Cyberpunk
What is Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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I was actually looking at that since I’m using a pi. The situation is that I’m making it for a festival camp for these regional burns (kinda like small burning man festivals for people who know people and don’t wanna do the big one for whatever reason) the camp has been tested once and they want another activity, the retro game console. I want to use a 15-17’ screen and add some 2 player games. The size was leading me towards bigger 90s style crt as an enclosure, but with a more old school cyberpunk vibe. The akira style computers I saw were too much of a mainframe, the serial experiment pain ones weren’t cyberpunky enough. I saw a few more but they didn’t inspire me.
Sorry for the ramble; I’ve had some drinks tonight. Maybe I will look at cyberdecks and expand the style to something bigger
Heh, by the time you add a 15" screen it's not particularly (for some values) cyberpunk, think 5ish " mobile. Sounds like you can do ARM (or maybe RISC), but there's heaps of choices of SBCs (single board computers) out there. When you sober up, set some criteria (needs 2xUSB, SATA, hdmi etc) to narrow things down.
Sounds very interesting. Do take a look, ask around. Was hoping you would get more mature answers than what my limited knowledge can tell you. For the OS you could use something like retropi, although I'd focus more on stability rather than presentation if it's for an event like the one you're describing.
Personally, I think Batocera is easier to configure and better looking than Retropie. Although I haven't looked at Retropie in a couple years since switching to Batocera.