I kind of hesitated responding to this, because there is a background story that's a bit rough, but I'm proud of it so here goes.
Last year my cousin was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. He was under all kinds of debilitating treatments to prolong his life and some experimental stuff to perhaps save it. He was bedridden the entire time. He was a huge arcade fan back in the 80's. My dad, knowing I work in electronics and software, had the great idea to ask if I could hook him up with an arcade stick and maybe some emulation and games that he could play from his bed. This was the genesis of the arcade stick.
Not being much of an adept at wood working my dad and I tackled the project together. It was really fun and rewarding. My cousin played it with his kids and they got to see all the old arcade games their dad played back in the day. We delivered the arcade stick to him in February. Unfortunately this was the last project I got to do with my dad. The day before Father's Day my dad found out he had pancreatic cancer that had already spread to his liver. My cousin passed shortly after in June and dad passed in late July.
All I have are the pictures and memories, but I think we did a decent job on it. It played well when I tested it.