A NEW Sega Emulator is Out! Sega Lindbergh Loader On Your PC For Free!

[@crystalwater505]

I love when new emulators come onto the scene. The more the merrier.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Always a good thing. More options is always great

[@worldoflongplays]

Just some clarifications about Lindbergh Loader that the author posted on the Arcade Projects forums: The intent of the project is the ability to replace a broken original Lindbergh system with a standard Linux PC. As pretty much all Lindbergh systems are Linux based PCs anyway, it is very unlikely that this will ever get a native Windows port. Also, this Loader isnt new, it has been out for over 2 years - this is just the newer better V2 version! This does NOT emulate any host system - it is more akin to Win95/98 compatibility mode in Win10/11. This wont be an alternative to Teknoparrot on Windows!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Someone may come and port it that being said

[@lordkaicer]

Teknoparrot already run those games on windows

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

As I said in the video

[@zbarsky]

Finally, a real world use case for desktop Linux 😂

[@ukumra]

@@VideoGameEsotericaI opened an arcade in Wheeling, IL. Love your content and would like you to come by. Headless Horseman Arcade

[@carlosprieto1242]

Can’t wait for a windows based version…Please let us know with links and all once it’s available. Keep up the great work! Love this channel!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Appreciate it!

[@TheIncredibleLaser]

Without having much looked into it, I'm not sure this can be easily done. SEGA Lindbergh was a Linux-based PC in an arcade cabinet, so this emulator doesn't need to really emulate everything, but rather provide a framework so that the binaries from around 2006 can work. E.g. if you look into the src folder, you'll find old version of Linux libraries. That's probably the reason the project's original name is "Lindbergh Loader", as I don't think it does what is usually understood as emulating a platform. In that regard it's more similar to WINE which loads Windows binaries under Linux. However, Windows doesn't have such a compatibility for Linux anymore - WSL 1 did provide this infrastructure, but the approach was changed with WSL 2. So while a Windows port is possible not impossible, it would certainly be quite the undertaking.

[@-Wildwolf-]

there is no plan to have a windows version it is a Linux Loader only

[@florida_sucks]

good day to switch from winblows to linux :)

[@PharoahsKingdom]

@@-Wildwolf- I have a Steamdeck but to NOT have a Windows version is pointless.

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

Its an IMPOSSIBLY good time to be a Sega fan lately

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The fun just keeps on rolling in

[@y0mgi3d]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Quoi? Serais-tu en train de nous dire que ce n'est que le début? J'ai hâte!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha more fun always coming

[@mrburns366]

​@@y0mgi3d he's referring to the upcoming Super Sega 😂

[@sargetyu]

Sure its Linux only from wjat i see on giithun

[@cromulence]

Cool af. Preservation is key. I’d love to build a proper cab to run all of this stuff at home.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s honestly not as hard as it seems. Finding the space is usually the hardest part

[@roasty80]

Finally. Teknoparrot is a pain to deal with. This will be so much simpler

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s def an improvement

[@littleurnofarabia6458]

Amen to that!

[@dreamcazman]

Agree, there are so many of those games that don't run properly (or not at all) on my PC with TP. An alternative is very welcome.

[@dannyd4339]

not to mention the ones tekno won't let you run unless you pay them. should be a crime.

[@starlightrevenant]

Hope we get a Windows build for the Lindbergh Loader as well, too, so we can play Sega Lindbergh games without the need for Teknoparrot.

[@AxiomofDiscord]

The Blue games should get a Windows Build at the very least since they ran on Windows.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes that would make more sense

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Running a Linux installation in windows isn’t too hard either

[@AxiomofDiscord]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I also have linux subsystem on my installation of windows but I been finding better compatibility with a VM just less graphics power since it all needs to be emulated or passed through. I have seen virtualization get way better over the years though.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yeah you need better specs to pull it off

[@rancid_]

Ty for making this video, totally speechless atm.. what an awesome late Christmas gift!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

One last Sega gift under the Christmas tree

[@segaboy128]

Wow awesome! Thanks for posting!!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it

[@joelgutheil4292]

I ❤ the delivery of your content. There’s a reason I hit play every time you have a new video up. I find your pace and tone actually very soothing and the rhythm really suits the content you’re covering. Huge fan here - appreciate any future updates on the Lindbergh Launcher for steam deck!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha appreciate it. Seems like one person with multiple accounts, or a few people have decided I’m the worst 🤣

[@joelgutheil4292]

@VideoGameEsoterica whoever/whatever is playing silly buggers with you (I’m from the UK, it’s a saying lol) they’re clearly brain dead. Nobody on KZbin covers the content that you do and with such passion. Keep it up champ 💪

[@DeAthWaGer]

I typically have to watch vids at 1.2x or faster, so it's good to hear someone going at "Virtua Fighter combo" speed.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

🤣

[@Wobble2007]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Jealousy on their part imo, some people just hate to see others doing well.

