/vr/ - Retro Games

Ugh

>>4916052
Don’t get lippy, fucknuts. I’m asking a legit question to make this fucking thing.

>>4916058
No, you're asking two questions and both of them are retarded. On what planet would you think for one second that a Raspberry Pi could run MvC3? And whether you download or buy media with your MAME romset on it depends entirely on your bandwidth.

>>4916065
Hurr durr both questions are retarded.
Thanks for the feedback, sugartits.
>”actually”

>>4916052
Kek'd

>Question 1
Google.
>Question 2
If you don't want to put effort into your cabinet, it'll be shit.
>Question 3
If your cabinet isn't powerful enough to run modern titles, don't even bother.

>>4916065
Then sound off and answer the questions if they’re so retarded.
Look, a local bar opened an arcade that has about 25 games but that shit wears thin quick. I want to build a mixed bag of older and newer machines to create an arcade that has ALL the games. I’d like to build a “kick it” spot for younger people who don’t have anywhere else to go. So drop the condescending language and make with the solutions.

>>4916125
Question 2: but of these which requires least effort since I’m making multiple machines?

>>4916134
If this is your first machine, then you want to take the time and put as much effort into it as possible, so you can learn all the ins and outs

>>4916160
Thanks! Best setup to flash onto the raspberry pi card? Preference? Mostly gonna be for Mame, maybe some NES

OP I think you are a dum dum but I hope your questions are answered because I too want to know how to correctly set up a Raspberry Pi for emulation. Whenever I tried to make a emulation console I always had terrible input lag, even on a CRT.

>>4916213
Am I only going to get a snappy and responsive menu if I go all out and put in the extra $$ for a multi Tb hyperspin setup?

>>4916187
Using a Raspberry Pi is so illogical on mame build. Seriously. Build an actual PC.

>>4916134
https://www.instructables.com/id/A-Super-Easy-Arcade-Machine-from-1-Sheet-of-Plywoo/

>>4916052
Seconded

WZUP
Guize I'm thinking about building a small house, I want to have parties but I don't care about having a study or garage or that shit.
1. Should I design the house or just recycle a shipping container?
2. Do you think a battery setup would work, or should I just run an extension cord from Circle K? I don't want to deal with GFCIs and shit
3. I also want to have a jacuzzi. Do you think a hot plate would work, or should I try to run a garden hose from the boiler next door?
Thanks in advance.

>>4916049
>1
Google it. There's lots of packs of thousands of games floating around online.
>2
Download, obviously. I see here >>4916134 that you want to make multiple, I don't know if that's because you want to sell these or something, but customizing everything about the cab will obviously make it better.
>3
Do you know a single thing about computers? A Raspberry Pi won't play modern games, and it probably wouldn't even run MAME at the level that midrange PC's ran MAME back in 2008. Take that with a grain of salt, I don't know much about the Pi. You should find a cheap 2010ish Windows PC and work from there.

>>4916049
MAME's primary goal is accuracy, and in turn it is not very resource efficient. You will not be able to run MAME roms on a Pi, I know, I have tried. You will need a proper PC to emulate MAME.
Go to /vg/ and look up the emulation general, they will be much more helpful to you.

>>4916058
Rule #1: Do not reply to tripfags
You'll get nothing out of it aside from a handful of snarky non-responses and a headache. All they want is attention, and you do not one to be the unfortunate newfag to give it to them.
Filter them to avoid such mistakes.

>>4916213
runahead works great for fighting games. raspiss isn't powerful enough for it.

>>4916049
Try actually playing the games on the most capable computer you own so you can realize you don't actually like them enough to make it worthwhile to spend time and money on a purely cosmetic housing for a less comfortable experience.

>that purchase-addicted wanker who buys a raspberry pi exclusively for use with his desktop PC monitor because he got memed into believing it's not possible to run an emulator on anything else

I actually know this guy.

