Arcade Machines are becoming popular DIY projects for those that want to bring back the sights and sounds of their favorite games. It takes some skill to build your own but it can be done with little time and a little ingenuity.
Nest, a new stop-motion felted wool video game by artist, crafter, programmer, and independent video game designer Ken Amarit will be installed at Death By Audio in Brooklyn in an whimsical felted wool cabinet starting next week.
Jason Birch built a hand held MAME device using a Raspberry Pi connected to a 3.5″ LCD screen. The unit is powered from a battery pack and runs for around 2.5 hours.
A full-size skeeball game took over a year to make, and is built entirely with K’Nex components.
Jeff Highsmith, who works for REI, built this wonderful servomechanical arcade game (called Peak 97) as part of “a series of automatons and robotic effigies of my coworkers.”
MAKE subscriber Jeff writes in to share his latest project, a Propeller powered Arcade Machine.
For an 80s-themed Halloween party, I wanted a costume that was unique, incorporated technology, and would be fun for fellow partygoers. I’d been toying with the idea of making a mini arcade machine for my game room, so I decided to come up with one that I could also wear as my costume. What follows is a guide to making your own wearable Pac-Man that guarantees you’ll be the life of the costume party. It’s fun to build and to wear. And I’ve since converted it to a bar-top arcade machine, so this costume can play long after the Halloween parties are over.