[@L0wcash]

This mic sounds WAY better than the normal one!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha fooled you. It’s the same mic

[@L0wcash]

@VideoGameEsoterica But the sound is different and better.. So whatever it is that your doing in this video.. Don't change it back!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Well I’d need to move because I am in a different room in a house I don’t live in 🤣

[@RetroDawn]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Aw, just squat. Tell them that your fans demanded it. ;)

[@RetroDawn]

@@VideoGameEsoterica BTW, that's what I had understood from watching video. Same mic, diff location.

[@4ndroidG]

Thank you for sharing! This is great news. I'm looking forward to have this up and running in the future.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to share the news :)

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

I hope that Lindberg Loader works well so that you dont need a specific Lindberg PC w/sexurity keys to keep the cabs running, that would be great for preservation

[@KillThad]

According to the GitHub page, that's the primary goal.

[@garystinten9339]

Sexurity.. don't change it..

[@g4z-kb7ct]

It's highly unlikely it supports real controls and motors etc unless they allow a pass-through as they will have to emulate the controls and i/o boards as part of the emulation. If that can be turned off and it just sees the real controls and motors then yeah that would be good enought to run in real cabs to fix a broken arcade PC by substituting it with a common home PC. Seems unlikely though.

[@RetroDawn]

@@g4z-kb7ct It's not an emulator. It was designed for exactly the case of replacing broken Lindberg systems with commodity Linux PCs. I don't know anything about Lindberg systems, but depending on how the controls and motors were connected and programmed, this could be very simple and how it works currently.

[@g4z-kb7ct]

@@RetroDawn The controls are connected to a very expensive separate I/O board. Some games use a common JVS I/O board but the gun games require a lot of extra stuff and those I/O boards are over $1K now, plus the monitor has a bunch of IR leds around the edge. There is an additional special motor board used for feedback on driving games etc that also connects to the main board AND the I/O board. It's a very complicated hook-up.

[@RobertPLWitek]

You dont`t even need curent middle PC configuration to enjoy play those games. My current setup for Teknoparrot is I5 SandyBridge, 4 GB RAM and GeForce 9600GT (win7 OS). Most games runs great except some on Unreal Engine and titles require more than 516MB vram. This relase is great New Year's gift.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes it really is very low specs requirements

[@PharoahsKingdom]

Teknoparrot needs it's wings clipped. It's a pain in the ass.

[@Magicktech]

This video really blew up. Congrats, man!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha yeah. It’s always the ones I don’t expect to do numbers

[@KilterTalks]

The dedication is supreme! Thanks!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to share the news :)

[@littleurnofarabia6458]

Thank goodness. Of all the arcade hardware I had to work on, the Lindbergh was the most frustrating. Only takes replacement parts made by hand by gnomes on Mars, the software can be harder to find than an honest Nintendo lawyer, and may God have mercy on your soul if you plug ANYTHING into the stupid USB ports on the front.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha it’s definitely a tricky board

[@ForeverLacey09]

Ain't that the truth! I just rebuilt my Afterburner Climax board this past Summer. What a frustrating mess!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s so picky about what it will allow hardware wise. This just runs whatever hardware you throw at it

[@skraagthedestroyer]

Nice! It's almost worth setting up a specific linux machine just for this. Have an awesome New Year dude; I hope you had a good walk with your dog!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Dogs been loving the trip!

[@ciaranmccarthy]

This is great news! I'm very excited to try these games out on my Steam Deck.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lmk if they work. I haven’t been able to try yet

[@SmoMo_]

Nice video! Does Outrun or the other Sega Racing run in a 4:3 resolution? I have a Crazy Taxi upright machine that I wild like to play OutRun 2 in, maybe it is only Chihiro OutRun 2 that is 4:3 ?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

You can run 4:3 or 16:9

[@SmoMo_]

@ thanks for the reply, that would be great, I’ll give it a test tomorrow

[@mrpickles6968]

I only ever come across 2 spicy once in an arcade in Skegness, U.K. it was so much fun with the one on one gun combat system but a month later when I went again it had gone and I’ve never seen that game since then. Another underrated game for the Lindbergh is primeval hunt which never got mentioned in your video, I’m guessing it would be tricky to emulate the gameplay since the original cabinet used a built in touch screen to move around the level that acted as a map.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It seems to have failed pretty quickly and disappeared

[@ForeverLacey09]

Omg this is a game changer! I have a couple of Lindbergh machines and finding replacement videocards is becoming harder by the day. I'm gonna read up on this now and try to build a system to test in one of my cabinets.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes it’s going to be a direct replacement to dead Lindbergh boards as it’s the same game just running on whatever hardware you want

[@g4z-kb7ct]

replacing the video card is pretty easy. just find a used working correct model card and reflash the bios with the custom sega bios....

