After you set up Retro Pi DO NOT CHANGE WHERE THE BUTTONS ARE PLUGGED IN or you will need to reconfigure all your buttons if you do this. The buttons are designated during the set up step. (Note: you can plug the buttons into each board wherever you want. Do NOT mix and match-Attach one set of buttons and one joystick on one controller board, and the other set of buttons and joystick on the other controller board. The button wires are all keyed so you can't put them in the wrong unless you have a two-player situation.Įach player gets their own controller board. The control board should have come with your buttons The joystick plugs in on the end of the board.
Then plug all your wires into the controller board. I did it with screws but you can do it with hot glue or some sort of adhesive. After this, I would recommend mounting the button controller onto the arcade deck. You can plug the cable in whatever direction you want to. In this step we will mount the controller boards to the underside of the deck and connect the buttons and joysticks.įollow the pictures above to wire your buttons and joysticks. There is also a picture of what the button board looks like when it is finished. Also keep in mind you will need a start and select button. Here is a drawing to scale of what I did. My buttons have a slight tilt in their position relative to each other. You can use whatever button layout you want to. You will put the letters on in the next step. You need 14 buttons for two players and 8 buttons for 1 player. I got the buttons on Amazon and they came with the control boards and the joysticks as well. The holes for the buttons are 1 1/8 inches in diameter. The board needs to be cut to 22 by 14 inches. Just make sure to sand the top a bit so the buttons sit flush. If I were to do this again I would paint it black. I cut out the piece with the circular saw. I used a piece of 3/4 MDF but you could use a piece of plywood. I drilled the holes with an electric drill. I based the layout on other real arcade machine layouts that I found online. It is a lot easier to build the electronics first before you put it into the cabinet. We will build the arcade board first and confirm that everything works before fully assembling everything into the arcade cabinet. You could make the whole cabinet with only these tools, but a table saw, drill press and band saw will make the process easier. (all normal sizes except you will need a 1 and 1/8 inch hole for each button) Quantities for how much wood you will need will be discussed later but here are all the different types:ģ/4 inch piece of wood or wood-like material for control panelġ/4 inch thick piece of plywood for the bottom of the cabinetĭrill with necessary drill bits. You will also want some duct tape and cable ties Paint in all the colors you want (will be discussed in greater detail later.) Old arcade cabinet or stand to put the arcade box on (optional) most will fit if they are not mechanical.) USB keyboard (should be fairly low profile. Power strip with at least 3 outlets (more is better) (you can have extra decorative buttons.) arcade buttons linkĪt least 16GB Micro SD Card (the larger this is, the more games you can play)
2 joysticks and 14 buttons for 2 players. Should have WIFI unless you are going to connect via Ethernet)ġ Joysticks and 8 buttons for one player.
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