Thank you so much for all of the advice! I am going to learn more about the soldering stuff and when i start to build I will post some pictures!

@Pifan - I pulled the trigger on it a couple weeks ago actually! It's going pretty well so far. I'm taking my time and documenting a worklog over at bitfix gaming.

Thank you Redstoner and Pifan! Making ball tops was a long but satisfying learning process.

@batman Thanks for saying hi :) I've had difficulty shipping internationally in the past, however last week I learned that padded envelopes under 4lbs are much less expensive to ship. Although assembled frames are out of the question smaller DIY frames could be possible but I haven't tried it yet. Email me cuddleburrito @ gmail and we can play with numbers to see what they would be.

I was thinking about multiplayer, and the easiest would be to connect a second controller to the RPi's USB port. I've got so many questions regarding simultaneous button presses across GPIO and arduino emulated keyboards. I'll report back with my experiments.

that looks awesome!

Adding alternate links.

Let me know if anyone can't see the photo :)

@caver01
I can't get it to start.
I have tried multiple versions of the game but still cannot make it start.
I run "floob-retropie-attractmode-v03-02-MAY-2016" image with NO updates because when updating I got switched and unusable controller buttons and stick problems.

I will try to do a clean retropie v3.7 with emulationstation only build for raspberry pi 2 and see if everything works. But this will take some days.

Thanx :-)

@hamak Sweet! Thanks!

Another fantastic build!

Great work my friend :)

@hamak I think a thread about spinner controls is a good idea. I am not familiar with the games you mentioned, but I can add some ideas and discussion points:

Arcade games with spinners and trackballs work best in AdvanceMAME in my opinion, simply because you have complete control over the devices using the config file and sensitivity/speed adjustments can be made using the MAME GUI (and they get saved). I haven't had much luck in other versions of MAME. Atari 2600--Up until now, I hadn't given it much consideration, but I am curious if I can get spinners working for the Atari 2600. I am fairly certain I could make this work using AdvanceMAME (mess) but I'd like to get lr-Stella using spinners if possible.

@GreenHawk84 hi guy ~~

raspberrypi b plus after, change it.

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@TheJuice Glad I could help. On a safety note, what I have done in a project like this is to get everything working before buttoning up the case and test it out. Plug it into a switchable power strip with it turned off, switch it on without touching anything on it. Then take a multimeter and ground one lead and touch any exposed metal to see if their is any voltage detected. Better to find out early than late!!

Thanks everyone!

I tried to make it work with just six buttons in total (plus 1P button) and so far I have never needed to plug a keyboard in. Hopefully I can keep it this way :)

Those themes have not been updated to include the Arcade folder.

Carbon is the default theme and is kept updated, and I believe the popularity of the Pixel theme has kept it updated as well. Not sure about any others.

thank you, just found the website with people recommending exactly what I am looking for :) http://sudomod.com/forums/topic/alternative-3-5in-display/

nice and neat! g'job!

Thank you! I was very pleased with the art when I received it. The guys at Game On Grafix do agreat job at delivering high quality work. Now I just need an Iron Maiden theme for ES.