Today is make a Gameboy Arcade Machine day!

[Pinter75]

Howdy,

It is raining outside, and to compensate i decided to make a small Arcade machine out of an old Gameboy Advance SP.

6hrs in total.

For the photos I took as I did it earlier, look here: http://www.epictoys.net/gbacade/

So first thing to do is take it apart.

Next make a joystick. This is made out of bits of metal, some switches and a ball bearing.

Now for some switches.

I measured it all up and drew some CAD for the laser.

Tada

Skip a load of steps

Awesomeness

Picked up Sega's Arcade classics - Outrun, Afterburner, Space harrier and Hangon on eBay. Just need to laminate it, paint it and decal it, then game on!

Pic of the days build here: http://www.epictoys.net/gbacade/

 

[Glaucus]

I love your threads.
Awesome work as normal.

 

[Modjo]

Quality!! I want one.....

 

[fiveub]

Haha that is pretty cool.

 

[Ricochet J]

Your creations are excellent.

 

[Pinter75]

I love your threads.
Awesome work as normal.

Cheers

I knocked this one out as I await bits for my mini MAME cab.

Gotta scratch that itch.

 

[Zero Pope]

Awesome work! I'd love one of those.

 

[ng93]

Very awesome . Good thing you posted this now, I was just about to throw out an old gameboy colour (i'm more old school than you ). Would it be difficult to do without a laser cutter?

 

[Cosimo]

Awesome! You are a real star when it comes to making things like this.

 

[Pinter75]

Very awesome . Good thing you posted this now, I was just about to throw out an old gameboy colour (i'm more old school than you ). Would it be difficult to do without a laser cutter?

Nope.

it is made out of a mix of 2mm and 3mm mdf. It is a super simple shape. The laser just speeds things up. You can cut 2mm with a sharp knife! Use a scroll saw for the 3mm. Cut both sides together and they will be mirrors. Then fill in the bits with flat sheeting.

The joystick was the trickiest part.

 

[Marky]

Awesome creation indeed Very good work

Should get a lick of paint on it

 

[Pinter75]

Awesome creation indeed Very good work

Should get a lick of paint on it

Cheers,

Nest step is to laminate it in styrene plastic sheet. This all then gets a coat of matt black. Then I will make up some decals and do the final detail work. This is the bare bones build.

 

[Biohazard]

Fantastic idea!

Has it still got sound?

 

[d_brennen]

I love your threads.
Awesome work as normal.

Wish I had 10% of Pinter75's DIY skills. Roll on Matrix style brain downloads

 

[eXist]

brilliant lol

 

[ilcp]

v. impressive.. wish i could do that

 

[SilverTongue]

Looks awesome, wish I had the time and patience to do a project like that

 

[ng93]

Nope.

it is made out of a mix of 2mm and 3mm mdf. It is a super simple shape. The laser just speeds things up. You can cut 2mm with a sharp knife! Use a scroll saw for the 3mm. Cut both sides together and they will be mirrors. Then fill in the bits with flat sheeting.

The joystick was the trickiest part.

Cheers, hope you don't mind but i'm seriously considering copying your idea . No way i'd be able to build a joystick though, have no idea how you managed that .

 

[Pinter75]

Cheers, hope you don't mind but i'm seriously considering copying your idea . No way i'd be able to build a joystick though, have no idea how you managed that .

The joystick is easy once you have figured out how to do it.

For the shaft I took one of those hex spacers about 30mm long. I clamped it in my pillar drill then using a file made it round. Then I took a cheap ballbearing and drilled a 3mm hole in it. Using the 3mm thread on the hex spacer I used a tad of super glue and put the threaded part into the hole in the ball bearing.

On the other side of the hex spacer I used a tight spring to auto center it. This is attached using a 3mm screw with the head removed.

A laser cut base to hold 4 tact switches and the spring part of the joystick was made. Fit it all together and bingo a self centring 4 (8) way joystick.

 

[ng93]

Cheers