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dkersten:
But Lion, that is how feature creep starts and costs spiral out of control. "I already have $500 in this, what is another $100?" Soon you have $2500 in it because you "might as well".. :laugh2:
But I agree nevertheless.. Why skimp when you go all out on everything else? Like I said, if your application is specific to one game or one group of games and you don't have any need whatsoever now or in the future for more, AND you don't have a PC to use already, then a rpi makes perfect sense. But most people don't build mame cabs to not have flexibility..
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: dkersten on September 04, 2014, 03:23:14 pm ---But Lion, that is how feature creep starts and costs spiral out of control. "I already have $500 in this, what is another $100?" Soon you have $2500 in it because you "might as well".. :laugh2:
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Sigh... Let me explain.
A Pi costs $25 & $35
Let's look at the $35 model and toss in some ball park figures for the accessories
$9 for an 8GB SD card
$5 for a power supply of some sort
Bare minimum. B+ gives you extra GPIO and 2 extra USB ports.
Keyboard and mouse adds another $25 or so. Monitor adds another $100 perhaps. $50 for a 500GB HDD.
An Android tablet can be had for about $50, comes with touch screen, WiFi, Bluetooth. DUAL CPU's. You loose those extra USB ports and the HDMI out though.
That's my point. There is more capable hardware is the same price range.
Pi is long in the tooth and the price hasn't dropped one iota. The modules are also insanely expensive.
If you already have a Pi, have fun But if you're starting from scratch, consider your options carefully.
Oops... Fixed bad edit
DietCoke:
I've got one, though not in a cabinet. I'd planned on using it in one until I tried playing a number of MAME games on it (NBA Jam, MK, etc) and found that it was iffy at best. Dumped that idea after a couple days. Works for NES games without issue, though!
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: dkersten on September 04, 2014, 03:23:14 pm ---But Lion, that is how feature creep starts and costs spiral out of control. "I already have $500 in this, what is another $100?" Soon you have $2500 in it because you "might as well".. :laugh2:
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That's where you REALLY have to practice self-control and tell yourself to stick to the plan. Feature Creep can be a ---smurfette---.
nitrogen_widget:
--- Quote from: DietCoke on September 04, 2014, 04:49:22 pm ---I've got one, though not in a cabinet. I'd planned on using it in one until I tried playing a number of MAME games on it (NBA Jam, MK, etc) and found that it was iffy at best. Dumped that idea after a couple days. Works for NES games without issue, though!
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It plays most games from the 80's pretty good.
it's still only 1ghz overclocked though so you'll need real PC for those games.
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