The question is one we’d thought of many times, and we’re sure many of our readers have fantasized about it themselves at one point or another. In the past, the question has been a little moot, owing to the difficulty and cost of purchasing and finding room for an arcade....
The Internet Archive has done it again! Joining their efforts to archive, preserve, and emulate various videogame and computer platforms, are a plethora of LCD, VFD, and LED-based handheld games (here’s the link). As Jason Scott put it in a recent blog post: “It’s been a little over 4 years since...
This is part four of my attempt to build the original Kickstarter version of the Pimorini Picade (Maxi version). Part three is here. As we left off, I was going to hook up the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B and get RetroPie on a microSD card and go from there....
This is part three of my attempt to build the original Kickstarter version of the Pimorini Picade (Maxi version). Part two is here. As we left off, I was getting ready to work on the wiring loom… I’m now tasked with wiring all of the buttons on the cabinet, as well as everything...
This is part two of my attempt to build the original Kickstarter version of the Pimorini Picade. Part one is here. As we left off, I was getting ready to work on the control panel. As you’ll read, I took a brief detour first… Although my plan was to start in...
Originally a Kickstarter project from the UK that ended on November 29, 2012, I received my Picade kit here in the US around the second week of November 2014. I only just started building it tonight, which tells you a lot about my To Do list. If you’re interested in your...
Noticing a pattern of particularly high (and completely justified) interest over the past several days after several friends and family commented on and forwarded me links to the newly unveiled Internet Arcade, I thought it might be useful to create a quick blog post about my experiences getting this wonderful service running. While...
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