The ULTIMATE DIY Arcade Machine Guide

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[@BenEsherick]

*_ONE HUNDRED PERCENT LEGAL_*

[@haha-uj5rj]

Some nigga this made me laugh too hard

[@haha-uj5rj]

This shouldn't have

[@AjiinKun]

e legal

[@PrinceWesterburg]

*In Russia

[@Babbis44]

L

[@shavono8402]

this is honestly one of your best videos in a while. I really appreciate the effort that went into just this one video, and it feels much more genuine than some of your other recent videos. I also like how you put the focus on older hardware rather than state-of-the-art flashy, powerful, and expensive parts that almost no one realistically has access to. Well done.

[@freddywatts7643]

Shavono I agree

[@KamaIaForPresident]

Seriously true

[@bilboshaggins3966]

Linus: I wont sit by by and let computer be abused. Overclocks CPU to 7GHz

[@CTimmerman]

Gotta go fast.

[@Rowan486]

Lmao

[@SteveN-uc4xh]

*drops it off the couch while filming 😂😂

[@anonymouskid3596]

And deep freezes at -200 C

[@tanushadithiya7136]

Like hell

[@jimjim150]

"So we dug deeper into the depths of the internet" Top Google search result.

[@hunszaszist]

Came here to say this, I lost it when he said that, still wheezing.

[@oldunusedaccountwitholdshi1346]

Page 2

[@Goshiyo]

@@oldunusedaccountwitholdshi1346 thats no mans land my friend

[@DaveRG]

@@oldunusedaccountwitholdshi1346 Hell no, nobody has escapeed Page 2 of Google

[@Ezyasnos]

@Bold One The arcades were pretty damn flashy IIRC

[@AlexAndru-mg3xu]

Best intro ever!!!! I legit shed a tear remembering my first Olivetti computer... who only had Floppy B... and no HDD.... and no operating system... and a 10" monitor.... what a time that was to be alive!!!

[@maithonis]

To anyone looking to do this project or one similar. Be careful if you mess with the insides of an old CRT TV. The capacitors in them are huge and can kill you (I think).

[@heeder777]

Maithonis You are correct, if you don’t short out the CRT to relieve it of it’s charge they will find you dead 💀 on the floor next to it.

[@AcornElectron]

Years later. Still solid advice.

[@metallurgico]

Don't let other be careful to something you are not sure about.

[@jab62909]

​@@AcornElectron15 hours ago on a 6yo vid is wild💀

[@JohnPart3]

@@jab62909 4 hours ago on a 6 yo vid is extra wild

[@ProtoMario]

Been saying this for years, Pnetium 2's will emulate any console prior to the N64 and PSone, and an old Dual Core can even do Dolphin as well...

[@FriedRalion]

BUT PROTO you are right

[@dayvie9517]

And they use way too much energy for that xD

[@solarstrike33]

And even still, games from 1996 onwards are hit and miss with MAME; especially the mid-to-late 2000's.

[@aga7ka]

ProtoMario but proto you spelled a intel chipset wrong!!

[@highestsettings]

Oh wow, Zsnes. You might as well just use your own gaming PC for emulators if you're gonna get some crappy PC that can just about run ZSNES or maybe SNES9x at a stretch. Or a raspberry pi set up. If it's an old PC you got laying around? Fair enough, who keeps old shit like that lying around these days though?

[@JK-0playa]

One of the absolute best videos produced. Great concept, great writing, well done fellas... so jealous.

[@Ifrit_desu]

I know right

[@LeeRiddiough]

Would have been nice to see how it was all wired up and configured

[@emho8564]

I can't believe Linus Media Group hired Gaben

[@39zack]

EmHo Gaben works for Linus now, all hail socks in sandals

[@samasher5370]

EmHo I was looking for this comment

[@MiguelMartinez-yj7yu]

EmHo who's that guy? I've been watching Linus and his other channel with his employees since the longest and just barely saw this guy.

