Make Your Own Paper Videogame Arcade

Thanks to Way of the Rodent for its feature providing printable plans for making your own mini classic videogame arcade using paper cut-outs. The accompanying text explains: "Finally - relive those early-to-mid '80s arcade glory days without the hassle of paying for stuff or having to learn how the machines work so you can keep fixing them or negotiating with strange, staring men at frightening auctions", before linking to printable color templates for games including Gauntlet, Defender, Robotron, and Tempest and asking: "Send pictures [of your completed mini-arcade], too. We'd love to see how you interpret and arrange all of this", in a move reminiscent of Konami's Metal Gear Rex paper model kit handed out at E3 2003.

Comments

I prefer the real thing.

[Cthefuture]

Seriously, just build your arcade machines.

The dimensions are out there. No need to go to auctions and buy expensive and/or crappy old hardware. Build your own from scratch, use MAME and voilà.

You know, then you can actually play the arcade machines.

That's what I did anyway. I built my own air-hockey and pool table also.