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Out if curiosity, why does the drive for the emu/roms need to be a mechanical one?

Yeah, the other stuff will cost more on top of the pc cost

I just looked up retroarch (very breifly) is it actually an emulator or just another front end?

It doesnt need to be super powerful. This pc will be dedicated to this arcade machine project. After initial setup it probably won't even be on the Wi-Fi. I do know that Dreamcast and ps1 emulators can be a bit demanding I have a "working" Dreamcast emulator on my current gaming rig. (Sorry I should mention I'm not TOTALLY new to emulation, just to trying to emulate using a front end, and using systems beyond snes.) As far as budget, I haven't gotten to that point as of yet. I'm gonna say around $1000.00 max for the pc (I can be flexible with it but I think that much should be able to make something that can run ps1 stuff)

Hi all, new member. I am in the early stages of planning a project. I will be building an 80s/90s style arcade cabinet that uses a pc to run emulators and a front end like Lunchbox to select system/game. I want to be able to run games from many different systems that I'll list shortly. I'm looking for advice on system specs for the PC and y'alls preferred emulators for each system. System list: NEW, SNES, GB/C, GBA, SEGA Genesis, SEGA Saturn, SEGA Dreamcast, SEGA Game gear, PlayStation 1 Any advice helps, this is the extremely early stages of planning.