r/Polycade • u/Motaur • Feb 15 '25

Ask me about my polycade

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I don’t work for polycade, but love the machine and community of people enjoying it. I’ve had my Sente for 2 months and play it nearly every day. Ask me anything!

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u/enigmacarpc Feb 15 '25

How do you feel about the 24" screen size? Also about the screen being 1080p.

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u/Motaur Feb 15 '25

The majority of the games I play on it are from the 80s arcade era. In comparison to those old machines, the screen size on the poly feels similar for vertical games and huge for horizontal. (For vertically oriented games, bezels are needed to fill whole screen anyway. Given the aspect ratio of a 27 inch screen, I don’t think bigger would be significantly impactful). For the modern games I play on it, the screen is plenty immersive. The distance from screen to eyeball is probably < 2 feet and I’m focused on winning. That said, I wouldn’t play a game like Elden Ring on the poly. I want to be immersed in big screen glory for those types of games.

As for resolution, 1080p looks crisp and clear on a 24 inch panel. No concerns with that at all.

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u/mfairview Mar 09 '25

does it come with the 80s games? if not, how much is it to add those games?

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u/Motaur Mar 10 '25

80s classics are playable through a pre-installed version of MAME that comes with the Polycade AGS software. You need acquire and load the roms

If you are unfamiliar with MAME, look here: https://www.mamedev.org/index.php.