Kusukela ekuhlonipheni kwakhe I-Commodore PET 2001 kuya i-synthesizer ebonakalayo yokwakha amaphethini ama-fractal, Umklami waseSweden u-Love Hultén uyingcweti ekuhlanganiseni amasu okudala okhuni nobuchwepheshe besimanje(ish).
Ekhuthazwa ukuthanda kwakhe kokubili ubuciko bendabuko kanye nobuchwepheshe besimanje, umklami ozinze e-Gothenburg uyakwazi ukubiza izinkulungwane zamaRandi ngayinye yezingcezu zakhe eziphefumulelwe phakathi nekhulu leminyaka—futhi kufanele.

Emizamweni yakhe yakamuva, u-Hultén wagxila emsuka wegeyimu yevidiyo ne-OriginX—ukuhlonipha kwakhe ikhabethe legeyimu yevidiyo ye-Pong, elisize ukusungula imboni yemidlalo yevidiyo ngo-1972.
Yakhelwe ngendlu yama-walnut futhi inephaneli yokulawula eyenziwe nge-aluminium, amayunithi—ashintshwa ngezifiso umbala futhi azonqunyelwa inani elingu-50—ngalinye lizohlanganisa “ikhompyutha yesimanje eyakhelwe ngaphakathi” ukuze aqhube ibhodi le-JAMMA lokuqala. ukukhetha kusikrini se-LCD esingu-19″ 4:3. Ekugcineni, uma ufuna isixazululo se-arcade "esilingana-oyedwa" esibukeka sisihle egumbini lakho lokuhlala noma ibha, i-OriginX icishe ibe mnandi njengoba iza.
“I-OriginX iyisixhumanisi phakathi kwesikhathi samanje nesedlule kanye nenhlonipho ku-arcade,” kuchaza u-Hultén. “Ikhabethe elincane elifakwe odongeni lihlanganisa izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha zesimanje nedizayini yakudala futhi likuvumela ukuthi ujabulele imidlalo yakudala ye-co-op efana ne-Metal Slug, i-Gauntlet, ne-Contra ekilasini lokuqala. Ingagcina imidlalo elingisiwe engaphezu kuka-10.000. Engeza izintandokazi zakho nge-USB futhi udale ilabhulali yemidlalo yomuntu siqu."
Thola okwengeziwe mayelana nekhabethe elimangalisayo le-arcade ku- Uthando Hultén.