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Warfusion:
Hey everyone new here. I love to build different things and do projects. I have a love for Retro games. Anyway can you all recommend some sources to learn. Aside from me looking at the forum for the next few hours Lol. Hope to become active here. Thanks for any help : )

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Louis Tully:
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Warfusion:
Thanks for the info I'm going to be going through it. I'm actually looking to build a small arcade cabinet using a raspberry pi for the games. I want to start small before I do anything on a larger scale.

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Howard_Casto:
The Pi is NOT a good project to start with.  You'll have to deal with linux (a psuedo custom build at that) and a realitively new piece of hardware, two things you aren't going to find a lot of help on.  Even though the Pi is cheaper, it would be considered an advanced project. 

Start with your home pc and a hand built arcade stick.  Then try the Pi out after you have a better understanding of how mame and other emulators work. 

kahlid74:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 07, 2013, 04:01:24 am ---The Pi is NOT a good project to start with.  You'll have to deal with linux (a psuedo custom build at that) and a realitively new piece of hardware, two things you aren't going to find a lot of help on.  Even though the Pi is cheaper, it would be considered an advanced project. 

Start with your home pc and a hand built arcade stick.  Then try the Pi out after you have a better understanding of how mame and other emulators work.

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I'm a big fan of the Pi but for arcade gaming and especially starting new I would agree with Howard on this.  The other thing you can do is look for old/throw away computers from friends/family/craigslist.  They'll use more power than the Pi but be much more useable than the Pi will.

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