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      filmamigo
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      Hey folks,

      I've just completed restoring an old cocktail cabinet machine, using RetroPie for arcade gaming. It's all working great and I'm excited.

      My fiancee is excited too -- she sees a cool opportunity. She's a teacher, and she runs an annual "math fair" at school, that's a giant math-themed sleepover with lots of math competitions and activities. An arcade machine at the fair would be a big hit with the kids - we both agree.

      The question is -- can you recommend any math-related or educational games that would work well on a Retropie cabinet? Maybe educational arcade (i.e. MAME) games out there, including homebrew? Or maybe 8-bit C64 and Apple II stuff that works well with just a joystick and buttons?

      For reference, the machine is a vertical display cocktail cabinet, Retropie running on an RPi3B, has two sets of controls, each with joystick, start, select, and four fire buttons (limited setup designed for classic arcade games.) I did install a readily-accesible USB accessory port, so I COULD add a keyboard, mouse etc with no difficulty (but less cool factor.) I will dedicate a separate SD card to this project, letting me customize at will and not impact my existing arcade setup.

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