Zelda, Tron, NES, Super Mario World Bartops

[phrazelle]

Here are my current bartop builds. Unfortunately I only kept the Zelda cab. I started with that one and then built a few on commission.

They have progressively gotten better as far as construction quality. T-molding is a must, and the reverse printing on acrylic for the monitor bezel, marquee and control board was a game changer.

The Tron one is probably my favorite (that chrome trim is sick,) but the Super Mario World (being the newest) currently holds the flame haha.

[edmaul69]

@phrazelle these are awesome! I am absolutely in love with the nes one.

[phrazelle]

Thanks! The marquee on that one was a good find. It's an actual plastic Nintendo sign attached to a piece of acrylic, and the LEDs light it up great!

[markyh444]

Big fan of the Zelda build dude. Does the Triforce on the front function as buttons coz it's be ace if they did?

[phrazelle]

@markyh444 Hell yes they do! They are all wired as the same button, which is assigned to exit games.

[markyh444]

@phrazelle 😱

[phrazelle]

@markyh444 It's three of these buttons

[markyh444]

@phrazelle You sir, are a boss!

[Zigurana]

These are the best!

[celly]

Bitchin builds man! And i second that triforce button, wow.

[caver01]

How do you get "reverse printing on acrylic"?

[phrazelle]

@caver01 I went to a local print shop that does signs - not a Kinkos or Office Max, but a real print shop. I took my pre-cut acrylic pieces in and they printed my art backwards on what I believe are something like window stickers, then applied them to the backside of my pieces.

[lilbud]

@phrazelle I remember seeing your Zelda cabinet on Instructables. It makes mine look like crap in comparison

[Adrian]

Great work @phrazelle. How could one contact you about commissioning another bartop?

[phrazelle]

@Adrian Thanks! We could talk about that, but shipping would be the big issue. I live in the middle of the US and I believe it would have to be freight. You can email me at phrazelle -at- gmail.com

[obsidianspider]

I love these. I only wish I had any idea where to get the case art made.

[thedudester80]

I have to say the Cabinet art is fantastic. My favorite is the Super Mario World. Where did you have that done??? So good.

[phrazelle]

@thedudester80 Thanks! I did all the art. To be fair, they're all basically mashups redrawn in Illustrator. For example, the enemy side of the SMW cabinet started with this image:

but I pulled the elements out that I wanted to use as vectors and redesigned in Photoshop.

@obsidianspider As for printing, they are just large vinyl decals printed at a sign shop. Same with the marquee, bezel and control board. I took in the plexiglass pieces pre-cut and they reverse printed on the back of them.

[ShdwKnt]

what type of display are using.. PC monitor? TV? Im interested in this quite a bit

[phrazelle]

@ShdwKnt I used computer monitors on all of these. Biggest thing was making sure they had DVI outputs so I could use an HDMI > DVI cable for the video signal. I sourced them all from random areas (pawn shops, craigslist, company liquidations, etc) and built the bezels around the monitors I wound up with.