(figured I’d ‘do my part’ and make my first Lemmy post…!)
I love this thing too much to part with, but I’m gonna have to be honest: I barely use it. More often or not I retro-game on my Steam Deck…slightly more portable!
Has anyone else built their own units for retro-gaming though?
About 13 years ago, I made this fella.
https://i.imgur.com/hZYFEmC.jpg
It was a huge amount of fun to build and I was very happy with the result. I hardly play it, but sometimes just put it on and let it cycle through games to fill the house with an arcade-y ambiance.
It started off life with an old PC in it, but currently runs a Raspberry Pi 3.
Made this guy back in 2015… Have made a couple changes here & there. I’ve had the itch to sell it and make a new one from scratch, taking into account things I’ve learned & wanted to change…
I’ve MacGyvered a makeshift arcade machine in my computer room. I’ve got a Legends Gamer Pro (a little somethin’ somethin’ I bought during the pandemic), set on a stand under a small TV mounted on the wall. It’s far from elegant, but when the mood strikes for old-school video games, it’s always there, ready to meet that need. And that mount is a Pipishell, so I can turn the TV on its side and play vertical games with their proper aspect ratios.
Nothing wrong with not using it a ton. Sometimes it is about the journey not the destination. The thrill of building cool stuff vs the thrill of using it are two different things.
