Secret 4-Player Arcade (with build plans!)

Summary by Krater

The creator builds a custom piece of living room furniture designed to look like a modern media console while concealing a four-player arcade cabinet with a flip-up control board and storage for retro gaming consoles.

From the video

Answers: How do you build a media console that hides a four-player arcade cabinet?

• building a hidden arcade cabinet living room console
• cutting and assembling melamine furniture pieces
• using dowel joinery and pocket holes for box construction
• installing drawer slides and false drawer fronts
• making a flip-top arcade control board with drawer slides and locking hinges
• routing edges and adding T-molding to cabinet panels
• wiring arcade buttons, joysticks, and Raspberry Pi
• cable management for retro gaming consoles with an analog video switcher

What it concludes

• Melamine is half the price of plywood and easy to keep white with edge banding.
• Invisible hinges allow table tops to flip completely open or act as secret doors.
• Locking drawer slides keep the arcade control board securely in place while playing.