I’ve always wanted an arcade machine in my home. But I could never really afford one, in terms of time and space. Recently I thought to myself, “I’m not getting any younger”. So I built an arcade setup mostly just using the things I already had in the home. Games The ROMs I have are all stored on my file server upstairs. I can get around a 3gbits/sec connection via my 10gbits/sec home network, so there is no performance ‘hit’ in streaming them off the network drive - it has similar speed and latency to a physical drive. Which is handy, because my ROM collection is way too big for the storage on my gaming PC. ...
I have just nearly finished moving all of the retro games consoles into the new place from storage. It has been a year since I’ve been able to use some of these! Some of them haven’t travelled well either, unfortunately, and I need to replace a few. This is the current list of retro consoles (note: not mini consoles, not Evercade.. there will be another post for those): Fully Working These are consoles I consider ‘fully modded’ and I don’t need to work on them anymore. ...
Introduction and Philosophy I have been slowly collecting retro consoles, soft-modding them, making sure I can play all available games on them, and fitting them out with third party low latency wireless controllers and cables and accessories to ensure the best video and audio that they can achieve, while collecting all relevant third party accessories. This is my philosophy now for retro gaming - with a few exceptions, I am no longer collecting any games that I cannot play on these soft-modded consoles. In the future I will be selling my retro game collection, and removing emulation options on my PC, so that I have ONE way to play the games, and that is the best one. ...
Perhaps I am unusual, but I don’t get angry generally about new games that I buy. If I don’t like them, I don’t just play them. I have tons of games that I don’t like. For me, it’s the same as buying a book. I do not feel ‘ripped off’ if I do not enjoy the book, I realise that I am paying for the development of the game and the hundreds (often thousands) of man hours that have gone into playing it. I realise that all art is subjective, and everyone has different ’takes’ on things - so I don’t try and tell other people what they might or might not enjoy, I just report what I enjoy (and I usually only write reviews for games I really like). ...
I have been playing Xeno Crisis on my hacked Switch 1. It is a ‘Smash TV’ style game, which is a retro game based on arena battles where you have to kill all the enemies in the arena before the doors open to other arenas. Smash TV itself was based on one of my favourite 1980s films ‘The Running Man ’. Xeno Crisis is developed by Bitmap Bureau , which is a software house specialising in modern versions of games with retro game themes. It was released on a number of different consoles and platforms, including retro consoles like the Sega Megadrive. ...
As I’ve accumalated physical games, physical gaming consoles, controllers and computers over the years, it’s become more and more important to have some ‘rules’ of what I collect, how I collect, and how I play the games I collect. – With a few exceptions for games which are some of my favourite games of all time, I don’t want to buy physical copies of any games. I want to keep as much digital as possible. ...
I want a proper Neo Geo console, but they are ridiculously expensive, even if you buy one and mod it, and don’t pay for the cartridges. So therefore I have looked at the best emulation possibilities. After having experimented with various different ways of playing Neo Geo games, including emulation on PC, playing them on the Evercade, mobile emulation on a Ambernic device, I have found my favourite way to play Neo Geo games that I can afford. ...
This is how I got Mad Dog Mccree, the 1990 American Laser Game, working with two Sinden light guns. Software Required Mad Dog Mcree 2 player HD enhanced ROM https://archive.org/details/hypseus_singe_maddog-hd_2p DirtBagXon’s version of hypseus-singe American Laser Game compatible emulator https://github.com/DirtBagXon/hypseus-singe - you will specifically need to download the portable version version ‘2.11.3’ Gojidan’s bezels for the American Laser Games - https://github.com/gojidan/hypseus-singe-bezels The standard 2.07 beta Sinden light gun utility - I recommend you keep a separate copy dedicated to hypseus-singe games and their config ...
21/6/25 - IMPORTANT NOTE: The method used in this guide does not currently offer the optimal experience for 2 players - there are problems with the 2 player dual cursor functionality! I therefore do not recommend this guide until I find time to research other methods and update it! This is a work in progress guide that I’m updating to be the ‘optimal’ way of playing Time Crisis 2 on PC. ...