Finally got #retroarch setup so time for some Macross Plus! Love shmups even if I suck at them.
Finally got #retroarch setup so time for some Macross Plus! Love shmups even if I suck at them.
Batocera – The Retro Arcade OS
I have a mini-PC that my workplace isn't using so I grabbed it and brought it home. With this home labbing I have been getting into I thought about having a retro video game box. Most people get a Raspberry Pi and install RetroPie on it. The limitations is the micro SD card that the RPi boots off of. I have a mini-PC that uses an M.2 SSD drive to boot the OS off it. So I chose that to host my retro video game box. It only has a 250 GB SSD so I ordered a 512 GB SSD. As for the OS I […]https://radicalgeek.blog/2026/05/16/batocera-the-retro-arcade-os/
The other thing that sucked up some time this evening was messing around with Mame to emulate those old stand-up, coin-op games I used to play way back when.
Defender! Stargate! Scramble! Sky Shark! Galaga! Moon Cresta! Phoenix! Missile Command! Space Invaders!
(Yes - I have a type - ha)
So much fun and they all work and look like the original. It's really kind of amazing in a way.
My son had an extra ps5 controller lying around and that paired over Bluetooth to my Linux laptop with zero issues. That was really cool too.
Dunno why I never tried Mame till now.
Fun!
ACTU RETROGAMING 🕹️: MUSHIHIMESAMA MATSURI 1.5 : Le dump que personne n’attendait enfin dispo! short
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