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THFourteen 52,567 posts
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Spectral 6,278 posts
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Registered 16 years agoTHFourteen wrote:
Even if it doesn't end up quite perfect, it'll still look pretty damn cool imo.
I just don’t think I have the skills to do this part
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Addy__ 1,103 posts
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Registered 4 months agoTHFourteen wrote:
I'd royally mess that up.
I just don’t think I have the skills to do this part
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Addy__ 1,103 posts
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Registered 4 months agoDecided to not buy the gpd xd. As I went down the emulation device rabbit hole last night I discovered my switch has a serial that allows me to put homebrew on it. Tonight I'll give it a whirl and try and test some systems on it. -
THFourteen 52,567 posts
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Registered 14 years agoBe careful not to get banned.
Been sizing the Bartop arcade up a bit more. I already have a pi3 and memory card. Would be looking at:
Monitor - £20
Speakers + amp - £25
Joysticks and buttons - £30
Cabinet and Artwork - £100
T-Moulding - £10
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THFourteen 52,567 posts
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Registered 14 years agoIt’s a moot point really it’s now just a question of when rather than if I less the button.
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Addy__ 1,103 posts
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Registered 4 months agoTHFourteen wrote:
Buy!!
It’s a moot point really it’s now just a question of when rather than if I less the button.
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THFourteen 52,567 posts
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Registered 14 years agoNrrrrrrgh -
Spectral 6,278 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI don't want to put a dampener on your plans or anything but do bear in mind the significantly more powerful Pi4 is out now and a version of retropie is currently being worked on for it. Depending on how easy it would be to swap out the boards in that thing, you may want to wait and see.
Edit: You could email the seller and ask if you can have them pre-apply the art work for you before shipping. They may have a charge for it but at least it takes the worry out if they do it.
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Addy__ 1,103 posts
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Registered 4 months agoI need another micro SD card. Doesn't appear to be any decent deals on 400gb and above though. -
Spectral 6,278 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@Addy__ If you have prime, prime day on amazon starts tomorow(probably midnight tonight). SD cards tend to feature quite prominently in their sales so worth keeping an eye out. -
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Ooo good shout that. I do have prime. -
THFourteen 52,567 posts
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That’s fine, the pie is pretty much normal cables so as long as I don’t fix it inside the cabinet I can replace it easy enough, the joystick and buttons come with a usb encoder and the video is hdmi to dvi and the audio just a 3.5mm jack.
Spent all afternoon sorting my large backup of previously owned software ROM collection. Unbelievable that I really used to own 850 SNES games eh...
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Spectral 6,278 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@THFourteen N64 is no go, technically they run, but they're a slow glitchy mess. PS1 runs more or less full speed on most games but when I tried it I got a lot of graphical glitches, particularly with reduced draw distance causing some weird looking backgrounds. But it's been a while since I tried PS1, the emulator may have been updated since then.
For older stuff your more or less good to go. All the main 8/16 bit consoles run great, so do the handhelds up to GBA. Older arcade stuff also runs great but it can't handle the more advanced/complicated games. Nothing that uses CHD's runs well, so no killer instinct or SF3,etc. Fingers crossed the Pi4 will fix most of those problems, it's significantly more powerful.
Personally I'm planning on using my Pi3B+ for the stuff as a mini console with just the best of the best(and a not so great but nostalgic to me) from the stuff it can run flawlessly. Then later get a Pi4 for the throw everything at it build. I'm even kind of tempted to get another so I can have this one as a dedicated Nintendo machine(its in a snes case) and another for Sega in a Mega Drive case.
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Your-Mother 2,885 posts
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Registered 3 years agoFor an arcade cab, it’s usually worth spending a little extra and getting a cheap PC for it, even a NUC will run rings around the Pi (even the 4), loses the heavy reliance on Retroarch so you can use decent Naomi and Model 2/3 emus, and allows you to use decent CRT shaders without latency or slowdown.
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THFourteen 52,567 posts
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Yeah I imagine I’ll use it twice before it collects dust. Will skip on the PC for now, but upgrading my motherboard and next year so could easily swap out for an actual PC which would be cool. -
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Registered 16 years agoTHFourteen wrote:
While not impossible, fitting normal size PC components into a BarTop machine might be a little awkward. From the videos on youtube, there isn't that much space in there. Plus it would make it much heavier.
