Retro Gaming With Raspberry Pi 106
coop0030 writes "Thanks to the affordable Raspberry Pi and some clever software, anyone can re-create the classic arcade experience at home. Adafruit brings the genuine 'clicky' arcade controls, you bring the game files and a little crafting skill to build it. Classic game emulation used to require a well-specced PC and specialized adapters for the controls, so it's exciting to see this trickle down to a $40 system. Also, a video of the game system is on YouTube."
Re:So what? (Score:4, Insightful)
I dont see the reason for all of the hate that people seem to spew whenever a Pi article pops up here.
this seems just the right spot for these articles..
especially this one..
not everyone on slashdot is an old hand at this type of thing.. some might even be inexperienced with linux and messing about with electronics.
this project is an excellent way for people to get involved in the types of things that the more snooty among us really enjoy..
baby steps, yo.
this project doesnt require any soldering! and you can accomplish something.. whats wrong with that?
if you, and others, cant see the value in this im not sure what to say..
it seems like the editors are damned if they do, damned if they dont..
something is either determined not newsworthy enough for nerds..
or, like this, it seems like, while very much for nerds, its not quite complex enough to make them care? .....
well i am here to say i do care, and this type of thing is encouraging me, and others to get involved in electronics..
if you cannot deal with simple interesting projects that get people involved in the world of electronics being posted on on slashdot... im not sure what to say...
perhaps reddit is the place for those people!
Re:So what? (Score:5, Insightful)
People are annoyed because RPi failed to live up to its hype or promises.
The h.264 decoder is buggy and locks the hardware.
The USB controller is buggy and stuff doesn't work right. See the infamous LKML post ripping it.
The SD controller is buggy and regularly corrupts SD cards.
From what I can tell, I should've bought Beaglebone Blacks instead. For some reason RPi still gets lots of attention. If it worked right, people would just complain that it was underpowered, but, eh, it's cheap. But promising and not delivering gets peoples' hackles up.