[@sparkyenergia]

I guess Gabe got the wrong Linus. Kind of explains SteamOS though.

[@AlexPotvin]

That'd be Anthony. His nick is GabenJr on the forums.

[@OvAeons]

Linus to John: "do a dance in a way you would convince someone 'it' is legal"

[@luvdady]

it is if you own the cartridges

[@mdamon06]

yeah so pretending like they own all those cartridges, you would have to be pretty stupid, right?

[@chickenballs-balls]

they are using what seems like parody games. "PacGentleman" and the street fighter with real people fighting.

[@Zadamanim]

what is this bot even trying to sell me

[@WoishiI]

Zadamanim sex, it's Dutch

[@MelissaTimea99]

I love PacMister and Street Conflict!

[@brianrulez4140]

Tim Harjo My fav games!!!

[@denizo9263]

metal slug is also one of my favorite games

[@dontcheckmyprofilepicture1126]

I love Race Kart!

[@agentintrovert1814]

Mortal Kombatant

[@01sevensix]

@@agentintrovert1814 Combat... Surely?

[@details2378]

1:12 You didn't even connect the power cables to the GPU. YOU left it to starve. YOU SIR, HAVE ABUSED THIS PC AND SHALL BE PUNISHED FOR YOUR SINS.

[@Psykomancer]

That GPU will run on the 75W the PCIe slot provides and not a watt more! We don't raise lazy gluttons in this household.

[@zoeywyllie1411]

Abusing a PC? Welcome to Linus Tech Tips

[@Exachad]

k

[@mntlmentos]

the title should of said linus tech tips: WE ABUSE PCS

[@definitelythatguyred]

Welcome to Linus Tech Tips

[@MrStride]

That whole legal scene killed me 🤣

[@win9xse]

Hey, buddy. NOBODY CARES!

[@hydrochloricacid2146]

WhippedCreamGamer of all the flavors, why choose salty?

[@shiiiguthewise6778]

What do you mean "Scene"? It's just a guy enjoying his cool, legally aquired software!

[@spiraldj]

The great thing about this video is that it doesn't age. Unlike videos where they do server deployments or workstations, the hardware in this video will always be good enough and won't need to be upgraded.

[@DEADONATOR]

Canadians really are very friendly they even treat pcs like human beings

[@mtdagar]

We need more such videos! It's always great to see LTT work on projects the LTT style:D

[@gabe_n828]

Meet Dagar rgb?

[@AbCDef-zs6uj]

The specs of the PC they used were overkill for just running M.A.M.E. though.

[@Youtuber-lv6eh]

I'm running it natively on my Philips android TV. Paired with a wireless PS4 controller on retro arch

[@Abel-Alvarez]

Unless he wants to run Dolphin emulation on max settings and/or PCSX2

[@adriandoesstuffandthings]

A raspberry pi with a wii more could probably do well for most of this.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Have you never watched this channel before? More power! Surprised it wasn't water cooled.

[@danielchisica6486]

Which are the technically most impressive games that this machine could emulate?

[@heylittlesparta4650]

"This was the smoothest experience we've had while buying guns on Craigslist" -Linus

[@MysterioTGN]

I came to the comments for this.

[@TristanSaldanha]

I replayed that shit like 8 times I was laughing so hard

[@JustImmature]

what about the nerf guns?

[@MeltedBanana]

*happened pretty often*

[@smellcaster]

Hmmmm Nerf Guns in Arcade Cabinets ? Modifying a Touchscreen so it reacts to Foambullets ?

[@leggo0]

Pretty awesome. For anyone that wants something like this but doesn’t want to go as all out, Bob over at I Like To Make Stuff has a few videos on how he built his arcade cabinet using a raspberry pi. Not as purest but it does have all the buttons and joysticks and stuff and might be a little more within reach for most people.

[@vmudreamer]

cool, now I just have to find myself a bunch of sponsors to get lots of free things shipped to my home :D

[@mrkevpest818]

Ali Cheddadi 🤣🤣🤣

[@Djtinus99NL]

how to get sponsors then ?????

