STARFORCE PI a minicab project on Kickstarter

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STARFORCE PI a minicab project on Kickstarter

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Did you see this?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/34 ... nav_search
I think it really looks awesome! The retro tabletop design is a great choice.
It's something really different to the **** weecade nanocade and similar...
What do you think?
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Ha its actually nice enough looking and reminds me of those things in the 80's ....but that price 199 :-o
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Low res LCD :palm:
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Trust me, I have tried, but I just can't stop myself for facepalming every time I see sticks mounted that high.
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That's actually kinda cool. I appreciate what angle they're going for here, with the portability and battery power. It's not trying to be like other home-built minicabs. The LCD might be low-res but it's 4:3 and most impressively can even tate it.

Would like to see what a Sanwa looks like mounted on it though. That other (presumably American-made) stick does look a bit tall. Also would be nice to have the option of Sanwa buttons.
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It's not 4:3, it's 16:9 being run in 4:3.
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Oh, I misread that. I thought it said the LCD itself was. Weh.
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Dache wrote:Would like to see what a Sanwa looks like mounted on it though. That other (presumably American-made) stick does look a bit tall. Also would be nice to have the option of Sanwa buttons.
It's fully customizable, you can even buy it without joystick buttons and rasp
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I've had a whole bunch of 320x240 emulation devices and hated the screen every time. You either restrict yourself to <=320 wide games or put up with it looking ****.

Assuming the screen has >320 pixels actually (384 would be great) and you can run up to the full screen resolution (wrong aspect ratio but no scaling), I'd be a bit more accepting.
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I like the look of it but agree the joystick needs shortening, could do with a bigger screen also. The other thing I can see being a problem is there is no room to rest your palms on the CP, So I think it may get uncomfortable after a long session, But I suppose it still needs to be kept compact somewhat.
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Not appealing to me whatsoever. The price point is ridiculous for something like this. I'd rather invest that money in to another candy cab :awe: .
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At least the guy could've called it something else...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=star+ ... 20&bih=995

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