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 :)
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:
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.
I built this cab for a work thing - there's a Raspberry Pi 4 in there, running Recalbox - and while I have stuff that's more valuable in my games collection, this is definitely the most immediately eye-catching thing I have. It gets a lot of play, too, making it a genuinely practical addition to the collection.
How is Recalbox vs something like RetroPie? I have a bartop cabinet I'm finishing up that's running RP, but it's in a state where I can replace it easily.
I find RecalBox much better for arcade machines in particular, while RetroPie is my usual choice for desktop emulation.
Its interface is cleaner with big libraries, looks more attractive - especially from across the room, and has a helpful browser based remote configuration interface.
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