[@ForeverLacey09]

@@g4z-kb7ct I have always wondered if that was possible.

[@ГригорийБуров-м1ъ]

Would loved to see comaprison of rpcs3 emulation of VF5 and hotd4 with this performance-wise

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Maybe after the holiday. I’m very time limited

[@ГригорийБуров-м1ъ]

@@VideoGameEsoterica no need to hurry man. If youd be able to do it someday, it will be cool. If not then not. Have a restful holiday and a happy new year!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Performance is def better all things considered

[@GeoNeilUK]

I would imagine lindbergh loader would perform better than RPCS3 as LL is just a compatibility layer, it's running an app for a Linux PC on a Linux PC whereas RPCS3 is emulating an entire PS3.

[@ГригорийБуров-м1ъ]

@@GeoNeilUK leaning towards this outcome as well, though the visual confirmation wouldnt be bad as a contrast demonstration

[@M0neyp0t]

Thanks for keeping the community updated. Do you have a Sega Lindbergh Loader setup guide in the works?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

After the holiday I’ll do a guide

[@hilly900]

Excellent, thanks for the heads up on this one. I managed to get it compiled and running on Manjaro. Outrun 2SP seems to run quite well in game even on my old ThinkPad X280, but damn is loading slooooow - I must be missing something. I think it needs some patches for graphical glitches too - the track just up and disappeared at one point and I was left racing in the sky! Interested to see what else I can get running, maybe finally sort out some Sinden Lightgun action under linux :-)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha the game does need some files to fix certain road textures on certain NVIDIA GPUs

[@hilly900]

@VideoGameEsoterica it's an Intel GPU so I wasn't expecting much tbh. i think the CPU isn't up to the task in any case - when I tried Sega Race TV it just sat at 100% CPU usage on a single core for about 20 mins and the fan got so fast that the laptop started to leave the table. Maybe I'll try the steam deck next 😅

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Ahh yes Intel GPUs are so new that it’s expected to see a lot of odd performance / issues on them

[@DanimanXCL]

Omg! After Burner Climax supported... I'm in

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Get ready to Climax 🤣

[@RetroDawn]

Love that game on PS3. Without a servo chair, what would be different running the arcade version? I wonder if there is a servo wrapper as part of this project, or will be in the future. I'd love to set one up! My ultimate arcade dream is to have an R360 setup for GLOC/Wing War/Rad Mobile.

[@ForeverLacey09]

​@@RetroDawnIn theory it should if you have the I/O boards and hardware. I have an ABC deluxe and plan to try this with my cabinet. I'll post a video if this indeed does what it says.

[@BNGamesYT]

Video Idea, tutorial on setting up the Gun for IR with HD4. Ive not used Gun for IR myself.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ll do that in 2025 :)

[@seanm1738]

Thanks for covering, this is really nice!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happpy to do it

[@londonretrovideogames1473]

So cool, I have a Lindbergh cab missing all it's hardware that I use for HD consoles and pc gaming. This is going to be perfect. Is this better than teknoparrot?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’d say it’s better than Teknoparrot yes

[@GamersBay]

Its great to finally see an alternative for emulating Lindbergh games. No doubt, Teknoparrot can run a lot of these games, but it doesn't run them all that well in my opinion. I always found Teknoparrot to be unreliable and buggy, not worth paying for in my opinion. I also didn't like the fact that with some games in Teknoparrot you had to tweak a million things and install all kinds of nonsense just to run a single game.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Teknoparrot just suffers from the Swiss Army knife issue; it runs so many platforms not every piece of Teknoparrot is the best tool for the job

[@mysteryencoder9997]

@@VideoGameEsoterica MAME suffers from the same issue, but teknoparrot is what it is I guess.

[@akatsukione2377]

To think most of those games on Teknoparrot had no support for Intel GPUs... sounds awesome! Just imagine if it had an update that added rollback support to play VF5 and its updates online without input delays (Even VF5R would be open to be explored by the community to find what was broken about that version for VF5FS to exist), and also a Windows version

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It kind of makes sense just due to how few Intel GPUs existed in the market but now with their new cards that number is def going to bump up

[@akatsukione2377]

@VideoGameEsoterica I hope that can also include integrated GPUs, as games like Dengeki Bunko, which is on RingEdge 2 (Windows-based) and Let's go Island! (RingWide Version) can run there no problem, at least on my experiences with my laptop Now... one off-topic question Have you heard about the Andamiro MK Series of Arcade Boards?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’ve heard of them but rhythm games aren’t really my area of expertise

[@akatsukione2377]

@VideoGameEsoterica However, Andamiro MK3 has one non-rhythm game, that being Xtom 3D, which has a home PC port that runs under Windows (Unlike the arcade version, which runs on MS-DOS), and it's supported by nGlide

[@badassmotha2k]

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Same to you!

