FYI for those interested, here are my thoughts on the 4 tiny arcades I received yesterday.
Space Invaders: Seems to run at full frame rate, managed a decent score. I'm recovering from an operation I had today so in the next couple of days I'm going to play SI on the arcade cab to see how the Tiny Arcade version compares to the original. IMHO, I had a blast
PACMan, Ms Pacman and Galaxian. YEp, as mentioned earlier these tend to run at a fraction of the frame rate but they seem to play very authentically and are still fun.
Overall comments: seeing the nice cabinet art and the marquee that lights up is a super bonus. games that required 4 way joystick like pacman and ms pacman are certainly a bit harder to control. In saying that, it's a miracle the control just works, you just have to adapt and kind of move your finger in advance ready to change direction and you get used to it. Let's not kid ourselves, nobody is buying these to try and get to the kill screen of the PAC games eheh, but as a conversation starter and the odd game, it is superbly impressive, surpassed my expectations. It's also convinced me that once the raspberry pi gets to an eventual version where they can run , I probably will pick it up, just so cool!
I agree with whoever said earlier that those joysticks may not last so if you pass them onto guests to try, please advise them to be careful when flicking the joystick about.
Stuff I'd have loved to see in a perfect world: perfect frame rate, volume control and a better joystick.
Stuff along the same lines I'd love to see: mentioned above, maybe a 3 inch screen cabinet version that runs real mame with a decent joystick and maybe 2 or 3 button setup. Oh man...