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Do I really wanna use a Pi for my Cocktail cab?

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mgb:
Ok, so I'm starting a new project and I'm in the planning and obtaining parts stage.

It's going to be a vertical cocktail cabinet but as a slim design so it will have a stand or can be sat on a table.
Here's the general idea I'm going for:


My plan is to keep it simple with strictly 4 way joysticks and 2 buttons per player.
So I'm not planning on a huge game list. Just 4-way vertical classics.
I'm also thinking of putting USB ports on the side for playing some older consoles with game pads (Nothing newer than Genesis)

I'm even planning on going total old school and just do a usb keyboard hack for the encoder.
Shouldn't be any ghosting issues on this setup.

I already bought a good 20" lcd for this project.
So my plan was to use an old DuoCore laptop with Windows 7 for the brain but due to wanting to keep things from getting bulky and hot, I'm thinking maybe a Raspberry Pi may be the way to go.

I've had an older RPi model B for a few years now. I've done some other things with it but haven't tried it out for emulation. Didn't have a reason until now.
If I go this route, I may buy an
So how are you guys liking the pi for emulation.

What seems to work best for you?

I'm gonna mess around retropie and see how it goes.
My monitor has dvi in so that's another plus for the pi.

How do guys handle scan lines?
Thanks for any input.

Slippyblade:
I've got an old version B that I shoved into an SNES case, it is purely a retro console station.  I love it.  Honestly, from the game list you've mentioned I see no reason NOT to use a Pi, especially since you've got one collecting dust.

Granted, I did splurge and spent $3 on a heat sink set and I have my Pi on the first notch of overclock settings to smooth out the sound issue that the older models had.

pbj:
I'm still waiting for a front end I really like.

mgb:

--- Quote from: pbj on June 16, 2015, 09:22:52 pm ---I'm still waiting for a front end I really like.

--- End quote ---

That's one problem I'm having is that the frontends are a little lacking

Bloinkxp:
Retropie \ Emulationstation is really a nice FE in my humble opinion.  Take a look at Floob's YouTube videos to get a feel for how to install...

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