[@MegaDeKay]

The Discord link in your video description has expired 😞 You can set them up to never expire, BTW.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I had to kill some due to harassment. Here you go : discord.gg/CYeaNDNm

[@voltz15]

I can't find half the games on this list anymore if I ever get lucky enough to find an arcade these days. Dave & Busters sure as hell ain't cutting it either.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yeah most are “extinct” in the US outside of a couple locations

[@Emulator_Crossing]

hod4 without the gfx bug for free! hope we will get a win build.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Maybe one day

[@shadowflash705]

It's called loader for a reason. It's basically SegaAPI open source implementation plus input wrapper. Everything runs on hardware as a native Linux app. A little more complex than taito type x loader. Which is just a JVS emulator/wrapper. You can run games even on a PC with exactly the same specs as original hardware. Because there's no performance overhead because both CPU and GPU code runs natively.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Emulation is the defacto term for people to understand “not running on target hardware” imo

[@GeoNeilUK]

@@VideoGameEsoterica " Emulation is the defacto term for people to understand “not running on target hardware” imo " That's true, people call Wine an emulator even though it's name states otherwise!

[@mysteryencoder9997]

@@GeoNeilUK WINE = Wine is not Emulation - How that works I have no clue lol.

[@RetroDawn]

@@mysteryencoder9997 There's no CPU or other hardware emulation, since Windows and Linux can both run on the same PC hardware. WINE provides a wrapper AKA bridge AKA middleware from the Windows APIs (including DirectX) to equivalents in GNU/Linux.

[@RetroDawn]

@@VideoGameEsoterica True, but that's just because most people don't understand what emulation is. ;)

[@CDbiggen]

Really appreciate this amazing news

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to share it!

[@theganadofighter]

Well at least this is a Flycast Version of Sega Lindbergh! Once i get a new pc, i'll try out to download this emulator!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def give it a shot. So good

[@theganadofighter]

@@VideoGameEsoterica I'm wishing it will have support on Chihiro, Ringwide, and other games too.

[@polynektar]

this is amazing, thank you for sharing and all the info in the video!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it

[@carllavery4442]

This is awesome news and I hope we get Windows support, or i might finally look at dual boot to have a go woth Linux. I've enjoyed Teknoparrot before but have had issues with a few games at times. Enjoy the rest of your holiday

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def awesome news! Happy holidays :)

[@METR0lD]

It is your destiny to work over holidays! 😭 But it's also great news, so it's a good thing as well! 🎉

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha I knew I’d make at least one unplanned vid. This was the one

[@DoinThatRag]

I thought a number of these games were undumped, like VF5 and the Outrun game. Maybe I'm just behind the times now. Are the DVDs archived in MAME now?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

No def all archived and available

[@SP95]

A linux centered sega emulator 😮 that was unexpected

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def surprising

[@StiffPeak]

Curious to see how you get on with the steam deck, I’m on holiday just now so can’t check for a couple of weeks

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Same. I’ll know soonish

[@StiffPeak]

@@VideoGameEsotericaoh, and thanks for a year of great content, appreciate what you do 👍

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it!

[@LoiAbdullah]

The problem is in the "dumps" of the games.. since mame dumps doesn't count for this system, then I have randomly hunt dumps on my responsibility..

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes you gotta find those yourself

[@Wobble2007]

Have you checked the toilet?.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

🤣

[@pablocba]

Yes, wainting for the windows version, might try runnning a VM with linux Take that Teknoparrot and your idea of hiding games behind a Patreon wall ....then tou talk about "preservation". Thanks for sharing this info 👍

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’d VM it

[@pablocba]

@@VideoGameEsoterica i think i would, i only need time to install a VM with linux and compile the emulator, never done that but there is a guide on the github so i can't be that hard.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not too hard to figure out if you go slow

[@samghost13]

This is crazy news! THX!!!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to share it

[@winterhell2002]

Do you know if the Lindbergh are using an LCD as a screen? If so, how do the lightguns work there?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

IR based. Just think a big fancy wiimote

[@g4z-kb7ct]

@@VideoGameEsoterica It's a little bit more involved ;-) You can actually hook up a analog XY joystick with 5k pots and it works fine, although it's not very playable.

[@TheShadowseesyou]

OMG yes great news been a great year for sega fans

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The year of Sega!

