Play REAL arcade machines in VR! - Arcade Time Capsule

Play the classic arcade games from the 80's and 90's in their real authentic cabinets with incredible attention to detail, life-size in VR! This amazing environment has been built by an incredibly passionate developer who has made this available in 2024 to the community for FREE!
➡️ Get it from his Discord server located here: / discord
Make sure you thank him for his incredible efforts to date. He asks for no monetary amount and does this on his own, in his own valuable time. Please respect this and show him the appreciation he rightfully deserves! Enjoy!
p.s. Correction! The developer has informed me that he wasn't a previous developer for NRA! He played it a lot as a gamer and created artwork for the NRA community - See pinned comment! Cheers!
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Thanks for watching!

[@halfsvrarcade]

Hey, thanks for all the kind words about my project. Just to clarify, I was never a developer for NRAN. I just made cabinet artwork as a community member. When I say I have thousands of hours on NRAN, those are hours a gamer :)

[@SpaciesArcade]

Ah apologies, I interpreted that incorrectly! Absolutely love your passion for the accurate and authentic details. This is the difference between a commercial venture for money and a passion project to realise a dream. Again, sincerely, thank you. 🥰

[@knightmaremedia7795]

No doubt; thank you and everyone whom are involved in this project.

[@michaelgwynne3594]

It is a stunning attention to detail project @halfsvrarcade gorgeous !!!! I would love to see it as a stand-alone Quest 3 app just to see what you could pull off with the unreal engine on there 😊 The only thing I have seen similar which is also brilliant is ‘Age of Joy’ which is a Quest 2/3 arcade app found via Sidequest. It would be brilliant if you could do a collaboration with Curif (the developer) honing in on both of your skills and love of Arcades 😊. You could share assets and ideas 😊

[@DerekMoore82]

Does it work without touch controllers? I have an Oculus Rift CV1 with no touch controllers. Can I hop in with my Rift and just use an Xbox controller or a HORI 8 button arcade stick? Or does it require touch controllers? Maybe my sim racing direct force feedback wheel and Hshifter for racing games like Ferrari F355 Challenge? Also, does it have support for shaders, like can I drop in my favorite slang shader preset from Retroarch for example?

[@SpaciesArcade]

@@DerekMoore82 At the moment you need to navigate with VR controllers. You can then use any mame compatible controller to play a game. There isn't currently any support for dropping in shaders. It does natively already do scanline generation (I'm guessing through the inbuilt mame core) but no advanced shaders.

[@GiantsOrbiting]

This is the most incredible use of VR i have ever seen.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

Thanks for showing this! I didn't know about it until now. Just tried it on my Quest 3 and its stunning! Amazing detailed work. I think many of us get a bit emotional trying this out. Wow.

[@AvrgDerk]

Have either of you seen emuvr before? It's another real cool one in the VR space 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@neilwiththedeal]

What about doctors removing tumors from 3,000 miles away!

[@GhostLyricist]

The level of detail with the textures is insane. Most projects I see in VR look very cartoony. I love the atmosphere of all the machines running at once as well.

[@dbellamy6694]

Imagine multiplayer meet ups, and playing beside friends or strangers even 😮 Cool place to even lounge on the couch and watch a movie in this environment. This is the stuff of dreams!

[@isamuu99]

I was thinking the same thing. Imagine if he can pull that off. Wow.

[@bibsybites]

Simpsons 4 player or turtles in time would be great 👍🏾

[@Daniel__Nobre]

Counter-strike 1.6 in LAN party style! With anyone from any place in the world :D

[@coastalorigins3031]

check out breachers in vr, pavlov vr, blades and sorcery vr even has a counterstrike mod I believe. There are more counterstrike like clones with multiplayer vr out there as well@@Daniel__Nobre

[@dr.davespinballrestoration3764]

Or nightmares

[@JaimeMargary]

Why a company like Sega (with its catalog of classics that could fill an arcade on their own) hasn't done something like this is just proof of the lack of vision with some of these older companies.

[@SpaciesArcade]

💯

[@b4ds33d]

Not really a lack of vision at all. Just a lack of knowing how to monetize it, or it’d be done.

[@JaimeMargary]

@@b4ds33d Sega has been monetizing collections for ages. The difference here is the hub. The games already exist - the only "game" they'd have to create would be a 3D space resembling an 80's arcade that you can travel and interact with in a VR space. That 3D space would be a recreation of an environment many of Sega's old fans wish they could revisit. Much less development time than an average game, updateable, much more buzz-worthy and a solid reminder of their legacy. "Best we can do is another Sonic game."

