Playing games on or emulating past-generation computers and consoles.
I own an N-Gage and a copy of Rifts: Promise of Power for it signed by the creator of Rifts (famously batshit and dubiously designed Tabletop RPG), Kevin Siembieda.
...It was too funny of a thing not to pick up when I saw it at a relatively cheap price. :P
I really wanted an N-Gage. Like, so badly. But I was a broke student, so hand-me-down flip phones was what I got. Probably for the best, but I'd still leap at one if I found it for a decent price.
I have a partially-built bartop arcade cabinet that I started in high school woodshop and never completed - I thought I was going to jam a full gaming PC with GPU inside. I bought all the expensive things like joysticks and button adapters, but never finished it up as I didn't know what to do for artwork or marquee.
Do you know of any resources where I might be able to re-familiarize myself and finish my cabinet? Would be appreciated :)
Sorry for promoting my own stuff, especially as it's probably only partly relevant for PC based builds, you'll find the tutorial series I built this cabinet for the Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2023, starting at page 118 - it's free to download from https://magpi.cc/handbook2023 or you can buy a print copy at https://store.rpipress.cc/products/the-official-raspberry-pi-handbook-2023
Main differences would be that I used a kit that you might have to get your vinyl decals cut to match your cab's measurements (if you used on of the several common sets of cab measurements when building, this increases the likelihood of just being able to order decals, though), and you'll be needing USB adaptors for your sticks and buttons (sounds like you already have these though).
And here's a bunch of the resources I used when writing up my build:
Fitting Sanwa shafts (watch out for the e-clips!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOuDvnan77A
Applying vinyls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3FOAxIURKY
Also, try not to be like me and lose track of where you've plugged your spade connectors on the buttons. Especially: test before you tie the wiring loom out of the way. I had to reconfigure my BAR XYZ buttons in software blushes in intense professional shame.
Definitely! I'm always interested in seeing home arcade stuff.
My dream arcade would have a bar top multicade and some sort of epinball machine. I wish the epinball machines felt better, though.