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Retro Gerry

I made another wee thing at the weekend.
its a "mini arcade cabinet marquee" styled lamp.

its is controlled by 3 toggle switches that turn on / off the RGB components of the LEDS in it.

the end panels are held in place with magnets so they can be taken off and the front game panel can be removed and swapped out for another game.

its all powered off a standard usb cable.

A custom-built, retro styled mini arcade machine marquee panel with a bright orange 3D-printed casing and chrome-trimmed end panels. The front displays an "Asteroids" arcade machine graphic. It’s placed on a cutting mat in a workshop setting with soldering iron and other electronics tools and materials behind it.
The back view of the custom-built, retro styled mini arcade machine marquee panel with a bright orange 3D-printed casing and chrome-trimmed end panels, showing two toggle switches and a power input, the toggles control the RGB of internal LEDS .It’s placed on a cutting mat in a workshop setting with soldering iron and other electronics tools and materials behind it.
#retrogaming#retro#3dprinting
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Retro Gerry

A collage of four nighttime shots showing the mini arcade cabinet marquee lamp lit up in different colors — white, red, blue, and green. Each lighting mode creates a unique retro glow, highlighting the "Asteroids" game panel.

the second image is a slightly different earlier version showing the outrun panel instead of the asteroids.

A collage of four nighttime shots showing the mini arcade cabinet marquee lamp lit up in different colors — white, red, blue, and green. Each lighting mode creates a unique retro glow, highlighting the "Asteroids" game panel. The vibrant hues give off a nostalgic arcade vibe, with the colored light casting a cool ambiance around the lamp.
nighttime shot showing the mini arcade cabinet marquee lamp lit up in red, highlighting the "Outrun " arcade game panel.
#retrogaming#retro#3dprinting
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Retro Gerry

@m750 they are printed from vector art from online sources I found many many years ago (arcadeartwork.org), or from art I've took from scans and then converted manually to vectors. I printed them on an off white (cream almost) vinyl material to help mimic older bulbs when using leds and laminated it to cut to size clear self adhesive acrylic sheet.

probably I would reverse print them directly onto clear panels using a UV ink printer I have access to, if i was doing them again now.

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Aaron O

@gerrykelly that is cool. I wouldn't know the first place to start to print my own, I've considered buying more because asteroids is cool, but I loved hard driving, and want to make one as a gift

Retro Gerry

@m750 theres a lot of companies that make reproduction panels for peopel restoring arcade machines, you could start there this link gallopingghostreproductions.co I think is us based, and will supply a hard driving marquee mounted on clear acrylic. (btw, just one of the first links I found online, could not say if site is legit to order form or not)

you could also try just getting some high quality graphics and a local printer should be able to knock it out on vinyl or other material that you want.
:)

Galloping Ghost ReproductionsHard Drivin' — Galloping Ghost ReproductionsSide Art Set Marquee : Printed with HP Latex Inks on Translite Material Optional: Can be Laminated to Plexi. For custom sizes, Email us.
Feb 19, 2025, 04:05 PM·Public
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