[@WOojerVest3andQuest3onMe]

SEGA does have a VR collection game. I just recently bought it on Steam because it was on sale. I haven’t played it yet. But, it has a bunch of classics on it. I believe it is called SEGA Mega drive collection. It supports VR

[@SpaciesArcade]

@@WOojerVest3andQuest3onMe Yes you are quite correct! I guess though what we haven't seen from them are accurate recreations of their amazing arcade games and hardware...Can you imagine playing a Sega R360 in VR?....Hmmm maybe BEFORE lunch....😜

[@gileadbot19]

Yo, this is damn near indistinguishable from a real arcade. Im old enough to have been to several as a kid/teenager and i just cant even... Well fuggin done to whoever made this. It is absolutely astonishing.

[@Tony-zg1xe]

This is absolutely unbelievable. Arcades are such an amazing place with so many memories. Me and my brother used to find any arcade near us to go hangout and play some games. I hope arcades never die but if they do this is quite the replacement.

[@pspep7268]

Por desgracia ya murieron , pero siempre tenemos los emuladores

[@Bear-nu8xm]

Just the sounds of the different cabs brings back memories that are so wholesome to me! Just amazing how far we’ve come with VR!

[@SumR4ndom]

wow this brought back some memories for me, being in an arcade and hearing street fighter in the background. Very impressed by this. I always dreamed that if i were a developer that i would have an open world game and these 80/90s arcades would still exist in it.

[@lmarsh1894]

I downloaded it the other week and OMG it's incredible!! I loved visiting the arcades back in 80s and 90s and this is my new heaven.. Things can only get better with Halfdeck still working on it.

[@Dfromnc0336]

Where do I download, please help.

[@williambecton8833]

Where to download for meta quest 3 plzzzz

[@banditelvis721]

Yes where do I download for meta quest

[@CyberPin2001]

Oh what a dream! That is one of the most impressive experiences I have seen! I grew up in the late 70s / early 80s arcade and this takes you right back there. How one person created this is just unbelievable. I had no interest in VR but having seen this and pinball recently I think I need a headset! Many of my favourites there. Can't wait to see a Phoenix/Gorf/Galaxian/Astro Blaster/Amidar/Gorf/Rally X/Carnival added! Thanks Gregg. Could see you were in your element 😉

[@SpaciesArcade]

haha yep, really takes me back too as you recognised! It truly is amazing and yes, like you I started thinking in my head - what about all the other potential cabs! Over time hopefully we will see them added. I really do think that any future cab additions will be like receiving them into your personal collection! With patience we can hope for these to eventually occur but we must respect the developer's time here and just enjoy any new additions at his own pace and desire. As for getting a headset, it really is time with VPX/PinballFX and now Time Capsule giving us these glorious experiences in VR! I hope you manage to get one! Cheers

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

that is amazing

[@CoryB_1980]

Thanks for making me aware of this! I've always thought VR has the potential to be the ultimate arcade preservation method.

[@TerryRed]

Thanks for showing this! I didn't know about it until now. Just tried it on my Quest 3 and its stunning! Amazing detailed work. I think many of us get a bit emotional trying this out. Wow.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This is the most incredible use of VR i have ever seen.

[@SpaciesArcade]

Hey TerryRed! You put so much passion in the pinball side of things! I'm glad you are getting some emotional connection to the arcade through this piece of art. Between the two of you, we in the community have a lot to be thankful for. Cheers mate and thank YOU for everything you do in the virtual pinball world!

[@ThepurposeofTime]

is this downloadable straight to Quest 3?

[@SpaciesArcade]

@@ThepurposeofTime I don't own a Quest 3 but I believe you need to be PC tethered.

[@petesilvers5053]

I'd pay £50 on quest 3 to play this as a download on meta

[@DKTronics70]

I love it. Tried it myself, and was blown away. This guy deserves all the praise. Good to know that he's working on smooth movement, that would add to the immersion level, and allow you to walk around the arcade, rather than hop around. Would love to see floor levels based on period, such as an early 80s-only level, mid 80s level, late 80s level, early 90s, even a 70s level. But that is something for the future, perhaps. And for much later, perhaps a few fruit machines, pinball machines, money change machines, etc... Some lighting presets, such as morning, noon, late evening, night - with some atmospheric night lighting. More outside options - Seaside, Town, etc... Infact, imagine the outside could also be a huge attract video ? People walking past, cars driving past, a seaside atmosphere - the options are mind-blowing.

[@SpaciesArcade]

The potential sure is mind-blowing...All your suggestions would be awesome!

