Man uses 3D printer to build retro arcade gaming system-EBY


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A tech-minded video game fan in Malaysia shared the process he used to create his own working retro arcade gaming machine with a 3D printer.
Christopher Tan, a nanoblock artist based in Malaysia, said he bought electronic components including an LCD display and a Raspberry Pi 3 computer online before tackling the project of using his 3D printer, which he built himself from a kit, to make a "desktop arcade machine."
A video Tan posted to YouTube shows how he built the machine and includes footage of the device in action.
"I grew up in the 80s, probably the glory days of arcade gaming, so I always wished I had an arcade machine of my own with real arcade joystick and buttons," he wrote. "Fairly recently, I built a 3D printer from kit, so I thought I should put it to good use and make myself a desktop arcade machine."
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