Ouya Arcade Cabinet

ajb999 · Apr 28, 2014

Just wanted to share a couple pics of an arcade cabinet built using the ouya. This is a link to a video of neon shadow being played on it. The vid is from before we finished the control box. There are some other vids on the same channel. http://youtu.be/sRDOYn7WhJk

Banjo999 · May 2, 2014

I just decided last night that I was going to see if it was practical to use the OUYA instead of an XP machine to power the arcade cabinet that I'm going to be building. I see now that it is. It looks great, man. What did you use for the controls and how did you make them respond to the OUYA?

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ajb999 · May 3, 2014

We are currently using 2 xin-mo boards. One per player. The OUYA will recognize them as USB inputs. Just have to create your own custom file for android to load on startup. This took lots of trial and error. We have got it working with the majority of OUYA games with our gamepad. There are a very few that don't though. You can also use OUYA controllers at the same time for up to whatever amount a players the game allows. Our customer! Controls work great with emulators and with the 2 joystick config are awesome on OUYA fps games also. We just received an arduino board we are going to try to use to add more options and get 100% compatibility with all games. Even at this point there is no reason to use an actual controller unless you want to.

ajb999 · May 4, 2014

Started painting the cabinet. The trim should really set it off once it's installed.

ajb999 · May 5, 2014

More pics, vids, and info on the arcade cabinet at https://plus.google.com/+BurdbroscustomarcadeUs/posts

ironfisted · May 15, 2014

Absolutely love this. Awesome job!!!!

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ajb999 · May 15, 2014

chopper the dog said:
Looks like buffet hutch. Good to see the sales of copyrighted roms is going good for you.

good day.

We do not include any Roms with the cabinet. The OUYA comes the same as it would come out of the box except we add the files necessary for it to work with our controls and setup. It is up to the owner to put whatever games they want on it. It is their cabinet after all. We can sell just the cabinet also and it is easy enough for someone to plug their OUYA in and go. They would just have to copy a few files that would take less than a minute to do.

ajb999 · May 15, 2014

ironfisted said:
Absolutely love this. Awesome job!!!!

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Thanks!!! The tmolding is suppose to be here today. Hopefully that will be installed in the next few days depending on our work schedule. Once we sell this one I want to build a 4player one for myself. It's way too much fun to play. Using the control box as arcade controls inside on the big screen TV is sweet too.

LegionTHEFecalExcretion · May 19, 2014

ajb999 said:
We do not include any Roms with the cabinet. The OUYA comes the same as it would come out of the box except we add the files necessary for it to work with our controls and setup. It is up to the owner to put whatever games they want on it. It is their cabinet after all. We can sell just the cabinet also and it is easy enough for someone to plug their OUYA in and go. They would just have to copy a few files that would take less than a minute to do.

Don't mind him, he's notorious for trolling. No sane person would think that you are actually including roms as part of the sale.

It seemed like a strange concept at first, but once I thought about it I realized the OUYA probably is the cheapest and best cpu you could build a cabinet with.

brandogg · May 19, 2014

Looks pretty awesome. I built an arcade cabinet once, but stupidly did not measure the hallway/door to my room, got pissed, and smashed it to pieces. Looked cool in the garage for a while though.

ajb999 · Jun 7, 2014

brandogg said:
Looks pretty awesome. I built an arcade cabinet once, but stupidly did not measure the hallway/door to my room, got pissed, and smashed it to pieces. Looked cool in the garage for a while though.

This is 31.5" wide so it would be a little bit of a pain to get through a 32" door. In the future we probably won't go as deep so they will lighter and easier to get through smaller openings.

We finally found the time and got the tmolding dry fit. Just need to pull it off and then glue it back on. We decided not to do any of the stuff mentioned above to this one except for plexi on the cp and possible a vinyl wrap. The next one will have everything as we have all the parts necessary to do it. We have also built a test 4 player cp. We still need to drill the player and start button holes for each player. Just waiting on the buttons and joysticks for it. We also ordered new hardware for our 2 player cp so we can have all led buttons. The pic of the 4 player top is a mock up with the buttons just sitting in it.

brandogg · Jun 7, 2014

That looks great man. Nice since it's just an HDTV you can always throw in a PC or game console, especially if you're using an Xbox 360 controller as input (haven't read all the details).

ajb999 · Jun 7, 2014

Our controls work great with a PC. We used a usb encoder for them. I'm pretty sure they would also work with a USB to console adapter. We haven't tested yet so can't say for sure. Maybe I'll put the kids 360 in when I have time and see how it works. For extended play on games requiring both sticks nothing can beat a controller for comfort though in my opinion. Playing new and old retro games on arcade controls is a blast. Especially having so many different gaming options all in one cabinet.

brandogg · Jun 8, 2014

And is that just painted MDF? Because it looks fantastic in the pics. I just didn't have the patience to paint so many layers when I made my cabinet back in the day. Can't remember if I tried sealing it with glue and water or not...

ajb999 · Jun 8, 2014

It's actually just plain particle board. We sunk the screw heads and only had to sand a little. Then some spray paint and brush on polyurethane. After a few layers of poly we sanded it to a smooth surface. Doesn't take much sanding. Then some spray poly to bring back the glossy finish. The poly dries hard, almost like plastic so it's a really durable finish. It's not hard to do but takes some time.

ajb999 · Jul 21, 2014

Working on this cabinet now. Should have it done by the end of the week. Just have to decide on what graphics we're gonna go with. It only sits 23" deep so the footprint is a lot smaller. Hopefully we will have a bartop model assembled by then too. Decided to go w/ MDF on these cabs. So much nicer to work with than particle board other than the sealing process.

brandogg · Jul 22, 2014

That's awesome dude. If I ever get the free time I'm definitely gonna have another go at it...unless I go buy the Mortal Kombat II machine that's for sale down the street.

limker · Aug 16, 2014

This is amazing work!

ajb999 · Sep 11, 2014

Just waiting for the graphics.

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ajb999 · Sep 15, 2014

Finished the cp.

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