Roadcase (somewhat) Portable Arcade

p4r4digm

@caver01 aha! I had a hunch that that may be the case. Didn't get a chance to pry the frame open last night and I'm at work. Definitely had a feeling that the bracket in the pictures was factory-issue.

And yeah I am way into the aesthetics of the single-piece panel but its definitely ambitious. Especially because its looking like mine will be a fair deal larger in area. I'l think on it.

Thanks so much for all your help, projects been on hiatus for a couple months because ive been unsure of what step to take next, just been hoarding pieces here and there. Think its time to get back to it.

UDb23

Fantastic work !!!
And special thanks for sharing all these really useful and inspiring details.

AndersHP

Wow, this build is amazing, and cleverly provides the best way to solve the switching screen formats I've ever seen.

I can only imagine the amount of work dedicated to get the screen image rotated and button mappings to correspond to the different placements of players per game ! Well done!

caver01

@andershp Thanks!

The per-game stuff isn't too bad as shader preferences are repeatable. Also, since most of the vertical games have cocktail mode, I end up mapping controls in lr-mame2003 anyway.

This setup does give you the best scenario for both landscape and vertical and it really shines in 4-player games. It gets a little tricky when you have a vertical game that actually plays co-op side-by-side. Rather than use video mirroring, I simply have games like 1941 setup to play from the horizontal panel. Not perfect, but no different than anyone using their TV.

It's nice to have a spinner on the far left of the horizontal panel, as it gets double use as it can be reached from the left vertical end for games like Tempest or Turbo.

I highly recommend this configuration. It has been a lot of fun covering so many titles. You can even play Smash TV 2-players using all four sticks.

Gee

Simply LOVE IT !!!!!!

Majin Wamu

Wow! It's beautiful Caver! Maybe I should post my custom arcade cabinet as well.

AndersHP

@majin-wamu Do it! Love to see these builds!

Majin Wamu

@andershp Alright. I will work on getting the pictures together tomorrow. I am quite proud of it.

caver01

@majin-wamu Thanks! Please do post images. It's fun to see what other people are building.

Majin Wamu

@caver01 Alright, I created a topic and posted it

Roll_SK

Damn that's HOT!

caver01

@roll_sk Thanks!

Clyde

@caver01 I'm dying of awe right now … what a great idea and execution. 😄