full size arcade empty cabinet for DIY – 2 player – no electronics

A full-size, fully assembled 2-player arcade cabinet — decals already on, ready for you to drop in your own electronics and ship a finished machine. This is the hard part of building an arcade machine, already done. The 26″ cabinet arrives completely assembled with the decals applied, so there’s no woodworking, no cabinet design, no measuring, manufacturing or sawdust — and no need for a full service center. You focus on the fun part: the build. Simply drop in your favourite PC build, Batocera unit, Raspberry Pi or game controller and program the machine exactly to your specs. The 2-player gaming panel is pre-cut with mounting holes for a joystick and 6 button holes per player, plus dedicated 1-player and 2-player button holes — so your controls land where they should the first time. Why it works for builders & events For an event brand or installer, a ready cabinet collapses your build timeline to the electronics alone. There’s no lead time lost to fabrication and no risk that a hand-built box looks the part on the floor — this one already does, with decals on and a footprint sized to draw a crowd. It’s a buy-once asset you can re-skin, re-program and redeploy across activation after activation. And because the controls are standard 2-player, head-to-head play keeps two people engaged at once while a queue builds behind them — the kind of dwell time that turns a stand into a moment people stop to film and share. Built to last, ready to brand Heavy-duty construction means it’s built to survive real venue use, with footrests covered in metal tearplating to fend off wear and tear — and, frankly, they just look the part. Inside, a built-in audio control cavity takes your own amplifier so you can dial in bass and treble to suit the room. The decals can stay as they are, or be replaced with your own artwork as an option, turning the cabinet into a branded centrepiece for recall long after the event. Also searched as: empty arcade cabinet, DIY arcade machine, 2-player arcade cabinet, ready-made arcade enclosure. Supplied with no electronics, monitor or games — cabinet only. Custom artwork wrap available as an option. Limited stock — size: 71.5 cm wide × 58 cm deep × 175.2 cm tall; weight: 85 kilograms.