Dedicated TurboGrafx Shelf for games

[Ayce]

I posted my mock-up of this shelf quite some time ago. I've been finished with the shelf for months now, but never got around to ordering the marquee because of how much they wanted to print an mount it. So last night I decided to just buy some Plexiglas and mount it myself. Glad I did because had I ordered it from GameOnGrafix it would have cost me around $70 with shipping and I did this marquee for about $10 and I have left over Plexi.

Anyway here it is side-by-side with the mock-up.


There are a few things that I would change if I made this again. One would be building trenches for the wires to fit in so they get in the way less of the games. And to put in an ON/OFF switch... I'm still going to do this as plugging it in and unplugging it is a pain in the butt. I want a switch like I installed on my HyperSpin cab that is easy to access in the back.
 

[TurboGrafx]

Nicely done! I'm jealous  :-"

[Sadler]

Looks great!

[Groover]

That looks good. I like the sports at the bottom on display. I found that kind of funny.

[Ayce]

That looks good. I like the sports at the bottom on display. I found that kind of funny.

LOL... I just have some spares that I usually have laying on the bottom shelf so I decided to just line them up so they look pretty for the shot.

[cr8zykuban0]

horey shet! that's an awesome looking shelf~

[cjameslv]

Good job that shelf is nice looking! Like an Obey shrine  O:)

[Medic_wheat]

Wow nice.

Has a very arcade cabinet/kiosks store feel that I like.

One thing that might have been cool is for the sign maquee if you could do a "game of the month" slot where you are promoting or displaying the TG game your are currently playing might be kind of cool added touch.

[Lost Monkey]

Nice job!  Did you entertain making this with box height shelves?

[Ayce]

Nice job!  Did you entertain making this with box height shelves?

Actually that is one of the things in the design process that I was struggling with. Eventually I opted for jewel case height considering I don't have the money to get all games with box. I only have around 20 fully complete games, most of them commons. I have a separate shelf to hold the boxes (not a custom made shelf though).

[Gentlegamer]

That is awesome! I would personally not put lights on each shelf, though.

[Desh]

Very cool.  It came out looking great.

[esteban]

Awesome.

[Ayce]

That is awesome! I would personally not put lights on each shelf, though.

That was actually why I decided to make the shelf. I was tired of going over to my current shelf and having to turn the light on to find another game to play.

[Flare65]

I like it!