Hey guys,
long time lurker here. I've beend reading here for a couple of years now, watching what awesome projects you all built. And I always said to myself "I'd love to own something like that as well".
So after some rough times I decided to talk to my dad if he'd be willing to help me do this. He's way more of a handyman than I'll ever be, so it was his call. He said yes and we started doing it. That's why most of the praise should be towards him. I'm so entirely grateful to him for doing this project with me. It wouldn't be anything without him.
For reference we used the plans from koenigs.dk. His Project Mame was the base for this. And since Street Fighter is my favorite video game series and Third Strike my favorite entry, I decided to make that the theme. Since I prefer the original Street Fighter 3 logo to the 3rd Strike one I ended up using this for the marquee. Originally I also planned to have a sideart, but I decided against it to keep it rather minimal. It'll get a nice place in the living room now, so it shouldn't be too flashy or distracting.
It uses a Raspberry Pi 2 and is hooked up to a 21" monitor. Buttons and sticks are Sanwa and I added 2 USB ports to the front for controllers, keyboard, or whatever you could need.
So here, without any further introduction, I present you my build. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know