Rovhell's presentation

[Rovhell]

Hi guys,
My name is Ben, aka Rovhell. It's been a while since I started tinkering and I follow sudomod's blog since a year or more I think.
I've been a blacksmith for 8 years, then my own workshop had money/custumers lack so I had to stop, and I went back to my first love : programming.
I'm french so please excuse my english if it's not perfect.
I'm into retro-gaming since a while, so ... retrogaming+tinkering... = arcade cabinet
Here is a very not exhaustive presentation of my builds :

1. My first attempt to build an arcade cabinet :

It was (I destroyed it since) a massive thing, with a cathodic tv screen (in order to use the NES zapper) including an old computer with windows XP running hyperspin. Inside, I wanted to be able to store my old video games and to plug them to the tv directly when needed. But it was ugly, too big, and my collection overflowed quickly from it. The control pad was made from an old keyboard chip.

• My first try with retropie :

It's made inside a cigaro box. I was unhappy with the size, and the controls (made from an usb controller). But it was working. I also disassembled a small powerbank so it's on battery. The raspberry was an A serie, so I can't play a lot of games, but about 1000 is still more than enough...

• Raspberry-pi powered arcade cabinets :

The next year, I built 3 arcade cabinets. The two firsts are raw, because they were gifts for friends who wanted to customize it. The white one is now my own one, with a raspberry pi model 3 and arround 18 000 games. The sound passes through a small car amplifier, and in the back I have 2 usb ports, so I can plug a keyboard or other controllers without having to open it.

• Raspberry-pi zero with joy-bonnet from adafruit :

This one has nothing particular but the case. It was a christmas gift for my nephew. I made the case by hand with a dremel.

• Nothing to do with video gaming :

This is the last project I made. My wife wanted something to get the time and to play radio/iphone playlist in the bathroom. And as I love sharing my passion, I made a video of the making process. The video has been cut (8 minutes over 3hours). It's a webpage based UI, and shareport takes care of the airplay part.

Thanks for reading. Can't wait to share new projects with you guys, and to read yours.

[tinkerBOY]

I like it! Always wanted to build something like this. Are you gonna be putting design prints on those?

[Rovhell]

I like it! Always wanted to build something like this. Are you gonna be putting design prints on those?

Thx. Sorry if I misunderstand, english isn't my native language. Do you mean : will I post the patterns, or, will I put stickers or whatever to decorate those?

[YaYa]

Salut Le Frenchie

Content de voir qu’il y a quelques français ici

Sympa tes projets !

To summup for non frenchies, that’s cool

[YaYa]

I like it! Always wanted to build something like this. Are you gonna be putting design prints on those?

Thx. Sorry if I misunderstand, english isn't my native language. Do you mean : will I post the patterns, or, will I put stickers or whatever to decorate those?

Yeah he is talking about puting decals on the builds to make them look less “raw”

[Rovhell]

I like them blank and clean
My bar-top arcade is white, and (didn't wire it yet) the buttons will glow white.

[tinkerBOY]

I like it! Always wanted to build something like this. Are you gonna be putting design prints on those?

Thx. Sorry if I misunderstand, english isn't my native language. Do you mean : will I post the patterns, or, will I put stickers or whatever to decorate those?

Yes I meant the stickers/decoration.

bon travail!

[Rovhell]

Merci beaucoup !