[@FinalDriveshow]

"You don't have to come out and see the light of day ever again. You just LIVE in there." 44:02 This is where VR is taking us. Buckle up!

[@ThomasGrillo]

I just downloaded, and tried this. It really is quite amazing, even without the actual roms in it. I noticed the dev even modeled in the curvature of the monitor face plate, as well as the plastic bezel that holds the monitor a couple of inches behind the graphic bezel. Really is quite amazing! Thanks for sharing this. :)

[@joshuaroughan3350]

I just bought a Quest 3 yesterday and a new router for PCVR with Virtual Desktop, this is absolutely incredible and amazing, so exciting to get this up and running, I have a million questions, but I will join the discord and educate myself on how this all works,

[@Aintyourbuddy_guy]

This is like being in a time machine! Crazy awesome!

[@JavierHernandez-wc6vy]

Would love to see a couple of pinball machines, very impressive none the less!

[@SpaciesArcade]

💯

[@antecco952]

I think that was ‘the fall guy’ on the tv. You don’t get anymore more of that 80s nostalgia than that playing while hearing all those awesome machines in the background. Fantastic video! Thanks for posting.

[@SpaciesArcade]

Yes you are right! It is 'The Fall Guy!'. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks!

[@davysmith8569]

Dear Lord thats incredible! This may be the future. All you need is a joystick in front of you, that works well and you are good

[@SpaciesArcade]

Yep and I was playing on a Fight stick (out of view) so once lined up my hands felt in the general same place as the controller on the game. It would of course be possible to swap in all sorts of controllers so that you get more of an accurate feel when you are playing.

[@davysmith8569]

@@SpaciesArcade thankyou for sharing i too got a bit emotional. Seeing this brought back a lot of memories. Seeing so many of these machines again in such detail and the music, the whole scene, amazing.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

Thank you for the video! I can't wait to try it on my Vive Pro 2! Now picture the cocktail and seated versions like Disc of Tron, Star Wars, Sinistar, the table version of Ms Pac-man etc! It will be insane!

[@cdreamworld]

Imagine being able to meet other people in there too. Could probably be the closest to traveling back in time.

[@wyldelf2685]

If this is VR , , than it's TOO WELL DONE , ,the reflection of Sega neon sign on screen area of one of the cabinets , and lights behind cabinets reflecting on the side panels , ,so to me this is Real Arcade somewhere 😊😮😊👍

[@dbellamy6694]

As someone else mentioned, the implementation of pinball machines ( and hand held shooters like Operation Wolf ) would be even more outstanding! However, the effort already made is phenomenal.

[@theayatollahofrockandrolla]

VPX has vr pinball now.. not to this fidelity tho..

[@furbsuk]

Thank you for bringing this to my attention and thank you @halfsvrarcade for you incredible work on this. So many amazing mame frontends aren't beginner friendly but this just works out of the box. Great music choices too!

[@gear323]

Just tried this and played almost every game. MK2 was the only game that didn't work at all and would crash it every time.. Hopefully multiplayer and pinball can be added one day to an experience like this.. Pinball in VR is awesome! Great work on this, super nice. Looking forward to updates

[@SpaciesArcade]

MK II is currently the only non-playable game. It will be fixed in an update. Multiplayer and pinball have been suggested. I will keep you informed of all updates on this channel. Make sure you are subscribed! Cheers

[@Oyabungaijin]

Amazing work. It’s nice to know that, in lieu of the status of physical games in the 21st century, that at least a fraction of the arcade experience can be preserved. I, for one, tip my hat to you!

[@vr4ever645]

Thank you for bringing this to my attention! What an outstanding creation.❤

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

quest 2?

[@SpaciesArcade]

@@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews Yes, tethered.

[@ekojar3047]

I can see a bright future in VR hangout Arcades. Especially with tetris making a huge comeback with kids today. This looks incredible already!

[@natet77787]

This looks phenomenal! So realistic. What great work! Thanks for showing us this. I have a PSVR2, so I'll probably never get to experience this. As a kid of the 80's, these cabinets/games bring back lots of good memories, especially Joust. Thank you!

[@SpaciesArcade]

You're most welcome and yes, unfortunately it is likely to stay PCVR only for the foreseeable future due to it being a personal project of Halfdeck (the developer) and not a commercial release. Cheers.

[@grantmccarron3963]

That's some phenomenal work by the developer!

[@duffrice]

Love this! Spent so much time in the arcades when growing up and this is the ultimate nostalgia hit!

