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Latest revision as of 11:26, 27 May 2021
Contents
Title
In-house Retro Arcade Game Cabinet
See In-house_Retro_Arcade_Game_Cabinet for plans and details.
Proposer
Tim H-Smith
Date proposed
14th May 2021
Date for Decision
21st May 2021 approved 25th May 2021
Cost
Original 1-player option: £124.89 for all parts excluding wood
2-player option: + £61.00 = £185.89 for all parts excluding wood
Cost breakdown
Raspberry Pi 3b+ board https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-plus £33.90
NEC MULTISYNC LCD 20.1" 1600x1200 DVI-I DVI-D VGA https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373476532022 £29.99
The difference in budget is dictated by whether we have a 2-player arcade cabiniet or 1-player (x 2 of the following parts)
Picade X HAT (interface for joysticks & buttons to RaspPi) x 2? https://thepihut.com/products/picade-x-hat-usb-c £15.90 x 2?
Sanwa 8-way arcade joystick x 2? https://thepihut.com/products/official-sanwa-8-way-arcade-joystick-jlf-tp-8yt £26.50 x 2?
6x Sanwa arcade buttons x 2? https://thepihut.com/products/official-sanwa-arcade-button 6 x £2.25 = £13.50 x 2?
Picade Wiring loom (wires joystick & buttons to Picade) https://thepihut.com/products/picade-wiring-loom-v2 £5.10 x 2?
What is being asked for
Donations of items we have already:
USB Speaker bar for sound
Raspberry Pi 3B+ case, Official power adaptor
SD card, USB Storage pendrive
USB wired keyboard for RaspPi testing and config
Adaptor HDMi to DVI screen cable
Why/how this will be good to have
Norwich Hackspace already have plans for a games corner. This would be an amazing start to it.
The arcade game cabinet can help relieve stress, give people a place to do something non-working in the hackspace and may make the hackspace more popular.
Similar projects have been finished and very referenced/documented on the internet, making it a very achieveable project.
The project would directly benefit those planning and working on it by developing their skills and their selves.
Slack Channel #decision-making
Who is for it
Any and all members of Norwich Hackspace: Tim H-Smith
Comments
Should a 2-player cabinet be built?
This will dictate a higher budget - also the control panel will be far wider, meaning the whole cabinet must be wider too(!)
Will there be many users playing 2-player sessions? How often? Is this a valid design option?
It will mean shifting the 1-player controls permanently to one side.
Can we compromise by adding an external 6-button joypad for 2-player game sessions?
Please discuss in Slack channel #decision-making
Outcome
Agreed - Tim will start by buying the raspberry PI and monitor and as project progresses will purchase further compontents
Help will be required making the cabinet so if you want to get invovled talk to Tim
