ArcadePC v1.4 - Complete Set [Full Rip/Various/2004]

This is perhaps the largest and most complex package I have ever assembled for BitGamer. The idea behind it is to make it as easy as possible for everyone to obtain a complete set of existing Taito Type-X HDD dumps that will run on ArcadePC v1.4. I have tried to make the setup process as simple as possible for you and have also tested each game accordingly. Also, the Evil Ryu and Oni unlocker patch has been applied to Super Street Fighter IV for you as well as this fix for the corrupted file in the Beatmania dump. Everything else remains untouched (outside of the loader ArcadePC automatically installs).

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As I stated during the introduction, I tried to make this as easy as possible for you.

Setting Up
1. Choose a directory that you wish to install ArcadePC and extract "ArcadePC Loader.7z" there
2. Extract each of the game archives (or at least the ones you want) into the "\Games" subdirectory (it will be created when you extract the Arcade PC loader).
NOTICE: For some reason, most anti-virus software will flag "config.exe" from the BeatMania archive with a Trojan downloader called "Win32/Troxen!rts". As far as I know, this is a false positive and file is completely harmless. All config.exe does is let you change the controls.
3. Launch "Loader.exe" in the ArcadePC directory
4. Select a Game
5. Configure your preferred controls, resolution, and game settings (where applicable).
6. Double click the game to play

Help/Troubleshooting FAQ
This section will address some of the issues I have encountered while testing each and every game as well as some general inquiries you may have. I will gladly add to this based on your feedback/comments

Q: What is the point of using ArcadePC when you can launch the games individually?
A: The loader simply makes it far more convenient for you to adjust the settings and launch each game. You don't have to use it if you don't want to though. All games are stored in the \Games sub-directory and can be run from their respective loaders.

Q: The framerate is very low on certain games. How do I improve it?
A: Either lower the resolution (higher ones may drastically impact performance) or you may also try and run the game directly from is respective sub-directory as well (I had to do this to get decent frame rates with the two Street Fighter games). For Otomedius, I actually had to maximize the game's window manually to get it to run smoothly.

Q: Yikes! The game runs way too fast!
A: Turn on VSync in your video card's control panel and that should cap the framerate at 60.

Q: Game X crashes on load (sometimes with some MTS error message I can't read). Any way to fix this?
A: I ran into this with a few games. Here are some possibilities:

There is an issue with your video hardware. For example, I know "Samurai Shodown - Edge of Destiny" has problems with ATI GPU's and so I couldn't get it to run no matter what.

Some games require a specific writable drive letter. If it's Otomedius complaining about nvmem, you will have to create a writable drive "F:\". I'd reccommend clearing that drive letter if it's in use and typing "SUBST f: C:\temp" without quotes in a command prompt (feel free to change C:\temp to some other folder if you wish. The game's output will be stored there). For the BlazBlue games, you will need a D:\ drive if you don't have one already. Keep in mind that the virtual drives created through subst will disappear when you reboot your machine so be sure to stick a batch file that runs them into your Startup directory in the start menu so that it re-mounts the drives each time.

Q: Why are The "BlazBlue" Games missing backgrounds and sprites?
A: Seems to be yet another Direct3D issue with ATI cards to which I have not been able to find a fix. For me, it only affects Calamity Trigger.

Q: How come certain options are disabled for some games?
A: Not all games are fully configurable. In other words you may not be able to set the resolution or even controls on certain titles.

Q: What the hell? My display flipped Sideways.
A: All the vertical scrollers will do that upon launching them. Don't panic. The display will return to normal after you exit. It sure beats trying to play them sideways though.

Q: Beatmania's audio seems to be out of sync
A: wohdin has informed me that this game is NOT going to sync well on just any LCD monitor (or really any non-CRT, non-fixed-Hz monitor) because the game's timing relies on very strict framerates (specifically 59.95 Hz). You can correct this with Powerstrip if you want or in my case, I have vsync enabled in my video card's control panel (to lock the framerate at 60Hz) and the game is very much playable for me.

I'd like to give credit where it is due. Most of these HDD rips came from BitGamer so I would like to thank panyanpickle, stoled

, and Tubbybubs for sharing all those rips thereby making this compilation possible. It would have been incredibly difficult finding all the games elsewhere.