Just as a side note. PC is $131 when I ordered. Saw a week later for $119. So just keep your eyes peeled. Secondly, list of my build for people looking to do the same. 2024 dollars PC $131 Wireless keyboard/w mouse $34 Replacement 1 TB ssd sata drive - $90 2 8bitdo controllers $100 Sata to usb cable $12 HDMI cable $24 $391 from scratch That leaves 9 bucks to get some Mountain Dew.

Depending on how low spec your pc is, turning off the game bezels can make a big difference in performance for low end pc’s

@davefarley4318

2 ай бұрын

good idea.

Wow awesome thsnk you Retro guy. Keeps on bringing great content

Great great video! My first mini-PC was a 3050 and I scored a deal in that it had an i7-7700 CPU and 16gb ram (boosted to 32gb). The extra cores and threads helped a lot, as I was able to play many PS2 sports titles smooth at 2x, and Rogue Squadron for the GameCube at 1.5x with very little studder.

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Very smooth gameplay for sure.

Getting ready to use my old HP i7 7700 for mine. Will start building the cabinet this weekend

An Atari System 1 Indian Jones and the temple of doom in the background. I spent a ton on that game back in the day. Awesome arcade cabinet.

Thanks for the demo and vioe, awesome. What was thst theme you used in the final demo? Looks great

This might have solved my problems. I like that Dell PC you used.

I hope you don't mind but I like to keep you up to date. I couldn't find a Dell Optiplex like you have so I found an HP G3 mini pc on Amazon. I have keyboards and mice so that isn't a problem. Slowly but surely I will have my own emulation system,

cool thanks for doing this video!

Awesome video... I still have your pie build.. working great 👍

@davefarley4318

2 ай бұрын

only one? keep practicing.just kidding, if 1 fits your needs then great. I think I like building more than playing.

Great tutorial. Thank you as always. Your channel is a real inspiration to all us retro gamers. If you don't mind me asking, your excellent build with all the bells and whistles with over 4000 games, how big is the hard drive you used? I would think maybe a 1 TB drive should do it. Is that right? Thanks.

Excellent video. You covered everything. I have a Batocera setup on a dell 3020 but I do like this small dells. 🤔 Batocera is very nice. One question. I like Batocera on the CRT. I guess I can go to VGA with an adapter

Love your video, i am a first time retro builder, when you say download bios, which one?? jpeg or does it matter.

Anyone know whats needed to play initial d ? I grew up playing that game on Brunswick zone and i would love to play it again.

Thanks you have been more of a help than you kniw

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear this!

@garfieldrupe630

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroGamingGuy It's going to take me some time,but I am stubborn if nothing else. Thank you again

Great vid RGG.. another solution I did was to take a 7020 which has room for a low profile gpu (I used a RX 6400 from xfx), and make your own steamdeck like experience using ChimeraOS. You could also do this for a similar batocera build with more punch ;)

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

Awesome ideas!

How would you setup light gun emulators and games with something like the Retroshooter guns?

Dude could you please share the list of games that you put on your ssd and also the size that you recommend for the ssd. Thanks

@myrealname2022

Ай бұрын

Not the dude but just a guy, I always say buy the largest drive you can afford. I have never been disappointed by having too much memory, but I have been sad when I didn’t and had to choose what to keep and offload. No matter what they say, size matters. This app doesn’t have the performance to handle newer roms, but if you want a hard drive you can move to a bigger, better build later, I say get a minimum 1tb or more if you can. But if it’s just gonna be a select retro emulator with your favorite games, the basic 256gb that is stock will be fine. If you have to upgrade, 512 gb SSD is good and super affordable.

Sometimes when i try to map my ps3 controller, when u get to the analog sticks pressed in i would click them in but every time it just stays saying “not defined” but only on one of them. even though I pressed them in. I would repeat multiple multiple times the mapping process but no matter what it always says not defined. Granted I’m never in a scenario in a video game. We’re clicking the analog stick in would really do anything but in general it just bothers me. Is there any reason why it would happen

How does this stack up against the HP Elitedesk G3 you set it in a previous video? I’m looking to do something like this

@Curryking32000

2 ай бұрын

I have a HP Elitedesk G3 and it runs up to and including Gamecube and PS2, pretty much on par with this Dell mini pc

@Yojimbo8407

2 ай бұрын

@@Curryking32000 thanks for the info. Much appreciated!

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

Yes very well aligned with that one.

Wow mines is coming in today too. Same specs too. I can use an external too. Let's go

@johnmoreno5965

2 ай бұрын

Uh can I do this with a different SSD and use it externally?

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

I only used the internal ssd as a way to save money and show how you could use everything as it comes.

So I am struggling and not sure what I am doing wrong. Whenever I etch batocera onto my external HD it makes my external HD umallocated???

Would these cheaper mini PCs be strong enough to run teknoparrot and Mario Kart GP DX? Trying to make my own arcade cabinet and I think this would be the way to go..

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

No I don't believe they would be ideal for that. A bit underpowered.

@monkeyhotdog

2 ай бұрын

@RetroGamingGuy would you be willing to attempt it on one of your mini PCs? Probably asking too much, but figured I'd ask. No worries if not. Just noticed you did an arcade 1up mod and testing out the mini PCs.

Followed your tutorial to the letter but the only difference is that I'm using a Dell laptop instead of a Dell Desktop. And I get a black screen after the Batocera Splash screen video has played. I guess this emulation scene is not for me!

Is there no way to make a mini PC retro console without a regular PC? And how do you get SINDEN to work I am only interested in making a light gun console.

@davefarley4318

2 ай бұрын

no. you need at least use a friends PC. cheap light guns to start with.... Amazon dolphin bar and Wii remotes

@matthew-005

2 ай бұрын

@@davefarley4318 Wii mote aiming sucked on the Wii the more you aimed away from the center the more it's off target. Are dolphin bars better.

@davefarley4318

2 ай бұрын

@@matthew-005 dolphin bar helps out. there are many videos showing it off

@matthew-005

2 ай бұрын

@@davefarley4318 But is it accurate? I was a 90's kid and when I went to the arcade I drew a crowd to the Time Crisis machines because I was such a good shot that is what I a looking for.

Does anyone know how to get better performance from Tekken tag? I've got Lenovo m93p with i5 8th gen and 8 gig ram

@ll_spud

2 ай бұрын

Dual ram stick run better than single with igpus.

Emulation is the way to go.

cool

what is the highest system you got this to run?

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

PS2 some switch worked fine but not all of it.

@brandonherrington7080

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroGamingGuy Is there one of these dell optifines that run gamecube?

👍

Does this have integrated Wi-Fi?

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

It doesn't it uses an adapter

Capture card not cooperating for you?

@WarLyric

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking same thing the sound was a bit off.

An i5 7500 could work but you need a graphics card for the more demanding systems, I went with an i3 4360 with stock graphics, BIG MISTAKE, I can't even run PS2 without horrendous slowdown.

I prefer amd apu mini pc....

Am I crazy or did I watch this video like week’s ago?

@jonwhite2128

2 ай бұрын

Both could be true

@RetroGamingGuy

2 ай бұрын

Did a somewhat similar video over a year ago with a different pc. Similar steps different pc. Maybe you watch that recently

Day 1 of calling bs till I can get a call to figure out why mine won't work

@RetroGamingGuy

Ай бұрын

....calling BS on what exactly? Batocera and gaming on a repurposed pc?

@ChaosCapitall

Ай бұрын

@RetroGamingGuy I was having issues with getting the bios and rom files to properly transfer after clearing my hard drive and restarting several times it started to work. I don't know if it was user error or something with my software but it just wouldn't run properly for about a week