[@briane.7735]

Thank you for this video! As a 41 year old who grew up in arcades, this is kind of a dream come true. I just need to find these roms. lol

[@eggsbeatty1786]

It was this video that alerted me to this amazing project, joined the discord from the link provided, downloaded ATC and it blew me away. I'm telling all that will listen to my rantings about it. Hell I've even just bought an 8bitdo arcade type Joystick to do justice to the whole experience. With this and the recent UEVR mod VR has just got a whole lot more interesting and exciting.

[@SpaciesArcade]

Awesome! I'll glad you are excited about it as i am! Cheers!

[@Seriouslydave]

Imagine telling your kids about this then imagine putting on a vr and walking around it with them. And it doesnt end here. Anything lost to history can be recreated. The pyramids, art gallery, zoo, space. Vr is amazing. With ai speed we can describe something and be walking around it in no time.

[@SpaciesArcade]

💯

[@Kingsman4101]

Wow I am excited for this, I miss the old arcades. Watching people play, all the sounds...... good deal. Pinball, air hockey, ski ball would also be good for this

[@mumfnah]

Amazing. I got rid of my Quest 2 a little while back, thought id get the Quest 3 at some point, but this is the single thing making me want to make that purchase sooner rather than later. This place looks beautiful, and Wizard or Wor in there, lovely

[@dirkdex]

Great to see another video that appreciates Halfdeck’s hard work! This high-res textures and attention to detail are simply the best and look amazing on the Quest 3. I’m super excited to see what he has up his sleeve next! :)

[@SpaciesArcade]

💯

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

is it possible to do without VR? or it 100% requires VR?

[@SpaciesArcade]

@@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews 100% requires VR.

[@williambecton8833]

How to get it on my quest 3?

[@johnrodgers2171]

To really bring back the nostalgia the arcade needs to be more dingy. Maybe a worn carpet with gum stuck to it, cigarette burns on the cabinets, a few pinball machines and people. Without all the young people watching someone try to get a high score it's not the same. Maybe someday we'll have a holodeck like star trek.

[@ur_round_next1216]

Its worth buying a headset just for this...Love it :)

[@juanrosario5842]

Thank you for the video! I can't wait to try it on my Vive Pro 2! Now picture the cocktail and seated versions like Disc of Tron, Star Wars, Sinistar, the table version of Ms Pac-man etc! It will be insane!

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

Dear Lord thats incredible! This may be the future. All you need is a joystick in front of you, that works well and you are good

[@juanrosario5842]

@@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews Exactly! And wait til Unreal Engine 5 kicks in in the VR universe we won't tell what is real anymore because how graphics had become nowadays, I won't even go to a mall to play arcades again and now that the arcades are making a huge comeback! Cheers!! 🍻🍻🍻🍺

[@kevinthumann]

Dude this was an amazing experience, has super great graphics. I can only imagine playing with online with a room of other VR players or invite friends

[@foxriver9156]

unbelievable! I spent a lot of time messing around with New Retro Arcade trying to get it setup, but was discouraged by the bugs I kept running into. I had hoped the creator was going to someday fix it, but this is even better! Exponentially better!

[@c6jones720]

That looks amazing. Reminds me of Weston Super Mare in the early 90s. Arcades simply arent the same nowadays.

[@iamjuice101]

This was modeled after Neon Retro Arcade in Pasadena, CA. I completely recognized it from the video.

[@SpaciesArcade]

Correct!

[@mcpupu34]

Incredible!!! Bringing back so many memories! Hats off to the creator.

[@CurtRadke]

Wow. I'm 53. I vr on PS4....I love vr especially Skyrim....but this my friend nearly brings tears to my eyes....as life gets older all around me and it's hard and even more so for the elderly to recognize anything anymore. So insanely Rad👾 u have some sick machines in here...slightly obscure ya... Eyes by rock ola super Contra and directly in front of me which prompted me to comment....I'm looking at jungle king......😱🧐🥰🥳 Can't wait to get the equipment to get in there. Thank you to the host ❤️Bravo to the developer....this is HUGE on so many levels I gotta watch rest of video....I have so much more to say. This makes my day💫👾♒

[@SpaciesArcade]

It is indeed a paradise lost - come back to life!.... Glad it made your day! Enjoy! 🥳

[@CurtRadke]