[@israelgonzalezabrego3551]

amazing hope some day some one make a real model 1

[@ecu4321]

What specifications of pc are you running it on? Also what linux distro you’re using?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Ubuntu 22.04.5, Nvidia RTX 3050ti Laptop GPU, AMD Ryzen 5600H @3.3Ghz, 16gb RAM

[@MobileDecay]

Is this like Teknoparrot. I'm not as familiar with the later Sega hardware. I really wish we could get a new Model 2 emulator that is open source and cross platform. This is great news for emulation though! We need good news.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Similar concept yes. A loader

[@MobileDecay]

@VideoGameEsoterica Awesome! I'm glad they decided to start out on Linux. Linux gets no love normally even with the Steam decks success.

[@g4z-kb7ct]

@@MobileDecay Why do you need a new Model 2 emulator? The emulator made by Elsemi works great with all games. Don't bother with MAME for Model 2 it's crap lol

[@MobileDecay]

@g4z-kb7ct Because it has glitches, it's only for Windows(even if you can force it to work elsewhere), and it has no support. What would be the downside of having another emulator? 🤷‍♂️

[@g4z-kb7ct]

@@MobileDecay Why do you need support? The games and the dumps have not changed ever, support isn't required. Just use Windows. You can poick up a junk PC for $10 that will run all those games just fine. Keep it just for that if you have to. Being hostile towards Windows is not the way forward. I was part of the original Model 2 developer team and as far as I can see everything is perfect, or at least perfect-enough. If you want better buy the arcade cabs lol

[@NicolausCamp]

This is awesome! Hope it'll be usable on Windows soon through a translation layer. Wanna try out that Harley game!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Well you can run Linux on windows pretty easily already

[@nit3h8wk81]

My big issue with teknoparrot is the lack of custom resoultions for like 70% of the games. Windows has the worst resolution scaling of any OS out there and anything less than 1440p just looks like ass on a native 1440p monitor except maybe a couple of rare monitors that have dual resolutions.

[@Wobble2007]

Get yourself a nice little 17 inch CRT monitor, will handle the OG resolutions like 512x384p (25Khz) like a champ.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes it can be tricky as some games just launch into a very small window

[@mr.mattsarcade9282]

Thanks for the video, this looks very promising

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to do it

[@KillThad]

Seemz to have almost none of the graphical issues Teknoparrot had, at least from the footage you're showing. Have you found anything glaring yet? Regardless, this is fantastic to see. I'll definitely have to try this on my Deck.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Nothing glaring at all. Smooth sailing so far

[@darktetsuya]

I was running teknoparrot for a bit since it ran TGM3, but yeah the patreon stuff bugged me I really wanted to try ghost squad! don't run linux but will happily switch over if there's ever a windows build. so many cool sega arcade games I never got to see in person and are probably all long gone by now, would definitely try to fire up some of these!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Try running Linux in windows. It’s not too bad

[@adriypunto4237]

Amazing!!! Thanks, great job!!!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Happy to share the news

[@locked01]

Good to know, but I'll stick with TP for now.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

More options are always better

[@timtavares2629]

Thanks. This is good to know. I have a Linux PC box for arcade games I can try this on. I definitely love Virtua Tennis 3 and Outrun 2. I don't consider this an emulator because its not emulating hardware. That means no raspberry pi support. At best this is a software compatibility layer. You need real x86/64 PC hardware, but not the exact hardware that was used in Arcades.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a loader as I discuss in the vid and description. Emulator is the word that 99% of people will understand to mean “play games not on original hardware”

[@mysteryencoder9997]

​@@VideoGameEsoterica Eh, I had the same qualms when I first read it but figured maybe they were emulating specific CPU or GPU instructions that are proprietary to the original system or some peripheral I/O crap. Like the whole system doesn't technically need to be emulated for something to be an 'emulator' I imagine there's more than meets the eye with what's happening but I haven't inspected their libs to confirm it.

[@RetroDawn]

@@mysteryencoder9997 According to someone else here, it's just a SegaAPI implementation and an input wrapper. I haven't checked this or the Lindbergh arch out, but that would make sense. In which case there would be no need for an emulation, since apparently the games were all developed against an API that abstracted the hardware.

[@Wobble2007]

It's a translation layer, kind of like Rosetta, Wine or Proton, and I believe the Xbox One Windows 10 software uses a translation layer too, as the XB1 already uses the exact same game data images as the Xbox store PC game releases, they both download from the same repository on the MS Xbox server, I'm waiting on Rare Replay being 100% perfect on Win10, will be sweet as playing the Banjo games, CBFD, Grabbed by the Ghoolies etc with 4X DSR & RTX lighting.

[@AxiomofDiscord]

Can a Virtual Machine run these? Is so I wold be up to that Just have to make a bigger Virtual disk for mine. Does the flavor of Linux matter. I mostly use Cinnamint.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes you can use a VM easily

[@GUCFan]

I got Outrun 2 to run under a VM and even linked it up with my project box.

