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Title: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: floob on June 11, 2015, 05:37:57 am

I love the look of this:
http://www.lovehulten.com/rkaidr.html (http://www.lovehulten.com/rkaidr.html)

Or am I just getting carried away.
What do you think are its insides? Its almost like a Pi is in there. Do you think the front end is an older version of Emulation Station?

I would definitely get one right now if it wasnt so pricey.

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: PanicAcid on June 11, 2015, 06:11:38 am

Yes, that's cool as ****. Guessing it's Pi Powered although can't find that out anywhere... Far to expensive for me though. Would prefer to build my own although it would never look as polished as those renders do.

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: EssexMame on June 11, 2015, 07:05:48 am

It's Raspberry Pi powered:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139996.msg1448625.html#msg1448625 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139996.msg1448625.html#msg1448625)

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: mgb on June 11, 2015, 07:17:39 am

 :hissy: Essexmame, you beat me to it. I took too long to get the link because I got caught up looking at his awesome craftsmanship.
It definitely is cool. This guy has built a number of wonderful sorta off beat pieces.
By the way, those aren't renders, they're photos of the finished work.

Here's another one of his pieces.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139996.msg1505303.html#msg1505303 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139996.msg1505303.html#msg1505303)

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: Malenko on June 11, 2015, 07:23:59 am

yeah those are the greatest purpose built portable cabs I've ever seen. His craftsmanship is top notch.

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: Neogojira on June 11, 2015, 08:11:12 am

I love it

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: pbj on June 11, 2015, 10:12:07 am

Looks like a cigar box to me.  Let's not get carried away here...

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: Le Chuck on June 11, 2015, 10:39:41 am

Quote from: pbj on June 11, 2015, 10:12:07 am

Looks like a cigar box to me.  Let's not get carried away here...

::) 

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: mgb on June 11, 2015, 11:39:46 am

Quote from: pbj on June 11, 2015, 10:12:07 am

Looks like a cigar box to me.  Let's not get carried away here...

your negativity is really messing with my zen thing, man
 :)

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: floob on June 11, 2015, 01:27:17 pm

Quote from: EssexMame on June 11, 2015, 07:05:48 am

It's Raspberry Pi powered:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139996.msg1448625.html#msg1448625 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139996.msg1448625.html#msg1448625)

Thanks for the link. I'll follow it up there. I've been looking at the Pi quite a lot on my YouTube channel, and am wondering if I could simply tweak the files on the SD card.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdSu9Y0xAyY8V77vj6mQ-0g/videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdSu9Y0xAyY8V77vj6mQ-0g/videos)

Loving the craftsmanship on this product.

Title: Re: This is really cool! Or is it? Portable Arcade
Post by: opt2not on June 11, 2015, 06:03:10 pm

Yeah the craftsmanship is nice.
But I prefer Bender's Benderama for actual play and portability. The Rkaid is a beauty to look at, while the Benderama looks like it can take an actual beating.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,95950.msg1010337.html#msg1010337 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,95950.msg1010337.html#msg1010337)