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Retro Arcade Game UI Kit

A full arcade cabinet UI kit: an animated rainbow marquee, a bezelled CRT attract-screen with scanlines, hue-shifting logo, marching sprites and a blinking PUSH START, plus a control panel with a wiggling joystick and four glossy convex pressable buttons. Press Start 2P + Silkscreen on a neon-magenta cab.

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<div class="ret-07">
  <div class="ret-07__cab">
    <div class="ret-07__marquee"><b>NEON RAIDERS</b></div>

    <div class="ret-07__bezel">
      <div class="ret-07__screen">
        <span class="ret-07__hi">HI 999990</span>
        <span class="ret-07__credit">1UP 042150</span>
        <div class="ret-07__logo">NEON<br>RAIDERS</div>
        <div class="ret-07__sprites">👾 🛸 👾 🛸 👾</div>
        <div class="ret-07__sub">© 1986 CODEFRONTS<br><i>insert coin to continue</i></div>
        <div class="ret-07__start">▶ PUSH START ◀</div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="ret-07__panel">
      <div class="ret-07__joy">
        <span class="base"></span><span class="stick"></span><span class="ball"></span>
      </div>
      <div class="ret-07__buttons">
        <button class="ret-07__b ret-07__b--r"></button>
        <button class="ret-07__b ret-07__b--y"></button>
        <button class="ret-07__b ret-07__b--c"></button>
        <button class="ret-07__b ret-07__b--g"></button>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="ret-07__coin"><span>◉ INSERT COIN ◉</span></div>
  </div>
</div>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Press+Start+2P&family=Silkscreen:wght@400;700&display=swap');

.ret-07,
.ret-07 *,
.ret-07 *::before,
.ret-07 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.ret-07 ::selection {
  background: #ffcb05;
  color: #10001f;
}

.ret-07 {
  --cab: #1b0033;
  --cab2: #33005c;
  --magenta: #ff2e97;
  --yellow: #ffcb05;
  --cyan: #00f0ff;
  --green: #39ff14;
  --screen: #05010f;
  font-family: 'Press Start 2P',monospace;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 0%,#3a006b,#10001f 70%);
  min-height: 100vh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(14px,3vw,40px);
  color: #fff;
}

.ret-07__cab {
  width: min(480px,100%);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg,var(--cab2),var(--cab));
  border-radius: 30px 30px 14px 14px;
  padding: 18px;
  position: relative;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px #000,0 0 0 8px var(--magenta),0 0 40px rgba(255,46,151,.5),0 30px 60px rgba(0,0,0,.7);
}
/* marquee */

.ret-07__marquee {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,var(--magenta),var(--yellow),var(--cyan),var(--magenta));
  background-size: 300% 100%;
  border-radius: 14px;
  padding: 14px;
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 14px rgba(0,0,0,.5),0 0 20px rgba(255,203,5,.4);
  animation: ret-07-shift 6s linear infinite;
}

@keyframes ret-07-shift {
  to {
    background-position: 300% 0;
  }
}

.ret-07__marquee b {
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  color: #10001f;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #fff;
}
/* CRT screen with bezel */

.ret-07__bezel {
  background: #000;
  border-radius: 16px;
  padding: 16px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px #2a2a2a,inset 0 0 30px #000;
}

.ret-07__screen {
  background: var(--screen);
  border-radius: 8px;
  padding: 22px 18px;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 40px rgba(0,240,255,.12);
  min-height: 280px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 18px;
  text-align: center;
}

.ret-07__screen::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg,transparent 0 3px,rgba(0,0,0,.25) 3px 4px);
}

.ret-07__hi {
  font-family: 'Silkscreen';
  font-size: .7rem;
  letter-spacing: .2em;
  color: var(--magenta);
  position: absolute;
  top: 12px;
  left: 14px;
}

.ret-07__credit {
  font-family: 'Silkscreen';
  font-size: .7rem;
  color: var(--cyan);
  position: absolute;
  top: 12px;
  right: 14px;
}

.ret-07__logo {
  font-size: 1.7rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--yellow);
  text-shadow: 3px 3px 0 var(--magenta),-1px -1px 0 var(--cyan);
  animation: ret-07-hue 4s linear infinite;
}

@keyframes ret-07-hue {
  50% {
    filter: hue-rotate(40deg);
  }
}

.ret-07__sub {
  font-family: 'Silkscreen';
  font-size: .8rem;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  color: #fff;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.ret-07__sub i {
  color: var(--green);
}

.ret-07__start {
  font-size: .78rem;
  color: var(--cyan);
  animation: ret-07-blink 1s steps(2) infinite;
}

@keyframes ret-07-blink {
  50% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
}
/* little sprite row */

