Oh that sounds seriously good! Nice one! I did consider making mine work as a jukebox too, but would have required a totally different sound arrangement, and I already have a Meridian music system that can provide music to different rooms of the house, so decided on full arcade style. You must do a video showing yours! Sounds great 😀

Sounds like a great cabinet!!

Am now making a racing cabinet in the same manner and these will be a matching set, same colours and timbers with matching led/timber/resin details.

@@wayneperryman4146 Yeah nice one! Should look great together! I'm about to add 'soft drop' built in foot pedals to my Gun cab! 🙂

Great stuff on building them yourself too, and thanks! 🙂 I just posted a video of how I built the one in this video 😀

Yea the actual cost of the wood is not that much. Even monitors are cheap to buy now, so the main unit is fairly inexpensive for what it is. It is adding the PC, consoles etc that pushes the price up, depending how far you want to go with it . Great you made your own though too! Very satisfying! 🙂

Sounds really good! If you coat MDF with Zinsser B.I.N (it's a primer, sealer, and stain killer) that improves it massively too 🙂

Yes I agree about the music, should have been quieter, or different, or both haha! You live and learn! Thank you for the comment, appreciate it! 🙂

@@honestrob DEVIL'S CRUSH! I love that soundtrack so much.

@@honestrobThe music is great, the volume gives the authentic feel of being in a proper arcade 😉

​@@rosstee Thank you! Quite a mixed bag of opinion of whether it was intrusive or not! Glad you liked it though! 🙂

@@honestrob You should have watched the “Making a KZfaq video? STOP! Do NOT Make These Mistakes!” video before. 😂

Thank you! I'm going to re-do this video soon as there are a few things I don't like about it, and will include the PC specs and things like that then 🙂

Thanks Kasumi! Really happy with these sticks! I have a separate one for the PS5 too 🙂

It's how I wanted it to look with the controllers I love, and 'retro feel' was not something I was looking for in the first place so does not matter, same for the coin-holder. I just wanted to build a machine that worked with PC and consoles (this has a PS4 and PS3 built in too, as well as a Retro-Shooter console and Guns now also) that didn't look too out of place in the living room 🙂 And that machine I was referring too in the vid is WAY smaller than a standard arcade machine so the shoulder to shoulder thing is FAR more 'intimate' than in the arcades and is basically terrible. My machine is a similar size to many full size two player arcade machines 😀

Retro feel is not always the idea. I like it!

@@user-us2du6xs9p Cheers! Yep, I wanted this to play PS3 and PS4 games as well using the joysticks for all those beat-em ups (Soul Caliber, Streetfighter, Tekken etc), as well as the classic games 🙂

Hi there, and thanks! It's cut to size perspex with black self adhesive trim placed around it to improve the overall look, and hide the bezel of the monitor 🙂

Unfortunately not. I just took the 2x joystick dimensions and that was my width, then built it around that. Only took a couple of hours to have the main frame ready 🙂

Agreed! Trackball was not for me either 🙂 Sounds like you have a neat machine there having modded your Arcade 1up X-Men! 😀

