With this project I am trying to rethink the arcade gaming area in bars and beer  pubs. 

Traditionally , bar desks with TV screens are separated from the  arcade  gaming zone.

The COVID  sanitary regulations almost killed traditional arcade cabinets  because it is very difficult to maintain the safe distance and regular sanitary cleaning of all game control buttons and joysticks .

 I have an idea to embedd original foot-operated game controllers under the bar  with COVID-safe distance between each other . Gaming hardware can be hidden anyware as it  is compact now. With this aproach , classic big arcade cabinets will become  obsolete. Imho, general layout  may looks like this :  

 

My  experimental foot-operated game controller was  made from plywood, Lazy Susan bearings, cheap sensors from Ali-Express and Arduino pro.  This arcade game prototype was made as a compilation of  elements from several classic arcades like "Pac-Man", "Ice-Cold Bee" and " Dance Dance Revolution". DDR arcade  is plyed at "step-dance" style . I prefer the "Twist" style.   As the games are controlled by feet, the players  can drink beer or other drinks and play game at the same time . In the video clip bellow you can see how the whole system works .