[@tuberoyful]

Of all the years this guy existed on the tube this is the first time I seen he actually invested in something 😆

[@kittybosstetreault8067]

If you do talk to me

[@dorcasmutton6335]

Yeah I really cannot afford anything like this, but I will someday anyways.

[@user-eo8vg5zz6t]

"There is no greater source of joy in this world than a personal computer" don't you have a wife and child

[@MSTechie]

Tim Murphy shh lol

[@slipknotboy555]

Tim Murphy Haha! Just realized that. Funny shit

[@otterguy1262]

+Tim Murphy Hmmm. Maybe he said that while thinking about his wife and child. "There's a lot of pain and shame in those eyes." -Chris Fowler, The Waterboy

[@mohammedfaisal7174]

2040: Arcade machines running crysis at 4k 60fps

[@Up8Y]

Zed Hawk I mean, this one actually can run 2 out of 3 Crysis games.

[@Up8Y]

CL4P-TP Oh yeah, almost forgot about Crysis Warhead.

[@Ghurdill]

The better with the first Crysis.

[@KiloOneK1]

but what about GTA V though?

[@keepphobia]

Out of ALL the other mame cabinet builds THIS is the most understanding one I've found

[@dongzhuhuang6972]

Ultimate Guide: Step 1: obtain parts from your sponsors

[@odinsplaygrounds]

Yeah it's not really a guide. They didn't even say the price of everything. Starting with using second hand / low end computer sounds good, then moving into getting shit tons of different components free from even abroad and going through 3 televisions before settling down.

[@giantnoah]

You could probably cut some costs by building the controls yourself. Hell, if you wanted to you could just route a usb hub through the front and plug in whatever controllers you have lying around.

[@plasmar1]

it cost me about 200-300$~ canadian back some 10yrs ago, noting Canadian $ has since gone down in value, MDF prices have gone up and I had most the tools, acrylic, crt tv, etc; money went to joysticks with buttons, mdf, primer(spray cans), semi gloss paint(bulk can for air gun), and a dozen drywall/wood dremel bits to use as a jigsaw to do rounded cuts and grooving for the t-molding(tip: make a jig, don't try free handing the t-mold groove)..... acrylic is expensive in Canada(tip: some projection tv's have a thin acyrlic panel, I don't mean fresnel) and a coindoor alone can be 50-100sum~ but I mocked one up using parts I got from 2 BLT cabinets I was given + old 80's bread box sprayed with texture paint and black over that.... I used an old mechanical keyboard as the interface for the sticks and buttons, although more options are now available(was a cost saving measure)... I held off buying t-molding(although the groove is there) as I couldn't find any local stores that carried it(usually located with carpet/flooring ends and vinyl in bulk rolls), sided with using some that I got off an old 80's radio cabinet on the front side of the cabinet(sourcing tip: office tables, cabinets, school desks) or it would of driven up the price by another $80~ as it would have to be ordered online...... light guns I didn't bother with till I found reasonably priced guncon2's locally(they do not with LCD; maybe try wiimotes or what linus did), and similar for the trackball(source tip: there's a few stand alone tv poker, golf games that use fairly nice 2-3in trackballs that should be modifiable to be combined with a ball mouse; I haven't done the modding yet but see no reason it wouldn't be fairly strait forward, rewire the ir sensors)

[@KazunaiOwO]

Dong Huang hehe i ruined the 420 likes

[@iidrip_dropii2027]

Why do they have 4k when I have a 1080p monitor!!! Makes me scream.

[@IgansioYT]

b-but that Arcade Machine is better than MY OWN PC ;_;

[@bweansFGC]

IbmGamerProYT You can stop your winning.

[@alid3479]

Unlocked Dreams he didn't win though.

[@hunterlancaster3117]

If that arcade machine is a better pc, then your current one your pc is trash m8 no h8

[@steveheist6426]

Unlocked Dreams Especially on that system. He ain't winning anything.

