It seemed our “Happy New Year!” was somewhat of a failure this year, from losing several family members and then moving into global pandemics and plenty more beyond. We’ve been through it all and we needed a victory. So, I hatched a plan to do something awesome both with my kids and for the kids… And for the grown-ups too, if I’m completely honest. We’re building an arcade machine. In the words of Jeremy Clarkson “how hard can it be?”
I grabbed an old monitor, a mini-PC dongle, a couple of PlayStation Classic controllers and a basic MAME arcade front end. I left it on the table for the kids to play the older classics, and they quickly took to fighting on Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Metal Slug. So far so good then.
So we set about the plans and I researched the tools I would need, of which we had almost none. I searched YouTube for the skills required, all seemed accessible to a certain degree. Then we built a to-scale prototype out of old boxes.
I knew what I wanted for a monitor, a 22″ (well, technically a 21.5″ panel) monitor, widescreen and running at 1080p. Many old arcade games use older 4:3 panels, but I wanted support for modern games too, so widescreen is a must and as you’ll see later, you get a virtual bezel on the 4:3 stuff anyway.
More Projects – I Built My Own Light Gun for my PC & Arcade Machine
As Computex 2024 approaches, the tech industry buzzes with anticipation for a series of high-profile…
MSI, a key player in the graphics card market, appears to be shifting its focus…
TeamGroup has once again proven its prowess in the field of memory product innovation by…
Konami's eFootball has reached a staggering 750 million downloads worldwide. This milestone comes as the…
Just a few hours after its release on Steam alone Manor Lords has already managed…
FORTY YEARS OF WRESTLEMANIA WrestleMania is the biggest event in sports entertainment, where Superstars become…