.ret-07__sprites {
  display: flex;
  gap: 14px;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  animation: ret-07-march 1s steps(2) infinite;
}

@keyframes ret-07-march {
  50% {
    transform: translateY(-3px);
  }
}
/* control panel */

.ret-07__panel {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 20px;
  margin-top: 18px;
  padding: 16px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg,#000,#1a1a1a);
  border-radius: 12px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.8);
}

.ret-07__joy {
  width: 58px;
  height: 58px;
  position: relative;
}

.ret-07__joy .base {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  width: 46px;
  height: 20px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: radial-gradient(#444,#111);
}

.ret-07__joy .stick {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 14px;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  width: 8px;
  height: 30px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,#777,#222);
  border-radius: 4px;
  transform-origin: bottom;
  animation: ret-07-wiggle 2s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.ret-07__joy .ball {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  width: 22px;
  height: 22px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#ff6ba8,var(--magenta));
  box-shadow: 0 0 10px var(--magenta);
}

@keyframes ret-07-wiggle {
  0%,
    100% {
    transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(-8deg);
  }

  50% {
    transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(10deg);
  }
}

.ret-07__buttons {
  display: flex;
  gap: 12px;
}

.ret-07__b {
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  cursor: pointer;
  border: none;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.6),inset 0 2px 4px rgba(255,255,255,.4);
  transition: transform .06s,box-shadow .06s;
}

.ret-07__b:active {
  transform: translateY(4px);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.6),inset 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
}

.ret-07__b--r {
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#ff8da8,#ff2e3c);
}

.ret-07__b--y {
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#fff0a0,var(--yellow));
}

.ret-07__b--c {
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#a0fbff,var(--cyan));
}

.ret-07__b--g {
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#b6ffae,var(--green));
}

.ret-07__coin {
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 14px;
  font-family: 'Silkscreen';
  font-size: .72rem;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  color: var(--yellow);
}

.ret-07__coin span {
  display: inline-block;
  border: 2px solid var(--yellow);
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 6px 12px;
}

@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .ret-07__logo {
    font-size: 1.3rem;
  }

  .ret-07__buttons {
    gap: 8px;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .ret-07 * {
    animation: none !important;
  }
}
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Demo: Retro Arcade Game UI Kit
Source: https://codefronts.com/design-styles/css-retro-designs/retro-arcade-game-ui-kit/

