Subj : Re: Pixel x86 retro PCs
To   : Nightfox
From : tenser
Date : Thu Jan 09 2025 08:07:28

On 07 Jan 2025 at 10:15a, Nightfox pondered and said...
 
 Ni>  te> Seems we've got all sorts of cool, funky stuff we can do now. I guess
 Ni>  te> sort of understand the appeal of running games or whatever, but other
 Ni>  te> that, x86 is kind of boring.
 Ni> 
 Ni> I have a feeling gaming may be the primary purpose of these machines. I
 Ni> heard about these from the LGR (Lazy Game Reviews) channel on YouTube -
 Ni> Clint (who puts out those videos) reviewed these and demoed some games
 Ni> on them, and I thought they looked interesting.

I can see that.  I was never super into games, so it never
held much appeal to me, so I guess I'm not the target audience.

Still, it'd be very cool to see more people doing things with
DIY hacked up machines.

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