Anyone else crazy enough to build their own retro-gaming machine?
(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?
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...
Sure, I built a retro arcade cabinet from a raspberry pi, crt tv and arcade parts. It's fun af.
Well, personally I turned a NES cartridge into a RetroPi console
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.
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.
I’ve always wanted to but it seems dauntingly expensive and tricky to do. Any tips?
I’m definitely thinking about it. I played around with the idea a while back, but remember getting frustrated with the key mapping.
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.
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.