>>4917218
I contribute tremendously to this board, Anon. This is just a particularly poor example of a thread we have literally every week and invariably these type of arcade oriented threads have the most pretentious fuckers in them. "Supergun" threads are some of the very worst threads on this board.

I only have been participating in this thread at all because I really like that cabinet design he used for the OP. even if it does look really easy to tip over on top of yourself or your kid - even worse than the widowmaker here.

>>4916049
>1
/vg/'s Emulation General has a fairly comprehensive page for this on their wiki.
I am not going to outright give that information to you because copyright holders have paid people in the past to ask similar questions, but now you know where to find it.

>2
Either build a PC focused around the games you'll want to emulate or buy a used one.
Since MAME doesn't utilize hardware rendering, there's no need for a GPU (unless you want to use a CRT monitor with GroovyMAME or something similar), so the countless office machines on eBay are perfect for projects like this.
Anything from within the last 5-10 years is usually enough, but you can buy a used CPU to upgrade if you really need more power.

>3
Just pick a frontend. It's personal preference and doesn't determine the limits of your computer.

>>4916226
I'd get Launchbox over Hyperspin, much easier to set up.

>>4916226
>hyperspin
>snappy and responsive

>>4916049
>1: Best place to get ROMs?
I get mine from AntelopeAvocations.net

>2: Better to download or just buy a memory stick off of amazon?
I don't understand this question. The ROMs are so tiny I'd probably leave them on the boot disk which would be a $37 SSD if I built it today.

>3: also thinking about building a cabinet to play newer games like all the VS Capcom games. Can retropie handle running that or would I need something like hyper pie or hyperspin/Tb system?
Thanks in advance.
Find your nearest arcade bar and go there. Raspberry Pi doesn't have the jiggly flaps for everything you want to do.

>>4916049
Ass Credit

>>4917250
Despite my input being shat on itt, I'll still contribute that among front ends, Launchbox is by a wide margin the most economical time:results front end. There are quicker and easier ones and there are more configurable ones, it really is kind of neat how Hyperspin can have endlessly nested and cross-indexed wheels that (with enough work or paid access to community) can lead players to exactly their personal ideal assortment of games, Launchbox can be quickly and cheaply set up and offers a very classy looking interface that automatically scrapes all kinds of media related to the games.

>>4917281
Holy shit, go away.

>>4916131
>kick it spot for younger people
Fucking pedo. I called the FBI on you

>>4917249
Shut up, loser.

>>4916131
Any kid knows how to run an emulator at home. An arcade cabinet isn't going to lure twinks to your fuckpad.

>>4917269
lol yes, what you said.

I can't shake the feeling that Hyperspin is used by people that spend more time configuring their launcher than actually playing their games - although there are some sellers out there that will install Hyperspin for you on a hard drive including romsets for $50.

I've sort of come to the conclusion that we still don't have access to large enough hard drives cheaply enough to include fullsets of CD based consoles - namely PS1 and even if a 4tb hdd had the complete Sega CD, Saturn and PCE-CD sets it would feel bad to neglect PS1

>>4917295
He didnt say anything about a fuckpad. He said a kick it spot for misguided and disenfranchised youths in his neighborhood. Cant a grown man build an arcade in his basement to get kids hanging out in his house without being accused of trying to F twinks in the A?

>>4916134
>I’m making multiple machines?
don't make anything if you can't figure this shit out you mouth breathing imbecile

>>4916049
Get a decent PC, CRT if playing older stuff, and some fight sticks, call it a day. Standing with no elbow room isn't fun.

>>4916131
You should be aiming for a curated set, not all the forgettable titles no one will ever play.

>>4917282
Please try to stay on topic, Anon.

>>4917306
Absolutely not.

>>4917310
>game you want isn't there
>play something else you otherwise wouldn't
>fun happens

>>4917281
Fuck. Off. You're not welcome here.

