Comment on Why are arcade cabinets so expensive?
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 months agoSo, 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.
sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Yea, emulation is in general better. Tho what’s a Pandoras box?
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 months 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.
sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Nice :3
I should find some romsets