[@Toronjaaccess]

Unlocked Dreams what did he win

[@RealziesCuts]

The fact that he kept the authentic S-video set a lot right up front I would love to have the time and money to tackle this project for a couple weeks and have something really legendary

[@ngv2646]

I get the feeling, somehow, some of the game library was obtained....illegally

[@andreiteo6883]

NGV2 so what

[@mattb6001]

would you like to give a nickname to your -pokemon- legally obtained emulation software?

[@jacobpatterson9440]

noooooooo

[@soundninja99]

No! Did you not see John's totally innocent face enforcing the library's legality?

[@theevilmeister]

Of course it was legal, the lawyer said so.

[@dawserdoos]

Dude, he remembers Pac-Mister!? WAIT STREET CONFLICT!!! My favorite games, that I definitely remember being called exactly that! I'm actually tempted to make an arcade cabinet with decals that Pac-Mister. XD

[@dalestephens7957]

love that you stuck with the CRT!

[@rock17lee]

whatever happened to that video of fan configurations to see what accumilated the most dust?

[@franciscobarraza8095]

has it been a year? i thought i was ogign to last a year jsut to make it

[@ligorify]

It's still running, but they don't think it'd be that interesting of a video.

[@allensmith471]

I forgot all about that video

[@GradyHouger]

I for one am still interested!

[@Boojakascha]

Linus, you got a few points false here: - You could have used your GunCon2. You don't need composite, but composite sync. That's included in your Luma and you could have take it from the appropriate wire. If you desired so, you could have used a sync stripper. - You did not buy Act Labs USB gun. As the name tells you it has an USB connector. You bought the non USB "GS", game port edition. Multiple editions exist. - Some old light guns do not need a CRT. They react to light in general.

[@aris8683]

When Linus starts a video with: "Hi, I'm Linus Sebastian" Me: this is something serious... Linus: There is no greater joy in life than a personal computer... Me: OK, take my like...

[@mahdiyussuf9804]

Kudos for keeping it CRT. LOL at street conflict and time conundrum

[@dreammfyre]

I'm still using the "elderly" 2500K. FeelsBadMan.

[@progamer00006]

That thing is absolute beast, you wont get that much more out of more recent i5s when comparing both overclocked on a only "decent" cooler like a be quiet pure rock, and Sandy Bridge overclocks very well! and as its soldered it stays much cooler, pretty much all chips handle 4.8ghz 1.4v with ease on normal coolers, and that will demolish all skylake i5s on stock clocks, and with kaby lake it sits in between the i5 7500 and 7600!

[@_PsychoFish_]

2500K ftw

[@THEMAXIMOSMAX]

yo m8 2300 ftw, running gta v on low like a beast, no but serioulsy, my baby is dying

[@xpgx1]

Cool ;D A friend of mine used this elderly badboi until he got my "old" Xeon 1231 - he never complained and was rockin' even modern games. Just... not as fast

[@THEMAXIMOSMAX]

i honestly can run almost every game at 60 at medium/low, i still think its really good for how old it is, the only thing is it started thermal throttling a few months ago and i even have liquid cooling

[@sterex9805]

Having tried many frontends I'd recommend one called launchbox, easy to set up and has some cracking full animation menus and customisation

[@mattx5499]

On my 14 years old laptop I use only default MAME frontend. Fancy menus are taking resources. Of course on a pretty modern PC it won't matter much.

[@1nfoCentral]

So after watching how to build and Arcade Machine I have no idea how to build it. Great Job Linus!

[@mikan5973]

Linus: You're breathtaking Arcade: NO! YOU'RE BREATHTAKING!

[@oggyreidmore]

I'm old school. My favorite arcade games from the old days were Centipod, Ping, Spice Imbibers, Pac Madame, Tetanus, Froggy, King Donkey Jr., and don't forget Tarnish Mountain Ninja Titles.