@@SpaciesArcade remember tacscan😎zap.....space odessy space fury astro battle I think was called stage game. Bro u have bosconion in there I peered berzerk through the narrow gaps in the rows....is that fingerprints on the panels or am I imagining...lol. When I was 11 to 13 and wed run out of quarters my brother and I would turn on and off the machines...lol to witness attract mode...as young as we were we could run circles on certain games for example I could take anyone on zaxxon. Any age ....my brother could play for an hour on robotron. Speaking of Tron..... lol....u have qix in here and the sounds....remember reactor? Damn this invoked so much👾at aladins castle Burnsville Minnesota they got asteroide lunar lander and space invaders pinball the very next day we saw Atari 2600 space invaders for the first time. Just....Bravo Friends ttys💫👾♒

[@CurtRadke]

Omg u have astro fighter❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@CurtRadke]

Omg

[@CurtRadke]

Oh that's areo fighter still ....astro fighter is I know u know it. Omg are u considering a castle arcade...remember Disney's arcade next to space mountain or yellow brick road in southern cal....ok onto a nother room......I love how u can hear all the attract modes......holy crap a fooeeyyy....wizard of wor gorf is here somewhere. Ok friend I've drawn my conclusion...YOU MY FRIEND ARE COMPLETELY INSANE AND I THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Like the host Spacies Arcade says....I'm Speechless. Wow us old guys can still have fun....who knew🍄

[@masculineguy37]

This is insane. Most surprisingly video since a long time. And it's only the beginning of a new experience. As a Dutch arcade lover in the 80's and 90's i see the environment is based on American arcades (like the coloured casino like carpets). We didn't have this here in the Netherlands but i'm sure there will be lot's of more furnishing comming. Can't wait to see more authentic cabinets comming like Star Wars, Space Harrier etc. and combined it with a lot of pinball machines. This is arcade heaven!

[@wetterschneider]

In the mid-80's I lived in Scheveningen. Near the pier was an arcade. That's where I played everything.

[@masculineguy37]

Me too, it was called Hommerson's funland/arcade. it was big... @@wetterschneider

[@wetterschneider]

@@masculineguy37 Thank you for that. I was about the ask the Facebook group. There was a bookstore nearby where I bought all my Heavy Metal's each month. Hahah. Memories.

[@DjDoggDad]

I want this level of amazing detail but for instruments in VR! I think recording studios thru different eras would be an amazing project!

[@SpaciesArcade]

THAT is an awesome idea....!

[@CarbonatedTurtle]

I played around with this for about an hour last night and was blown away. I spent most of the time just walking around watching the demos. But it took me a few minutes and a visit to the Google doc to realize I needed a gamepad to play, which was a bit disappointing. I understand some of these games with more buttons will require one, but so many could be played with the 4 buttons on the right Quest controller and the analog stick on the left one. I really hope that's something the dev is considering adding in the future. The doc also says that Virtual Desktop isn't recommended at the moment, but I'm playing on a Quest 3 with a Wifi 6 router and it's smooth as butter, so no issues there if you've got the hardware to do it.

[@SpaciesArcade]

He might add support for that at some point but it may be tricky as you need to distinguish between game input and moving around which you can still do while playing. Additionally, to make this the most realistic experience the ability to swap in any mame compatible controller is golden as you can have the proper feel of the controls and play them like you did back in the 80's/90's. So yeah, I'm all for keeping the additional arcade controller hardware but appreciate also that some people may want to play a bit more casually.... Thanks for your thoughts and sharing your experience with the Virtual Desktop - that may help others! Cheers 👍

[@tangocharlie9291]

Imagine a small tabletop (or mock full sized cabinet) with two joysticks, and a grid of 1-1/2" squares. Each square has a cap that can be removed, and a button can be plugged into a concealed receptacle, in its position. Configure to match pretty much any game!!

[@KILRtv]

For more realism, you need very loud music that drowns out the sound of the games, faded monitors, screen burn ins, broken controls, and a portion of games out of order. I was at a real arcade yesterday that was in town, and it wasn't as awesome as the VR. Instead, it gave me a reality check on what it was really like back in the 80s. It's just been so long for me. I'm definitely going to check this out. It would be neat if pinball machines were mixed in using VPX.

[@sagearcher7351]

Thanks for the video! This was a fun watch and you did a great job commentating! Keep it up!

[@agentorange8530]

The reflections off the monitors look so realistic. I can live in this.

[@mr.voidout4739]

Having The Simpsons gives any arcade an A+

[@kayotticone1]

Outstanding. Just Amazing. It will be nice to play in an actual casino.

[@turboteabag08]

Aliens was my favorite arcade machine growing up and it's there...now I have to get this!

