Arcade Assault (Slim + LCD)

[misfit1138]

Ever since I was a young, impressionable youth I've wanted an arcade cabinet in my home. Preferably Street Fighter II. I played the hell out of the home console ports of my favorite arcade games for years - on the SNES, Genesis and the Playstation - but it just never felt the same. I had an insatiable need to be standing up, pounding on giant buttons and dropping quarters into a large hunk of wood.

I'm old now. Old enough to remember televisions without remote controls and New Coke. I've also got some disposable income to finally make my dream of owning an arcade cabinet a reality.

Without further ado, my progress as of now on my cabinet, based initially on the Project Mame cabinet.


All build threads should start with this picture. Humble beginnings.


After lots of measuring, some drawing and more erasing, I have two (almost) complete sides. I had initially forgot to but the angles on the tops of the two panels.


Testing that everything lines up and that my math isn't as horrible as I think it is. Seems good so far. The back door openings were an adventure themselves. I had never done a plunge cut with my circular saw but it seemed to work out relatively well.


I don't have picture of it yet, but with some measuring and some (surprisingly hard to find in Canada, 4mm machine screws) the 19" monitor is ready to mount.



And here we are yesterday. I should probably be outside in that blazing sun, but I'd rather stay in my dungeon for now.

[Martijn]

Looking very good! I love the shape, and theme idea?

[misfit1138]

A theme? I guess so.

I've been playing around with some design ideas over the last couple of nights. The bezel, marquee and MALA theme are attached.

[Yvan256]

The marquee looks fantastic, but I'd leave 50% more space at the bottom (same space as the top), and don't forget to add even more space at the top and bottom for the marquee holder. I guess you would call that "bleed" in printing terms. Not sure what to call it here.

[emphatic]

The marquee looks fantastic

Indeed! The shape is top notch as well.

[yotsuya]

Love the bezel! Might have to steal it!!! 

[monkey puzzle]

I'm liking the look of this build. Very nice shape and great looking artwork.

I have a similar monitor to yours and I did the same thing with the brace on the back. If you stand the monitor on the shelf and use a brace as well your monitor will be rock solid. Not the slightest bit of movement.

[Woodshop Flunky]

+1 on the cabinet shape.  Looks nice! 

[TopJimmyCooks]

There's something sweet about containing the CP between the side panels.  I've been looking at too many 4P aircraft carriers lately, I guess.  I appreciate the tasty combination of straight lines and well placed curves/radii at the inside corners.  Good lookin' out.

[misfit1138]

Some more progress. It's slow going, but it's going.

[stefano]

Very nice shapes on the cabinet!
Good proportions 
What's the measurements ?