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Zelda, Tron, NES, Super Mario World Bartops

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    phrazelle @markyh444
    last edited by 20 Dec 2016, 23:17

    @markyh444 It's three of these buttons

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      markyh444 @phrazelle
      last edited by 21 Dec 2016, 07:34

      @phrazelle You sir, are a boss!

      Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
      Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
      Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
      https://markyh444.wordpress.com

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        Zigurana
        last edited by 21 Dec 2016, 07:54

        These are the best!

        If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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          celly
          last edited by 21 Dec 2016, 13:49

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

          Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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            caver01
            last edited by 23 Dec 2016, 00:02

            How do you get "reverse printing on acrylic"?

            My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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              phrazelle @caver01
              last edited by 23 Dec 2016, 17:46

              @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.

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                lilbud @phrazelle
                last edited by 25 Dec 2016, 02:21

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

                Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                  Adrian
                  last edited by Adrian 27 Dec 2016, 16:37

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

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                    phrazelle @Adrian
                    last edited by 5 Jan 2017, 16:56

                    @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

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                      obsidianspider
                      last edited by 5 Jan 2017, 17:27

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

                      📷 @obsidianspider

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                        thedudester80
                        last edited by 7 Jan 2017, 14:14

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

                        Mint Boy, Case Arcade, New Projects Coming soon....

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                          phrazelle @thedudester80
                          last edited by 8 Jan 2017, 17:03

                          @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:

                          airship

                          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.

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                            ShdwKnt
                            last edited by 9 Jan 2017, 20:30

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

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                              phrazelle @ShdwKnt
                              last edited by 11 Jan 2017, 23:46

                              @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.

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                                FlyingTomahawk @phrazelle
                                last edited by 12 Jan 2017, 00:01

                                Very nice job on those cabinets! Just Beautiful.
                                I personally like the Tron one. ;-)

                                I kinda miss the fighting game cabinet designs. Most guys when they build bar top cabinets they use Nintendo characters or classic arcade game designed decals/bezels. I would love to see a nice Street Fighter or any NeoGeo fighting game designed cabinet.
                                Another thing I wonder is the button layout out. Is that chosen on purpose or just matching the decal design?
                                I cannot imagine to play all too long on such a cabinet without getting wrist pain. When I used to build my own arcade sticks I always went with the Japanese stick and button layouts or the same one like Hori does for their sticks. Check here.

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