Paid Members BigJag Posted March 21, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hello. Welcome to the board. Can a RasberryPi be used instead of the PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiki Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) Hi! Yes, I actually have two Pi-to-JAMMA builds myself. Powerful enough to run all games from BITD. Looking like this: I have one horizontal and another vertical in two separate cabs. A big bonus with this (and other similar low-powered builds) is that they can be powered directly off the JAMMA edge connector so no extra power units etc required. And they still run most games from 70s, 80s and 90s. Edited March 21, 2017 by Tiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiki Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 The Pi runs all flavours of SF2 and SF3, what more do you need to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 21, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) I just bought myself a pre-loaded Raspberry Pi because if there's one thing I have learned, it's that computer game nerds don't actually understand the necessity to explain things like this on a very simple step by step basis to people who don't have a clue how to do this sort of thing. I watched a bunch of videos about Pi and MAME and on every single one of them they just assume you have a bunch of knowledge about setting these things up yourself. So I just got someone else to do it. Edited March 21, 2017 by Devon Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiki Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Tbf, that's what I also did (twice). Got the Pi, JPAC, and full setup in one hit from a guy who puts these together. Then got more time to actually play the games rather than messing about moving ROMS etc. And, yeah, terminology is confusing when it's all new. Been there, still get confused when people talk about some stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted March 21, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 21, 2017 The Pi runs all flavours of SF2 and SF3, what more do you need to know Ooooh, Alpha as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted March 21, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) Cool video on the early history of video game consoles. I've got my X box setup working. Once I have everything looking presentable. I'll try and post some pictures/video. Thanks for all the advice. http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/retro-game-consoles?utm_campaign=crowdfire&utm_content=crowdfire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#1375371229-tw#1490090027208 So much inspiration out there. Edited March 22, 2017 by BigJag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted April 9, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 9, 2017 A new Dizzy game 'Mystery World Dizzy' is available to play for free in-browser (downloadable ROM for NES emulators also available)... http://yolkfolk.com/mwd/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I was tempted to back the Kickstarter when it starts and get a real cart, then I realised my NES is dead. There's also Wonderland Dizzy released in 2015, a long lost NES port of Magicland Dizzy http://yolkfolk.com/sdg/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted April 9, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 9, 2017 On Tue Mar 21 2017 at 10:16 AM, Tiki said: Is this the badger I've seen being placed into an unwanted NES cartridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted April 11, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 11, 2017 http://www.8bitflip.co.uk/ Arcade Club are holding a pinball and arcade machine tournament this weekend. Is anyone attending this? Will the venue run as normal, with the tournament as an aside? Or will the tournament take over the whole place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Every time I come into this thread, I just get lost in the jargon. All I want to do is play SNES games on my big telly, but all this talk of Rasberry Pi's and pictures of motherboards just make me feel a bit stupid. Starting to think it would be much easier to just buy an old SNES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAREBEAR LUVVA Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Any of these emulation machines are kind of pointless really. It's nice to have all the extra features and everything, but most basic laptops from the last few years will easily handle pretty much anything up to the PS1 sort of era (might need something a tad more powerful for anything beyond that). Just download some emulators and rom files, then plug the laptop into your telly with an HDMI lead. Piece of piss, as they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirJordanFan93 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 1 hour ago, CAREBEAR LUVVA said: Any of these emulation machines are kind of pointless really. It's nice to have all the extra features and everything, but most basic laptops from the last few years will easily handle pretty much anything up to the PS1 sort of era (might need something a tad more powerful for anything beyond that). Just download some emulators and rom files, then plug the laptop into your telly with an HDMI lead. Piece of piss, as they say. Its what I have done for years. Though if you configure the emulators right you can run some of the machines past PS1 though I doubt they would run all that well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted April 11, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 11, 2017 1 hour ago, WyattSheepMask said: Every time I come into this thread, I just get lost in the jargon. All I want to do is play SNES games on my big telly, but all this talk of Rasberry Pi's and pictures of motherboards just make me feel a bit stupid. Starting to think it would be much easier to just buy an old SNES I've just been given one. Not got around to trying it out yet though. It's in the Donkey Kong box but doesn't have Donkey Kong! I've got a Megadrive and an N64 gathering dust somewhere too. Really should do more with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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