--- title: RCade: The Arcade Cabinet Anyone Can Deploy To | Custom... description: A conference talk from Recurse Center alumni presenting RCade, a community arcade cabinet built from a salvaged CRT arcade machine. The project features a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rcade-the-arcade-cabinet-anyone-can-deploy-to-custom-gpu-real-crt-smqv32ey3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: RCade: The Arcade Cabinet Anyone Can Deploy To | Custom GPU + Real CRT | daily.dev og:description: A conference talk from Recurse Center alumni presenting RCade, a community arcade cabinet built from a salvaged CRT arcade machine. 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The project features a custom-designed GPU board (STM32-based with a 24-bit DAC) to drive the vintage CRT at low resolution over USB, an Electron-based game runtime that lets anyone deploy web-based games via a CLI and GitHub Actions, and a plugin system ensuring long-term game compatibility. The deployment pipeline uses OIDC tokens to verify Recurse Center membership, uploads game bundles to Cloudflare R2, and runs entirely on a free-tier Cloudflare account. Over 50 community games have been built, with templates supporting JavaScript/p5.js, Rust, C++, Python, and OCaml. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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