[@ReggieCotton]

If you want to build an arcade, check out The Geek Pub. That dude make some rad shit.

[@TheLazyJAK]

When did Gaben start working at LTT?

[@LermaBean]

Joe Krause No wonder Half Life 3 isn't finished

[@sussyminecraftbaka3486]

This was the first ltt video I watched its very nostalgic to watch now I love u ltt

[@nielswehrens8180]

*LEGALLY OBTAINED SOFTWARE* *E* *G* *A* *L*

[@4473021]

Hawk_ Eye I really need that clip of Jon as a gif.

[@bueb8674]

Put 'gif' before youtube in the url and it takes you to a gif making site :)

[@Armanso1]

I have alerted the Canadian authorities. The Moose should arrive shortly.

[@lebulkEnjoy]

We need a GIF fast....

[@vh-ali_n-teen]

And the moose before or after the GIF ....or what the heck ....or Moose Vs GIF ? Even though mooses are like deers not , just like the camels being related to dromedaries?????

[@TheCommanderTitan]

okay I love this video and a good arcade dont get me wrong, but I'm a little worried that you didn't go into the EXTREME DANGERS of working with a CRT television and the potential of getting a life threatening shock if you don't discharge then properly...

[@artski09]

i'll keep that in mind

[@osga21]

They safely discharge around 30 minutes after being used, but you usually let them sit for 2 days JUST to be sure. However in mya rcade cabinet I didn't even need to mess with that, because a crt pc monitor fit perfectly

[@gustavrsh]

just short to ground and it's fine

[@macdonalds1972]

Great way to spread the urban myth. No one ever got killed by a high voltage shock from a CRT.

[@TheCommanderTitan]

Mac Donalds even if so, they are still extremely dangerous to work on, all I'm saying is the video should have touched on how careful a person should be so they don't wind up with electrical burn scars.

[@adam88721]

"This was actually the smoothest experience we've ever had buying guns off craigslist" lol

[@the_mystery_gamer9850]

A uhhhh

[@kdiffin]

mine is literally fucking worse

[@XOLiD55]

Pac-Mister and Street Conflict? Man you have some of the rarest games.

[@johndantin8635]

Legally obtained of course.

[@FrikinOSM]

I've got a Jamma card for Street Conflict but one of the ROMs is faulty.

[@whatever4053]

"House of the recently deceased" 😂😂😂

[@Woodys_Wisdom]

I wish you would have touched more on how the guns were actually connected, the technology behind them which is much like Nintendo Wii, and the fact that they must be calibrated. Also it would have been nice for you to talk about the ArcadeVGA video card and the sync technology of the TV vs a multi-sync arcade monitor and how to get it all configured.

[@gilramos5767]

Hyperspin and LaunchBox/BigBox are really great frontends.. Hyperspin might take a little more messing around but it's worth it.

[@BB-wh2vu]

Actually HyperSpin is in the middle of being upgraded right now.

[@andrewofford1533]

They have been saying that for the past 2.5 Years now and still nothing has happened.

[@LewisGazzard]

I think we should be more worried about PC's suffering after Linus dropping them.

[@mousou4557]

Lewis Vlogs And purposely leaving them in the rain.

[@CommodoreFan64]

lets not forget about the PC case tossing contest he is having as well.

[@spencerwelchii573]

Love the T.A.R.D.I.S. on the shelf.

[@Astfgl]

CRT's FTW!

[@erikk77]

"Soaking up the cathode rays"

[@autogolazzojr7950]

S-video is bad tho

[@MrFungii]

+Autogolazzo What are you comparing it to?

[@MrFungii]

And yes CRT's for the win for sure!! I LOVE CRT's!

[@autogolazzojr7950]

Component

[@DJD-Steele]

This is one of the few aesthetically pleasing cabinets I've seen in a long time. Usually when I peruse videos of DIY cabinets, they are gaudy, eye sores that look like absolute shit. Good job guys. Good job indeed.