[@jarmomarkkanen2473]

Unbelievable, just like in the good old days ❤

[@BeamerTime354]

I have a 4 player arcade cabinet in my game room so I think I will stick with that 😆

[@dimviesel]

The ambient 80’s music did it for me🥰

[@akoww1000]

I don't have a VR system, never wanted to try it until now. I'm going to keep an eye on this and I might get a VR system down the road. Would be neat to be able to customize the arcade. Change the floor, walls, and ceilings. be able to change the lighting, like give it the blacklight effect, etc. Plus being able to change posters to your own stuff ;)

[@SpaciesArcade]

Make sure you are subscribed as I will be covering a lot more about the Arcade Time Capsule over coming videos... If you want to see a particular game played let me know and I'll add it to my list. Cheers.

[@austintse5719]

This is amazing. The developer of this has sold a few vr heasdsets for Meta I bet. Thanks to the dev I can relive my youthful years again. 👍 Love me some defender, pacman and streetfighter. I also would love a VR floor too as a few have said but VPXVR is already doing that for single tables.

[@vagnercortezani5637]

I'm impressed with the quality sound and the realistc graphics. It would be awesome with pinball machines.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

What VR Headset are you using?

[@masonmcderp2485]

Virtual pinball has vr but it's a totally separate beast to set up. It will take you hours/days to do it

[@vagnercortezani5637]

@@masonmcderp2485 Yes, I know... Totally discouraging to set up. Let's dream that some studio (like Zen Studios) invests more in this. I just want to plug and play hehe

[@Electricslam77]

Just want to thank you for putting this up,… I had no idea this existed. I’m a huge arcade classic and pinball fan. I even own a virtual pinball machine. This is amazing!

[@Alekouzos]

the time for virtual reallity is here and nobody can stop this!

[@SpaciesArcade]

💯

[@Star_cab]

Something i would like seen done with the VR arcade is the ability to walk up to the machine and use the appropriate joystick and button layout for each machine to really up the immersion.

[@SpaciesArcade]

Well you could get close to this already given you can use multiple arcade controllers with this now and remap the controls to suit the layouts. The limitation would be how many you could feasibly have, but you can cater for most with an accurate arcade feel with just one solid six button arcade controller. But I do know what you mean.... Cheers

[@PAXBISONICA]

This looks absolutely insane.

[@Samurai-Germ]

Is the layout of the arcade based on a real one? We went to one in Pasadena a couple years ago and k swear the layout is so close! Brick, back area, neon lights! So amazing! Great job!

[@SpaciesArcade]

Yes! The Pasadena level is based upon the real arcade called "Neon Retro Arcade" (28 S. Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105) in terms of general building floor layout/furnishings.

[@RikkiRB]

Awesome experience , very authentic and accurate. I wish you could play more but really fantastic job ❤

[@Kwstr42]

i downloaded this but havnt gotten it set up yet because i want to set up a control panel frame that would mimic the feel of actually playing the arcade cab and make it easier to control, then do some tweeking. like you, i would like some black lights and neon, plus id like to put some 80s tv shows on the tv like Knight rider, A-team and such. in someone elses video i noticed that you can see lighting reflections off not only the bezzel but the screen under it also, which is just such a great attention to detail item im also hoping Fix-it Felix and some soul calibur makes it in cause those are some of my favs that didnt make it in yet

[@TechWizMaster]

THanks for showing this, im downloading it right now...iit looks amazing indeed.

[@hoganzeros3572]

mind is blown. thank you for another great video. i joined the discord as per your link and can't wait to learn more and try it out. so amazing

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

I would love to serve this on Discord and play co-op with friends.

[@artmaknev3738]

Amazing so realistic! Wish there was Cadilacs and Dinosaurs, and Golden Axe III !

[@daviddahlstrom192]

I have to say that my first impression is that this is going to be a fantastic product, though currently quite buggy and needs more configuration and mobility options to make it fully practical. The biggest "hole" in playing virtual machines in VR is the controller (I'm somewhat fanatical about making sure the controls on my physical arcade machine are as close to the originals as possible); but there is definitely something about the sheer immersiveness of being "in" an arcade playing an accurately rendered cabinet that makes up for this in many ways--and the author is clearly going out of his way to make these machines look authentic! I just did a comparison of playing 1942 on my physical arcade machine vs. playing it in the Time Capsule VR environment and with the exception of having to use a gamepad, I'd have to honestly say that I preferred the VR environment. With my Pimax Crystal and a 1390K/4090 PC, the resolution is so high that there is effectively no loss in game field clarity compared with the physical machine, and the way that the CRT is re-created feels strangely real and "correct" (and way, way, better than the old NewRetroArcade: Neon ever was). Some games crash the environment, and many--particularly those with strong blue elements in the playfield--create a layered look where the blue parts of the playfield appear recessed in the field (in Pac-Man, the yellow dots hover over the playfield). I'm not sure whether its something particular about my headset or something correctable in the game (closing one eye makes the effect go away), but it is something that will need to be addressed one way or another before I'll be able to play these particular games happily. In general though, this is an amazing effort with my congratulations to the author. Both the machines and the environments--while clearly a work-in-progress--add an atmosphere that evokes sheer nostalgia and really does work! No, this won't be replacing my physical multi-arcade machine, but I can see myself playing them 50/50--and perhaps VR even more as this thing matures.

