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  • How to Build an Old School Arcade Machine (Part 1)

    Ben builds a coin operated tabletop arcade machine. In this part of the projects, he hacks an old CRT, PC power supply, and JAMMA connector. New episodes every Sunday! Like, share and comment: http://youtu.be/wp1rcVwrrO0 Subscribe for more project...
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  • How to Interface Arcade Controls with the Raspberry Pi

    Hi guys! As you know, we're putting together a Raspberry Pi-powered arcade machine , so we can live firmly in the past (where all the good stuff happened) and revel in the joys of retro video games! Among the various challenges we're faced with in adapting…

  • Arcades!

    I built these last fall, the one on the left is mine. It has a lot of buttons to be able play SNES games. The one on the right I built for my brother and his children. Of course mine isn't don't yet but it is fully functional. It uses a front end called…

  • A Brief History of Hardware Hacking in Video Games

    You might recall how Ben Heck recently reinvented the beloved Atari 2600 video game console into a sweet handheld games system. And, of course, one lucky gaming nut can win it by joining in the fun over on Ben's page . The Heck is actually following in…