EASY Batocera Sinden Light Guns! The Retro Light Gun Box!

Here is my Review for The Retro Light Gun Box from Retro Lizard's Custom Arcades! This is the EASIEST WAY to play Sinden Light Gun Games using Batocera on your Monitor, Television, or Arcade Machine! Joel at Retro Lizard's did send this product to me for the purpose of review and I was very excited to check his Light Gun Build out!
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RETRO LIZARD LIGHT GUN BOX ($190)
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The Retro Light Gun box is compatible with all light guns on the market including Wii Remotes. The Retro Light Gun Box Requires 1 controller/encoder per player plugged in for the light gun to work.
Whats included:
Lenevo M93 I5 mini with 4gb of ram, 256SSD internal drive pre-loaded with the retro lizard batocera light gun build including 127 light gun games, VGA cable, and power supply.
Demo Video Link: • Batocera 35 light gun ...
DISCLAIMER: all light guns are sold separately. Retro Lizard’s Custom Arcades is not affiliated and not responsible for any light guns.
SHIPPING: Please allow 3-4 weeks to ship. All orders are made to order. Shipping only to the United States only. Shipping is included in the price.
WARRANTY: 90 ray warranty included.
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[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

What's your favorite light gun game? Links and specs to everything in video description! Let me know what you think of this plug and play light gun box!

[@bonesjackson81]

Virtua Cop. The way enemies react is so satisfying. I'm thinking this through the projector? Should work

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

@@bonesjackson81 yes should work

[@damindlandry8460]

@@PDubsArcadeLoft is time crisis two three or 4 on there ?

[@JohnB-gx4gl]

Depends on the projector and screen, should work isn't really an answer if you don't know

[@AiO51666]

My favorite lightgun game has got to be vampire knight. Unlike a lot of light gun games being ports this was made for ps2. It had tons of game modes and unlocks.

[@MobileDecay]

If you go into the retroarch quick menu and bring up options, go under video, press up once and turn on Native depth interpolation it will fix the glitching in hotd 2. It even happens on more powerful pcs.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

I'll test this - thanks for the tip!

[@MobileDecay]

@@PDubsArcadeLoft You're welcome! 😁

[@a-trainsandroid6731]

My man coming through again at the perfect time! Wife just asked me what I want for Christmas and my answer was "an easy plug n play Light gun option." This is it! Thanks Pdubs!

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Oh nice lol! Thanks for watching!

[@Alex.English-j3q]

I bought the retro shooter pandora box for 400 use. Isn't worth it at all. One of guns couldn't calibrate correctly enough for me to feel it was a defective product. The rom selection on pandora was underwhelming, and the light gun bars on top of the TV look terrible and can't fit snug do to the power cord. Completely worthless if the one gun that does work can be used via adapter for pc can work with light guns games that run slow on my asus rog. Another purchase that is so so. It's a pc with shortcut keys. Terrible battery life and isn't strong enough for an outside etsy light gun only hard drive purchase, that getting to rom myself, ran faster

[@ritualdelo]

Joel is a good dude and he puts a lot of love in configuring his drives …. Must buy imo for ease of use ….

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Agreed 👍

[@retrontacos5959]

Great video! You convinced me to go with Joel for one of his HDD's. Definitely happy I did thanks for the information and content 😁

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Nice man enjoy!

[@carlo1132]

Joel Rocks, Light Gun Goodness for Sinden Owners!

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Lol agreed 👍

[@goofyfoot390]

I will be picking this up! Will be using this with the Glendeck!

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Boom 💥

[@geneg136]

Looks great! The House of the Dead series and the original Lethal Enforcers are my favorites!

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Great games!

[@stokjock]

Nice review of a super nice guy's stuff. Joel is one of the really good guys and he's from Buffalo which is even better! Thanks showing this off!

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Thanks dude!

[@ChrisC488]

thank you PDubs, just ordered!

