MyBroadband built a functional gaming arcade using old electronics

[mylesillidge]

We built a gaming arcade with stuff we had lying around

MyBroadband built a functional gaming arcade using old hardware we had available, and the result is a lot of fun.

The project started when we discovered an old X-Arcade tank stick controller sitting unused in a cupboard.

 

[bwana]

Nice.

 

[Jan van Riebeeckstad]

Powered by Proline

 

[FiestaST]

Nice one.

Possible vid (with commentary) to supplement the article?

 

[Jan van Riebeeckstad]

The Proline tester wanted to hold a joystick bigger than his own

 

[oros]

Awesome!

 

[konfab]

The gamecon_gpio_rpi driver enables a direct connection of PlayStation 2 and other controllers to the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins.

We soldered on some wires and installed the driver from the RetroPie setup menu, and quickly had a completely working controller.

My fok Mybb



Probably too late now, but you can take a connector from an old IDE cable and use that instead of soldering directly to the board.

https://www.instructables.com/Raspberry-Pi-GPIO-Expansion-Cable-from-a-Used-IDE-/

 

[mastercylinder]

I'd love the sort of job where someone paid me to mess around with retro gaming stuff and paid me to do it.

 

[Dimpie (JIGSAW)]

 

[Bad Ballie]

Only thing rummaging in the old parts bin ever got me was a cut finger and a tetanus shot if we are being honest.

 

[Jan]

take a connector from an old IDE cable

Finding/getting one of those would have taken longer than the soldering job

I'd love the sort of job where someone paid me to mess around with retro gaming stuff and paid me to do it.

 

[mastercylinder]

Finding/getting one of those would have taken longer than the soldering job


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Article on spec? No problem. On deadline. Yah, well, there you got me.

 

[RaptorSA]

Finding/getting one of those would have taken longer than the soldering job

"Spring cleaning" is more about cleaning, mmkay.