[@AxiomofDiscord]

@@GUCFan Nice what distro you use?

[@GUCFan]

@@AxiomofDiscord Ubuntu on VM. Kubuntu on project box

[@radiantansel202]

Teknoparrot asking subscriptions, awful to deal with, and not working well in most cases. I'm so happy this exists, sincerely. If we can get better nvidia drivers, I think I might start moving altogether to Linux instead.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s a great new addition for sure

[@dasenase]

How would you do multiplayer in racing games that required separate cabinets?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Network them via IPs like you would on the cabs

[@durrclips746]

If SEGA wont sell these games to me then ill just take them!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Sega doesn’t mind

[@nattila7713]

same. also if rumor of their subscription service is true, I am going to be mad. what a disgrace not selling games but lending :(

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not my fav move

[@GeoNeilUK]

Also, Lindbergh Loader in under a non-commercial licence, Sega couldn't use it if they wanted to. See what happened when Capcom licenced Final Burn Alpha to sell their own games.

[@GeoNeilUK]

@@nattila7713 "same. also if rumor of their subscription service is true, I am going to be mad. what a disgrace not selling games but lending :(" Why can't software publishers just do the simplest and greatest thing - legally sell their ROMs and ISOs to emulator users? There's bound to be a huge market for them! I'm pretty sure there are some users of emulators who would happily pay for at least a couple of games rather than going to ROMsites, especially if it's a translation of a previously Japan-only game. They could even provide an emulator for those legal ROMs and tbh, if I was connected to Retroarch (or MAME for that matter) I'd be contacting the rightsholders for these old ROMs to provide such a thing.

[@b1gland]

How is the performace compare to the RPCS3?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

For the games that run on both much better

[@TheFrenchy82]

It's very Impressive !!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s awesome for sure

[@T1BillionX]

This so great! Now we just need the the some enterprising person to throw all the Sega arcade stuff into one emulator and call it S.A.E.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha someone just may

[@kordelas2514]

Finally Outrun 2 seems to have all graphic effects like smoking tires one at the start of the run. This one is still missing on TP.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes the games are running better here for certain titles

[@KinnikuGameDojo]

Will this run planet harriers better than Demul

[@TheHardcoreGamer1]

Planet Harriers runs on an entirely different arcade board that this isn’t focused on

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That’s Hikaru so it’s not running on Lindbergh

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

And sadly Hikaru emulation just isn’t being worked on

[@soiralknarf]

After Burner Climazlx here we come!!!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Absolute classic of a game

[@KoncadeGaming]

I wonder if they will port this to Batocera now!! Instead of relying on Teknoparrot windows build

[@DavidGarcia-qf7gc]

Yes! That will take Batocera to another level of awesomeness

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

They def could try

[@tacowaffleYT]

VF with a combo counter feels wrong in all the right ways LOL

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha so many variants on the base game there is something for everyone

[@ciaranmccarthy]

What's the native resolution of the Lindbergh hardware?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Just depends on the game. They all did things diff

[@ciaranmccarthy]

@VideoGameEsoterica interesting

[@Wobble2007]

Yeah they seem to vary wildly, some use 4:3 CRT cabs at 480p 31Khz (HOTD4) and the Lindbergh Arcade Multi seems to be a CRT cab, and some use 16:9 768p LCD, and the later releases use 1080p 16:9, some games use multi-res for different levels, most were HD flat-screen cabs though by the looks of it, not sure if any used Plasma displays, as some arcade cabs did, I've always wanted one of those gorgeous Sega Net City or Lindbergh arcade cab 29" 4:3 CRTs, they are tri-sync 800 TVL up to 1280x960p, would be so nice for a huge high-res Win98se gaming monitor, almost on par with the NEC XP29-Plus Extra monitor (29" tri-sync that can do up to 1600x1200p75Hz), the ultimate retro PC/Amiga monitor.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s such a massive range of “what made you decide that” haha

[@LoganTheDevilMayCryFan]

I hope R-Tuned Ultimate Street Racing is in this emulator. That game is so hard to find in arcades nowadays, and I have fond memories playing it. In fact, I think the game closest that plays similarly is NFS Unbound

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s on Lindbergh

[@SiincereARC]

VGE for the win!!!!!!! All color Lindbergh's?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yep all the colors

[@SiincereARC]

@VideoGameEsoterica I only watched the first 5 seconds since I'm on the train, so apologies if you mentioned it the video. I'll def finish watching it tonight as I'm a huge sega arcade fan.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

