Time to Add the Magic: Marquee Now Added
Marquee now added! 30″ LED panel is now securely mounted in LEGO on the 4-player cab. Wiring done, QR code artwork in place. Ready to play!
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Better Storage with Gun Holsters
Next up: raise the control panel to proper arcade height, add gun holsters, and build a front storage door for better storage, with gun holsters.
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Level Up: Making the LEGO Arcade Better
Level up! This post is all about making it better with 4 big LEGO® arcade cabinet upgrades—light guns, storage, a coin bin door, and control panel mods.
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A Focus at Ways to Catch and Store Coins
Base is done—time to tackle accepting and receiving coins. I started this a while ago; it’s been tough. First step: build a container to store coins.
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The Base – Little Adds, Big Upgrades
Instead of just throwing a bunch of 2×8 brick around the perimeter of the base around the computer, I want to do more. Little adds, big upgrades.
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Arcade | Control Panel | Design | Hardware | LEGO
Wicked 80’s Flare – The Top Complete
In a rush to complete the top, I hurry to order more pieces. However, this time, I plan to finally give it some wicked 80’s flare, azure-colored tiles!
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Arcade Software – A Lot of Tedious Work
Back when I started this project, I attempted to build an arcade emulator using a small computer called a Raspberry Pi. I got pretty far along in the creation of this device and setting up the arcade software with the emulators, but I quickly learned that this device wasn’t going to be able to accommodate some of the bigger games that I wanted to play, such as PS2. So I scrapped my plans on the Pi and decided to build a full-sized desktop computer instead.
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Arcade | Control Panel | Design | LEGO
Beginning – A Slow Start
Starting a project like this from a blank canvas might not seem very difficult, but where would one actually even start? Do I start just randomly sticking pieces together and see what works? But how do I know what pieces I need in the first place? Should I buy the hardware first? Oh yeah, then there’s the computer and software to get together too!
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Arcade | Control Panel | Design | LEGO
Research and Figuring Out Design
So this is still more of an introduction to the whole thing and sadly there really is much to show here in terms of picture or video. This is more about the early process of my thinking through things, seeing if what I was wanting to do was even plausible. I mean it is LEGO® brick right? Anything is possible! So, I’m going to try to keep this very “summary” oriented.
