Tabletop arcade unit
By Ben Everard. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
This head-to-head tabletop arcade machine is perfect for those occasions when you need to win at Street Fighter 2 and see the defeat in your opponent’s eyes. It’s also how mw33212 used up a load of walnut offcuts that he had after working on other projects.
We’d love to say that the plans are available for all to see, but to quote the maker, “sadly I think you would be a little disappointed by my ‘plans’, which were basically just lots of Post-it notes with triangles and scribbles on them. I generally have an idea about an overall design, and then just get started.”
Program a robot arm, with Raspberry Pi and Python code
Ben is the Editor of HackSpace magazine. When not wrangling words, he enjoys cycling, gardening, and attempting to identify wild mushrooms.
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