Chapter 4. An Arcade Cabinet

Everyone born between the 1980s and 1990s has had the experience of playing arcade kiosk games. They may have often thought that they could buy one and play it all day and night at home. But, one thing is for sure: these games were too expensive. These days, a PC is powerful enough to play many cool games, but there are still many people who install an emulator on their PC and play arcade games, such as 1942, KOF, Metal Slug, and so on. However, when we play on PCs, they're not convenient to carry. Now, though, a small SBC Banana Pro can take on the role of a PC, and we can play the games on it.

In this chapter, I will introduce you to how we can build a portable arcade cabinet with Banana Pro that can run different emulator games, such as iMAME4ALL, SENS, and PCSX. We can play these games with a joystick using an LCD or HDMI monitor as our display. In addition to this, it also can just act as a portable computer that's powered by Banana Pro...