I have converted Best Fun Pac-Man, Space Invaders and DreamGear units to Pi

[Glen's Retro Show]

Hi everyone.

 

See my links below to see my converted

Best Fun 01 Pac-Man, 02 Space Invaders and DreamGear Arcade into RetroPi systems.

They run with a raspberry Pi Zero, 2200 size battery and a 2.8" or 2.4" color screens.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 2.5

[+fdr4prez]

Hi everyone.

 

See my links below to see my converted

Best Fun 01 Pac-Man, 02 Space Invaders and DreamGear Arcade into RetroPi systems.

 

A few weeks ago I purchased a little bundle of handhelds and in that bundle was an MGA Centipede

 

 

 

I've not seen these little mini-arcades before and the very first thing that popped in my head when I saw this unit was to rebuild it with a Pi Zero and a little display.

 

It has 4 buttons along the bottom, so there should be plenty for functions, but I can see the dilemma of only having one fire button or having the left and right buttons be separate for A/B on separate sides of the joystick.

 

And the fake little coin slots look to be on a separate piece, and depending on what it looks like on the inside, there is a hope I can redo all that so there is a pushbutton behind it. Pressing the coin slots as a button would be a sleek enhancement.

 

The joystick feels like it is only a 4-way. I am not sure if there is a way to change it to 8-way, but 4-way isn't the end of the world.

 

Now that I see your videos I am more pumped to rebuild it, but I have a few other projects in the works and it'll some time before I can get to this one.

[Glen's Retro Show]

That's great to hear..and thank you for the watch.?

 

Have a look at my MGA Super Breakout build ?

 

Edited July 8, 2017 by moonlight23

[Glen's Retro Show]

And here is the rest of my current build lineup.

 

[+fdr4prez]

Yes, I've seen those videos, thanks.

 

The night that I got my MGA Centipede I went searching on Google and these were watched and noted.

 

I even added links to them a couple days ago over in this thread:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/267406-fun-mods-for-the-raspberry-pi/

[Glen's Retro Show]

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I also in fact have an invader from space I was going to Pi ????

[+fdr4prez]

What did you do for sound/audio out of the Pi Zero?

 

pHAT DAC or the Pimoroni's speaker pHAT are options, but pricey comparatively against the price of the Pi0

 

I think I can make my own circuit using the info from Adafruit's page about it:

https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-zero/audio-outputs

[Tanooki]

Just a heads up, noted this in the other related 'Pi' thread, but look for Best Fun/The Bridge Direct Walmart sold #3 and #4 Centipede and Q-Bert. They're a little fatter than the PM/SI units but are a bit more durable. Cenitpede has your 2 buttons on the right and stick on the left so it feels right. The dumb molding around the stick is in a + shape but I think filing that down with a dremel would fix that. I think it would be most ideal for your project perhaps. These are NOAC units with 1 game on there and a normal LCD screen inside, maybe it could be harvested.