@@honestrob Yeah I used the mods from Arcade 1up as a starting point to swap out the monitor and control panel on the machine. I bought them at the same I got the machine, so I built it while modding it, which in retrospect I probably should just assembled it regularly so it was more straight forward, but I thought hey why built it twice? I swapped out other stuff like the speakers, and threw cup holders on the back of the control panel. There were some complications as I had wires that were too short on the moddied control panel. It kept disconnecting the player 2 controls or breaking the wires. I fixed them since I learned how put wires together as a kid from my father. When I ran over the cord for the electric lawn motor my electrican father had me put it back together as a teachable moment. I leanred not run over cords real fast. But I knew how play with wires from that and could fix what broke, but at some point I'm this just isn't working right as I can't close this thing up without something going wrong. I looked closely and figured out the wires were too short. The team at Arcade mod up sent me longer wires after I explaiend the situion, and I was able finnally complete the project a few days later. I felt so defeated for a moment having this massive extended 4 player control panel sitting on my couch and not being able to finish it after fixing all the broken wires correctly. (I had a extra rasberry pi I hooked up to my TV to test the controls without needing put all back together.) I was so close to completing it yet so far. But it all eventually came together. I just got my Sindin light guns this week, so I have as many gaming options as I can with in one machine. (Which the cupholders make great holsters for them.)My youngest nephew mind been blown as he been checking out it alittle more every time he comes over. His dad and I were laughing as he badly played duck hunt today. By this reason I built it. If I just wanted to retro game I could just stuck to playing my Pi 4 on my TV and called it a day. I wanted something to cool to have people come over, as last few years I hadn't had people come to my place for a couple reasons. I got it all cleaned up and organized as I wanted have my friends and family hang out and do cool stuff with me. I made sure it was a 4 player set up for that reason, and I really got the track ball because a friend of mine used be a huge fan of golden tee. It wasn't for my gaming habits. Getting the machine lite a fire under me as I knew I was going need space for it and it pushed me follow through on things I have meant to do for a bit. Some minor tweaks still need done, but I feel so much better about my apartment these days. I joked this what a midlife crisis looks like for nerds who aren't carguys hehe. I'm looking mod a countercade next as I got one cheap off ebay yesterday. I guess I just enjoy being a gremlin ripping apart things and putting it back together however I like.I will probably do some more from scratch as I get better at this, I'm enjoying the journey.

As a kid who frequented the arcades back in the late '70s and early '80s a trackball and a spinner were an absolute must for me. The whole purpose of my arcade machine is to take me back to those days and games like missile command, centipede and tempest were some of my favorites. I was also able to implement a flight stick for games like Gorf and since I also have a spinner, I can play Tron with both the flight stick and the spinner the way it was meant to be played. As far as the real estate they take up, it was mentioned in the video that you want a larger control surface anyway if you want to reasonably accommodate two players. So putting a trackball in the middle actually sets the two players apart just right IMO.

@@HeavyInstinct I played those games in arcades, but I was never that into using the ball. It sounded good but for how little it's used why bother for me? If that's your jam I'm glad it works for you. As the space it takes up, it makes the surface unuseable for anything else where it sits on the control panel. The screws come up around it, so you don't want to lean on them or rest your hand there. It doesn't add any value to my machine by being there. I will not be adding one to any future projects.

@@honestrob I completed my Countercade project and brought to work. Everyone loved it and wanted to keep it. So beings Project Rampage! I picked up a cheap Rampage machine off facebook market place, to mod for the breakroom at work. I am hoping to get cover by crowdfunding since everyone got a taste of having a machine there. And there wil be no trackball!

Yes go for it! Just plan it properly first! I am considering making a 'lap top' arcade system! 😀

at 20 seconds is an xbox 360 racing wheel. i have a wireless one I was gonna sell but seeing that gives me better ideas. I wonder about what software/drivers are used!

@@danielberrett2179 I think it would show as an xbox 360 controller maybe? Can you connect it with a cable to pair it for wireless use?

It's the XBOX 360 Wireless Wheel 🙂

@@danielberrett2179 No drivers needed if using it with a XBOX 360, otherwise you need the XBOX Wireless Adapter (Crossfire I think it was called) for use with a PC 🙂

@@rDanny The wheel connects wirelessly to a XBOX 360 with just a power cord needed for the rumble and resistance 🙂

Haha yes great soundtrack on that game! 😀

@@honestrob Without actually checking, I thought it was a version of the Devil's Crush/Crash music, rather than the sequel.

@@lurkerrekrul Dragons Fury was the name for Devil Crush/Crash in USA 🙂

It's Dragon's Fury AKA Devil Crush/Crash! Here is the full soundtrack: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iMt5m5OFnriykWg.html

@@honestrob Much obliged - TY matey Xx

@@2thre3 Your welcome!

