Raspberry Pi Slot Machine Emulator
Imagine being able to use a Raspberry PI not only for SD card programs, but also for real cartridges!. Victor Trucco has put this into practice, based on Meeso Kim's work.
This Slot Machine is created with Java. The program run on Raspberry Pi overclocked at 1GHz with 512MB RAM. The cabinet is made in plywood. All buttons, rela. The emulation machine runs off of a Raspberry Pi running Retropie, this allows it to support various emulators such as NES, SNES, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Sega Genesis, Neo Geo, MAME, PlayStation One and can even emulate an Apple II. WARNING: Neither Instructables nor I condone illegal activities.
The project is in an early stage, emulations still have to be adapted to the new hardware, but games of the first MSX generation already run with some slowdowns but without other big problems. BlueberryMSX, a ported BlueMSX by known MRC member uberjack supports the new extension so far, we hope for soon integration of openMSX.
All in all one of the most useful extensions for the RasPi, for MSX minded, and very much crime for future developments! The board, which is based on the GPIO of the RasPi, can be ordered directly from Victor, who lives in Brazil. The cost for a single interface is €45,00. For shipments to Europe a collective order is being prepared and will be handled by experienced importer Luppie.
So please share if you are interested in buying a slot board! Contact Victor Trucco on Twitter or via his homepage.
Relevant Links: MSXPiHat Image made available by Matheus Santos.