Arcades – The Geek

16 August 202024 July 2024Arcades, Emulators956 comments

Bios (Various)

Here is an updated BIOS list… [read more and download]

3 August 20202 July 2024Arcades, Standing Arcades3 comments

Building of a Nu-Gen type terminal (part 2)

I painted the arcade terminal with a gloss paint, i bought a 32 inch display (2560 x 1440 AOC Value-Line Q3279VWF). Please note that there is no vesa mount on this screen, so it’s a bit complicated to fix so that it does not move.

For the glass plate, I made a wooden template for cutting, it takes about 100 € to cut it in 8 millimeters. I then painted the inner side of the glass with a glossy white paint. When the paint is dry, it must be cut cleanly with a cutter according to the exact location of the screen.

13 January 20203 August 2020Standing Arcades2 comments

Transformation (Build) of a normal light Illuminated Button into RGB Button

As you can see on my other article, I am redoing a Standing Arcades. But I would like to put RGB buttons, that is to say buttons that change color depending on the games, the emulators…
The downside is that the RGB buttons are expensive, very expensive. On the Smallcab website the RGB button is at € 9.90, while a standard luminous button is at € 1.98, or € 1.60 on Amazon. On my Arcade, there are 27 buttons, which makes € 270 if I buy them from Smallcab.

4 January 202016 August 2020Standing Arcades6 comments

Manufacture and sale of a Nu-Gen Arcade (Update 03.01.2020)

[ Continuation of this article: link to the 2nd part of the article ] It’s been a while since I wanted to redo a Nu-Gen type arcade machine to sell it. Slightly smaller than the first arcade machine made in 2018, the dimensions are 1.61 m high by 90 cm wide, 75 cm deep at the foot and 23 cm […]

23 December 201924 July 2024Emulators680 comments

MAME : Rom Update 0.215 to 0.216

Here is another the MAME update file to upgrade from version 0.215 to version 0.216. This update file weighs about 124MB.

5 November 201914 January 2020Emulators706 comments

MAME : Rom Update 0.214 to 0.215

Here is another the MAME update file to upgrade from version 0.214 to version 0.215. This file contains roms that I forgot to add in the first update. It is therefore necessary to download the 2 files.
This update file weighs about 233MB.

19 October 201914 January 2020Emulators7 comments

RetroArch : Overlays

Today, I’m going to give you my feedback about the overlays in RetroArch.

14 October 201914 January 2020Bartop, Games, Standing Arcades29 comments

Windows Shooting Games (Shoot ’em up) for arcade

Here is a list of shooting games on Windows, this list is incomplete, but it can give you an idea of the games that can be put in a Windows arcade, as well as the difficulties I encountered with make it work.

29 September 201929 September 2019Emulators440 comments

MAME : Rom Update 0.213 to 0.214 (Forgotten Roms)

Here is another the MAME update file to upgrade from version 0.213 to version 0.214. This file contains roms that I forgot to add in the first update. It is therefore necessary to download the 2 files. This update file weighs about 26MB. The download link is at the bottom of the page.

29 September 201929 September 2019Emulators769 comments

MAME : Rom Update 0.213 to 0.214

Here is the MAME update file to upgrade from version 0.213 to version 0.214. This update file weighs about 868MB. The download link is at the bottom of the page.

20 September 201922 September 2019Emulators560 comments

MAME : Rom Update 0.212 to 0.213

Here is the MAME update file to upgrade from version 0.212 to version 0.213. This update file weighs about 219MB. The download link is at the bottom of the page.

28 August 201929 August 2019Emulators603 comments

MAME : Rom Update 0.211 to 0.212

Here is the MAME update file to upgrade from version 0.211 to version 0.212. This update file weighs about 1 273MB. The download link is at the bottom of the page.

7 July 20191 December 2019Arcades, Bartop, Games, Standing Arcades60 comments

Windows fighting games for arcade

Here is a list of fighting games under Windows, this list is still incomplete, but it can give you an idea of the games that can be put in an arcade terminal, as well as the difficulties I have encountered in making them work.

6 July 20191 December 2019Bartop, Games, Standing Arcades2 comments

Games under Windows for an Arcade

Introduction This article is for those who have put a PC with a Windows in their arcade, those who have a RaspberryPi cannot launch Windows games. So, if you use Windows instead of a RaspberryPi in your Arcade, this article may be of interest to you.

4 July 20198 July 2019Bartop, Games, Standing Arcades4 comments

Windows or RaspberryPi for an arcade?

The choice of system for an arcade depends on the time you want to spend there, the financial cost, and the games you want to launch. A PS3 or CPS1 game emulator does not require the same resources.

30 June 201916 July 2019Emulators454 comments

MAME : Rom Update 0.210 to 0.211

Here is the MAME update file to upgrade from version 0.210 to version 0.211. This update file weighs about 500MB. The download link is at the bottom of the page.

3 June 201916 July 2019Emulators562 comments

MAME : Rom Update 0.209 to 0.210

Here is the MAME update file to upgrade from version 0.209 to version 0.210.This update file is quite large (1.69GB) because there are 5 CHD files: cdp-10002b.chd (85MB), gdx-0023.chd (45MB), r00.chd (887MB), 912kaaa02.chd (175MB) and 639aab01.chd (317MB)

2 June 20191 December 2019Bartop, Games, Standing Arcades0 comments

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