Custom Arcade Cabinet

Finally made my dream of building an arcade cabinet come true. Decided to design it to be a sit-down 1-player style setup - I figured if time/space/money allowed I can build another one and have a head-to-head setup. Its loosely based on the "vigolix" cabinet (google it) which only uses 1 sheet of plywood, but i expanded it to be a bit bigger. It stands 5ft tall and is 2ft wide.  I constructed the frame from scratch with wood / paint / lexan panels for the ctrl panel and marquee. I did most of the construction with a cordless drill, jig-saw and a handy dremel tool - nothing fancy.

Its powered by a xbox360 slim / PS3 slim and a asus "evo" vh236h monitor which i vesa mounted on the front panel. The control panel consists of sanwa buttons and stick for the main 6, seimistu buttons for the rest, and a shiny new akishop multi-console PS360+ PCB all courtesy of www.focusattack.com. I also installed a mount underneath the monitor for a smart phone / tablet / etc - for now i resurrected my old Sony PSP and downloaded the move lists from my fav games as photos for reference.

Update: 11/11 - Added a LED light and mounted Bose Speakers to the sides... Also printed and laminated both PS3 and XBOX360 button layouts and mounted it to the front of cab for easy reference.

If your in the NYC tri-state area and are interested in having me build one for you. Hit me up and we can work out the specs / price… Let me know what you think.. - Jon

More info about the build and pics here.