A full arcade cabinet UI kit: an animated rainbow marquee, a bezelled CRT attract-screen with scanlines, hue-shifting logo, marching sprites and a blinking PUSH START, plus a control panel with a wiggling joystick and four glossy convex pressable buttons. Press Start 2P + Silkscreen on a neon-magenta cab.
## HTML
```html
<div class="ret-07">
  <div class="ret-07__cab">
    <div class="ret-07__marquee"><b>NEON RAIDERS</b></div>

    <div class="ret-07__bezel">
      <div class="ret-07__screen">
        <span class="ret-07__hi">HI 999990</span>
        <span class="ret-07__credit">1UP 042150</span>
        <div class="ret-07__logo">NEON<br>RAIDERS</div>
        <div class="ret-07__sprites">👾 🛸 👾 🛸 👾</div>
        <div class="ret-07__sub">© 1986 CODEFRONTS<br><i>insert coin to continue</i></div>
        <div class="ret-07__start">▶ PUSH START ◀</div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="ret-07__panel">
      <div class="ret-07__joy">
        <span class="base"></span><span class="stick"></span><span class="ball"></span>
      </div>
      <div class="ret-07__buttons">
        <button class="ret-07__b ret-07__b--r"></button>
        <button class="ret-07__b ret-07__b--y"></button>
        <button class="ret-07__b ret-07__b--c"></button>
        <button class="ret-07__b ret-07__b--g"></button>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="ret-07__coin"><span>◉ INSERT COIN ◉</span></div>
  </div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Press+Start+2P&family=Silkscreen:wght@400;700&display=swap');

.ret-07,
.ret-07 *,
.ret-07 *::before,
.ret-07 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.ret-07 ::selection {
  background: #ffcb05;
  color: #10001f;
}

.ret-07 {
  --cab: #1b0033;
  --cab2: #33005c;
  --magenta: #ff2e97;
  --yellow: #ffcb05;
  --cyan: #00f0ff;
  --green: #39ff14;
  --screen: #05010f;
  font-family: 'Press Start 2P',monospace;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 0%,#3a006b,#10001f 70%);
  min-height: 100vh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(14px,3vw,40px);
  color: #fff;
}

.ret-07__cab {
  width: min(480px,100%);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg,var(--cab2),var(--cab));
  border-radius: 30px 30px 14px 14px;
  padding: 18px;
  position: relative;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px #000,0 0 0 8px var(--magenta),0 0 40px rgba(255,46,151,.5),0 30px 60px rgba(0,0,0,.7);
}
/* marquee */

.ret-07__marquee {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,var(--magenta),var(--yellow),var(--cyan),var(--magenta));
  background-size: 300% 100%;
  border-radius: 14px;
  padding: 14px;
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 16px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 14px rgba(0,0,0,.5),0 0 20px rgba(255,203,5,.4);
  animation: ret-07-shift 6s linear infinite;
}

@keyframes ret-07-shift {
  to {
    background-position: 300% 0;
  }
}

.ret-07__marquee b {
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  color: #10001f;
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #fff;
}
/* CRT screen with bezel */

.ret-07__bezel {
  background: #000;
  border-radius: 16px;
  padding: 16px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px #2a2a2a,inset 0 0 30px #000;
}

.ret-07__screen {
  background: var(--screen);
  border-radius: 8px;
  padding: 22px 18px;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 40px rgba(0,240,255,.12);
  min-height: 280px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 18px;
  text-align: center;
}

.ret-07__screen::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg,transparent 0 3px,rgba(0,0,0,.25) 3px 4px);
}

.ret-07__hi {
  font-family: 'Silkscreen';
  font-size: .7rem;
  letter-spacing: .2em;
  color: var(--magenta);
  position: absolute;
  top: 12px;
  left: 14px;
}

.ret-07__credit {
  font-family: 'Silkscreen';
  font-size: .7rem;
  color: var(--cyan);
  position: absolute;
  top: 12px;
  right: 14px;
}

.ret-07__logo {
  font-size: 1.7rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: var(--yellow);
  text-shadow: 3px 3px 0 var(--magenta),-1px -1px 0 var(--cyan);
  animation: ret-07-hue 4s linear infinite;
}

@keyframes ret-07-hue {
  50% {
    filter: hue-rotate(40deg);
  }
}

.ret-07__sub {
  font-family: 'Silkscreen';
  font-size: .8rem;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  color: #fff;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.ret-07__sub i {
  color: var(--green);
}

.ret-07__start {
  font-size: .78rem;
  color: var(--cyan);
  animation: ret-07-blink 1s steps(2) infinite;
}

@keyframes ret-07-blink {
  50% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
}
/* little sprite row */

.ret-07__sprites {
  display: flex;
  gap: 14px;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  animation: ret-07-march 1s steps(2) infinite;
}

@keyframes ret-07-march {
  50% {
    transform: translateY(-3px);
  }
}
/* control panel */

.ret-07__panel {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 20px;
  margin-top: 18px;
  padding: 16px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg,#000,#1a1a1a);
  border-radius: 12px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.8);
}

.ret-07__joy {
  width: 58px;
  height: 58px;
  position: relative;
}

.ret-07__joy .base {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  width: 46px;
  height: 20px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: radial-gradient(#444,#111);
}

.ret-07__joy .stick {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 14px;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  width: 8px;
  height: 30px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,#777,#222);
  border-radius: 4px;
  transform-origin: bottom;
  animation: ret-07-wiggle 2s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.ret-07__joy .ball {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  width: 22px;
  height: 22px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#ff6ba8,var(--magenta));
  box-shadow: 0 0 10px var(--magenta);
}

@keyframes ret-07-wiggle {
  0%,
    100% {
    transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(-8deg);
  }

  50% {
    transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(10deg);
  }
}

.ret-07__buttons {
  display: flex;
  gap: 12px;
}

.ret-07__b {
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  cursor: pointer;
  border: none;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.6),inset 0 2px 4px rgba(255,255,255,.4);
  transition: transform .06s,box-shadow .06s;
}

.ret-07__b:active {
  transform: translateY(4px);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.6),inset 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
}

.ret-07__b--r {
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#ff8da8,#ff2e3c);
}

.ret-07__b--y {
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#fff0a0,var(--yellow));
}

.ret-07__b--c {
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#a0fbff,var(--cyan));
}

.ret-07__b--g {
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 35% 30%,#b6ffae,var(--green));
}

.ret-07__coin {
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 14px;
  font-family: 'Silkscreen';
  font-size: .72rem;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  color: var(--yellow);
}

.ret-07__coin span {
  display: inline-block;
  border: 2px solid var(--yellow);
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 6px 12px;
}

@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .ret-07__logo {
    font-size: 1.3rem;
  }

  .ret-07__buttons {
    gap: 8px;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .ret-07 * {
    animation: none !important;
  }
}
```

Techniques used in this demo

filterMDN ↗radial-gradient()MDN ↗@keyframesMDN ↗clamp()MDN ↗place-items / place-contentMDN ↗

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