Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: KapnKerfuffle on April 18, 2009, 04:40:56 pm
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I was looking at this link and having a laugh over it.
Ultimate Hobo Arcade (http://i.gizmodo.com/5185253/trashcade-is-the-ultimate-hobo-arcade-cabinet)
But it got me to thinking...
Has anyone here ever considered building a cab totally out of found parts?
I'm not talking about a refurb cab, but a totally customized cab made for $0. I think it would be an interesting challenge. You could probably find the wood and even a computer pretty easy. The hard part would be finding or building your own controls. I think it would be cool to build your own joystick out of microswitches you find on old refrigerator lights or something similar. Could you make a cab for $0? Anyone ever attempt this or something similar?
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I used to think with all the unusual crap you find on the side of the road, you could build anything.
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Ive thought about a "found" cab for a while. I have all the guts to one (old computer from the trash, playstation 2 to usb adapter that was given to me) but I've never known how to execute a cabinet with found materials...
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Not that I think highly of his work or anything, but Xiaou has a website somewhere that illustrates some truly old school or bottom of the barrel (literally) building techniques for his er... cabinet. If I recall correctly, he constructed a Star Wars yoke based on plans from another builder using carved wood and PVC pipes and simple springs. He constructed a simple Hi/Lo shifter using a piece of metal tubing or pipe, a bit of wood and a common house light switch. I don't recall any of the other work he's done however.
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I fantasize about this constantly. :P
To be up and playing games you need:
Display device- TV, PC monitor, Projector, whatever
input device- buttons of some type. They don't have to be arcade buttons. Joysticks are not needed. Many arcade games play just fine with a buttons only interface.
wires- time to scrounge around and cut the cords off some old stuff.
guts- any old game system will do. A computer would be best, but a PS2 would also work nicely.
controller- hack up a controller.
a cabinet- Saw up coffee tables and countertops. You can even turn the one in the kitchen into a cocktail if you cut its legs in half!
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Not that I think highly of his work or anything, but Xiaou has a website somewhere that illustrates some truly old school or bottom of the barrel (literally) building techniques for his er... cabinet. If I recall correctly, he constructed a Star Wars yoke based on plans from another builder using carved wood and PVC pipes and simple springs. He constructed a simple Hi/Lo shifter using a piece of metal tubing or pipe, a bit of wood and a common house light switch. I don't recall any of the other work he's done however.
http://xiaou2.homestead.com/arcade.html
Whatever differences he and I may have, he is definitely a creative guy.
Edit: Be sure to do a Select/All to see the text (it's black on black)