[@josephfrye7342]

customized arcade box? not a bad idea? it's a brilliant genius idea! cant wait to see built in space harrier inside that customized arcade box build!

[@Minecraftmike5089]

>i5 2500 >elderly them's fighting words boi.

[@dontcheckmyprofilepicture1126]

John Smith okay John Smith, your name is a name for a boomer.

[@dontcheckmyprofilepicture1126]

John Smith HOW DARE U ASSUME THAT I ASSUMED YOUR GENERATION !!!!!!!!! (screams)

[@skins4thewin]

Lol hell, my current build is an i5 4th gen and it's great. Got no complaints here and see no reason to upgrade anytime soon.

[@Cobalt985]

@@skins4thewin i7 4th gen here, works perfectly. Also no complaints considering I mostly play Source games and 1080p Wii games lmao

[@varungandhi8796]

no raspberry pi?

[@GalaxyDigger]

You definitely could but this vid is about recycling your old stuffs

[@KILLERONROAD]

Even though the screen and PC were the only 2 used things lol

[@BlueBird-wb6kb]

Raspberry Pie 3 can't play Tekken 7

[@andy56duky]

the2great2bob but does it run minesweeper?

[@varungandhi8796]

"recycling your old stuff" *In the video linus buys a crt monitor and rgb buttons and the metal or whatever material the chassis was made out of*

[@thomaslewis6447]

The production quality has improved so much since this video…

[@vincentlaurensius8714]

*"Street Conflicts 3, and Pac GentleMan is my favorite game back then"*

[@denverboyd9953]

Please update this video.

[@TerruvianPuff]

My computer is doing great! I repurposed a cooler master Case the had a FIREWIRE PORT. It now sits proudly in my gaming office gleaming with RGB strips lined inside it.

[@5G9YoG29Yo]

dat moment when i realize my rig specs are lower than that diy arcade machine... #feelsbadman

[@pedros43ful]

i feel you bro

[@vladanghelut5642]

Same....

[@amyoneill8108]

Andy Hong you have to consider that they when over the top to make sure it could do everything

[@SubmitTheKraken]

Best Arcade machine guide on the internet

[@ParzivalTheThird]

Oh f-k. I just noticed the TV they used is literally the one in my living room.

[@whitebeartigtig]

Nice...

[@eggaweb]

So all you need to do now is plug the computer into it :)

[@dutchkel]

What kind is it??

[@isakhalique1807]

Is urs still there lol

[@eugostodedub]

It can't literally be the one on your living room, because if it literally was, you literally wouldn't have said tv in your living room. It literally would have been the one being used in this video. Yours can just literally be the same brand and model. Literally.

[@hollowchungle8812]

Make an arcade with raspberry pi running retropie

[@dirozx]

The Gamer 1 yuck

[@_-_-_-_-_-_-_-__-]

No lakka

[@daniwhite8570]

Why? 35$ computer with thje ability to emulate even 3d graphical emulators. RetroPie is a sweet open source program that lets you make a nice lil home theatre setup that has fully documented and easy to follow instruction online.

[@puddinsfriend]

yuck?

[@guidowieser8968]

They should

[@MavericksArcade]

ANDY is freaking awesome! Got to hang out with him when I went to London for work! LOVE IT! When I was watching and you said that it was scarce I was like hell no talk to Andy, and I was so happy to see that next screen LOL

[@MavericksArcade]

Seriously though, special software for 4-way to 8-way, why not give Arzoo a shout-out too :-)

[@losslessification]

When their cheap PC has nearly identical specs to your own, then you know it's old.

[@kingbuffbeats]

No

[@jigglycuber2009]

Their pc has better specs than mine Edit: Much better

[@CarlosMartinez-ke6ko]

@@jigglycuber2009 have you upgraded yet?

[@Anassanimation]

Wait wait wait JIGGABYTES ?

[@Eidolon2003]

It's a reference to how Doc Brown pronounces gigawatts in Back to the Future!

