Nostalgiatron - The Building of a DIY Arcade

Vince Penman explains how he came to create his first DIY arcade machine called the Nostalgiatron.

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Creative Commons Images by: bucklava, Kichigai Mentat
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[Lastsight]

The time spent with your sons having fun is well worth it in my eyes, id love to do something like this with my son when he gets older.

[DamfinoMR]

This video is still awesome 12 years later

[kimmonnie]

I am a professional finish carpenter and you are NOT a geek; not only was this a cool video but you did a great job as well -- nice.... 

[pinguinamsuedpol]

Best looking arcade cabinet I´ve ever seen. The furniture look is a very good idea and it turned out really well. Want.

[Alexzw]

wow, amazing video, your kids are probably all grown now. crazy you shot and recorded this back in 2011. impressive!

[Zomgui]

Well done. That's exactly what I looking for. To have a good time with my family and friends playing old classic games. Congrats!

[hereonoutsessions]

this is one of the greatest videos i've ever seen. i've always wanted to go through with a build and you've inspired me to finally do it.

[seriousstuff]

Beautiful looking cabinet ! The shape is stylish and the stained wood finish us 👍

[retropulse]

The wood. OMFG I LOVE THE WOOD.
This is almost exactly the kind of thing I want to setup.
I wish I had the space, tools, knowledge to start cutting.

[MultiMarvelGeek]

You using a CRT helped me dig your work even more.

[STubes]

I laughed when you said $50. Obviously that wasn't even close, even if you have a lot of the things you need already. It worked out pretty well in the end though.

[laughlibrary]

Great job with the project, video, and story. I am doing the same exact thing right now for my house and running into the same problems with budgeting, wives, and materials available. Thanks, this will help me keep going. I really like all the compartments!

[MikeDancy]

Looks awesome. I'm heading down that road myself.

[Undared]

I’m 9 years late but this is awesome. Been looking for a way to incorporate a crt for my own cabinet build!

[fatimapalacios]

An awesome project and it does look elegant in the living room. Kudos to you.

[willn]

A video like this that is 7 years old deserves over a million views at least.

[StimuL]

Me also, I found out a bar near our neighborhood had a Galaga Machine and went there to play ....of course my parents didn't know and the people at the bar watched over me...Great memories...
Very mice and love the all wood cabinet, all for a very reasonable price...Especially considering the Frenzy Machine I bought, cost me about 800$... ;)

[aeropato]

Love the story, the way you told it, and the music is great, congrats, great work...

[DarkWizardPrince]

I think I've watched your video over a hundred times lol. Thanks for the great idea. I have always loved arcade games and borrowed your design for my own project. Since then man i have really learned a lot of ways to build em. Cheers.

[MrCharlieCupcakes]

for the front where the screws are i would have glued 2 pieces of ply and doweled it in so there was no screws showing but thats it. the builds amazing and looks real nice GJ