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@zemi2750]

I told my nephew long ago, he bought one from Lizard. I went for a SER5 (5800X) and added all the missing PS3, GC, Wii and PS2 games to the RetroLizard image. All the On-Rails games that is. Left out the one's were you can move (unpractical, tho technically possible with Sinden). Pretty much everything that Batocera can run. On the windows side I added all the modern light gun games that don't run on Batocera or games that run imperfectly like HOTD Remake, and also added TeknoParrot. Things to keep in mind: 1.If you update Batocera your D-pad will not work to browse menus, but updating is gonna fix many issues with Batocera and Sinden if you add games.. If you don't plan on adding anything keep it as is. 2.Dead Space: Extraction. For some reason the weapon tilt function of the game doesn't register (emulated Gyro), controls are done correctly on the emulator, but never could figure it out, I tried everything to troubleshoot. No dice. 3. You can add a lot of games, gladly Retrolizard left some room (I assume), enough to add mostly everything you want, but be careful, Batocera needs a little bit of space.. I learn that the hard way., had to redo everything, not once but twice. 4.In order to be able to play HOTD Scarlet Dawn(Teknoparrot), you need an ini config file that changes the settings (this games has none, took a while to find it, if you want it let me know) the ini file has 3 graphic settings that you can choose, using this PC it's the lowest one, but the game still looks great. On my SER5 I only had to lower it to medium and a few settings on high. Everything else works perfectly on this image.. Retrolizard did a great job. I have all the light gun images available online and this is the one that works 99.9%. I have it setup on my ALU.

[@retrolizardscustomarcades]

Thank you so much for the review man! Great video! 🎉

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Thanks Buddy!

[@pitlanrezac]

Great video ! Does that means you can't use that config for a 2 Sinden light guns ? (not enough USB ports)

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Extra USB port on the back for 2nd gun

[@DW-ur4xt]

are you going to do a install and review for the buy stuff store retro shooter mod?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Yep that's next

[@adrianisawesome1234]

I don't know if you've ever heard of it. There is this game called Music Gun Gun 2, that I'm pretty sure you'd love it if you play it. Anyway, i was wondering if you knew if this thing has it on there or not. Either way, I'd totally consider buying this thing one day! And if it does have it I am going to play this thing 24/7!

[@thatsignorant1729]

Do they make these with 2 gun ports and 2 controller ports

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

You can plug in 2 controllers and guns, more USB ports on the back

[@quentinbesancenez1427]

Nice video. Time Crisis is my all time favorite.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

It's a classic!

[@NeonPizza80s]

Are there any future plans to make the Sinden compatible with PS5 or XSX?

[@Frank_D]

This is a great price! I'll have to look closer at this product when I have the funds. 🙂

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Enjoy! And thanks for watching!

[@GaragebuiltOriginal]

I love my box with sinden gun and Joel is very helpful.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Nice!

[@Guexican]

Fantastic. I set up my own system like this on a mini PC but was unable to get two light guns working. Was Joel able to get this working for two or just one light gun? GREAT VID. 👍😎👍

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

You can run two

[@danielclesse6272]

@@PDubsArcadeLoft Two with recoil?

[@alevcimen4891]

I need the Teknoparrot version of this bundle…lol thanks for the review

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Thanks for watching!

[@retrolizardscustomarcades]

I sell external drives for windows loaded up with 226 light gun games.

[@juliohernandez3668]

Pdubs, great review and thank you for bringing us great content. If you were to compare this plug and play vs retro shooter pandora box which one would you give the edge to? Thanks.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Probably the retro shooter as it's cheaper and mostly same games. This is more for if you have sinden guns already collecting dust and want something to do with them

[@Karmaman777]

Will this work on big screens like a 77 inch LED or will there be masssive lag?

