How to Build an Arcade Cabinet for Beginners | Turn Your Old PC into Your Dream Arcade Machine

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  • Опубліковано 12 лис 2024

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  • @valkrieknights
    @valkrieknights 2 роки тому +30

    "how to build an arcade cabin for beginners"
    Have someone else build it for you.

  • @Khser
    @Khser 5 років тому +93

    -how to build an arcade cabinet?
    -Easy! Just buy one!

    • @dabigdawg79
      @dabigdawg79 4 роки тому +8

      Lol I was thinking the same thing. Sad clickbait.

    • @aftermath2842
      @aftermath2842 4 роки тому +5

      Yes, everyone has a grand or more to splash out.

    • @Khser
      @Khser 4 роки тому

      @Reee Flex definitely the best suggestion. channel blocker extension is really helpful in that case

    • @The_Jomonge
      @The_Jomonge 3 роки тому

      @@dabigdawg79 I mean what's he buying really?
      a shell that I've seen people can build on their own with plywood(home depot)
      And a usb arcade fight stick(you can get on amazon)
      Maybe a cheap monitor panel
      I don't see why you can't diy something similar, obviously not as high grade, but functional regardless

    • @mbf6160
      @mbf6160 7 місяців тому

      😆

  • @rastamouse7861
    @rastamouse7861 4 роки тому +1

    This is more of a quick overview of how to build one rather than a tutorial. But I do admit, I actually liked the video quite a bit because I like to see how other people are building these. Decent video!

  • @jasonkelley6185
    @jasonkelley6185 6 місяців тому +11

    So, you didn’t build it.

  • @8BitHorse
    @8BitHorse 6 років тому +2

    I bought the same cabinet for the same reasons. Great summary of the features, and thanks for the front end recommendation!

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому +1

      You are welcome my friend. Appreciate the kind words and it's awesome you love the cabinet too!

  • @Lunachris1980
    @Lunachris1980 3 роки тому

    Cool video. Thanks to you, I know what front end means. I don’t have enough room to build my own arcade cabinet, but I just resurrected my old Nintendo Wii and programmed it to emulate everything from Atari to Wii.

  • @GeeZeeX3
    @GeeZeeX3 4 роки тому

    Oh man, I gotta do this.
    Favorite Arcade, that's a hard question to answer. If not Street Fighter 2, than Konami' s The Main Event. Wrestling game. Loved it.

  • @MdrnRtrGamr
    @MdrnRtrGamr 2 роки тому +1

    I suggest bigbox or launchbox for a front end.

  • @300ddsrt3
    @300ddsrt3 3 роки тому

    Some of my favorites are defender, galaga, joust, crazy climber and spy hunter.

  • @TrexCharlieX
    @TrexCharlieX Рік тому

    It was so many arcade games i never beat. Dam cabinet took all my lunch money quarters lol but my favorite games are
    Mario Bros.
    The Simosons
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    1942
    And more lol

  • @Hatorihhonzo
    @Hatorihhonzo 6 років тому

    I bough my 32 inch sit down from them I love it :) with Emulator edition... great company

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      Awesome Krys! Rec room masters is fantastic! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Hope to hear from you again here on the channel!

  • @frostyhighway9011
    @frostyhighway9011 6 років тому +5

    I will do something close to this project and I like the no need for power tools. My favorite games were Galaga, Centipede, Samurai showdown , everything SEGA, and MAME. Thanks bud.

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      You are welcome Eric. Really happy you enjoyed the video man. Good luck building your cabinet. Hope you enjoyed the video man and I hope to see you around again here at the channel!

  • @manw3bttcks
    @manw3bttcks 6 років тому

    One thing that's nice is their uprights are in two parts. So if you have to carry it up out of a basement (to move for example), you can remove the top and move the bottom and top separately.

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      Yes I agree completely. I've had to move my cabinet a few times and it's not too bad to move. Even for just 1 person. Thanks so much for watching and commenting! Hope to see you back here again on the channel.

  • @TheDealDorkReviews
    @TheDealDorkReviews 6 років тому +1

    Such an awesome product. When I first clicked the video, I thought I'd see you and the kids in the woodworking shop fabricating a cabinet! This is way better, because the cost of wood is so high and the number of tools and man hours it would take to put this together would be staggering. Thanks for sharing! BTW, my favorite cabinet game growing up was Double Dragon.

