I'll be honest, I'm absolutely loving the tech and woodworking mesh this channel is becoming because they're some of my favorite content to watch.

It's not a moral gray area to install ROM's. The people who made, marketed, printed, and distributed the inital game would make no money if you bought a brand new copy (if that was even possible) today. The legal issue is the rights holder not getting to make money off the free distribution of unlicensed ROM's and thats a debate to have, but morally there is no issue with keeping games alive and playble.

There's an extension board that redirects the side IO to the back. It would make your build wider but it still looks nice and console sized. I think there's even support for an sata or m.2 drive.

It's great to see others using Raspberry Pi units. What an awesome DIY console! Dude, you really should do a pt. 2.

As a x-carve owner of 4 years, you have picked it up well, although your clamps are back to front. You will find the little steps fit perfectly with the little steps on the risers, but hey, if it works. You say things as it is and are so honest which is why I watch and trust you. I hope sponsors get involved because I would trust what you say. Love the content too.

I would like to see a follow-up especially one that included more info on how to set up the raspberry pie.

From one retro gamer to another i have to say... you earned my subscription!

Dude you just won me over as a subscriber. I used to work using CNC technology for an RV Company, and I'm impressed to see someone combine it with building a PC. It's something I never thought of so I really feel like this is a completely original channel already.

One note re: drilling through PCB holes, While there may not be visible traces I believe the Pi4 has a 6-layer PCB, so there could be traces near the hole that you can't see. I'm don't know enough about how this might hurt something, but NZXT had a huge recall of one of their cases due to a fire hazard having to do with roughed-up holes in a layered PCB, and a screw touching multiple layers, causing a short and a fire.

I've been trying to figure out a "gaming on the go" type setup for years. I think this is a fantastic retro setup. I'm highly looking forward to you making the next with more up to date consoles. Kudos

Zac, I liked your woodworking vids before for the education behind them...now that you've tapped into my inner gamer, I love them a whole lot more lol my little brother collects retro game consoles, so you literally just gave me the perfect bday gift for him! Please keep making and doing what you're doing :D

I dig the DIY case for the Pi. I just have an Argon One case with an M.2 boot drive for my Pi 4 running Batocera. Retro pi is also solid. But it was already assembled, and sleek with active cooling and an extra board that moved the power, audio, and hdmi to the back by the rest of the I/O and turned the hdmi to full size.

I would love to see round 2 attempt on this project! Great work as always

I'd LOVE to see a pt 2! awesome build. The case looks amazing

Love the mix between tech and woodworking. Subscribed!

Incredible. Never seen woodworking AND videogame and/or computer stuff together and certainly not at such a high level. Usually I'm watching guitar stuff for one and videogame stuff for the other.

"Any of you guys had a Sega Dreamcast?" Are you kidding me man? Was my FAVORITE. So ahead of it's time and debatably the best graphics of it's generation. Sure other systems may have beaten it with sheer polygon count, but a Dreamcast game was as recognizable from it's screenshots as a N64 game was. Everything was super clean, and crisp and sharp, even on old CRT screens. In fact, it was the complete opposite of the N64 lol.

Randomly stumbled upon this channel. And I liked and subbed long before the video ended. Great work, editing and content. Looking forward to seeing both old and new content.

Frickin' awesome way to get the nostalgia fix, love it! And love how many uses Raspberry Pi has

This video has been in my "watch later" list for quite a while. I only now get to watch it. I've been planning on building something similar and your video gave me some good ideas on what to look for regarding design and hardware. Well done, Zac.

Honestly, if you want something that can run up to PS2 you either get a miniPC or an industrial mini kit (ASRock has a few interesting ones) and run Batocera, RecalBox, RetroPi or some similar OS or get an X Box Series S and install Retroarch. Probably the most budget friendly options and carving a wood case or shell for those would be quite cool too.

Never been good at this time of craft but grew up playing these consoles. I would be honored to buy one off of you sir

Dream cast was to ahead of its time the attachments for the controller alone was revolutionary

For those who have realized how hard raspberry pi’s are to find right now, keep in mind you can use mini pc’s like old decommissioned Intel NUC’s which work great for retro gaming with software called Batocera. Great channel BTW! I subbed immediately!

This video inspired me to look into making my own retro gaming build similar to this. If you do a second, I'd personally love to see a section that goes more in depth on setting up RetroPie and the software end of things. Regardless, great video man 🔥🔥

I love playing my n64, ps2, xbox 360 games. Looking forward for the next retro build.

I need a sequel! This was fantastic!

Def want to see v 2.0. Always curious about raspberry pi and my family would LOVE this. I love the Mashup combo

There are thin ribbon adapters you can get to run the hdmi port nicely to sit next to the rest of your I/O. Similarly, you can get them for microSD slots too.

I've ALWAYS wanted to make a mini "media center" pc for my theater room. You should build an affordable mini-itx pc. You could also use it as a plex server ! Would love to see what you come up with for components in the current chip shortage world. Would also love to see what you do for a case!!

