A Blatant (and not as well done) Ripoff of Unstupid's Neo Geo Bartop

[Turambar]

Every time my mother-in-law comes to visit me in Texas, she parks herself in front of my arcade and plays Ms. Pacman for hours on end. So I decided to surprise her with a bartop of her own. I needed plans, so I used the sketch up file someone made of Unstupid's build (imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, so here is a shout-out to you, bro. I changed the width to 18 1/4 to accommodate 2 joysticks with 6 buttons each. I used zero delay joystick encoders and a raspberry pi under the hood. I didn't do a great job of documenting the build, but I thought I'd post what pics I took and help any others I can. I did this without the use of a five axis router. It was just me, my jig saw, a router, and a few other tools. So ask away or feel free to leave a comment. I still have paint and graphics to do, and I have to add the back panel and lock that Unstpuid installed.





Two beginning pics.  I didn't document this very well, but you guys have probably all seen enough of this part.  I used cleats to screw sides into, but I also used a finish nailer as well. 



Here a good chunk is done.  I used pocket screws to make my bezel.  I routed down 1/8 of an inch into the top of the CP to flush mount the zippy joystick plates, and I routed out under the CP 1/4 inch to make room for the joystick switches.  The jig was one I made for my build a couple of years ago, and it kinda looks like a swastika.   







Some "finished" pics







CP closeups with zero delay encoders



One internal pic (I'll take more once I cleanup the wires)

I used a mausberry circuit to power on the pi and make it properly shutdown.  The volume control are inside because mame and retroarch can turn the volume up and down.

I have some filling, sanding, painting, and art applying to do, but the hard part is done.  If I can answer any question and be of any help, please let me know.

[Turambar]

I forgot a couple of pics of it being used:





I turned off the marquee light until I put up the retainer and plexi (I used roof flashing for a retainer)

[Expressline99]

Looks good. 

[Turambar]

Looks good. 

Thank you, sir.

I'm also throwing up a video of Emulation Station on RetroPie that I made.  I figured some might want to see that in action:



I was trying to embed this vid in a post.  Any pointers would be appreciated.

[Just change the URL from "https" to "http" and the forum software will embed the video. -- Scott]

[Generic Eric]

Looks good. 

Thank you, sir.

I'm also throwing up a video of Emulation Station on RetroPie that I made.  I figured some might want to see that in action:



I was trying to embed this vid in a post.  Any pointers would be appreciated.

Running RetroPie EmulationStation:


You have to hit the share icon to get the appropriate link.

[Turambar]

A few more pics:



Here is a pic of the back.  I'm still going to put the hinged door on that Unstupid included.



But what is that on the left?!  (and yes, I know the vga plug on the back is white; it will be painted)



A VGA Switch!  That allows them to use the bartop as their PC monitor as well.



A blurry shot of Reddit on the arcade monitor





Even the father-in-law got his game on

[Turambar]

The internal wiring has since been cleaned up as well.

[Unstupid]

Just ran across this...  Looks like a nice start!  Will be watching!