#The pinball arcade cabinet update#

This results in the plans being adjusted and refined over time to simplify construction and correct any small errors. You’re getting real arcade plans that myself and others have built numerous times. Building a DIY arcade cabinet is easy with the right plans. By paying less than $5 for our plans you’re getting a lot more than just a sheet of paper with some dimensions on it, which quite frankly might not even be accurate. There are other arcade plans available on the internet. Why You Should Choose Our Arcade Cabinet Plans Also, its worth mentioning if you become a Geek Pub Premium Member, you get all of our plans for free, including future plans.

#The pinball arcade cabinet update#

If we don’t currently have your DIY arcade cabinet plans, we probably will soon! Check back often as we will update this list as they become available. We’re fast at work on creating some future arcade plans to satisfy the many requests for different designs.

If the Pacade is more your style you can check out the Pacade Bartop Arcade Build, and get the Pacade Bartop Arcade plans here.

We’ve recently updated the Pacade to make it a “Choose Your Own” arcade with four different side panel options! Space saving design that can fit anywhere in your home or office.Runs off a Raspberry Pi and generates zero noise and almost no heat.No lighted marquee to simplify construction and eliminate light in darker locations.Smallest bartop arcade design you can find that still supports a 24″ monitor.Some of the great features of the Pacade include: Additionally, many people asked for an arcade without a lighted marquee to make construction simpler and to add to eliminate the light in darker spaces (though you can always dim the marquee if you use an LED strip). It adds the swooped styling of a 50’s classic car. The Pacade Bartop arcade was created to resemble a very iconic bartop arcade found in many bars and casinos in the late 1970’s. Over time I will be adding new and different designs for you to choose from including my most recent arcade cabinet I’ve named the “Pacade”! The Original Stand-Up Arcade Later on I was challenged by a good friend of mine to build a smaller bartop arcade that could be used in smaller spaces. Eventually I created YouTube arcade videos and the rest is history. Of course, not having time to do that, I instead created plans that they could follow to build it themselves DIY in their own garage. It was such a hit that friends started asking me to make cabinets for them. Originally, I focused on creation of a full-size stand-up arcade cabinet for my game room. So when I finally had the space to put one, I jumped at the opportunity and created my very own modernized version of an old-school arcade! I’ve even created arcade plans that you can use to re-create my arcade! These modernized arcade cabinets use LCD monitors, run on an incredibly simple to setup Raspberry Pi, and allow you to not just run one old-school arcade game, but literally thousands of them! Learn About my Arcade Cabinets and Arcade Plans Games like Pac-Man, Galaga, Xevious, Pitfall, Zaxxon, and so many others were there to play! As a kid I would spend many hours (even all day!) at one of these arcades with my friends.Īs an adult it became my dream to build an arcade cabinet for my home. To experience the best of video games, you’d need to travel to your local arcade where hundreds of machines would be at your disposal.