Imidlalo yevidiyo ye-Retro kanye nama-consoles wegeyimu endala abuyele ekuphileni ne Hardware Libre, ikakhulukazi nge-Raspberry Pi. Ngisanda kuhlangana nephrojekthi Hardware Libre lokho kunikeza okunye ukusonta kulo mhlaba futhi kwakha umshini we-arcade one-Raspberry Pi nokuphrinta kwe-3D.
Le phrojekthi imahhala ngokuphelele futhi ngemali encane singaba nayo umshini osebenza ngokugcwele we-arcade futhi ofana nemishini yakudala esiyitholile ku-arcade noma kumabha. Sine-slot yokufaka uhlamvu lwemali.
Izinto zokwakha lo mshini we-arcade zimbalwa kakhulu futhi zishibhile, ngakho-ke noma yimuphi umsebenzisi angakha umshini ofanayo. Manje, sizodinga iphrinta ye-3D ukwenza konke ngoba izingcezu eziningi ziphrintiwe. Kanye nohlaka nezilawuli eziphrintiwe, sizodinga ibhodi ye-Raspberry Pi, isikrini esingu-7-intshi, ibhethri nezintambo eziningana lokho kuzosisiza ukuxhuma izilawuli ezenziwe ngebhodi le-Raspberry Pi.
Islot semali siyatholakala kulo mshini we-arcade
Njengesoftware eyinhloko, iphrojekthi isebenzisa I-RetroPie, isoftware eyanda ngokuya iduma ngoba ayisiyo kuphela uhlelo olusebenzisayo lokuyisebenzisa kepha futhi inesixhumi esibonakalayo esihle esivumelana nezwe lama-video consoles, njenge-software ye-Playstation yakamuva noma i-Xbox.
Ngenhlanhla (njengoba besola ngokwengeziwe ukwenza amaphrojekthi abo abe sesidlangalaleni) lo mshini we-arcade unawo wonke umphakathi futhi ukhiphe imibhalo esingayithola leli khasi lewebhu. Ngakho-ke akukhona kuphela ukuthi umuntu angaguqula iphrojekthi kepha futhi singakwazi ukwakha owethu umshini we-arcade.
Iphrojekthi ye UChristopher Tan (umbhali wephrojekthi) uguqulwe ngokuphelele kumsebenzisi wokugcina, okungukuthi, ngemuva kokuyakha singayisebenzisa futhi sichithe amahora namahora sidlala, ngokungafani neminye imiklamo yemishini ye-arcade engakhululeki ukuyidlala.