Knicksman20
Superstar
Got my roms/emulators working on the Pi 3. Got the Sega Genesis library, Neo Geo, & N64. Played some games & it's nice. I'm about to start with some Psx, Saturn, & Dreamcast games this week. So far it's smooth.
Building a retro arcade machine with Raspberry Pi 3 and Retropie
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Retropie is supposed to be great.
I'm an Apple guy so I use openemu on my desktop and laptop.
What's the performance like on ps2/dreamcast games
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
I'm planning to build one in a couple months after I finish my basement . I found a few companies that sell cabinets and I'm probably gonna get this one. It's only $425 too 
MikesArcade.com - Midway Upright PC Cabinet - fully assembled arcade cabinet
I already have the PC, I just need the cabinet and the joystick. Need to find someplace that makes artwork for it and I'm set.
MikesArcade.com - Midway Upright PC Cabinet - fully assembled arcade cabinet
I already have the PC, I just need the cabinet and the joystick. Need to find someplace that makes artwork for it and I'm set.
Golayitdown
Veteran
Don't think it supports PS2 games and I didn't take the time to get the Dreamcast games set up. Going to take another next week when I have some free time.
Seems a bit expensive for that.I'm planning to build one in a couple months after I finish my basement . I found a few companies that sell cabinets and I'm probably gonna get this one. It's only $425 too
MikesArcade.com - Midway Upright PC Cabinet - fully assembled arcade cabinet
I already have the PC, I just need the cabinet and the joystick. Need to find someplace that makes artwork for it and I'm set.
Check out the X-Arcade stuff if youre looking for something prebuilt.
Arcade Cabinet For The X-Arcade Tankstick | Xtension Arcade Cabinet at RecRoom Masters
Check out a few of the youtube videos before buying anything though. Skill wise it isn't that difficult to build one yourself. Its more time consuming than anything else.
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I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
Time is the main reason I'm not building, I want something I can put together in under an hour
HAd to put this project on hold so I could build my studio. Will try to get back into it January.
Daystew
Legion of Boom
95% finished. First time ever messing with building anything, so I was more than pleased with it, even though some parts of the construction aren't perfect. Found a retropie image with 7500 games + Kodi. I'm only using Kodi to set the cabinet on a playlist of 80s/90s commercials when the machine is on but a game isn't being played.
Learned a lot in this process, probably easier for some of you with experience with woodworking, but it feels
just to finish something like this. I can send links of joysticks I bought, got a whole set for $68 on Amazon. G'luck brehs
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That's dope breh. I haven't started mine because I had a much bigger and more important project to finish but coincidentally last week I started looking over the parts I need for this project again. I was thinking about making the button layout with 8 buttons so I could have the option later down the line to put a decent PC in the cabinet or a console and play a few modern games.
95% finished. First time ever messing with building anything, so I was more than pleased with it, even though some parts of the construction isn't perfect. Found a retropie image with 7500 games + Kodi. I'm only using Kodi to set the cabinet on a playlist of 80s/90s commercials when the machine is on but a game isn't being played.
Learned a lot in this process, probably easier for some of you with experience with woodworking, but it feels
How much did your build end up costing?
Knicksman20
Superstar
95% finished. First time ever messing with building anything, so I was more than pleased with it, even though some parts of the construction aren't perfect. Found a retropie image with 7500 games + Kodi. I'm only using Kodi to set the cabinet on a playlist of 80s/90s commercials when the machine is on but a game isn't being played.
Learned a lot in this process, probably easier for some of you with experience with woodworking, but it feels
Looks great bro