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Yeah I imagine I’ll use it twice before it collects dust. Will skip on the PC for now, but upgrading my motherboard and next year so could easily swap out for an actual PC which would be cool. -
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Registered 4 months agoJust had confirmation that my RS-97 is now at the UK distribution centre. Lol I don't think I want it anymore now that I'm all into the switch haxx. -
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Registered 4 months agoSpectral wrote:
Thanks for this again mate. Grabbed a 400gb SanDisk for £47.99 in a prime day deal.
@Addy__ If you have prime, prime day on amazon starts tomorow(probably midnight tonight). SD cards tend to feature quite prominently in their sales so worth keeping an eye out. -
THFourteen 52,567 posts
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Mines due for delivery today! Guaranteed it will come when I’m out of the house. Would be great if it came as an away for a few days in Edinburgh from tomorrow!
I have a few homebrew devices eg 3DSXL and a switch that I could homebrew, but wanted this for fitting in my pocket - and being cheap enough that I don’t mind if it gets trashed at the pub or football or whatever. -
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Yeah I'm still interested to see how it performs. -
THFourteen 52,567 posts
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Registered 14 years agoWas playing through a few ROMs yesterday of stuff I’d never played before. Man it’s amazing how simple most games were in those days. 90% of what I tried turned out to be side scrolling beat em ups with one button for attack and one to jump and that’s it.
FWIW I also suck at those games. But I got further in final fight than I ever have before thanks to unlimited continues lol. -
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Registered 4 months agoTHFourteen wrote:
Final fight becomes a credit guzzler on the boss fights lol.
Was playing through a few ROMs yesterday of stuff I’d never played before. Man it’s amazing how simple most games were in those days. 90% of what I tried turned out to be side scrolling beat em ups with one button for attack and one to jump and that’s it.
FWIW I also suck at those games. But I got further in final fight than I ever have before thanks to unlimited continues lol. -
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Registered 12 years agoSpectral wrote:
I've got a bartop that originally started as a netbook-grade PC so I could get the parts comfortably inside. I ended up switching it out for a Pi.
THFourteen wrote:
While not impossible, fitting normal size PC components into a BarTop machine might be a little awkward. From the videos on youtube, there isn't that much space in there. Plus it would make it much heavier.
@Your-Mother
Yeah I imagine I’ll use it twice before it collects dust. Will skip on the PC for now, but upgrading my motherboard and next year so could easily swap out for an actual PC which would be cool.
While 3D via MAME is a complete slideshow on the Pi (3B+ anyway), it ran PS1 games much better than the PC so I use PS1 ports to play the 3D stuff where I can. It also boots much quicker. The lack of moving parts I think is relevant too and I'm more confident that it's not going to randomly die on me. -
THFourteen 52,567 posts
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I do like the plug and play nature of retroarch and emulationstation on the pi. Plus the scraper is reasonable. Also have a windows tablet with an atom z8350 in it, and it’s SO unresponsive by comparison even if the emulation is a bit better.
Ordered the cabinet for £99 with the Marvel superheroes artwork. Not had a project for a while...
Urgh dude just messaged me and talking something about sealing the MDF
Out of my depth already
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Registered 4 months agoRS-97 has arrived. Will give it a test drive later. -
Psiloc 5,116 posts
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Registered 12 years ago@THFourteen MDF is kind of permanently dusty unless you treat it with something; he's probably worried your artwork isn't going to stick down. When I did mine I just did a few rounds with some spray primer and then spray painted the whole thing black. The transfer went on lovely after that.
I hope you're good with a craft knife to cut it down to size.gif)
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Registered 2 years agoWhat screens are you guys using for these projects? I'm looking for a small (7-10") hdmi monitor atm, ideally something that looks good at any viewing angle (ips preferred). -
Psiloc 5,116 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI used a panel from an old 17" 4:3 VGA monitor -
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https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F233285964816
That’s what I was planning on. Nothing too expensive, it’s a budget build.
Might even pop down to the tech guys at work and see if they have spares.
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