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Title: I built a RetroPie
Post by: ddrfraser1 on Wed, 31 March 2021, 12:38:26
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Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 31 March 2021, 18:27:26
Nice colour-matched accessories! But where is the Raspberry Pi?

I am putting together one myself right now. I chose a SNES case, European/Japanese version.
Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 31 March 2021, 19:57:48
looks gud,  prepare for those little marks in your palm.
Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: Sintpinty on Wed, 31 March 2021, 20:42:47
Quote from: ddrfraser1 on Wed, 31 March 2021, 12:38:26
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oo cool ui
Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 31 March 2021, 21:41:27
Quote from: Sintpinty on Wed, 31 March 2021, 20:42:47
Quote from: ddrfraser1 on Wed, 31 March 2021, 12:38:26
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oo cool ui
It's the NES Mini theme (https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8391/cardboard-mini-nes-nes-mini-and-famicom-mini-themes) for RetroPie.
Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: noisyturtle on Wed, 31 March 2021, 22:18:04
Hello my friend. Have you heard the good word about our Lord and Savior the MiSTer FPGA?
Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: ddrfraser1 on Thu, 01 April 2021, 07:50:18
Oo, no! This looks compelling. I must look into this more.
Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 01 April 2021, 08:20:12
Quote from: ddrfraser1 on Thu, 01 April 2021, 07:50:18
Oo, no! This looks compelling. I must look into this more.

Also calibrrrr dat TV for maximum emulation graphx accuracy
Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: Shapey Fiend on Fri, 09 April 2021, 13:30:12
Quote from: noisyturtle on Wed, 31 March 2021, 22:18:04
Hello my friend. Have you heard the good word about our Lord and Savior the MiSTer FPGA?

Ordered one a couple of weeks ago looking forward to getting my mitts on it.
Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: phinix on Fri, 09 April 2021, 18:46:25
OK, we need to expand this subject - I was looking to get this little thingy for retro gaming.
Title: Re: I built a RetroPie
Post by: TacticalCoder on Tue, 20 April 2021, 08:36:01
That is nice!  I've got a Pi + a Pi2JAMMA adapter, which hence can be swapped instead of the PCBs in the vintage arcade cab I've got at home. I've got a few PCBs (not many) but the Pi allows to have way more games.
And some PCBs are notoriously hard to run on the real hardware (and many are not even JAMMA, so it's a PITA to do the wiring): like Robotron 2084 (amazing game, with amazing controls: no buttons, it's played with two joysticks, one to fire in any of eight directions and the other to move in any of eight directions).
So the Pi is very convenient to run all these fancies and "unobtainium" PCBs.
Seriously: playing old games at 60 Hz on a CRT is quite something.
The Pi2JAMMA adapter is bigger than the Pi (the Pi can be seen "sitting", well really plugged into, on top of the adapter), which is quite funny:
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