[@NiGHTSnoob]

The 'J' sound is actually historically accurate, but most people use the hard 'G' sound so both are correct. Just like how most people pronounce Caesar as 'Seezer', but 'Kaisar' is closer to its original pronunciation.

[@littlelamp100]

my processor is 6.66 jigglyhertz fite me

[@wiwwm4006]

Is no-one else gonna talk about how the intro commercial was almost exactly 1 minute? Like most-ish ads? A+ for effort and tiny details!

[@Squicx]

YOU GAVE ME THE BEST IDEA!

[@KoolKatBeatz]

do tell

[@stevenwilliamson705]

"Ultimate DIY"... and then when it came to actually building the cabinet you pay someone to put together a kit.

[@triplerfx]

Steven Williamson What, you’re gonna make your own buttons? DIY is ‘Do It Yourself’, not ‘Build And Assemble Every Single Part Yourself’

[@stevenwilliamson705]

Rafaxl so which part of the cabinet DID they build? Assembling a kit isn’t DIY, no matter how you spin it.

[@danielchisica6486]

Which are the technically most impressive games that this machine could emulate?

[@soundscape3065]

@@danielchisica6486 probably sega naomi stuff (dreamcast-era arcades)

[@grabbity]

@@danielchisica6486 wiiu probably

[@TheAggressiveCanadian]

I’m in the process of building an arcade machine with the YMCA of Canada and mame is absolute hell

[@lukefreeman828]

By the looks of it, Half Life 3 is on hold because Linus has hired Gabe Newell.

[@realgenuinemakour]

I called the phone number and it didn't connect. What is this, some kind of prank you monsters?

[@benstein7506]

different versions of mame require romsets to contain specific roms within the set to boot & play the game. Some rom dumps distributed online are incomplete sets designed to run with older versions of mame, so to get them running on newer versions you have to track down either the complete romset or the missing rom in question online. Other games require hard disk image files or bios roms to boot as well. Booting the rom through a command prompt in windows will list the exact roms missing from a set if they fail to run in mame, making it easy to track down the exact rom, chd, or bios needed to run the game.

[@Grimm0ni]

this need a 2023 version!

[@TheWh1teL1ght]

im sorry to tell you but with retroarch and crt shaders you can have same experience a LOT cheaper + more convinient

[@Jacksaur_]

Retroarch is confusing and difficult to set up, but it'd definitely save many hours of setup and lower the costs significantly. Plus being able to fill the black aspect bars with overlays makes the whole picture look infinitely better.

[@theofficialgman]

djpokeboy just get yourself retropie and you are all set.

[@Jacksaur_]

Does Retropie already have all the shaders set up? I'm surprised Linus didn't use it themselves to be honest. I guess they were only really interested in Mame.

[@psovegeta]

I purchased one of those arcade machines from Walmart before they stop carrying them but when I get my home, hopefully with a garage, I want to build my own cabinet too.

[@Chief_Warthog]

A Raspberry Pi 3 would do all this a lot easier :) But i understand why you did this because its all about using an old pc that you have lying about.

[@Aereto]

cjrobbo1 I saw the pi arcade kit, but the house has no room, so the idea is put on hold.

[@bend1119]

Also No HDMI on a CRT

[@interactivehero5004]

cjrobbo1 it can’t run all n64 games properly

[@ozzyp97]

InteractiveHero To be fair, neither can any other form of emulation. It's just that the Pi has speed issues in addition to all the other ones.

[@wesleychalmers9056]

Overclocking can solve the speed issues, or a Pi clone like the Asus TinkerBoard could be used instead

[@Nabbs07]

Well that's just great. Here I've been trying to live in denial that it's coming up on time to replace my z77 chipset with and Ivy bridge i5 3570K. Actually, I got a HAF XB EVO lan case that has tons of air flow and loaded it with Noctua fans, and fit Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO with two Corsair SP fans and some Arctic Silver and got a really nice overclock. With a GTX 1070, even fairly modern games are still very playable. Fallout 4 and Skyrim SE on the highest detail with tons of graphic mods still run great.