[@isaijuarez211]

How are you able to connect the second player light gun, if there only one USB for the gun?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Second USB port on back of the mini PC

[@troymcdonald]

Dubs… Whar do you think of Sinden vs AimTrak… and ever consider the Gun4ir? Thanks

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Personally I like Sinden more than Aimtrak, but Gun4IR is King and most expensive

[@insertmanycoins1752]

The one eyed shooter build is hands down the best build on the market. This seems good but not optimised. Plus 100+ games versus near on 1000 with extra features it’s a no brainier.

[@DUGDAWGER]

This looks decent but do Sinden light guns ever go on sale? Is there a good place to buy them besides Sinden’s main store page?

[@robkrasinski6217]

Ebay might have some from time to time. I got mine on ebay Sept 2021 but haven’t used them yet. I might make a Carnevil cab similar to the one on youtube that Killer Arcade Games made. He chopped off the top of a Final Fight and put a 32” Insignia TV from Best Buy on it and used a pc inside. I have SFII side panels with the tops chopped off from ebay and the guy cut them for me. I just recently peeled off the SFII graphics but it left white paper behind. I could use a big nail file and sand some of it down then apply the new graphics. I have a loaded pc from Retro Lizard to use. I just got Retro Shooter guns as an alternative but they have no pump slider. And they require two sensors mounted to the TV. Sindens don’t require any but they need a white border on the screen in order to work.

[@SimpCity2000]

Think this would work connected to my A1up T2? That cabinet collects dust. Would the T2 guns work, too?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

If you put in an HDMI/LCD/VGA converter board yes

[@greggruzdis2013]

@@PDubsArcadeLoft The T2 guns would work with this? If yes-Game changer and I will purchase ASAP

[@AnalogX64]

This is an amazing setup, I would love to see "Carnival King - Big Top Shooter" I have the real arcade machine but would a more modern solution so I can get some room back in my house 😁

[@TheAccountant1000]

I’m wondering if I buy the HDMI version and just buy an external HDMI to VGA or HDMI to RCA cable into a switch box will I still be able to play on my 29 inch CRT X Arcade monitor?

[@meatloafknight]

If I have two sindens is there ports to plug both in for two players?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Yes

[@charlie7313m]

Can this be brought in Europe ? Or anything like this ?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

No clue, contact him on his website and ask, he is very helpful

[@jeremyk6456]

Wow! I just ordered the Retro Shooter and wonder if this would have been better? Does this have any Good games that Retro Shooter does not that you noticed?

[@MobileDecay]

You still need to buy the sindens and if you want you need the pedal or pedals so it will probably be double the cost in the end. It will definitely be a better experience but if you don’t wanna spend over $400. This might not be what you want.

[@AiO51666]

Please help! I recently built a very similar machine I got my sinden yesterday and got it running. Should be that easy. But after calibrating the tracking is completely reversed. I’ve scoured the web for any help but can’t find any related issues. Flipping the gun over fixes the issue but I can’t play like that. Flipping the display also fixes the issue but that doesn’t really help either. Please help. I’m pulling my hair out and my setup is so close to perfect.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Open a ticket with Sinden, I've Nebraska heard of this before

[@AiO51666]

⁠ I did end up contacting them shortly before I figured it all out. They haven’t ever head of the problem either. I rolled back the firmware to 1.3 and that fixed it. When I went back up to 1.8 the problem stayed gone. Just some weird glitch in the firmware.

[@AlwaysLookEye]

Another option. To bad they don't load it with new and old arcade shooters. Like terminator salvation & new elevator action . Looks to be onnthe same level with the retro shooter but you get all you need at once with that.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

You're going to pay more than $200 for a PC to run those modern games

[@retrolizardscustomarcades]

Batocera doesn’t run teknoparrot.

[@alrovelli6023]

Getting it fixed I hope

[@esmondkim1357]

P Dubs! You look like Kyle Reese in Terminator 1 in the thumnail!

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

That's what I was going for!

