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Hack Like Heck - Wesley Gardner - The Port-A-Cade Project

 

 

 

 

Port-A-Cade is meant for the old school gamer in us.  It might not be small but it will have you enjoying those arcade classics the way it was meant to be with Joystick and Push buttons.  This is a project anyone can make with parts listed.

 

Parts list:

  • Rust-Oleum SPECIALTY Flexi Dip Removable Rubber Coating 281793, Matte Red, 312 G AEROSOL
  • Jiu Man Arcade DIY Kit Parts USB Encoder To PC Games 5Pin Joystick + 10x Push Buttons For Mame KOF Street Fighter 4 Game
  • Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Motherboard
  • Kuman Capacitive 7" inch Touch Screen TFT LCD module HDMI 800x480 for Raspberry Pi 2 and RPi 1 Model B B+ BB BLACK SC7B
  • Sandisk Ultra 16GB Micro SDHC UHS-I Card with Adapter - 98MB/s U1 A1 - SDSQUAR-016G-GN6MA
  • Kuman Lithium Battery Pack Expansion Board Power Supply with Switch + Micro USB Cable for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, Pi 2 Model B & Pi 1 Model B+ A+ A KY68
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • 2.1mm DC power jack and plug
  • 1P2T5mm Toggle Switch
  • Couple broke micro USB cables.
  • Ebony wood stain
  • Gorilla wood glue
  • 3D Printer for side panel and bottom tray (optional can be made out of anything)
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  • Hi again Wesley .. your project really stuck in my head, there's far to much literal emphasis on in pocket retro/shrinking etc.. with the onset off powerful projectors and AR you could have real world interactions from a very reasonably portable machine, i.e.  a single backpack does the job too!

     

    Anyway I think ther's great potential for your build.. imagine you had a simple stand and a giant tent-like fabric arcade with a projector mirroring your screen or even switching to a touch screen controller ingame! I think it would be spectacular and seriously impressive as a project/company showpiece and a very accessible build kit. Another idea would be to have folding parts but wouldn't be critical the solid clean piece of red on black looks fantastic[at a push slight verydarkgrey for variation] !

  • in reply to rocits

    Rory I think I should higher you as a pr guy. hahaha   Thanks for the kind words.  I had 3 completely different builds I wanted to make as soon as I finished this one I see where a lot of the guys on here just don't stop at one its quite addictive.

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  • in reply to rocits

    Rory I think I should higher you as a pr guy. hahaha   Thanks for the kind words.  I had 3 completely different builds I wanted to make as soon as I finished this one I see where a lot of the guys on here just don't stop at one its quite addictive.

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  • in reply to gam3t3ch

    No bother at all, Hire me! Done! lol =D .. but ye, DM me on twitter again, with whatever you have together and might need going forward! I actually have a heavy weight promotional orientated service in the works, your project might just fit in very nicely as a engineering kit showcase! You've probably tonnes of build ideas it's difficult to predict what will bite in the market unless you just try it and get feedback!