If you put a bar on it, you could break it into multiple parts and bolt it together, or make it out of parts that slot/screw together, so you save on having to ship them as one big piece.
Also, you could test a few other types of sensors to find the most arcade like ones, because as stated above, the genuine ones can be expensive, but only having two per pad can reduce the sensitivity depending on the player's style. You could try making the L brackets part of the actual sensor, or try the old nail and wire setup.
In my own pad, I use two sheet plates in the center of the pad that trigger very easily, but sometimes a bit too much so. That could be sorted with some slightly thicker foam though.
Another issue would be that of the lighting. If you were to connect it up to a console rather than an actual machine, powering the bulbs would be rather difficult, aswell as hooking up a separate circuit to switch them on and off.
Plus cost, of course.
I suppose an alternative would be an LED based setup, since they'd be cheaper than halogens, and would use less power, but brightness would be an issue there, depending on how they were powered. Batteries would be an option, perhaps with a dc adapter connection too.
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