[@squaretops1]

Does it have operation wolf arcade version

[@TheDarklordHero]

Does this work on an oled Samsung tv?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Yes

[@RIISEPRODUCTS]

Will 2 Sinden guns work with this m. Been having problems using 2 with batocera builds for steam deck

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Yes

[@DaBadSeed]

Retro lizard rule 🎉

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

He does lol

[@videogamevegas]

PDubs, These setups are getting closer to what I'm looking for all the time :) This company has made something pretty decent here. Not sure if it'll be right for me, I kind of want a better House of the Dead 2 experience, and I couldn't play through any game that has that amount of audio choppiness, but still impressive for the price. Some quick questions if you have the time :) - Are the Point Blank arcade games on this collection (not a huge fan of PS1 ports) - If you've played it, does Carnevil play well with no audio choppiness. I've seen it emulated only once and it had audio issues. In any case, thanks for sharing this cool device! vgv

[@Evilryu223]

Can it play all the House of the Dead series?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

No

[@Evilryu223]

@@PDubsArcadeLoft oh then what kind of PC do I have to get to play those games?

[@danielr5552]

Just got my Sinden. Using batocera 38. But also had same issue on 37. Only nes games working. The gun does t even register on any other system. Any ideas? Working perfectly in batocera menus and NES but dead on everything else. By dead I mean even the start buttons not working.

[@JamesBond-gg4wg]

Does it have mad dog macree 1 and 2?

[@squaretops1]

i want that 2

[@ignignxkt]

Can you configure it to display 4:3? I’d want to use this on a unico monitor.

[@parsival761]

No idea how you manage that, no plug and play the sinden target cross does not move at all

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Plug your Sinden into your PC and make sure it's updated to latest firmware

[@bensalazar7388]

Can you connect 2 sinden guns to play Two players?

[@retrolizardscustomarcades]

yes

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Boom 💥

[@waterinthedesert81]

Can you make a video to hook this up to 1up

[@waterinthedesert81]

Can you hook this up to a arcade 1up?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

If that Arcade1Up has an HDMI Converter board on the back of it yes

[@rushmore3927]

PDubs, is Aliens Extermination on it? Added: Never mind! Guessing it's not, based on the description.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Not that one no

[@patrickm4913]

How does T2 on this compare to the A1UP version?

[@josephoverstreet5584]

would i be able to buy this pc, copy the file for the emulator and games and run them on my pc instead? id be able to use this mini pc for a web browser in my room

[@MasterRBertLink]

Will it work on MiSTer FPGA, too?

[@djflakoelmonstruo9908]

does the gun work on projector screens

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Yes Sinden Light Gun Tech works on Projector Screens

[@SavHabitz]

So where do I plug in player 2 light gun?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

USB on back

[@SavHabitz]

@@PDubsArcadeLoft nice, I noticed he also has 256SSD Batocera Pre-Loaded PC with 8600 classics, whats your honest opinion on that? I really want to avoid all configurations and such just want to plug and play with the family over the holidays

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

@@SavHabitz I’ve only test the gun build only and it’s plug and play minus a couple games have to change some settings

[@SavHabitz]

@@PDubsArcadeLoft ok nice, so with that being said do I need the sinden software downloaded or do I just plug the guns Into this PC and lock and load ready to play?

[@lionm8699]

Does it have carnevil

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Yes

[@der-Troet]

only shipping in the US

[@seekerofarcades4634]

😌👍nice

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Thanks for the visit

[@geraldford6409]

Yo pdubs, wrong Xbox controller link, duped speakers.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Fixed - its an $18 cheap one that does the job for this amzn.to/40cQsWd

[@bigrichgamer3362]

can you use 2 guns

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Yes sir additional USBs in the back

[@rockfresh5359]

I miss light gun gaming qish the industry revives it

[@mixedhairless]

Sold

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Boom 💥

[@alrovelli6023]

My light guns won't work

[@adamkalb1412]

Instabuy ❤

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Boom 💥

[@adamkalb1412]

@@PDubsArcadeLoft ❤️🏁

[@NoThanksnothanks]

Are u able to shut the cross hairs off?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Yes

[@NoThanksnothanks]

@@PDubsArcadeLoft sweet thanks. I think I’m going to hold out for raspberry pi5 emulation with Batocera. Pi5 is 2-3x’s faster than Pi4, it’s been out a month. I’m thinking it will fix some gameplay slowdown. U should look up ETA Prime. He is running goldeneye native settings on it well! Something to think about.