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      No way I could fabricate a cabinet from scratch lol. Yeah this is definitely the way to go in my opinion and I didn't want to have an old cabinet that may have an old CRT because I'm always afraid of the kids getting hurt from giant monitors like that and I know if I had to ever work on it that I'd probably electrocute myself lol. And Double Dragon is a nice choice! All time classic for sure. Thanks so much for the comment man!

    • @TheDealDorkReviews
      @TheDealDorkReviews 6 років тому

      Haha, and not to mention, adding the PC into the mix gives you countless game options to play. Especially with all the emulators out there these days.

  • @BeerBourbonandGames
    @BeerBourbonandGames 6 років тому +2

    Retropie is always my front end of choice.

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому +3

      I've tried retro pie for a mini arcade machine and it gave me issues. Many of the games wouldn't work but they worked fine on my cabinet. I got frustrated with it

    • @BeerBourbonandGames
      @BeerBourbonandGames 6 років тому +1

      GenerationGapGaming That's odd...I've used it for both my pi builds and never had any issues. I'll have to try the one you mentioned and see how it fares.

  • @jamesofallthings3684
    @jamesofallthings3684 Рік тому +1

    How to watch a commercial for a website*

  • @TechWithSean
    @TechWithSean 4 роки тому +5

    Is this a sponsored video?

  • @TheSilentGhostReaper
    @TheSilentGhostReaper 6 років тому +2

    I saw you link on my youtube channel and I am here to show my love and support to you GenerationGap! Thank for sharing this video. I subscribed to your channel. :D

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      Thanks Batman! Generation Gap Gaming will rest easier knowing Batman is on our side!

  • @davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533
    @davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533 6 років тому +3

    Great video, definitely intend to build an arcade machine this year.
    My favourite arcade game would have to be bubble bobble.

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому +1

      Well good luck on the build and let me know what you come up with. I'd love to see it! If you saw my overrated NES games video then you may already know I'm not a big fan of bubble bobble lol. But to each his own my friend. Thanks for commenting!

  • @leofreihofer
    @leofreihofer 6 років тому +1

    Great video and selection of an arcade cabinet. Was looking into the Arcade 1up cabinets but they only come with 2 to 12 games and they are so tiny. For 2 or 3 of them I can go the Rec Room route and play thousands of games. It's really a no brainer.

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      My thoughts exactly Leo! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video man. The arcade 1up cabinets do look nice, but I'm extremely satisfied with my cabinet. It is great quality. Hope to see you around again here at the channel!

  • @robertwarf3316
    @robertwarf3316 6 років тому +1

    This is awesome. I didn't know this existed until now. Was thinking I might have to get an old MK cabinet and use that. Thanks for the upload. Hope you're still enjoying it!

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      Thanks for the kind words Robert! Glad you found this video helpful. Yes man I absolutely love the cabinet and I've had it for almost 3 years. Great value and quality and fully customizable. Its awesome. Hope to see you around again here at the channel!

  • @ThatBaldGamer
    @ThatBaldGamer 6 років тому

    $900 isn't that bad at all. I'm really liking the direction your channel is going man. Love the original ideas you're coming up with and have no doubt you'll go far if you keep it up. I hope you're doing well, man! :)

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      It really isn't a bad price and I absolutely love having this cabinet. Thanks for the kind words!

    • @manw3bttcks
      @manw3bttcks 6 років тому

      remember that 900 does not include the controller box, monitor and PC. Their high end controller box can be close to 400-500

  • @mattyg324able
    @mattyg324able 3 роки тому +1

    Damn a arcade that costs 900 while building one can be 100 dollars nice

    • @MisterUrbanWorld
      @MisterUrbanWorld 2 роки тому +2

      I don't think it's possible to build an arcade for $100

  • @1984toner
    @1984toner 4 роки тому

    Love the music!

  • @ROFLwithRay
    @ROFLwithRay 6 років тому

    Very cool idea...I need more room in my garage!

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      Thanks Ray! They have bartop and smaller full-size cabinet options also. Very high quality products!

