corydrippon Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 This is my first post here and Pictures\Video of my first build Here we have a bartop arcade I designed freehand and made from MDF. I then covered it in contact paper because I absolutely suck at painting MDF. Let me know what you think. I didn't take many pictures at first but here are some I like using cheap USB Gamepads from China. I can usually get them for about 4 bucks shipped. I then Solder on leads to the buttons, on my first one I just soldered driectly with no terminal strip. Here it is with the contact paper applied. Simple marquee in place behind some Plexi. Went to LA on buisness and a barkeep overheard me talking about it. Asked if I could bring it in. Hefeweizen Here is the link for Mark 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallyWonka Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 wow this is pretty top notch. I love the simplicity of it. And what a bargain build! Keep up the great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nintari Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 have to say still impressed with the cost, good solution for others out there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corydrippon Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 Thanks nintari! I am building 3 more as we speak. Got 2 more laptops for 15 dollars each and all they needed was a hard drive and backlight inverter. Only cost me 30 more bucks to get them running. Check out, http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=120067.0 !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nintari Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 almost be worht finding cheap 15" LCDs and getting some raspberri Pi units for $35.... might be another alternative if the cheap laptops become harder to find. would have to run linux though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corydrippon Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 I thought about something similar. Not to educated with rasberry pi. Hmmm, mame run well in linux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corydrippon Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 Take a peak at the update log.http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=120067.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchywolf Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 yeah ! Nice work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilkotheslayer Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Very cool bar top design cant wait to do the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skvllstorm Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 That's slick as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seam Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 ah nice, this ones cool too. i like the bar pic heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggo Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 That is a great idea! Have a few laptops laying around collecting dust lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rib101 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sweet!!!! This is my winter project have every thing but the Laptop.Thinking of pulling apart an old desktop pc and mounting it in the back of the bar top bab.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkioribr Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 very good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1pilot Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Bartop Arcade on a bar top... nice! Why did you have to post a pic with Mike Tyson's Punchout... now I gotta go play that game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slain_Samurai Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 congrats!!!!! Very nice, Lots of work, very rewarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIDNI6HTRIDER Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Is it worth building a bartop or is it best to go full bore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette4evr Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Very cool idea. I love the idea of it being portable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionheart Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Cool, i´m aiming to something like that, but for two players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroNutz Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 This is fantastic! so tempted to build one myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthedude Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 nice one.. like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlemy69 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecb116 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Nice, nothing like my first bartop that i made from scrap mdf i found on a dumpster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toaks Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 That looks really nice man. I like the design. Nice and compact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallini Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I am looking to getting into making one of these bartop emulators with a huge library loaded onto it. I haven't so far really found any pre-made ones that include all the tech behind it (IE pre-configured hyperspin, ETC). Can I ask you how much total do you estimate this cost you to make? also how many games and systems have you got on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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