Steam Arcade

I am working on a Steam Arcade machine in my garage.¬¨‚Ä† It is mostly complete and is now fully operational.¬¨‚Ä† The only thing I am working on is redoing controls and keyboard on the front of the unit.¬¨‚Ä† Likely going to swap keyboard and flush mount USB ports.

The unit was originally a IT Bag Toss game that a buddy and I went and picked up one afternoon.¬¨‚Ä† The unit was still partially functioning but I decided to revamp it a bit.

Here is the machine when I got it.¬¨‚Ä† The CRT display was working but only had a max resolution of 800×600 which meant it would not work with SteamOS.

I pulled out the CRT and disposed at a nearby electronic recycling spot (Colona Cowboy Recylers).¬¨‚Ä† My wife was not too thrilled with my mess in the yard..¬¨‚Ä† The CRT was extremely heavy.

With the CRT removed I measured and put in a 1920×1080 LCD unit in its place.¬¨‚Ä† Here I had to remount a few time to get the angle okay.¬¨‚Ä† I am 6ft so viewing angle was perfect for me but I adjusted and tilted it later so also good for kids (They like goat simulator).

I gutted the inside of the machine but decided to leave original speakers (although I added a subwoofer).

The machine boots quickly with a Pentium G3258 20th anniversary running at 3.4 with 16 gigs of RAM.¬¨‚Ä† I installed a 256 SSD and installed a Nvidia GTS mid level gaming card.¬¨‚Ä† Machine is easily accessible to upgrade if needed by simply removing the back panel.¬¨‚Ä† Currently I just want to play Pillars of Eternity and Divinity Original Sin (Linux release) so my machine handles them fine.¬¨‚Ä† Also handles Metro Last Light at full settings so does what I need to.

Here it is running a test, I used my old garage door opener as a Power/halt switch temporarily.

I decided to paint the unit black and remove all the other decals.¬¨‚Ä† I decided to go with a shiny black.¬¨‚Ä† I had to replace the florescent light in the top unit as it probably broke in transport.

My brother bought me a jigsaw for my birthday so I used it to cut a new front piece to replace the old one with the track ball etc.¬¨‚Ä† The old one had cracked and was made of particle board.¬¨‚Ä† I used 3/4 inch plywood and cut it out.

I am still waiting for a button kit to come in so just added a keyboard and attached to the unit for now so I can use it.¬¨‚Ä† Open to suggestions on controller setup.¬¨‚Ä†¬¨‚Ä† Here is the piece I cut and I just put two buttons on for now that simply do a start and a shutdown.¬¨‚Ä† On the back is a power button to kill power to entire unit (original arcade power switch).

I used the original power board on the arcade to power the lights but added a jack to power the motherboard and subwoofer and attached to the inside.¬¨‚Ä† The toggle power switch on the back of the arcade kills power to everything.

Here is the inside mostly done with subwoofer and network jack.

Temporarily I purchased a logitech wireless keyboard and trackpad and have it mounted to front.¬¨‚Ä† I have the unit hardwired but left a usb and expansion slot if I wanted to use wireless.

Only thing left was to install / update steam and ready to go.