Finally, a usage case where the Noctua colours blend in..

Cool video. I've found that using the CNC with a large diameter bit or a spoil board bit is a great way to plane smaller pieces.

Wow, I love this set up. So much so I'd happily pay money for it if it was for sale. I'd also like to see a follow up video.

Some people might yell at me but when I strip really thin wires like that I use a lighter and burn the plastic coating off them, it's really easy and effective.

Nice project, really enjoyed your video. A small tip that I use for really small wires that you need to strip, if all you have is a razor knife or box cutter blade...Lay the wire on a hard surface (preferrably one that you don't mind scratching, just in case lol) then put light force of the blade down on the wire and just roll the wire forward. After a little practice, you will get the feel for how much pressure to put on the knife, and it peels off the sheathing quite nicely. Anyway, thanks again for the nice vid, and I'm looking forward to part 2!

I would definitely love to see you make a slick wooden arcade cabinet using that raspberry pi! Great job btw!

oh man, i love it. i want it. legal grey area, be damned. the walnut was a VERY nice touch!

Amazing and descriptive video as always thank you so much

If I'm going to make one of my Raspberry PIs into a dedicated retro console I will definitely use an external SSD or get an M.2 shield for it. It should make the PI more responsive and handle the random read/write better.

What a KZfaq channel 🤜🏼🤛🏼❤️ Stumbled across it by researching latest raspberry pi retro gaming setups and love how you having everything matching in your home to suit your personality , it’s so clean and well kept, well done on all your videos now I have new content to watch and even better it’s very interesting and unboring 💚🤍🧡

Loving this project & look forward to V2.00.

I love retropi projects. I'm sure you could do an amazing job on an arcade style controller for MAME games.

For the crimping on the small wires at 14:03, you could use a finger nail clipper and it could make it much easier and less scary

You should leave links in the description for things such as the controller you liked . Overall i think you did a great job on the build and explaining of everything. Subscribed.

You are correct, as a PCB designer with nearly 10 years of work experience, I can attest that mounting holes have a lot of clearance. Having said that a better method is to insert a pin in the hole and use a hammer to mark the wood with it, remove the pcb and then drill out holes

Yes, you should definitely do a part 2 with an upgraded CPU and GPU!

Would love a sequel; Great work!

Yes part two for sure..awesome build.

Wow that case looks awesome for sure! Been working with pi’s for retro for awhile but never really found a wooden case that looked that cool 😎 would definitely be interested in seeing your sequel for what you come up with next 🤓👍

Great video. Though I must confess, I lol'd when you said "put a little bit of thermal paste" and proceeded to dollop it on lol. That looked like enough for a massive desktop CPU.

Love the killer content! Great job!

That a great job you did there! It looks really nice! And makes me wish I had the wood working skills to do that to my Pi. I would love to see a part 2 of this video were you upgrade the build! If I may add you also should consider adding some mesh for the grills to control some dust from entering the case. Though keep in mind the this mesh will at some point get a build-up over time so it should be removable. Oh, and one more thing, I am sure the magnets are strong enough to hold the case closed, but you should add some registers keys to help it from sliding off. Please keep up the great work! And the videos coming! I enjoy watching them! Love ya Zac, see you in the next one! 😁

Definitely wanna see a follow up with newer systems!!

I'm a game collector, but I also love emulation, especially if I want to keep my more rare stuff in good condition. So yes, I have a bunch of consoles in my living room, but I still use my Pi 4 which I put inside a stealth One Piece omnibus volume. I cut a hole out of it and put the Pi in there.

I love this I’m even starting to think about building my own

"some" thermal paste, oh dear god lol amazing build man

As a person who has owned/played on most consoles since the Atari 2600, there are a lot of fond memories of retro gaming....that are best left as memories. I've played the older generations's titles in modern times. They're nearly unplayable, now. Then again, most modern titles are boring, too. Probably just because I am over gaming. Over a dozen consoles, hundreds, if not thousands of titles...just done with it all. Last systems I got was a PS4 and a Switch. Only wanted a single Switch game (Zelda, of course.), And have only bought one, or two dozen games for the PS4. No desire to get a PS5, or Xbox One, at all.

Very nice job Zac. Can't wait to see more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep making. God bless.

You should definitely try your hand at making a Wii portable. The Wii’s motherboard can be trimmed down considerably and because it’s official hardware it emulates all of those games you want to play on yours and more from it’s era. I think it’s definitely the sequel that would be fun to make.

