Comment on Why are arcade cabinets so expensive?

• MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  So, they are just a fancy decoration?

  Exactly. There’s so many better ways to play these games:

  • Pandora’s Box
  • Batocera / Emulation Station / RetroPi on a Raspberry Pi
  • Various mini systems with a jailbreak (Sega Genesis Mini and PlayStation Classic are particularly good)
  • SteamDeck or PC with Emulation Station and RetroArch

  So the price is really due the piece of the decorated furniture off the cabinet.

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  • sleepybisexual@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yea, emulation is in general better. Tho what’s a Pandoras box?

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    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Pandora’s Box is a game machine, with games pre-loaded. It tends to have thousands of arcade games pre-loaded.

      It’s a popular choice for restoring actual full size arcade machines, with dead motherboards. It’s also an option to upgrade (or just revive from motherboard death) an Arcade1Up.

      With some effort, a cheap PC will do the same job, but some folks like that they’re premade and ready to use.

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      • sleepybisexual@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Nice :3

        I should find some romsets

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