All work and no play makes jack a dull boy…
One of the “fun” projects we’ve been working on for some time is (re) building an arcade console.
The unit was originally a hacked Amiga with some scary wiring in an original case. After it burnt out it was time for v2.0.
So we’ve squeezed a Pentium 4 box in, replaced the aging CRT with a fresh one and hooked up the arcade controls via a USB interface. Just add an emulator and hey presto – countless hours of reliving the days down at the deli / fish and chip shop.
I’m sure if we’d fitted a coin mechanism to it we would have been able to retire by now 🙂
When it’s not getting used for relaxation it doubles as the bandwidth monitor for the office network and runs photo promos.
