During 2020, I picked up a hobby of making an arcade machine. It was something to get me to learn wiring, soldering, and design as I wanted to tailor a bartop arcade machine to my liking.
It was a fun project that got a lot of use out from my family and it brought back some great nostalgic memories of going to the arcade when I was a kid.
A year ago, I also started to get into 3D printing and purchased a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon and recently picked up a secondary machine in the Bambu Lab A1.
I wanted some machines where I could just print and not have to fiddle with it too much and these two did just that for me. While browsing Makerworld, I found this model from creator Archer.
It was what I was looking for in a mini arcade machine. Prior to that, I was enjoying the Glen's Retro Show Build-a-Cade and its miniature size and great design decisions such as interchangeable control panels, rear access to a secondary controller and microSD card, and access to various I/O that allows you to connect other controllers or to a TV.