[@1973Washu]

all you need is a 80's era snack bar to bring me tasty treats to go along with this and i will be in heaven.

[@BankofTech]

When did you guys hire GabeN? 3:10

[@kazaxc9518]

Tokyo Machine music in background was unexpected but nice.

[@JBBrickman]

I made an arcade cabinet a few years ago, I used Xarcade for controls

[@deathlessgamer]

Just in case anybody was wondering the phone number the beginning doesn't work.

[@harperbentley9661]

Arobsite ikr wtf dumb ass

[@joemanfred5738]

there are 555 numbers that are not fictitious, like 555-1212

[@tsurezright9001]

take the last 6 numbers and look at the keypad on an old phone........

[@gabe_n828]

Kerdnik It's either a trap Or a prank to see how many people will try to call this number

[@Just_Haider_]

*BUT CAN IT RUN CRYSIS?*

[@santtuenqvist1428]

_ WhereWolf_Engine _ Yes!

[@Just_Haider_]

Don Alexi thanks bro i rely need to know

[@FaviMarzo]

I showed this to my epileptic friend, and they liked it so much they started dancing on the floor!

[@johnex3537]

Blueberry The Dog lmao

[@Sithhy]

*ARCADE MASTER RACE*

[@W1zardRyan]

Autism's the name and speed's my game

[@ChadLuciano]

I bought my first I-Pac card 20 years ago and it is still working like a champ today.

[@AustinKoontz]

Called the number at the beginning of the video and it went straight to voicemail. I'm very disapointed in you guys

[@MattIsLoling]

7:42 😂 wtf was that "biatchhhh"

[@shouldbesedated]

Really interesting video, thanks guys. Nice to see James.

[@dev2340]

holy crap! that pc is amazing compared to mine.

[@mohyou9551]

guy at 3:25 looks like young gaben lmao

[@MrBen2177]

Finally someone who fits a real CRT. This is the only way to play 15 kHz/VGA games, God bless.

[@MichaelMacGyver]

So Linus and the guys wanted an arcade machine for the office so they decided to make a video about building one as an excuse, fair enough. Next up... how to build pc gaming lazy boy chairs with built in fridges and surround sound

[@retropcscotland4645]

I'd rather have a built in coffee machine dispenser.

[@jaz8088]

MayFlash Sensor Bar and a Wii Remote, works on almost any TV, with Mame 2003 Games, also 4 settings on the sensor bar for multi use Zero Delay Encoder cheap and easy Keyboard to Joystick encoder Ebay full of joystick and buttons I built a Mame Cab about 20 years ago with ipac ps/2 encoder, old mouse converted to spinner, suzo-happ joystick's and buttons, win-98se cost heaps then , now a 10th of the price with little SBC's

[@wayneljm]

I'm beginning a few arcades with the goal of teaching my sons how to manually configure and install all the hardware and software, get a feel for power tools, a healthy respect for high and low voltage and basically enjoy the games from the bottom up.

[@zachcrawford5]

I not a lawyer, but you live in canada, I'm pretty sure we can download basically any media we want legally. Distributing it to other is a grey area but probably still legal. If you sell it, that is when you will almost definitely get in trouble.

[@muhwyndham]

Zach Crawford but this is certainly a commercialized video, Linus got money from it. So yeah maybe it's a safe step to covers those "legal" games name. Cmiiw

[@zachcrawford5]

Good point.

[@Daimonator500]

?? piracy isnt legal here lmao

[@chriss4799]

Piracy is a criminal offense, it's not legal here smh.

[@zachcrawford5]

Downloading copies of media on your PC is perfectly legal here. It is no different than using a PVR. Distributing copies is a gray area (like most laws in Canada) and selling them is quite illegal (assuming they are not public domain). Oh and yes plundering other people's watercraft is usually illegal here.

[@liamwaite379]

"This computer has to walk 4 miles every day to refill it's leaky water loop"