  • @sagssandwich
    @sagssandwich 11 місяців тому

    Welp I’m buying this

  • @daviddrake5272
    @daviddrake5272 5 років тому

    I'm looking to build a 4 player arcade stand alone. A 2 player gunslinger arcade stand alone and then a classic arcade. In the corner I will have a 40in flatscreen with a pi with all console games from nintendo to psx my big challenge here is going to be finding a couple classic sitdown drive games that I can put in my basement. In the other half of my basement I think I'm going to get a 3 in 1 pool hockey and basketball game table for the kids

  • @asakayosapro
    @asakayosapro Рік тому

    Very neat project, for sure.
    I would have to build my own cabinet though, but that twin arcade stick usb controller is neat, just wondering if it has its unique keybinds like it’s a controller, or is seen as a standard keyboard, or rather, if it will work with Steam.
    As for games, while I do like the classic arcades from the 2000s era, I’m mostly aiming to make arcade cabinets for PC games, such as the Touhou series, but as for fighting games, I’m thinking I’ll go for building a cabinet for Idol Showdown. This is still in conception though, so nothing of it will be tangible for quite some time in the current state of affairs.
    This has me wondering if that front end supports adding PC games in its selectable lists.

  • @HIMOTHYBULL
    @HIMOTHYBULL 10 місяців тому

    Instint sub, great video, im gonna build a machine with the new kinhank 12tb monster drive and a mini pc...may be dauting but i will for sure figure it out and have everyrning up too nintendo swith playable at a high frame rate...ill keep u posted

  • @Hamoody12345
    @Hamoody12345 5 місяців тому

    Is there a way to do this while keeping your Pc as a gaming Pc?

  • @Thekidnamedjim2134
    @Thekidnamedjim2134 Рік тому

    I want to do this but can it work with a laptop?

  • @FLAWLEZZ713
    @FLAWLEZZ713 5 років тому

    My favorite are killer instinct 1 and 2 and also soul caliber do you have those in there

  • @wardogdauwdd3020
    @wardogdauwdd3020 Рік тому

    I'm trying to figure out how to make a arcade machine and port it from scratch with a game I make

  • @megadan2988
    @megadan2988 6 років тому

    dude that is so sick dude!!!!!!!

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      Thanks man. Love the arcade machine. Always a dream of mine!

  • @keithunderwood8803
    @keithunderwood8803 3 роки тому

    That thing makes me feel like a chump for buying arcade1up

  • @mario3804
    @mario3804 3 роки тому

    Do you have the option of adding light guns? if so how easy is it to install?

  • @TheHyperGamer
    @TheHyperGamer 5 років тому

    You should look into launchbox

  • @BlackSheepVidya
    @BlackSheepVidya 6 років тому +1

    Great video! I’ve always wanted an arcade cabinet but space and portability were always my main concern :/
    - Chill Pill

  • @swordcrafted
    @swordcrafted 4 роки тому

    so what if I have a tower? do I put a monitor in place?

  • @d3xter275
    @d3xter275 5 років тому

    thank you!

  • @Retro2futuregaming
    @Retro2futuregaming 6 років тому

    Your videos are so helpful mate. Keep up the good work you 3.

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      Thanks so much. Comments like this help keep me motivated! Really appreciate it

  • @talhadriss2370
    @talhadriss2370 Рік тому

    This is my kid dreaaaaam

  • @thephonelad7887
    @thephonelad7887 4 роки тому

    So this can run other emulators? I wanted to play Fighting vipers and fighters megamix, but they are on console

  • @at-xn4jg
    @at-xn4jg 6 років тому

    On the website iit says it doenst come with a monitor. So what is it then??

  • @DrFoo11
    @DrFoo11 5 років тому

    Off the top of my head, Sunset Riders is one of my favorite arcade games. But really, there are hundreds.

  • @ilovekatsumi
    @ilovekatsumi 6 років тому

    Cool... i subbed

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому +1

      Thanks so much OvaSonicku. Just saw this comment after I responded to you earlier today. Sorry for not getting to it earlier my friend.

    • @ilovekatsumi
      @ilovekatsumi 6 років тому

      @@GenerationGapGaming and sir i want play my mame rom s on pc but i cant send file i download puyo puyo (world) but when i click it it says error file game didnt found help me dud!

