(figured I’d ‘do my part’ and make my first Lemmy post…!)

I love this thing too much to part with, but I’m gonna have to be honest: I barely use it. More often or not I retro-game on my Steam Deck…slightly more portable!

Has anyone else built their own units for retro-gaming though?

  • TimeNaan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sure, I built a retro arcade cabinet from a raspberry pi, crt tv and arcade parts. It’s fun af.

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    Made this guy back in 2015… Have made a couple changes here & there. I’ve had the itch to sell it and make a new one from scratch, taking into account things I’ve learned & wanted to change…

    Arcade machine

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    I picked up a little bartop cabinet from a local arcade convention a few years back for a few hundred bucks. Ended up ripping out the Pandora’s Box (overseas piracy device with a bunch of dumped ROMs) and threw a Raspberry Pi into it. Got everything wired up with RetroPi… then realized I needed to add more buttons.

    It’s been in that state for years lol

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    1 year ago

    Nothing wrong with not using it a ton. Sometimes it is about the journey not the destination. The thrill of building cool stuff vs the thrill of using it are two different things.

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    1 year ago

    I had a Raspberry Pi setup with a little screen attached. Got some good usage but then decided to repurpose the Pi as a media server.

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    1 year ago

    It’s on my to-do list, but the arcade hardware itself can get quite pricy. I may end up just using USB controllers instead of the buttons, sticks, and trackballs.

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    About 13 years ago, I made this fella.

    https://i.imgur.com/hZYFEmC.jpg

    It was a huge amount of fun to build and I was very happy with the result. I hardly play it, but sometimes just put it on and let it cycle through games to fill the house with an arcade-y ambiance.

    It started off life with an old PC in it, but currently runs a Raspberry Pi 3.

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    1 year ago

    I’m definitely thinking about it. I played around with the idea a while back, but remember getting frustrated with the key mapping.