Yes true!! For two people the smaller cab I showed is very 'cosy' though.... Good if you're a guy and wanted to invite the girl you like over for some two player games, then it's a winner all day! 😀

No, at the time they were good ol' Aimtrak guns. I have now installed Retro Shooter guns into this system and REALLY love these kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iL6GdbqXtMDKfWQ.html . I'm adding 'drop down' pedals soon too into this arcade cabinet! 🙂

Hi there, it is Coin Ops Next 2 🙂

There is no vinyl on the one in the main video, it is painted, but for cabs like the yellow 'Out Run 2' cab which is shown briefly in the video, I applied the vinyl when the paint was still drying - not wet - but when it still had a little bit of tackiness to the touch - this made it stick really good! 🙂

@honestrob you know the front of the monitor. It looks like plexi glass, how did you have it stick to the screen? Or like the black trim around the monitor. Thank you

@@ura617 Sorry for late reply! I did not get notified of it and just randomly stumbled across this Comment! I ordered a piece of perspex about 1" larger then the screen all round, and very carefully cut some self adhesive vinyl so it fitted exactly but only showing the screen, then used good quality double sided tape to attach it onto the main unit 🙂

Hi there, it is a 27" IPS screen

Thanks! 🙂

Unfortunately not once the video is made... For some reason the background music came through a lot louder than it was when editing. I might re-do this vid as I find it way too loud too, and I can add in a few more important points about cab building too 🙂

No! Turn it up! Dragon's Fury is epic!!

@@user-us2du6xs9p Haha! Good for some, not so much for others! 🙂

It depends how close you are to the screen! If you have a really large control panel so are standing further back, then that's fine. If your as close as I am at my machine, it will be was too 'in your face' and be uncomfortable to look at 🙂

I went with 40 in which obviously isn't much of a difference. Most of the old games I'm playing are in 4x3 aspect ratio anyway. It also strikes a nice balance when standing back a bit for gun games.

@@HeavyInstinct Yep exactly! Sounds great!

Good ol Space Invaders! 😀

It's still worth building this as a '2 player' unit though, as it looks great, and you can use both joysticks in certain 1 player games like Robotron and Smash TV 🙂

​@@honestrobYes! This is one of my favorite things about the two-player setup. Roboton with two joysticks! Not only was it one of my favorite arcade games but now I can play it at home exactly the way it was meant to be played. Such a blast in the past!

@@HeavyInstinct Absolutely!! Robotron with two sticks is just a fantastic experience! Playing my favourite games with the correct control method is something I am very fussy about, and was one of the reasons why I had to have an Arcade 1up Star Wars unit!

Oh don't worry, the drinks coasters are just for me, no-one else is allowed to have drinks there!! And I only have 2 coasters for symmetry reasons 🙂

@@honestrob Symmetry...I love that kind of nerdy dedication! 🙃

@@MrOpz Hell yes! And both joysticks had to be identical too! 🙂

Yes big mistake! My PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 that are built into this too would have looked amazing on that! It is not a 'retro' only machine 🙂

It's not a mistake if he didn't want to use one lol. CRT monitor would have made this super bulky, and required special graphics cards, and then cannot connect anything else to it like a modern console etc

@@user-us2du6xs9p You make an arcade cabinet to play arcade games. What it has to do with consoles, especially the modern ones?

@@user-us2du6xs9p Exactly! 😀 And I do have a PS3 and PS4 Pro hooked up to this too. Another reason I used the monitor I did

@@RadicDotkey OMG what a bigot comment... YOU might make one for that, so that means EVERYONE has to make it for the same reason??? I have an arcade cabinet that I can use with a modern console too. And being able to play Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6 etc on it with joysticks etc is the cherry on the cake of a cabinet like this. If you want to stay in the dark ages, fine, just don't expect everyone else too

Yea I know... for some reason it came out much louder once the vid was exported after editing. Weird. I'll probably re-do it soon as it is definitely something I don't like about the vid too