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Raspberry Pi vs a 60 in 1 for a Cocktail Cabinet
DHTech:
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Your two choices for video are composite, which lets face it, is awful, or HDMI, which pretty much ties you down to a widescreen display that is the incorrect aspect ratio.
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This is incorrect, I am running a 4:3 display with and HDMI to DVI adapter, you can also get HDMI to VGA adapters, they only cost about $5
BobA:
Sure there are OLD tried and true ways of getting mame and other emulators to run but it is nice to see new ways of doing it without the overhead of atx power supplies and fans. Love to see new way of doing a 100 in 1 board that does not cost alot of coin and is eco friendly. The small form factor and the minimum power requirements will probably make some nice compact cabs.
sharpfork:
--- Quote from: DHTech on June 17, 2013, 01:50:52 am ---
This is incorrect, I am running a 4:3 display with and HDMI to DVI adapter, you can also get HDMI to VGA adapters, they only cost about $5
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I had discounted the raspi as an option partially due to limited video options and reports of sound issues. Can you tell us more about your setup?
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DHTech:
--- Quote from: sharpfork on June 17, 2013, 03:36:14 am ---
--- Quote from: DHTech on June 17, 2013, 01:50:52 am ---
This is incorrect, I am running a 4:3 display with and HDMI to DVI adapter, you can also get HDMI to VGA adapters, they only cost about $5
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I had discounted the raspi as an option partially due to limited video options and reports of sound issues. Can you tell us more about your setup?
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My original idea was to run a Pi as I only wanted to run games such as Defender, PacMan, Zaxxon, Contra and the likes, so the early 80s arcade games, these the Pi runs with out any issues. The Pi is connected to a 4:3 Viewsonic monitor via a DVi adapter the audio is run into a small 12v auto amp and connected to some small 4" car speakers, control is via an iPac2. I'm running the lastest version of PiMame, which includes AdvanceMame, GNGeo, pcsx-reARmed and SNES9x all installed on an easily swappable SD card. The Pi I have overclocked from it's standard 700mhz to 800mhz, you can take them up to 1ghz but this shortens the lifetime. All roms are transferred to the Pi via ftp.
Pros:
Low Power
Completely Silent
Swappable SD cards
Very easy to set up
Cheap to buy
Easy overclocked
Cons:
Wont run the more processor intensive games
Limited front end
Older version of Mame
Limited on available emulators
I'm sure other will point out may more pros and cons, but those are just a few that come to mind.
Haze:
--- Quote from: DHTech on June 17, 2013, 04:52:32 am ---
My original idea was to run a Pi as I only wanted to run games such as Defender, PacMan, Zaxxon, Contra and the likes, so the early 80s arcade games, these the Pi runs with out any issues.
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with incorrect blitter speed emulation and wrong slowdowns because the emulators are based on such old versions.