Thinking about a pedestal setup for my 4p build. Any experiences anyone wants to share? I want to hear it all, but considering a few specifics:
What screen size and viewing distance works well?
Where do you store the “brain,” and what form factor does it take?
(I have many questions in this early stage and I felt it best to separate them into discreet posts; apologies for flooding the channel).
I’m planning my build and I need to figure out my user interface. The bulk of my games will be emulation, but I have a good two dozen Steam titles I want to run. What front end or OS should I be looking at? I’m used to ES:DE from Android handhelds and would love a similar interface, but I don’t know what can handle Towerfall on Steam, Super Bomberman on SNES, and The Simpsons on MAME/Finalburn all in one interface.
(I have many questions in this early stage and I felt it best to separate them into discreet posts; apologies for flooding the channel).
Early stages planning my rig, and I’d love a setup with a rotatable monitor. Has anyone run something like this, either in a cabinet or a pedestal setup? What have your experiences been?
(I have many questions in this early stage and I felt it best to separate them into discreet posts; apologies for flooding the channel).
Greetings! Reposting from the MiniPC forum where I got no response; apologies if you got this twice.
I’m beginning planning on an arcade cabinet I would like to build. Probably 4 player, probably built around a 4k monitor.
I’m looking for a minipc to run it all. Mostly we’re talking about ridiculously simple emulation, but I have some PC titles I would like to target, if feasible.
I’d love to get all of the Street Fighter series on there, including SF6. That’s certainly the most intensive thing I’m targeting. 90% of the time, this will be me and my son just having some good times, so I don’t need or expect an optimized experience. But 1080p output and a stable 60fps, without reducing the graphics settings to the point of making it look actively ugly, is probably my sweet spot.
The other marquee title for me is Dariusburst Chronicle Saviors. That’s a pretty old game, but full resolution output for one of the modes would be 4k (or at least the gameplay is 1080x3840), and that could be a stretch despite the age of the game.
I’m confident the rest of my wishlist falls below these two in one way or another. Specific model recommendations are welcome, but spec suggestions might be even more useful. Real bonus points if you’ve run one or both of these on similar hardware.
I’ve been using Macs professionally for the last 22 years, and personally as well to keep things simple for my life. The modern PC environment is a mystery to me and I genuinely appreciate any advice you might offer. Huge thanks in advance.
Greetings!
I’m beginning planning on an arcade cabinet I would like to build. Probably 4 player, probably built around a 4k monitor.
I’m looking for a minipc to run it all. Mostly we’re talking about ridiculously simple emulation, but I have some PC titles I would like to target, if feasible.
I’d love to get all of the Street Fighter series on there, including SF6. That’s certainly the most intensive thing I’m targeting. 90% of the time, this will be me and my son just having some good times, so I don’t need or expect an optimized experience. But 1080p output and a stable 60fps, without reducing the graphics settings to the point of making it look actively ugly, is probably my sweet spot.
The other marquee title for me is Dariusburst Chronicle Saviors. That’s a pretty old game, but full resolution output for one of the modes would be 4k (or at least the gameplay is 1080x3840), and that could be a stretch despite the age of the game.
I’m confident the rest of my wishlist falls below these two in one way or another. Specific model recommendations are welcome, but spec suggestions might be even more useful. Real bonus points if you’ve run one or both of these on similar hardware.
I’ve been using Macs professionally for the last 22 years, and personally as well to keep things simple for my life. The modern PC environment is a mystery to me and I genuinely appreciate any advice you might offer. Huge thanks in advance.