presence in my living room
- a slice of arcade at home (lights and sounds)
you say that no one does it anymore but ive already shown and talked about multiple examples of brand new machines in the market that do. Sure for a home build you may not want something that stands out as much, Arcade are designed to stand out, they've just gotten better at it. progressed beyond a lit up marquee and a nice cabinet. Just go to your arcade or even better check out
the
BOSA Awards 2016 (Best Of Show Arcade Machine Awards) winners:
- tall and bright, vertical screen, illuminated CP, Led strips on either side of screen
MotoGP Arcade - illuminated t-moulding
- tall and bright, vertical screen, illuminated t-moulding, illuminated CP, RGB illuminated bezel
- tall and bright, vertical screen, illuminated t-moulding, illuminated CP
- tall and bright, vertical screen, RGB Led strips on either side of screen, illuminated CP
- tall and bright, vertical screen, illuminated CP, illuminated bezel
Yes there was demand for a small niche market, and at 400.00 a kit a very deep pocketed niche market.
This is the prob with EL tape and its has other problems. I've started prototyping this already
Found clear silicone 300g - $5 AUD ($3.79 USD)
rgb led strip 5M ($13 AUD/$9.86 USD) with controller and power adapter - $26 AUD ($19.73 USD)
this means that this method/solution would cost about $5-6 AUD or $3.76-4.55 USD the meter (3.3 feet)
A huge difference
Using silicone solves the issue of repairs and is so easy to work with. You can easily remove it if you need to later on