A few weeks ago we started on a new project after acquiring an old 28″ CRT monitor with VGA inputs.

The Hackspace arcade machine.

The model was designed Sketchup based on an original CAPCOM arcade cabinet.

Then the cabinet was milled out on a router and assembled on a Saturday.

Here you can see the control panel going in, similar to the X-arcade. There’s room for a joystick and 6 buttons per player. We later modified this to accommodate extra buttons for coin drops and player buttons.

Finally got the HUGE tube TV in place and a system connected… And of course an arcade decal.

The next task was to get the system up and running with Ubuntu and MAME…

John further configures the arcade machine…

All systems go!

PS. Sorry for the delayed post.