As I've mentioned a few times one primary objective of this project was to spend little or nothing.
Total costs so far were
$50 for the cab.
$14.99 for the monitor.
~$5 in random parts for everything else.
I don't do math but that seems cheap.
And here's why. Instead of dedicating a computer to this project (which I didn't have, or at least not a modern one) I decided to piggy back this system to my existing original mame cabinet (which I call the Nanoarcade - expect blog posts). This means I have what looks like two complete arcades running off of one computer.
In theory this was great. In practice, I spent way too much time on software.
I did have it working, but never played it. I tried to separate the two systems by having different logins in Windows 7.
Ultimately, moving forward it needs it's own computer. To accomplish this, I've decided to use a raspberry pi. This wasn't my first choice as the existing computer was quite powerful, allowing me to play modern games like Dirt 2 or 3 or whatever. Ultimately though, I just want to play oldschool arcade games (like for example, the 1982 classic Turbo by Sega...).
And so begins the evolution of converting the system to a raspberry pi.
Total costs so far were
$50 for the cab.
$14.99 for the monitor.
~$5 in random parts for everything else.
I don't do math but that seems cheap.
And here's why. Instead of dedicating a computer to this project (which I didn't have, or at least not a modern one) I decided to piggy back this system to my existing original mame cabinet (which I call the Nanoarcade - expect blog posts). This means I have what looks like two complete arcades running off of one computer.
In theory this was great. In practice, I spent way too much time on software.
I did have it working, but never played it. I tried to separate the two systems by having different logins in Windows 7.
Ultimately, moving forward it needs it's own computer. To accomplish this, I've decided to use a raspberry pi. This wasn't my first choice as the existing computer was quite powerful, allowing me to play modern games like Dirt 2 or 3 or whatever. Ultimately though, I just want to play oldschool arcade games (like for example, the 1982 classic Turbo by Sega...).
And so begins the evolution of converting the system to a raspberry pi.