A mate and I decided that we needed to play some old games. The result is that we're (mostly me actually - but that's OK) building two identical MAME coffee tables. By coffee tables I mean a piece of furniture that you really have to look at to discover that its a gaming machine until you unfold it ....... well that the plan anyway.
The design;
- pine
- slidable draw
- two player
- 6 button layout
- 8 way joy stick
- Raspberry Pi based
- PiPlay
- HDMI
- sound via screen
- screen flips up from table
- Direct wiring of all buttons to GPIO (custom code based from 'retrogame' to use enough GPIO inputs and disable serial console)
So far the draw has been built, both wired up, one draw fitted with Pi, and most importantly a game or two of Truxton played. I've just ordered some 350mm lockable draw slides. The idea was to complely build the draw as a unit then make the table around it.
Here is the mock up and preparation
Here is the build montage.
So now its onto the actual table.
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I built one of these 15 years ago. It looked similar to this. I like DualShock controllers the best. I remember the Arcade joystick was fun for a while, then became something big and clunky that i dragged into my closet, then sold it at a yard sale for the same amount i put into it. 
Hold Em Poker is nice. Its a win win because the old machines were replaced with ticket voucher touch screen machines. So for collectors its a good deal now you can buy those old machines for very cheap they have storages full of this stuff.
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