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11:34 pm
Ken
January 13, 2020
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Hi,
Before I invest in any hardware (I don't really know what is good enough and what is shite yet), I thought I would try the coinops on an old laptop to see the capabilities it has. But here comes the embarrassing bit, how do I install it?
I used the Torrent for Coinops Next mini and extracted the rar files but I cannot find any information on the folder structure etc.
Any help would be much appreciated..!
Thanks
11:39 pm
May 14, 2015
Offline Put the extracted folder in the root of your hard drive
then run coinops….
8:54 am
Ken
January 13, 2020
Offline Thanks for that,
Got it running by putting (1 of the 18 extracted folders what do I do with the other 17??) there and it's running, but very slow and glitchy even on snes. On 1.7GHz Intel i3-4005U, 8GB ram, Is that kind of hardware usually not beefy enough to run these things?
Thanks for helping
9:40 am
May 14, 2015
Offline there should be 1 folder and the rest within it – this attached picture shows the root of my drive, and then the contents of the folder..
5:04 pm
Ken
January 13, 2020
Offline Yep, sorted!
I made the mistake of extracting them separately… ffs!
It's all working as it should now but extremely laggy, even Snes mariokart. I tried the same game with stand alone snes9x and it is fine. But atleast I can tinker with thinks before I invest.
Thanks for the help!
7:06 pm
November 19, 2019
Offline It's a fantastic build , especially when you get the full version Next , right through from Arcade 70's to WII U console, i've even added in the very much testing stages Switch emulator and a few games, it can become addicting, I've added even more games , graphics and video's and the original 160gb Next is now pushing over 2TB's ?
To run the full CoinOps Next with WiiU and future proofing for PS3, Switch etc you will need a good build , looking at minimum I5 8400 upwards, 8gb ram minimum (personally go for 16gb) and standalone graphics card , good mid range and value for money graphics card is the GTX 1050ti with dedicated 4gb DDR5 ram currently around £120, full build around the £450 mark. you could cut corners but as the retro scene grows personally i've found not only nostalgia but also the convenience of combining the less retro Consoles into a great set up for all the family.
3:30 pm
Ken
January 13, 2020
Offline I can totally understand where the addiction  in adding content can come from! I downloaded the Amiga add on already! Haha
My eldest (and me I suppose) already have an Xbox one but she spent an hour in front of the laptop yesterday completing The Simpsonâs arcade game! So yes, I want to make this a family friendly system too, until I get the cash, room and time to build a cab.
For years Iâve wanted to build a HTPC, one box that does everything and I think this is my chance. Â One thing I noticed, I ran the Microsoft system monitor and noticed that the GPU was not being used, does retrofe/CoinOps only use the CPU then?
I've been looking at a couple of second hand dell PCâs that could Be a good base to start with. Â Iâve took on board that you said a quad core i5 and using this a minimum.
Thanks
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