• 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.