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      That's a tough question to answer man. there were some roms I had that I couldn't get to work either. sometimes you need some weird chd files for certain games I just had to do a bunch of googling to troubleshoot but it can be super tough sometimes but I have no experience with puyo puyo. Sorry if I havent been much help but every arcade rom is different man

  • @quickflash2studios232
    @quickflash2studios232 4 роки тому +1

    Jojo’s bizarre adventure Heritage for the future

  • @GenZod80
    @GenZod80 6 років тому

    Would love to get one where I can play the original Punch Out and Super Punch Out on

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      You can with this machine Doug! I have both on here lol!

    • @GenZod80
      @GenZod80 6 років тому

      GenerationGapGaming can you?? Even with the way the screens were set up for them in the arcades?

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      Doug Winn oh you mean the dual screens. I misunderstood you. I have the games but it's just split top and bottom on one screen. I'd love to have an original punchout cabinet too!

    • @GenZod80
      @GenZod80 6 років тому

      GenerationGapGaming oh ok, and yeah same here

  • @paulleiser9921
    @paulleiser9921 5 років тому

    I would love to do this but I have never really used emulators before. What ones would you recommend?

    • @100Bucks
      @100Bucks 5 років тому

      Nestopia for nes/project 64 for Nintendo 64/mednafen for Sega Saturn/k fusion for Sega Genesis/RetroArch for Nintendo 3DS/Redream for Sega Dreamcast/Xenia for Xbox 360/ Fightcade to play street fighter games online free

  • @elliekittymeow
    @elliekittymeow 11 місяців тому

    how to build an arcade cabinet
    step 1. buy an arcade cabinet

  • @Fools_Requiem
    @Fools_Requiem Місяць тому

    this feels like an ad

  • @UslennoX
    @UslennoX 5 місяців тому

    So this just end up being an ad

  • @elamriti
    @elamriti 6 років тому

    but where is the build part ?

  • @mechadarthzilla2936
    @mechadarthzilla2936 6 років тому +2

    Great commercial!!!

  • @rosarioramosisasi5853
    @rosarioramosisasi5853 Рік тому +1

    Me gusta

  • @megamyke7397
    @megamyke7397 6 років тому +1

    I like DIG DUG Donkey Kong and Centipede

  • @bruceaskew2107
    @bruceaskew2107 6 років тому

    Bro you got official shit,, all i got is a pandora's4s+ with a 60inch tv,,🤣🤣,, but i got a nes an snes classic i need hacked doe ,,

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому +1

      Dude I'd be happy if all I had was an NES classic. Best system of all time right?

    • @bruceaskew2107
      @bruceaskew2107 6 років тому

      GenerationGapGaming nes was always the best system ever bro ,💪🏽

  • @adamtrueblood5938
    @adamtrueblood5938 5 років тому

    Why not just buy an arcade 1up n mod it

  • @graphicsgod
    @graphicsgod 6 років тому

    Nice, but still too pricey for me! I'm looking for sub $300..

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому +1

      I'm not sure how big of a machine you want but I saw on eBay where you can get a bartop cabinet kit with precut holes including t-molding slots for 80 bucks. Seems like a good deal! Thanks for watching and commenting man!

  • @damiancampos2618
    @damiancampos2618 4 роки тому

    Wow now I can build my own for just $ 900.00 dlls. 🤦‍♂️

  • @highhat5229
    @highhat5229 5 років тому

    Can I add MUGEN to mGalaxy ???

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  5 років тому

      Not sure exactly what MUGEN is??

    • @highhat5229
      @highhat5229 5 років тому

      GenerationGapGaming it's another 2D fighting engine that people create home brew games for, take a look at this
      ua-cam.com/video/9D1ecl3JOxg/v-deo.html

  • @ien2023
    @ien2023 6 років тому

    Sorry but those cabinet are way over priced and they don't look like real arcade cabinet. They look like IKEA arcade cabinet. You're better off finding a real use cabinet gut it and rebuilt the internal.

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому

      You are entitled to your opinion but I am really happy with the cabinet.

  • @xhiltonx
    @xhiltonx 6 років тому

    You sound like danny mcbride haha

    • @GenerationGapGaming
      @GenerationGapGaming  6 років тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣thank you????? I'm cool with it. I've been called worse. Thanks for watching