Pixel Art Themed Bartop Arcade
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@djsmooth75 not quite sure what you mean, but I think you’re asking about the logos/names? There are lots of sites dedicated to recreating vector logos for free. I found a few of them and then placed them together across multiple lines, and then rotated them about 45degrees and applied a gradient overlay to achieve the fade effect. Hope this helps! :)
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@Capeman did you know that your artwork is on eBay ?
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this is the nicest looking and well designed bartop I've seen in a dog's age, i really dig the wood grain applique accents on top and front, mixed with the black cpo, gives the illusion of mixed materials like a commercial arcade would have been, just wish the inside melamine was black instead of white.... great job, pixel art is fitting and not offensive whereas most peoples tastes are not appropriate with the rest of the theme, yours fits well! A++ for design and execution!
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@yarrick10120 Somebody must have copped the low res vesion and upscaled it. I didnt see it on a quick search, but I wouldn't doubt it. People are awful. Oh well...
@LinuxArcadeGuy Thanks lots! Always appreciate a compliment!
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@Capeman Sorry about the delay in response - I actually forgot what forum I had come on to ask you about this... only just today found my way back onto retropie! Cheers for that link you sent me.. lots of useful info. Actually recieved my bartop cabinet in the post yesterday so the long road starts now!! Probably gonna take me months to design/decide on a CPO! I'll try and post you pics when it starts to take shape. Thanks again!
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@Capeman are you going to offer the file I would like to use on a full arcade machine goldtee.
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sweet pixel art!
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@Capeman , It's been a while since my last post. I'm pretty tied up with work and family commitments at the moment, so it looks like my project will continue to be a slow burn. I hope you don't mind, but I used one of your product shots to overlay my design to get an idea of what the finished product will look like. Would love to get your feedback on if it is too dark/colours of buttons, etc.
.I had a couple of questions with relation to the build that I was hoping you could help me with. I'm happy to email you directly to discuss if you prefer, but the questions are:
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Where did you get the joystick and buttons from? I'm looking for suppliers online and finding it very difficult to locate one that provides the exact thing I'm looking for
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In terms of the internal build, I have no idea how I'm meant to do the strip lighting and speaker wiring, power socket with fuse + switch, etc. into a powerboard/Raspberry Pie. Do you have a wire diagram of how you went about yours, or any help/guidance you can give? Also, do I require a cooling fan to run this, or is it just a nice to have?
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What do your buttons do on the very front panel? I assume the black and white ones are the insert coins and 1 player/2 player, but what does the red button do?
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For the acrylic that covers the monitor, I've noticed that you have a black border that covers the edges. How did you achieve that, because my understanding is there is no surface below the acrylic to stick vinyl or paper to?
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For the back wire/cable panel, do you have any photos on how you've done that with any sort of USB/VGA ports you've connected and attached to the Raspberry Pie?
I know it's a lot of questions, but I appreciate any help or advice you can provide.
Thanks again!
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Very nice work! great details!
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I was looking for something fun for my own building and bumped into this thread. Loved the way you did it so here is my own artwork. I only need the marquee and control panel for now. As it is made for my kids, I added their names on the marquee. I think the rest of the cabinet will be all white.
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@docunagi Very nice, any plans to share the photoshop files or are you willing to sell them?
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The artwork is fantastic! I want one badly!
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@docunagi I LOVE IT! Looks great!
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@PatrickTee said in Pixel Art Themed Bartop Arcade:
Where did you get the joystick and buttons from? I'm looking for suppliers online and finding it very difficult to locate one that provides the exact thing I'm looking for
In terms of the internal build, I have no idea how I'm meant to do the strip lighting and speaker wiring, power socket with fuse + switch, etc. into a powerboard/Raspberry Pie. Do you have a wire diagram of how you went about yours, or any help/guidance you can give? Also, do I require a cooling fan to run this, or is it just a nice to have?
What do your buttons do on the very front panel? I assume the black and white ones are the insert coins and 1 player/2 player, but what does the red button do?
For the acrylic that covers the monitor, I've noticed that you have a black border that covers the edges. How did you achieve that, because my understanding is there is no surface below the acrylic to stick vinyl or paper to?
For the back wire/cable panel, do you have any photos on how you've done that with any sort of USB/VGA ports you've connected and attached to the Raspberry Pie?
@PatrickTee your setup looks good in my man cave! Hahahah!
I got all my buttons at FocusAttack.com - I used all sanwa parts for the sticks and buttons.
The light strip, speakers and grills came with the bar top kit, I got the kit at ArcadeForge.de, their kits are top notch. I didn’t really use any special wiring, I worked my power port to a small 3 port AC power strip and just plugged a few power bricks to it on the inside, looks the same as if it was hooked up behind my tv haha, I may improve that later, but I don’t open it up very often.
Cooling fan probably isn’t vital, but oddly enough, old LCD monitors can actually get a bit toasty.
Red button on my panel is for exiting the game back to the menu, I actually have it hooked to a small kill switch on the underside so I can lock the game and prevent my 3yo from exiting my game haha.
The acrylic over my screen has a plastic cover under it, cut to the screen shape and painted black, paper doesn’t work under it, the pvc sheet holds its own.
I don’t have a back panel, it’s just a short hdmi from the pi hooked to a dvi connector, then to the LCD, nothing complicated.
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@Capeman I'm new to this forum. I joined because I absolutely LOVE your side artwork. Where can I purchase it from you?
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@PatrickTee could you please send me your art? it was great. I don't know how to work in image editing programs
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I just built my first bartop arcade and was heavily influenced by the art shared on this thread, but I included more of the Lucas Arts graphic adventure characters from my favorite games.
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