Seems only fitting to have an XBOX arcade next to the Playstation and Nintendo arcades. I also think the Xbox logo and Xbox text look nicer than the gameboy colour, since its just two words in different fonts. Still looks good, but to me the Xbox X in the orb just sells it for me. Great work as always. I did something similar with a modded original Xbox in a bar top configuration. Ended up using a ps2 controller board (with the ribbon cable) to wire up the arcade buttons and a converter to make it work with the Xbox. I can see why you build all of these, just making the one I have was a ton of fun, even if it was a bit pricey compared to just plugging the Xbox into a TV.
I agree. There is this iconic E3 photo showing Nintendo, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and Xbox as mainstays on the tradeshow floor. this was my inspiration.
To be honest, I agree with everyone in the comments suggesting Xbox. You could go for Live Arcade with Remastered Arcade games and titles, and you could always softmod your Xbox for emulation, hell you could probably even get RetroArch and emulate a hell lot of stuff with the bonus addition of full customization and online abilities such as Achievements. And there are probably even titles that aren't necessarily Arcade games but still work in an Arcade format like Super Meatboy. So yeah, I vote for Xbox
Funnily enough, Cave Interactive is a really popular old school arcade shoot em up company that's notoriously stubborn at getting their backlog of games ported to modern consoles/PC (until very very recently outsourcing the job to other companies at a trickling pace). A lot of their games are still either arcade or Xbox360 exclusive, yet because they majorily ran on the CV1000 the resolution is kinda meh, which is why the upscale HD versions of the 360 are practically the definitive versions. You could give those a try, I'm going to make a cab with a 360 soon specifically for this purpose with an upright monitor to mimic the cabs.
@@RetroBuiltGames glad you liked the idea bro great cabinet too. A bit of red mixed with the green could give off a killer blood look for the style for the cabinet too.
Random thought ...remember those gaming kiosks at McDonald's back it the day would it be possible to recreate those with this Cabinet as an alt control method ... like how to do the fixed controller arms and if it would be a good move
very possible. I think recessed bays shaped like wireless controllers would be more modern and elegant. But if you're worried about controllers walking off; yeah one could fix two of those stiff-armed controller mounts from the kiosk glory days.
You do know the xbox 360 also has the Xbox live arcade games which has remastered versions of quite a lot of actual arcade games like soul caliber 2 and Sonic Fighters which even come with added content Hell depending what your looking grab a Japanese xbox 360 for exclusive Rail shooters or upgrade to a series x which still has access to every major arcade game available on xbox live arcade Next don't do a raspberry pie but instead add a original Xbox. It has a lot more strengths then your giving it credit for Even if the ps2 had the the original xbox Is the improved version no matter what The image is cleaner with less graphical glitchs
Fair point. I could this this working better with Gamepass than buying whats on the 360 arcade marketplace just for an arcade. The original xbox was definitely a contender in this build theme.
@@RetroBuiltGames I'm not sure. However, they either come with the usual joystick and buttons or a pair of xbox controller to use. When I went to an arcade back then the most popular game was GTA San Andreas. You pay pesos to play and you would be set on a timer and be free to play any game it had to provide within that time frame. I remember playing for an hour for about the equivalent of $4
thank you for this. I know there is a prevalence of console-to-arcade video converters that also overlay a on-screen timer. I was not sure what market used these.
Why were you so stubborn about Xbox arcade games. I would never want to use an Xbox for that.. those in my head are the cheap lousy emulation type games. Just play regular Xbox games on it…