No worries. I show a compatibility list :) towards the end

[@SiincereARC]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Finally watched. Can we talk about how annoying the rubber banding is on Sega RaceTV? I love the game but I noticed that the first time I played it. I also realized that I knew about this for weeks. I had setup a Linux machine to try it out and put it aside because I tend to not be too good at navigating Linux but I was able to get at least one game started. I kind of hope they can make a Windows variant of this emulator but I'm not complaining. Maybe 2025 we'll get the '97-'02 arcade emulators or MiSTer cores. I need some of pure PGM/PGM/CPS3/Taito Type Zero/FX-1B action.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s def got some rubber banding to it. But it’s not the worst ever

[@Wobble2007]

It's crazy that the Lindbergh hardware was pumping out eye candy that good during the 7th gen with nothing but a single core Intel P4 3GHz & GeForce 7800 GTX Series GPU with just 256MB GDDR3 VRAM (same N47 core GPU in the PS3, AKA the RSX), Initial D looks better than anything that came out on the PS3 by miles imo, you would think that it maybe had two GPU's installed with super-sampling, by no, just the one, that's the power of fixed hardware optimization, and I'm guessing the OS was heavily optimized, meaning they could task the CPU for some 3D rendering duties, it has a decent 64 channel 3D synthesizer card too, which is in fact an off the shelf Creative E-MU CA10300 DAC & DSP based Audigy PCI sound card, a decent card with all the bells & whistles (EAX/A3D/MIDI/WAV/Soundfonts/DSP/etc), you can literally build your own Lindbergh box in theory, if you had the custom Linux OS and a way to emulate or bypass the PIC Microcontroller lockout IC (RP2400 could perhaps do this?). I canny wait for an affordable FPGA to be available that can emulate a Pentium M (Dothan core), which were available from 1.1Ghz to 2.27Ghz, they had much higher IPC than P4 and a 1Ghz Pentium M outperforms a P4 2.4Ghz, so the Pentium M series is perfect for FPGA, you can even start with the first models that were clocked at 800Mhz, which were still faster than a 2Ghz P4, would be perfect for an FPGA Windows 98se gaming system, along with one of the new FPGA based Voodoo 3000 GPU cards and an Audigy soundcard, put a Dreamblaster in there too if you want extra synth support, we can't be that far off from this now, 2026/7 perhaps, the perfect FPGA Retro PC would be a Pentium M 2.2Ghz, Radeon 9800Pro, Creative Audigy2, 3GB RAM, and a DreamblasterXG16, that's my pipe dream.

[@RibbonPL]

What he said.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes that’s just how good Sega was at visuals

[@Wobble2007]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Yeah, Sega, like Nintendo, always understood how important a good art style is over just pure technical level graphics, something most mainstream western dev houses have forgotten imo, even Nintendo rarely experiments with art styles any more (Splatoon was the last big IP with a unique art style from them I can think of).

[@joelgutheil4292]

On the steam deck when trying to add these dependencies in Konsole they all say "command not found"

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Hmm. I’ll have to have more people look into it

[@joelgutheil4292]

​@@VideoGameEsoterica I have managed to get as far as to "build" the launcher through Konsole using this guide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/maPKc4ijmamorbM BUT there is no 'Build' folder. Is this created with the packages being installed or should it already be there? I have since learnt that SteamOS 3 on the Steam Deck ships as a read-only system, so using any package management will either fail (or maybe have only temporary results) ...unless the user enables developer mode, which is not ideal... Sounds like a flatpak or .appimage is required for us Deck users.

[@Beavernator]

This would be AWESOME if implemented into Emulation Station on Steam Deck...

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I bet it could be

[@srvuk]

Very impressive. Is it likely that it might find it's way into being integrated into something like Retroarch?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

If possible I’m sure it’ll happen

[@nikamegrelidze908]

Will it run on steam deck? ❤

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not 100% sure yet

[@TerraFuu]

Is Virtua Fighter 5 R running?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Check the github link for the compatible games

[@paulonatali5614]

Doest it run the lamp outputs as MAME or Teknoparrot ?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That I haven’t checked

[@GUCFan]

Its meant to be used to build a new Lindbergh out of modern parts so its able to talk to real hardware.

