“wow. Just wow.
Some time ago, I ordered only the electronic parts like the screen, buttons and joystick because I wanted to build my own cabinet. Only to find out that it wasn't that easy.
Now that the new version of the picade had been released, I invested some money and bought the full kit.
Et voila - it works! It is a high quality kit with good instructions. I've had a fun weekend building it together with my son.
The lit powerbutton together with the new powermanagement is a huge plus! If installed correctly, you can easily power up and shut down the picade by the press of one button. And the glowing of the button shows you the status. Awesome!
Only one problem occured: at first, I only managed to power it up when I supplied the screen and raspberry with different power sources. I thought that the problem might be that my sources where not powerful enough. Then I found a really powerful USB adapter and I got this the problem.
What happened? I didn't read the full description which says you should add "hdmi_force_hotplug=1" to your config.txt (see description above) and then it works without a flaw!
I can only recommend this kit!”
“Just built my new Picade, brilliant, everything goes together really well. New instructions, new box art, it is much smaller and neater than the original, my grandkids will be so excited about this. Thanks Pimoroni keep on bringing things like this to our otherwise boring lives.”
“Been putting off buying one of these for a while now, but boy am I glad i bought it.
I cant get the family off it to get a go. They are fighting over it.
The item is solid once built, and feels very good quality.
The build was easy, took a while and a bit fiddly, but not complicated.
I'm using Pi3B+ and Retropie.
I'm impressed with the viewing angle of the screen, and the speakers arent too quiet, you just need to adjust the volume mixer level in retropie to get it louder.
Thanks Pimoroni, I love this product, and recommend it to all my friends.”
“The picade is amazing and has been the perfect project for me and my son. Great customer service and aftercare, you can tell this was made with love, takes right back to my childhood everytime I turn it on, oh and I let my son play it some times!”
“This is a relly great kit, I built it in something like 2 or 3 hours, and the video tutorial was very helpful.
I had my screen that was defective, and I would like to say a big thank you to the support, who sends me another screen quickly.”
“I got this set for my birthday and I can say it is amazing quality and a very professional finish
I got to wiring the buttons when I found the audio jack had fallen off the chip however pimoroni customer service sent me a new one for the day after!”
“This is a great kit, I had an absolute great time putting it together. There were a few hiccups mainly with me not paying attention. I put the screen in upside down and may have misplaced a few pieces but I had so much fun putting it together that didn't put me off.
The kit itself is great and is absolutely solid. The buttons and joysticks have a great feel and the screen is very nice too. I have noticed a lot of people elsewhere say that the speakers aren't loud enough for them. Perhaps my hearing is just super strong but I think they are plenty loud enough for the size of the cabinet.
I also need to compliment the pimoroni customer service team on twitter. When I thought I didn't receive my wiring loom they were quick to respond and offer to send out another one. It turns out I had just temporarily misplaced the original but if there really was a missing part I am confident that it would have been resolved quickly.”
“Thank you to you guys for the top rate customer service next day delivery on a broken part. The new picade bord made it to me in time for my brothers birthday you've made a little boy very happy on his 12th birthday I can't commend you guys enough thank you so so much our pac man picade is awesome couldn't have been ready for his birthday if it wasn't for you guys #stayawesome #pimoroni thank you thank you”
