Retro Arcade Portal Addon 001 – Expanding DBProject’s Purist Attract Mode Build

If you have already fallen in love with Retro Arcade Portal, DBProject’s sleek Attract Mode build for PC, then Addon 001 is going to feel like the logical next step. The original release keeps things lean, fast and focused, with a curated mix of favourites across arcade and consoles. This first official addon respects that ethos, while quietly stuffing in a serious amount of extra quality without turning the whole thing into a bloated, all-in-one monster.

Addon 001 is built for players who like the clean, purist style of the base build, but want a deeper bench of classics ready to go. You still keep the same front end, the same vibe and the same performance, you just gain more reasons to boot it up every night.

Base Build Required – Start With Retro Arcade Portal

This pack is an extension of the original Retro Arcade Portal release. You will need the core build set up and running before touching Addon 001. If you missed it the first time round, you can grab full details straight from Arcade Punks here.

The base package gives you a fast-loading, fully customised Attract Mode setup, with a hand-picked spread of systems like arcade, Sega Megadrive, Dreamcast, Saturn, Neo Geo, SNES, N64, GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is purposely not a full ROM hoard, which is exactly why addons like this feel so satisfying to drop in.

What Retro Arcade Portal Addon 001 Brings To The Table

Addon 001 focuses on broadening the experience across the same key systems, rather than slamming in random filler. The selection has a strong theme: games that actually get played. You will recognise a lot of these titles from your childhood, your old shelves or that one mate who always had the good stuff.

From Nintendo’s golden era to Sega’s late hardware glory, from Neo Geo bangers to heavyweight console hits, this pack adds depth where it counts, while keeping the library manageable and easy to navigate inside Attract Mode.

Microsoft Xbox – Heavy Hitters On The Big Green Box

The original Xbox section gets an immediate glow-up with story-driven and action heavy hitters. You are looking at titles like Half-Life 2, Halo: Combat Evolved and Panzer Dragoon Orta. These are not just token entries, they are games that show off exactly why people still hunt down original hardware and why the Xbox catalogue deserves a proper spot in any modern front end.

For anyone building a living room or desktop setup where you want to show friends what this build can do, firing up one of these from the Attract Mode wheel is an instant flex.

Nintendo 64 – Bond, Boarding And Big 3D Nostalgia

N64 gets a much deeper bench of classics and cult favourites. There is the essential shooter energy of GoldenEye 007 and 007: The World Is Not Enough, arcade-style thrills like 1080 Snowboarding and AeroFighters Assault, and a mix of platformers and licensed fun such as Donkey Kong 64, A Bug’s Life, Duke Nukem 64 and more.

Instead of just a token handful of games, Addon 001 makes N64 feel like a proper destination in the wheel. It keeps that curated vibe, but now you can lose an evening bouncing between shooters, mascots and late 90s weirdness without leaving the system.

Nintendo GameCube – Zelda, Burnout And Star Wars Power

GameCube fans get spoiled here. You will find multiple entries from The Legend of Zelda series, including Collector’s Edition, Four Swords Adventures, Ocarina of Time & Master Quest, The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. That alone could justify the pack for some players.

On top of that, the pack pushes high energy racing with Burnout, Burnout 2: Point of Impact and a chunk of Need for Speed titles, plus cinematic adventures like the Prince of Persia trilogy and Star Wars titles such as Rogue Squadron II, Rogue Squadron III, Jedi Outcast and Bounty Hunter. It turns the GameCube wheel into a proper all-night rabbit hole.

Dreamcast, Megadrive And Saturn – Sega Showing Off

Sega fans are well looked after. Dreamcast gets focused, high quality additions like Ikaruga, Jet Grind Radio, Shikigami no Shiro II and Triggerheart Exelica. These are the sort of titles people proudly show off when they talk about why the system still lives on through emulation.

Megadrive picks up a run of platformers, licensed classics and cinematic action, including Aladdin, Aero the Acro-Bat 1 and 2, Flashback, Ghouls’n Ghosts, Prince of Persia and more. Saturn then backs that up with a very strong line up featuring Panzer Dragoon 1 and 2, Radiant Silvergun, Battle Garegga, Nights Into Dreams…, Christmas Nights, multiple Virtua Fighter entries and other cult favourites.

Together, these three systems show exactly what Addon 001 is about. It is not a checkbox exercise, it is a collection chosen by people who actually care about the libraries.

Neo Geo AES – Fighting Royalty And Run And Gun Chaos

The Neo Geo AES section in Addon 001 reads like a greatest hits playlist. You are looking at King of Fighters entries across multiple years, Metal Slug from the original through to later instalments, Samurai Shodown titles, Garou adjacent fighters and a spread of shooters and oddities like Pulstar, Blazing Star style mayhem, bowling, sports and more.

For anyone who loves arcade style play at home, this section alone will eat time. Neo Geo always feels at its best inside a clean front end, and Retro Arcade Portal with Addon 001 nails that feeling.

PlayStation And PlayStation 2 – Iconic Console Energy

Sony’s side of the pack keeps it simple but effective. PlayStation gets the original Crash Bandicoot trilogy, which is pretty much mandatory for a nostalgia heavy setup, while PlayStation 2 pulls in high octane hits like Burnout 3: Takedown, Burnout Revenge, and open world crime classics such as Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

Everything here fits neatly under the Retro Arcade Portal umbrella. You are not drowning in every random disc ripped from the past, you are getting the titles that people actually ask for when they see a proper front end running in your games room.

Keeping The Purist Spirit Alive

One of the things that made the original Retro Arcade Portal stand out back in January was the attitude behind it. It was not built to be yet another bloated drive image that tries to be all things to all people. Instead, it felt like someone had taken their own personal favourites and wrapped them in a sharp, responsive Attract Mode theme that boots quickly and looks slick on a bartop, desktop or living room rig.

Addon 001 follows the same line. It does not break the concept, it simply extends it. Systems that were already present get richer, but the wheel stays focused, the menus stay clean and the experience stays quick. You can still hand this to friends or family and let them scroll without overwhelming them.

Installation And Antivirus Note

As with many community-built front ends and collections, certain setup files and launchers can trigger false positives with overenthusiastic antivirus software. There is a reminder with this addon to disable your antivirus temporarily so that the setup.exe can run properly.

Use your own common sense here. If you are used to working with emulators, front ends and community builds, you will already know the routine. Once installed and tested, you can switch everything back on and get back to enjoying the build.

A Clean Upgrade For A Clean Build

If you already run the base Retro Arcade Portal build, Addon 001 feels less like clutter and more like a natural extension. It deepens Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft and SNK support, adds a ton of replayable classics and keeps the whole thing aligned with the original purist philosophy.

For anyone who wants an Attract Mode setup that looks the part, boots fast and still has enough depth to keep you playing night after night, this addon is going to sit very nicely on your drive.

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