[@nathanddrews]

Has anyone done integration of LL into Batocera? Seems like a good idea.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not that I’ve seen as of yet but it’s new so

[@GAZZ707]

what is the sound emulation like compared to teknoparrot?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I had less issues with it

[@Wobble2007]

The Lindbergh used an Audigy 4 I believe (E-MU ASIC), which would need some pretty beefy hardware to emulate, the ASIC is about the performance of a 2GHZ single core CPU, as well as the DAC & DSP IC's on top of that, emulating it would be no small feat, not sure if Lindburgh used standard EAX, but I assume it probably did, which is pretty dope, which means if you have native EAX support on your rig, no emulation should be necessary, as this is just a translation layer (not emulation), then again, most Realtek codecs have built-in SB16 & EAX1/2 emulation modes, nothing like the real EAX processing, but it works, ASUS DAC's also have EAX 1&2 emulation. (I recommend installing the X-Fi MB3 drivers on Steam Decks for this reason, it allows for SB16/Pro/EAX emulation & soundfont loading, which is better than the stock Realtek drivers, great if you don't have a decent external Creative USB sound module like the G6 or X-Fi GO USB which both have a full-fat E-MU ASIC & HQ DAC & DSP + HP-AMP, plus native EAX up to EAX5HD & MIDI & soundfont/soundbank support)

[@Imgema]

Can you upscale the games? In Teknoparrot you can in some but not all.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

For some titles like AfterBurner yes

[@GeoNeilUK]

Wot no AUR package? In fact, no packages at all, you have to build from source and the build instructions target Ubuntu so an AUR would be useful and I'm sure it's only a matter of time! Actually, speaking of the Steam Deck, a Flatpak would also be useful.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes remember this is like week 1 so it’s all brand new. It’ll mature in time

[@GeoNeilUK]

@@VideoGameEsoterica It''l be on the AUR by the end of January!

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

Man I forgot about 2 Spicy! They had one for the longest at Gameworks Seattle (which I applied and got 2 interviews to be their technician manager, but they refused to pay anything but peanuts)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Not surprised they didn’t pay well

[@hipsterelephant2660]

I used to play that specific machine all the time along with the Ollie King cabinet they had there.

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

​@@VideoGameEsoterica It was laughable, they balked at 55k to manage FIVE TECHNICIANS

[@pyramidal_ancestors]

​@@hipsterelephant2660I remember the Ollie King! I had no idea how to play it though. Do you remember when the wall had the super-premium Daytona setup with 8 different cars? Holy crap that was a good time

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That should be like 85K minimum

[@g4z-kb7ct]

Usually TP only locks newer games and Lindbergh is pretty old now. Are there actually any Lindbergh games that are locked on TP? I haven't checked but I doubt it. But yeah it's annoying that TP is probably pulling in $100K/month from patreon and after many years some games are still locked. It's a pity no one at Sega or Namco or Taito cares enough to shut them down lol

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I think there are one or two left locked

[@TheHardcoreGamer1]

Taito almost did but the tekno devs decided to self-host or something

[@g4z-kb7ct]

@@TheHardcoreGamer1 How is self-hosting going to make them be legal? They are essentially pirates allowing some of the latest games to be run on PCs. Nintendo sued the Switch emulator people for exactly that....allowing the latest games to be run meaning the emulator is made purely for piracy purposes. It's all very nice but when the emulation people are making more money than the arcade companies the sh!t is going to hit the fan eventually ;-)

[@meyou-dz2kl]

Well let's see what this brings to the party let the data mine commence this looks promising

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Super promising

[@meyou-dz2kl]

@@VideoGameEsoterica and ill tell you the best way to play light gun games a dolphin bar and a wii remote my crt dies so that's my new method works great

[@brandogg]

Holy shit this is awesome!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def one of the best Sega gifts of 2024

[@marmosetfreund8506]

I wonder if the Batocera team is looking into testing this on their distro....hmmmm

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I bet all the platforms will at some point

[@Tovarichtch]

Yes, we do.

[@Mohammed1000real]

More preserved Sega goodness!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The best Christmas present

[@fatbelly2438]

this looks great but sadly i dont know anything about linux

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

The time to learn is now :)

[@trev1976]

Oh nice , do like me a bit of lindbergh

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Some absolute classics on that board

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Ooh and here's me with my brand new Linux PC as well as a Steam Deck. Might have to give this a try, I never got on board the TeknoParrot train.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Never been a better time than today

[@y0mgi3d]

Quelle distribution pour ton PC Linux?

[@Tom_Neverwinter]

now if only naomi can be finalized. we can finally have derby racing and star horse as well as the other satellite systems

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha the horse racing games are a vibe

[@sagekage93]

I would love to see Lindbergh eventually go beyond emulating Sega games and emulate other popular arcade games maybe even be competitor to Teknoparrot 🤷‍♂

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I’m sure it could. At least on the Linux side.

[@sagekage93]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Yeah defitnely because TeknoParrot on Linux is lacking especially with the Steam Deck.

[@TitchgamerRG]

This is fantastic news :)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Def a great end to 2024 for Sega fans

[@mehere3013]

hopefully run on windows , maby even steam deck and raspery pi 5

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Maybe at some point but I doubt Pi 5

[@JohnyRedcrow]

Hope it’s Mac compatible like redream is

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

My Mac is at home so I haven’t tried yet