[@hazzad]

Why exactly would anyone pay $190 for this setup when you can do this for free at home. Download the image that this guy uses and slap it on any pc. Its available easily off the web. I mean who doesnt have a pc of some sort lying about?

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

Well you could buy a budget PC and then download the build and the cost is the same, etc. This is more for people who don't want or know where to go to download that kind of content and want something plug and play ready to go.

[@cschwacofer]

Massive over priced

[@MarkHill-i5o]

Hahahahaj plug and play hahahaha hilarious! The sinden light gun DOES NOT work on BATOCERA so not sure what this guy is on about. Brilliant wast of money all round.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

@@MarkHill-i5o Hey if you're going to join KZbin 2 weeks ago and troll - do your research - Batocera started supporting Sinden on Batocera Version 35 and higher - in fact Batocera will automatically enable a white border when the Sinden Lightgun is connected. I'm going to leave your comment up so I can laugh at it later if I ever come back to this video.

[@MarkHill-i5o]

Ok, so as you don’t know me and my journey of hell with the Sinden LG and you can go only go off my comments, which admittedly were made out of sheer desperation, I feel compelled to update. Sure my comments on reflection were unfair and inaccurate to Batocera and to your video but you’re painting an ideology which isn’t accurate. My comments were aimed at the Sinden LG and its Batocera ‘out of the box’ accolade that it seems to pedal with such ease of testament when this is simply not always the case. Batocera is an amazing FE and yes Batocera detects the gun and does a fine job of putting a border up for its X and Y axis so it can operate. In fact, Batocera does all it can to accommodate the gun. however you look at it though the Sinden is not simple. ……..It should be but it’s not. The Sinden is aimed at the enthusiast but being an enthusiast doesn’t make it any easier to set up. People just want this to work out of the box and not spend hours trying to work out why it’s not operating as easily as it purports. Why does the nostalgic binge have to come at a price as high as this? I’m no noob I can assure you but the hours I’ve wasted on this thing is incredible. The software is horrific but admittedly the quality of the gun is amazing. When I finally managed to remedy the issue it turned out that the gun didn’t like to be around anything that was Bluetooth in any way. As it happens my work laptop was running next to my PC in sleep mode. After I decided to try yet another resolve to the gun not working properly and turned off completely the laptop the Sinden worked without issue. You see, the gun is interacting with anything and everything, it’s as sensitive as hell and having anything interfering with it such as Bluetooth will cause issues. Instead of raving about how great this thing is, and it IS if that experience isn’t marred by the woes and trials and tribulations of the many, many many teething problems the gun can have, why not focus (perhaps in another video) about possible fixes for people experiencing issues….because there’s a lot of us out here that would like to see something like that. ‘Your’ research would be a great addition to the progress of the Sinden. Anyway, for anyone reading this and wanting to use the Sinden but can’t I can’t state strongly enough that you NEED to get rid of all Bluetooth products in the near vicinity of the light gun as it plays havoc with it. None of the videos I’ve seen in YT other than Metal Jesus’s mentions Bluetooth issues, all they do is advise about turning your lights off and having a dark environment which should go without saying. so, after configuring and calibrating the software, make that you’re first go to is any god damn Bluetooth in the area and turn it OFF.

[@PDubsArcadeLoft]

@@MarkHill-i5o fair enough points made here and I'm glad you came back and gave me the bigger picture of what you experienced. I've never encountered the Bluetooth issue before but I was lucky enough not to have any device like that nearby. I like the idea of a Sinden troubleshooting video and will add that to the list of videos to do. Thanks Dude for the info!