>>4917282
>>4917293
Please try to stay on topic, Anon. Thanks.

>>4917317
>>4917293
>>4917282
Please try to stay on topic, Anon.

>>4917306
They're going to try to extort you with threats of false accusations. Kids are sociopaths. There's no way this can go well.

>>4917314
You know... you're right tbdesu. There was a guy in our neighborhood growing up that had a pool table, ping pong, air hockey, pinball, arcade cabinets.. the works in his basement and kids hung out there all the time. I never went because it seemed creepy as fuck and me and my buddy used to joke around about him fucking kids in there.

>>4917282
lol

>>4917324
there's a steely dan song about this exact kind of person.

>>4917321
Didnt even think about that angle.
>inb4 OP is broke, reputation ruined and every dad in the neighborhood is itching to give him a beating just cause he wanted to have a place kids could play Bad Dudes in peace.

>>4917321
>false

>>4917326
What's it called? Didnt someone from Steely Dan just die?

>>4917332
Everyone's Gone To The Movies, and yeah Walter Becker; RIP.

>>4916049
16TB of Roms... Go luck OP...
Try Hyperspin.

>>4916134
X Pad... Oh no... Gay

>>4916049
You need to take yourself out of the gene pool ASAP.

>>4916305
>1
design a shipping container
>2
extension cord from a car battery parked at circle k
>3
cut the top off your hot water tank and stand in it

>>4918675
Kek

>>4916049
You dont know where to get roms and youre thinking of paying for some amazon meme? Why dont you go ahead and put in a raspberry pi and a fucking LCD too you fool.
MAME cabinet tinkering is not for you.

>>4916131
>a “kick it” spot for younger people
Hahaha holy shit do you this is the 19 fucking 90s? Younger people stay home and curate their snapchat stories.

>>4916131
>Look, a local bar opened an arcade that has about 25 games but that shit wears thin quick

You have ADD. It's far more interesting to practice a small handful of games than to have infinite games at your disposal which you'll either only play fifteen minutes apiece or you'll run into decision paralysis and never play anything.

Don't waste your money on a cab until you find your evergreens.

>>4916131
>Look, a local bar opened an arcade that has about 25 games but that shit wears thin quick.
That's because arcade games have no depth and are designed to get quarters out of you quickly, not entertain you for hours. You wouldn't enjoy them at home either. Play some console/PC games instead.

>>4919298
What game hurt you anon?
Most have difficulty settings to help you practice.

>>4919304
None hurt me, I've just always found them boring.

>>4919315

It is true that there are some real quarter munchers out there (try 1cc dark seal 2even as a quarter muncher I like as its pretty rad for the time it was released[/spoler])
but the pure simplicity of engaging right into the action as you put the quarter its always a quality I always liked.

console games usually take a while to warm up and get interesting. Most of arcade games specially SHUMPS and Beat em ups get you instantly pumped.

Also have you thought that a considerable size of any retro console library pre 1995 are actually arcade ports?.

>>4919323
I don't like retro games.

>>4919324
Then don't play arcade games.

>>4919330
I only play good games like Fortnite

>>4919336
Neat, hope you have fun.

>>4916052
>Ugh
Get blocked faggot.

>>4920816
The faggot has been raising Chads spawn since the age of 40. He's been cock blocked longer than you've been alive. What more do you want from the sad fuck?

>>4921045
Lel

Why the fuck do arcade machines have the stick on the left side and buttons on right? Doesn't make sense for anything but maybe fighting games.

>>4918675

>>4916049
1:Emuparidise
2:Buying a stick would be a waste of time, just get an old one and fill it up, sorting folders doesnt take much time an hour if you have downs
3.Retro Pie wouldn't be able to handle all VS Capcom games. I don't know much about the others.

>>4922592
Supposedly, arcade owners moved it to increase quarter intake. Players were getting good enough to 1CC with it on the right side. I play PC platformers with the right hand arrow keys.