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They're great at it, especially the latest version 4 Pi. Get a "keyboard switch to USB interface" and you can wire in real arcade buttons and joysticks to the PI ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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I've got Pi3 and Pi4, both very capable at emulating MS:DOS, C64, ZX Spectrum... and other such computers and all the 8 bit and 16 bit home consoles upto PS1 and N64 era. It also does great GB, GBC and GBA emulation. PSP (and Dreamcast, Saturn...) is doable, however not every game runs well.
Pi4 is obviously better at emulating stuff than Pi3, but not that far ahead. Also, the cool thing about Raspberry platform is the community support, both in hardware and software support.
Try to find your local Raspberry Pi shop. My local shop (CZE) sells Pi kits of all sorts, even gaming stuff with complete plug 'n' play kits with pre-installed SD cards. *You'll have to source your own game roms, obviously. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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OP, google ''retropie kit''. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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I made one. Well, I made 2 actually because we had some space between two sofas at work.
The Pi was a very small part of each of them to be honest.
Pick a screen first, tear it down to component level and find a way to mount it, preferably behind some glass or perspex. Make sure the screen you pick is big enough at 5x4 aspect ratio - hint - a widescreen will not be useful in this situation, as most retro arcade stuff is 5x4, a lot were designed with the screen rotated 90 degrees too...
Then pick your controls, I used a kit from arcadeworlduk.com - great service there... You'll end up with buttons, wires and a control box that plugs into USB.
Work out where you want the buttons placed; slagcoin are a good resource for templates of various layouts.
Choose the angle between the screen and the control board, screw some bits on (draw the rest of the fvcking owl) and bob's a goodun.
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UnknownStuntman wrote: | I made one. Well, I made 2 actually because we had some space between two sofas at work.
The Pi was a very small part of each of them to be honest.
Pick a screen first, tear it down to component level and find a way to mount it, preferably behind some glass or perspex. Make sure the screen you pick is big enough at 5x4 aspect ratio - hint - a widescreen will not be useful in this situation, as most retro arcade stuff is 5x4, a lot were designed with the screen rotated 90 degrees too...
Then pick your controls, I used a kit from arcadeworlduk.com - great service there... You'll end up with buttons, wires and a control box that plugs into USB.
Work out where you want the buttons placed; slagcoin are a good resource for templates of various layouts.
Choose the angle between the screen and the control board, screw some bits on (draw the rest of the fvcking owl) and bob's a goodun.
https://i.imgur.com/UnpTorM.jpg
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Really impressive!!
Thank you for the links etc.
How long did it take you to knock something like this together?
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Incidentally, the screen popped on the table a while ago and I ordered a replacement screen for it that sat in a box by my desk for a few months. Opened it Friday intending to rip the machine to bits to fit. Wrong size screen, innit.
So, I guess I'll be making another one soon. Always wanted an OutRun box, so I'll let you know what I make... |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 155 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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