Roadcase (somewhat) Portable Arcade

[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. 😄