Build An Arcade Cabinet With Raspberry Pi

You can make your own cabinet using not much more than a couple of sheets of mdf some clear plastic and a few cans of spray paint.

Build an arcade cabinet with raspberry pi.

Raspberry pi press has made available the next issue of its excellent hackspace magazine providing details on how you can build your very own full size diy arcade cabinet. Explore pi projects for kids and build your own arcade cabinet from start to finish all guided by the magpi magazine issue 63. Build your own mini arcade cabinet with raspberry pi step 1. Download the bom to see what items are needed to build this mini arcade.

If you are like me and it takes a while to get parts online i recommend you order them first so. I designed my cabinet around the interior dimensions of 600 mm x 600 mm. Make sure the hdd is formatted as fat32. Start with an idea and test it out.

Then create a folder on the drive called retropie mount. I started with a proof of concept shown above. Retropie will automatically pick up the external hard drive and will copy all content from the microsd onto the external drive. Then connect the hdd to your raspberry pi and turn on your raspberry pi.

To use a usb hdd for games. I chose this so i. Full size arcade cabinet using raspberry pi step 1. How i built the.

It s essentially a fancy cupboard that holds a monitor speakers a computer a keyboard and some buttons.