DIY arcade at home

Popular Science has a piece on how to bring back the joy of the ol' arcade with a crappy PC. Lots of Street Fighter-lovers are taking matters into their own hands and building their own DIY home arcade systems (you can see lots of pics at ArcadeAtHome.com). The designer of this beauty just mounted a computer into an original Choplifter cabinet, jimmyed the keyboard and controls, and in no time at all (a mere 20 to 40 hours?) he had 2,700 different gaming options. If you close your eyes, you can even pretend like you've travelled back to the 13-year-old you shelling out quarters in the back of that sleazy Pizza Hut arcade.

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