Galagino : A Mini DIY Arcade Cabinet

[@Leemonoid]

The one with the mini display screen is definitely nice, but I like your version with the flashing light strip too. It reminds me of all the coins I wasted as a teenager... Cheers, and happy holidays! 🎄

[@megazoid]

@@Leemonoid There's a mini one? We had a sit down Galaga in the local arcade. I was never that great at any of them. Merry Christmas to you too Lee!

[@Leemonoid]

@@megazoid Maybe poor choice of words, haha. I meant the one that displays the game name on a smaller LCD screen.

[@megazoid]

​@@LeemonoidOh right Yeah it is a nice effect. The only thing I really regret though is skimping on battery power. This is the first non battery device I've made. Feels weird.

[@dynamight1124]

Finally built one of these back in the summer after most of the parts sat in a bag for like 12 months prior. The STL files were really not designed to work with 3D printing imo probably work great when laser cut from plywood, I really wanted to design a whole new case but ended up sanding for hours and applying silly amounts of pressure with heavy duty clamps, it will not be able to come apart...ever! although I did remix slightly with a USBC port I tend to use and also a power switch. Plus I was too cheap to buy the PCB files so just soldered everything up directly, which caused a problem with creating the control panel, to be honest that was mostly the reason I didnt make it for so long. Its now on the shelf, never to be used again like most projects, more fun building than actually using.

[@megazoid]

I was going to mention you in the video (I forgot). I didn't know about Galagino before you said you were going to build it (ages ago). The slop or give in the joints was way too small unfortunately, but I'm probably guilty of doing the same thing. Everybody should have the same 3d printer.. that will cure it 😊

[@dynamight1124]

To be fair, I'm not sure there was any slope at all. It does all fit together quite nicely when done tho and looks pretty nice. Its pretty crazy what you can do with a very cheap ESP32 these days, those games were cutting edge like 40 years ago.

[@scottgilson3247]

Excellent build. Love it!

[@megazoid]

Cheers Scott 👍

[@RWL2012]

Why are the Pac-Man sounds an octave lower than they should be, and why are the Donkey Kong sounds inaccurate as well?

[@megazoid]

You could be right. No idea really. It's custom emulation for the ESP32 by Till Harbaum. Nobody has raised the issue on Github, so I guess he isn't aware of it.