• MajorHavoc@programming.dev
    10·
    5 months ago

    So, they are just a fancy decoration?

    Exactly. There’s so many better ways to play these games:

    • Pandora’s Box
    • Batocera / Emulation Station / RetroPi on a Raspberry Pi
    • Various mini systems with a jailbreak (Sega Genesis Mini and PlayStation Classic are particularly good)
    • SteamDeck or PC with Emulation Station and RetroArch

    So the price is really only justifiable, to me, by thinking of the cabinet being a piece of the decorated furniture.

      • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
        7·
        5 months ago

        Pandora’s Box is a game machine, with games pre-loaded. It tends to have thousands of arcade games pre-loaded.

        It’s a popular choice for restoring actual full size arcade machines, with dead motherboards. It’s also an option to upgrade (or just revive from motherboard death) an Arcade1Up.

        With some effort, a cheap PC will do the same job, but some folks like that they’re premade and ready to use.