"Hopefully it can run PS2, Wii" Both of those are pretty heafy emulation systems. Even if you keep the same base software (retroarch on Linux) you'll need something a little bit beefer for a CPU to do it. If size is a concern I would recommend taking a semi-modern Android Phone might be a way to go with some... heavy modifications. or going to something like a X86 architecture ala RockPi 4 might get you to where you want (if just BARELY for PS2 emulation) Or if you don't mind going heavier in terms of footprint there are ways to build your own computer case and thus with a small ATX board and thus a HTPC Build could do some real magic with Kodi and RetroArch behind it. Effectively it can end up being your location (with a good wifi card or Ethernet at the setup) be a great place to stream from Netflix, Amazon, etc. etc. etc. in addition to your home library of files (ala Plex or other free alternatives; using the Raspberry Pi here as a simple server with a big Disk holding your digital media) Might also be worth your time to consider talking to Level1Tech's Wendel and considering checking out his various tutorials around some of these subjects or LinusTechTips's Anthony - both are very good to Collab with on the more technical answers and questions if you don't want to wholly putz around. :P

My hacked Sony PSP Go can run most of these emulators and all the older 70's consoles not mentioned in the video, not to mention PS1 and PSP games, with built in screen, speakers and controller to boot. I can even connect it to a TV and use a wireless PS3 controller. My wife and three kids all have PSPs with DOOM loaded on it. Wireless death-matches are awesome. If you want a retro machine I highly recommend the PSP.

This is where 3d printing would have shined to make multiple tests til you got it exactly the way you wanted before carving out of the precious wood lol but love the end result! Keep at it 👍🏻😁

Your channel just keeps getting better! Tech stuff combined with woodworking is just the best!!! Maybe custom keyboard stuff next? ;) (I warn you it's a rabbit hole)

Finger nail clippers work good for small wires, still have to be careful but do work good

Yeeeeah now we just need part 2 of this, thanks.

5:33 this brought back terrible memories lol

I would love to see a sequel!!

always like your builds very inspiring!!!!

This kind of stuff is really cool! I recently got a bunch of retro games working on my Steam Deck, even up to the GameCube. It was way easier to set up than on a Pi. Of course the Pi is much more cost effective if you're just looking to emulate retro consoles.

Nice! I've been wanting to upgrade my Pi 3 setup for a while. It's unfortunately gone the same way as the rest of my retro consoles and just collecting dust now, haha

That's awesome would love to make one of them one day

Honestly speaking, the extension at the back is cool, although it does look a bit out of place but it looks good none the less and you can use it for further extension as well.

awesome, definitely do another one

Love the content! This is the first video of yours that I’ve watched and I’m really impressed tbh. I’m teasing but when I just listen to you talk I feel like I’m listening to Doug DeMuro’s techy brother 😂

After seeing you X box case I thought upgrading my Pi cases would be a cool idea, and you have already done it. Time to use my new 3018.

Glad I found your channel! Sweet video man :)

Hey I would love to see another video on this! Your shop is incredible and you make building a pi console look easy! Subbed!

I absolutely would buy one of these! Please make them available 🙏

Amazing the stuff you can do Raspberry Pi's and/or micro controllers (like the ESPs) I find threaded inserts for the standoffs are a must when mounting PCBs to wood - can be hard to find, but they're out there. Got mine off aliexpress. But it just makes it so much nicer to add standoffs.

i have never seen a CNC machine gor wood! i like it a lot!

I don't really watch much DIY but I do like it. I even fixed an xbox one recently

You should make MK.2 for your consol. First of all - Really educational And second of all - I'm from 90s, so I really love the multi retro console build. Hope to see a new design and upgrade.

If you do a part 2 to this video look for an m.2 upgrade. I used an argon one case(it's on amazon) for my retropi and I've got 2 TB of storage available. If you go this route make sure your m.2 drive is a SATA drive and not an NVMe drive as the raspberry pi is not compatible with NVMe. You can boot directly off the M.2 drive, it's faster, and is way less likely to suddenly die. The argon one m.2 board is sold separately from the case so you could get that and integrate it into your system.

Dreamcast was my jam her every single game to boot man I wish I still had that

I would love to see you set up a rig to emulate up to Xbox. I'm a big fan of retro gaming and seeing an "Ultimate Retro Console" would be pretty smooth. Great work!

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wow this is a great video I love the tech mixed with wood look! :)

Superb ad plug. It’s why I immediately hit the like button. I sat through the whole ad, writing this, so you get the full credit. Good work!

Definitely a project I'd want to make someday

Absolutely wonderful

That is amazing!! You are awesome!!

Definitely make something that at least goes up to ps2. 360 might be pie in the sky for now, but I would absolutely make one of these. I have the same dilemma with owning 10 consoles and a mountain of old games. This is a very elegant answer to that issue Edit: spelling

Using my Xbox Series X & S to emulate old school consoles. Games run super smooth in them.

Also to clamp the smaller pieces together, just put a scrap piece of 2x4 or wider on top, and another underneath, and then clamp your smaller square pieces in between like a sandwich, the clamps won't slip off. That or even a piece of wood on top, and clamp it to the table with some clamps

Bro my attention span fried rn from short form content but this video had me engaged. Goated video man

Just beautiful!

yoooo this is so cool i love this channel and yes i will be interested to see a better version of this

Every once in a while, I pick up a real Owen Wilson vibe from your voice.

Home improvement and a video at the same time. Wild

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