[@GhostLyricist]

You can play this with your own arcade stick controller.

[@daviddahlstrom192]

@@GhostLyricist Yes, I'm aware of that. My comment about the gamepad was more incidental rather than a criticism to indicate that my comparison had some compromises (because my arcade machine is in a different room than the VR rig, I couldn't use my arcade controls for TC). For both this and VPX, I'll probably eventually build or buy a pinsim with arcade controls for the VR Room to get the best of both worlds.

[@thehaguy]

Incredible! Can you please share a clip of you actually playing the games?

[@SpaciesArcade]

Absolutely! Make sure you are subscribed to the channel because I intend to do a whole series of game playing in the Arcade Time Capsule. If you want to see me play a specific game, let me know!

[@DayZnomadness]

pretty sweet but nothing beats the old 80s dingy smoky uptown arcade.. you could always a ask a few old people for a quarter on the way and get a few extra bucks..

[@lepterfirefall]

How do the the controls work on this? I mean you cannot hold the joystick and press the buttons on these cabs. Looks amazing but not sure how immersion is made.

[@SpaciesArcade]

It uses any mame compatible controller when playing a game. So you could have any number of arcade controllers to play the different styles of arcade input. You only use the VR controllers to walk around. 👍

[@MrKlawUK]

I don’t know what difference in quality there would be, but being compatible with Age of Joy cabinets could be something to explore with that team - having cabinets that can be used across both seems like it could work well as an option for those that have specific cabs and not reliant on the devs?

[@SpaciesArcade]

Halfdeck is going to great lengths to make this the most authentic and realistic experience. The cabs in Age of Joy are no where near to this standard and he has spent countless hours perfecting each of his so unlikely to see those offered over to Age of Joy or anywhere else. Given this is free it makes sense to jump in on it and hopefully over time there will be some similar Age of joy functionality added (such as other people in the arcade etc)- however the project is very much taking it's own independent path and not being driven by other similar experiences. cheers.

[@bulletsponge1656]

That is pretty cool even down to the fake wood sticker on the change machine like back in the day!

[@cash5627]

It's ... Indistinguishable from reality. Amazing. Almost frightening.

[@VectrexForever]

That looks awesome, it reminds me of New Retro Arcade: Neon, but even better looking. That game also has a lot of extra eighties elements, even a little robot moving about. EDIT: I see that link was already made :)

[@Wren1]

I think this is modelled off of the Neon Retro Arcade. If the guy who made this is doing LA area arcades, it would be awesome to see the (long closed) Pak Mann and College (LACC) arcades. An older representation of Family Arcade as it was back in the late 80s/early 90s would be really cool too. This is the first application of VR that I've seen in the past 40 years that actually makes me consider buying a proper headset. I wonder if I could get this working with a Cardboard headset just to try it out. Very cool.

[@SpaciesArcade]

Yes the Pasadena level is modelled after that arcade. There isn't any plans to model other arcades at this point as the project is in it's very early development cycle and that may not be a goal of the developer. Ideas like this though can be submitted on his Discord forum under #suggestions. It won't work with a cardboard headset as this is a PCVR game and must be run on a windows PC although you can tether via wire or air on the quest 2/3. But you can't sideload. Cheers

[@Wren1]

@@SpaciesArcade Obviously I didn't mean immediately, but perhaps in the future. As for Cardboard, I'm sure I could get it running via Moonlight. I've done this with other games and I've even gotten non-VR stuff working with a combination of Moonlight and some old VR driver that I can't recall the name of. Nowadays there appear to be many applications to make either VR games for other headsets or non-VR games playable via Cardboard, such as TrinusVR, VRidge, Intugame VR, iVRy, etc. and the old Sony Xperia that I use for piloting my drone is more than capable, specs-wise. If I do buy a standalone headset, I'll have to shop around to find one that respects privacy/security (ie. does not require registration, an account, phoning home, telemetry/spyware, etc) and that works well with Linux and/or Wine, since I completely dumped Windows ages ago. As a system/network administrator, security and stability are my first priorities and from what I can ascertain, none of the Facebook/Meta products meet my security criteria.

