The ArPiCade

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 7:59 pm

I found $100 in my wallet when I checked it after the wedding. Not sure what it was doing in there or who it was supposed to go to, but I may attach fifty bucks to it and get an ArPiCade.

https://www.highscoresaves.com/arpicade ... igame.html

What is an ArPiCade? Well, Jizaboz has one and likes it. My understanding is that it allows you to use a Raspberry Pi with a JAMMA arcade cabinet. I've got a horizontal one that I use for various boards (I had Ghosts n' Goblins in it if you've been to my house recently, which a few of you have) but I also put the jrok Berzerk board in it and some others. So this is a great solution for me.

I have a question for Jizaboz, if you're out there - did you have them program the software for $45 or do that yourself?

Jizaboz · Post by **Jizaboz** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:08 am

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: I have a question for Jizaboz, if you're out there - did you have them program the software for $45 or do that yourself?

I debated this all of about 10 minutes. Part of me really wanted to do it myself, but I'm glad I did not. It saves a ton of time and that 45$ does at least include the price of the micro SD card itself. Includes a very nice front end program that loads random screenshots, etc.. and I love how once you enter a game it will not exit back out to the menu until you tell it to by holding down player 1 start for 10 seconds then hitting player 2 start.

Totally worth the 45$ extra in my opinion. However, I strongly encourage you to do what I did and before you even start the damn thing, CAREFULLY create an image file of that SDcard with a Windows machine. Store the original somewhere you will NEVER LOSE IT. Finally, go to Walgreens and pick up a new microSD 32gb card for like 15$, and write that image you created to your new card. This way, you have not 1 but 2 backups.

Why create a backup? Besides the always present risk of data corruption due to power failure or whatever, you'll probably want to tweak your settings on a few games, the menu, etc and there is no "factory reset". Re-loading the image is your reset. I've ran into a few nagging things like left and right shoot in Gunsmoke being reversed and I can't move at all in Krull or Cloak N Dagger. Sometime I need adjust the config files on the SDcard to fix this. (using joystick/button in MAME menu does't seem to work for input config) Also, they (HighSaveScores) will put out updated images eventually with more games or better support!

Flack · Post by **Flack** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:26 pm

So the rest of us can buy the cheaper version and just get the image from you, right? :)

Jizaboz · Post by **Jizaboz** » Wed Jul 12, 2017 12:50 pm

Flack wrote:So the rest of us can buy the cheaper version and just get the image from you, right? :)

Heh-heh. Theoretically yes of course ;)

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:00 pm

I would never do that, but I am gonna get the ArPicade shortly as in within a month, and then I'll let everyone know how it goes.

I might do that.

No, I will pay them their money, they built a good product and deserve it.

I'll let Tdarcos decide. Tdarcos! Decide!

Tdarcos · Post by **Tdarcos** » Thu Jul 13, 2017 6:08 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I would never do that, but I am gonna get the ArPicade shortly as in within a month, and then I'll let everyone know how it goes.

I might do that.

No, I will pay them their money, they built a good product and deserve it.

I'll let Tdarcos decide. Tdarcos! Decide!

I stopped pirating software once I got to the point I had a decent income.

Pay the two dollars.

Jizaboz · Post by **Jizaboz** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:48 am

Tdarcos wrote:
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I would never do that, but I am gonna get the ArPicade shortly as in within a month, and then I'll let everyone know how it goes.

I might do that.

No, I will pay them their money, they built a good product and deserve it.

I'll let Tdarcos decide. Tdarcos! Decide!
I stopped pirating software once I got to the point I had a decent income.

Pay the two dollars.

In this case we are talking ROMs that I certainly do not own ever PCB for, so I think I basically PAID to "pirate" them!

PAUL IRRITATES ME · Post by **PAUL IRRITATES ME** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 10:59 am

Tdarcos wrote:
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I would never do that, but I am gonna get the ArPicade shortly as in within a month, and then I'll let everyone know how it goes.

I might do that.

No, I will pay them their money, they built a good product and deserve it.

I'll let Tdarcos decide. Tdarcos! Decide!
I stopped pirating software once I got to the point I had a decent income.

Pay the two dollars.

You do know that all the software is arcade roms that the developers of arpicade didn't make, right? Of course you dont.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 11:08 am

Just in case anyone drops by here through a search - we are kidding about this, we aren't going that route and the point of the thread is to get Tdarcos to make decisions for the rest of us. I just wanted to clarify that.

I am placing my order later today. Whoo hoo!

RealNC · Post by **RealNC** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 1:06 pm

I don't think anyone gets here through a search.

Hey, I can do you SEO for you. Usual rate of $800 per hour. Or whatever the f "SEO specialists" charge these days.

RealNC · Post by **RealNC** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 1:08 pm

This was totally not Tdarcos bait to make him post everything he can find out about SEO, btw.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:53 pm

Words cannot do this justice. It is AMAZING. I was playing Dragon's Lair and Paperboy five minutes after I opened the package up. This is absolutely the coolest thing I have tried out in quite some time. I'll try to post some video or more words soon.

Jizaboz · Post by **Jizaboz** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:10 pm

I would like an update on how this and perhaps other games in your arcade are 'behaving'.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:29 pm

The ArPiCade is amazing. I've mostly been playing Hat Trick, still. Just when I think I can dominate the game, I find myself losing 4-3 with 10 seconds left. Can I score??

Jizaboz · Post by **Jizaboz** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:01 pm

Just out of curiosity, does the cabinet you have your ArPiCade have 2 speakers or just one?

(Trying to diagnose why Dragons Lair 1 is the only laser disk game that doesn't have full audio on mine)

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:39 pm

I did hear all the audio I would expect for Dragon's Lair. It's got just one speaker.

Jizaboz · Post by **Jizaboz** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:39 am

To correct the record:

(via IRC)
ICJ discovered upon closer inspection that the cabinet running his ArPiCade does indeed have 2 speakers. Looks like "it's a stereo issue" theory is confirmed!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:33 pm

We shall next be posting photos of our RIGS.

Also, Nikos, quick reply should be on.

Jizaboz · Post by **Jizaboz** » Mon Nov 13, 2017 6:41 pm

ArPiCade running in Double Dragon on the left.

Casual Observer · Post by **Casual Observer** » Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:23 pm

Totally jealous of the cocktail ms. Pac

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