“The Picade is a great bit of kit, although some parts are slightly difficult to assemble if you have normal size / large hands. The finished product is lovely though, fits together very well and seems pretty sturdy. It's good value for money and well designed, would definitely recommend.”
“Such an enjoyable project. Took me an afternoon to build and set up. Really well built and plenty of options for customising if you wanted too. For the money one off the easier and cheaper ways of having your own arcade machine at home. Sits on my desk next to my computer for a quick distraction from work. Thank you pimoroni will definitely get another project kit from you.”
“日本の方も多く購入されているので日本語で記載します。
Since many people in Japan have been purchased, they are listed in Japanese.
マニュアルその他全て英語で表記されていますが組み立て方は非常に簡単です。
公式サイト（ここ）にある組み立て動画を見ながら作ればほぼ迷う事無く完成させることができると思います。
キットに含まれないものは日本国内でも簡単に手に入れることができるので、安心してキットを購入できます。
特に"PICADE X"の配線周りがとてもシンプルで、ハンダ付けなどの電子工作の経験が無くてもピンを刺すだけで配線が終わるのはすばらしいです。
マーキーやモニタ周り、コンパネのデザインは公式からテンプレートが公開されているので自分なりの筐体デザインにカスタマイズも容易です。
スティック（レバー）、ボタンも本物のアーケードゲームと同じ寸法のパーツが使われているので、自分の好みで別メーカーのものに交換することも簡単にできます。（幸いにも日本には売っている店が秋葉原だけではなく全国各地にたくさんあります）
私が不満に感じた所は「音量調整」がハードウェア的にできないことです。
本物のアーケードゲーム筐体が、プレイヤーが音量調整を行わないので本物志向だと言われればその通りですが、日本の家庭事情でボリューム調整ができないのは困ることが多いです。
※ゲームを始める前やゲームを終了すればもちろんできます。
"PICADE X"の前進である"PICADE HAT"には隠し機能的にボリュームup/downがついていたので、その機能が無くなったのはとても残念です。
組み立ても、完成してからのゲームプレイもとても楽しい、最高のアイテムです！”
“The Picade is an amazing piece of equipment. It took me about six hours to build and was a little tedious at times, but the finished product is very beautiful. The box and packaging was very professional. Some of the pieces, including the speaker, were damaged, but support was excellent and replacement parts have been sent. If there is a Picade v3, I'd really like for there to be an easy way to snap out the overlays and switch them with really cool arcade game overlays, such as Pacman, etc. It would also be nice to have a rubber insert that could be snapped into the top "handle" when it is sitting idle to prevent dust from going into the Picade. Other than these two items, I am absolutely in love with this little machine. I also want to thank the Support team for their excellent customer service in resolving several of my issues. I have shown this little beauty to others who have also purchased the Picade. This is an excellent desk top trophy for my man cave room. Thanks Pimoroni :)”
“The box containing the Picade kit is so well designed, you just want to start building right away.
The kit is super cool and a very nice build. Instructions are good and easy to follow. The sheet with the instructions is another work of art - very cool.
The arcade itself is so retro cool that you wanna have it on display in your home. Quality is excellent and everything just works.”
“This is my second Picade! My 10 year old daughter and I put this together in a few hours. It was a much smoother build than the first. We love the new size, perfect fit the new higher resolution screen! Building an arcade machine from scratch is quite difficult. The Picade is perfect for someone who doesn't have the skill or access to the right tools, to be able to build their own retro arcade machine.
I highly recommend the new Picade!!”
“A wonderful piece of kit. Building takes a while, but it's fun and well explained, specially if you follow the videos. General quality of elements is very nice (although the acrylic panels are a dust and fingerprints magnet, be aware). A childhood dream come true!”