[@SpaciesArcade]

@@Wren1 Interesting. Thanks for sharing your insights and perspectives. 👍

[@alanchow4305]

I remember playing star wars pinball on the oculus quest and thought it would be cool to have an actual arcade with other machines.

[@stormwulf117]

Looks great, but for the TRUE arcade feel, the overhead lighting needs to be darkened to allow the cabinet screens to glow.

[@SpaciesArcade]

💯 + the cigarette smoke.... 😝

[@CatManDoom84]

The detail is insane!! If i didnt know any better it looks like ur just walking around an arcade with a video camera hah

[@Lowie81]

Does the arcade cab screens actually look tube shaped and kinda pop out towards you like a real crt cab did back in the day ? If so that’s awesome!

[@WhatsOnMyShelf]

The only thing that would make this better is allowing multiple people to join a VRcade.

[@DerekMoore82]

Everybody crowding around the Street Fighter machines waiting their turn with their token on the glass.

[@WhatsOnMyShelf]

@@DerekMoore82 Yeah, man, A whole queue system would be cool. They could even make a setting to make avatars semi-transparent so you could see through the crowd. Playstation home was supposed to be a place to hangout and talk, but I could see a VRcade being that in the not so distant future.

[@PinBallReviewerRepairs]

Yep hoping there can be Pinball Machines put in at some point. I have always been a pinball guy when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s I would play pinball as I thought well I can play video games at home so rarely played any of the arcade upright games. I have about 10 pinball machines in my home. I just made a background track using my newest pinball machine Police Force. You can hear the track in my most recent video where I show off my early release police force and placing the later art onto my PF cab. And yeah I know it is not easy trying to get things right in VR as I have a Pinball Museum in VRChat that I keep re-doing the world as I am not happy with how it has turned out. And the pins I have in that world are not playable and the skins on the cabs are off. And the VRCadet I have in there is broken too. I do have a bunch of my real pinball machine photos up in the world but re-doing that in the new world as well. And for me at least owning these machines and repairing them is the whole experiance. I keep waiting for an arcade game that will have a game randomly bug out and have to take it apart and clean the 40 years of dust off of it and find out what is wrong with it. Granted you will need a manual for repairing it but that would be fun I think. And those that do not want the repair the games option can turn it off. I know that would make it much more intensive on the developers side but that would be so neat to have in a VR Arcade game. :)

[@SpaciesArcade]

Thanks for sharing, that's very interesting....and yes if they ever get virtual pins in an environment like this - that will be an incredible day indeed! Keep up with your channel, looks great! I subbed. Cheers

[@carlosriojas574]

omg the scratches inside the tempest @19:40 machine holy fuck! this guy, really really loves arcades, this looks amazing

[@Spagyr]

Needs to.have some random out of order cabinets. And hopefully a pinball room.

[@SpaciesArcade]

There is potentially a lot more to come....Halfdeck (the developer) is really going for an authentic arcade experience so hopefully we'll see more of that in the future updates....pins may be difficult but some form of integration with VPX VR would be awesome...but not sure how feasible that really would be....

[@anthonylowe8819]

Bro what the hell this is amazing

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

We are truly are gonna be like the people in the WALL·E movie… I keep seeing things more and more that remind me of how close we are to that being a real scenario, where we don’t physically use our bodies anymore. And hey just completely waste away. As cool as this project is, I can definitely see the real downsides too. 🤷‍♂️

[@jasonshere]

This looks great. Any multiplayer planned?

[@SpaciesArcade]

Nothing announced on that front, but it's a bit early in the dev cycle...It has been suggested by many though.

[@thadatkins9792]

So, super cool. I want one but I hope we'll ne able to adjust light levels. All the arcades I went to in the 80s were dark, like theaters.

[@SpaciesArcade]

Yep I had the same dimly lit arcade experiences too! I hope he does add this...

[@yoursubconscious]

the background even sounds like an "old skool" arcade

[@delt35]

This is awesome - thanks for showing this. No idea about this

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

Sooo cool

[@linnanjanne]

Wow! I could stay there for the rest of my life 😊

[@Aintyourbuddy_guy]

This is like the beginning of Ready Player One's Oasis

[@isamuu99]

Excellent vid mate. Subbed and will share with friends.

[@SpaciesArcade]

Thanks mate, most appreciated! 🤩

[@Lowie81]

Add pinball machine and some kind of multiplayer option for the arcade games and I’d live in this VR room!!!