Picade @ Arcade cabinet Kit for your raspberry pi

[BuZz]

see:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pim ... aspberry-p

I already pledged @ £176 for the full version kit. Very easy to part with money on the interwebs!

[cifa]

very interesting - I was going to sell my pi but decided to hold onto it
I am having a good time with it now as a media centre (but this is something else!!

[xbs]

Awesome project

[bigkidoz]

That is bloody awesome, of course i want one

[xman]

To tell the truth, I think these a as small as practical when it comes to video games that aren't going to move all over the place while you try to play them..
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/7th-year ... 20093.html

[whufclee]

Nice spot Buzz, I was in John Lewis the other day and spotted one of these. It's a shame it's only ipad and not android but might be useful for any apple fans out there (£63.15)

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I need to find a new project for one of my pi's which is just sitting there doing nothing, any suggestions?

[AZImmortal]

Nice spot Buzz, I was in John Lewis the other day and spotted one of these. It's a shame it's only ipad and not android but might be useful for any apple fans out there (£63.15)

From the product page:

Android: By popular demand, Seleuco added iCADE support to MAME4droid

[whufclee]

Oh man, you're right it does support android via bluetooth. Why didn't I splash a bit more cash on my tablet and go for a bluetooth one?! To be honest I already have a full size arcade cab so it would only be more of a gimmick to me, it's probably done me a favour and saved me some beer money

[Kozz]

@whufclee
But whufclee can your full sized cabinet ride with you in a car to a friends house or be played while you do laps on those crazy round-abouts you got over there?

Very cool, I'll need to keep an eye on this development

[xbs]

Hi all,

Just got myself a iCade Core and it sure does work with android, I just needed BluezIME apk to pair.

Cheers!

[xman]

BuZz, having trouble finding a suitable PS as we talked about on Team Speak however I do like this one as well and it's UK based at a reasonable price..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vktech-Adapter- ... B00D2LS2AO

2amp max@ 5 AND 12vDC. Should be adequate for the RPi and the screen I think.

[BuZz]

That looks ideal - thanks

[BuZz]

Finally got around to sorting this out. Went with your solution, plus one of these - https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10031

Works a treat so far.

[xman]

Cool, the caged power supply or the inline one?.
How does the RPi handle the games? A pic of the unit would be nice.

[BuZz]

the inline HD PSU.

it handles stuff like megadrive/snes well and older mame stuff works nicely. ill sort out a pic or two.

[spicemuseum]

it handles stuff like megadrive/snes well and older mame stuff works nicely. ill sort out a pic or two.

With OpenELEC running on my first B, I'm looking for a new project for my 2nd B, since the kids have got bored of Scratch.

1. Looking at the kickstarter project it claims there are still cabs available, but the Picade forum* has people asking where they can get them, so something's not matching. I'm often suspicious of internet sites offering to take my money, thus assuming they are still available which is the best outlet?

2. Help me get started:
- Can you point me at the best** distro for running an emulator set up?
- Any pointers for people running a naked (un-picaded) set-up?


* hmmm, somewhat of a forum family resemblence there, methinks.
** your judgement of "best" is fine.

[BuZz]

I would recommend RetroPie but then my opinion is somewhat biased since I am contributing to that project. (It can be run/installed on raspbian, or a ready made image is available with it pre-installed). Other systems include PiPlay and Ultraslim.

No idea about availability of the picade - might be worth emailing them directly. I had assumed they would be retailing the kits by now - but I've not heard anything.. Maybe they have given up ?

[spicemuseum]

I would recommend RetroPie but then my opinion is somewhat biased since I am contributing to that project. (It can be run/installed on raspbian, or a ready made image is available with it pre-installed).

Slight change of subject...

We got our youngest a Piper kit: http://playpiper.com/
It's also a kickstarter project - and definitely cottage industry product. But hugely engaging all the same. Recommended.

Since I've got a bit of time, I'll get the Retropie package installed on my Raspbian SD card.