I have done, tear them apart, take out the screen, sell the screen as replacement part. Only what's needed for it to run, barebone arch-linux with mame and enjoy.
I like the idea of turning old laptops into retro gaming stations. Sometimes you can find laptops for really cheap, so it might be a good option. Plus, if you want to get crazy, you could use them as the basis for a bartop cab.
@@KaraokeDuov2 i would have to check it but probably not. I dont think it would handle ridge racer either but those games dont steer worth a crap so honestly I had forgot all about them.
@@shinjuvi I'm just saying that caution should be exercised. It's fine to disable power saving in the BIOS, but setting Windows to max performance may be problematic if the system can't get rid of the heat fast enough.
@@jnharton There's a setting in Batocera to set the Power Saver to disabled. It's not a BIOS setting. This allows the emulators to operate properly. The CPU will still throttle if it overheats.
thank man , i watched your video today on the same dell latitude E6400 i paid mine 69 box 4 or 5 year ago . i happy to know this laptop can have a long live again when i will install the same emulator. thank you again
I used to get free laptops with broken screens all the time as the screen repair cost was close to a new laptop so it didnt justify it. So i hook them up to an external screen like they are desktops
I just run retro arch on mine... I have the exact same deck thats 10 years old in WAY better shape... Exept the battery does not read.. it has to be plugged in but it works still too!
Cool video. I have this exact laptop, except one generation newer. Same screen, same case, but with an i7 640 processor. I now need to load Batocera on it and see how it does.
That’s amazing. I’ve a junker dell laptop with a few retro discs with thousands of games on it. The dell model ? E6400 haha. (Works perfectly for retro)
It's definitely old, but a Latitude E6400 is anything but junk. Not modern and not a speed demon, but there's really nothing wrong with it otherwise. You can even upgrade it to a max of 8GB ram if you can source the modules.
If you are lucky enough, you can find a Precision M4600 selling for about $130 to $150 (even less, if you are patient). This laptop supports a GPU up to a Firepro M5100 that should runs easily PS2 and GC/Wii. Probably up to 1080p (it has an amazing screen. Not IPS, but really good quality and 1080p). I have one here and I love it. It's my laptop for playing stuff on bed.
I have a few old laptops I use to play old games. My retro setups runs from a 128GB nvme that I can plug into any device. I also have a windows 10 based setup that has the same games that I can use to play retro games. And a old laptop with discreet Nvidia, i5 and 8GB ram running a on a 250GB SSD. I am waxed as they might say My other old laptops are running old Windows XP and Windows 7 32 bit for all my old period games. Let's just say I have a few devices setup to play my old fav games. I even have a dedicated laptop with 2 batteries so I can read books
The 'Latitude' is Dell's business line of laptops that they have been making since at least the late 90s. --- Usually there are tons of them out there because businesses buy a bunch and then they all get e-waste/recycled/refurb+sell off when new hardware is purchased. They are plentiful, decently powerful (not gaming laptops though), built to be durable (usually), and pretty inexpensive secondhand. --- Hardware based on the Intel Core 2 Duo or later also tends to be 64-bit and adequate for basic stuff under older Windows versions or Linux.
After looking at all the various mini consoles from Aliexpress, I think I will be better off turning an old laptop into one. However I also want to connect it to an old CRT TV for the full retro experience, and so a cheap adapter (HDMi -> AV RCA) or (VGA -> AV RCA) is required. Not sure how well centered and displayed on a TV this will be, but worth a go. I happen to have an old Lenovo Thinkpad Z61p which is Core2 Duo T7600, 3GB DDR2, SSD drive and has composite video out via an S-Video socket. The next decision is which emulation to use, MAME or EmuELEC?
Hey, how did you get all those emulators to load like that from that hard drive? Was it using the links to aliexpress and such? Can you post a new link to a hardrive? im looking to get a dell d630 or d530 for this, any thoughts?
In my experience, I can't get the video/GUI to start up properly on some of these older netbooks. Would have loved to run Batocera or Lakka on it, but alas. Maybe you'll have better luck!
I once had a old notebook PC loaded with arcade games, as well as games for the SNES, Genesis & NES. Sadly, it burned itself out once the cooling fan died. 😞
All the emulators and front ends are free and open source, so just google them. As for the games, there are lots of web sites that host the roms to download for free too. Again just google. You can also find a lot on torrent sites like the pirate bay, kick ass torrents, etc. Torrenting is an easy way since people post thousands of game roms into one single rar file. On the web sites you have to download them one-by-one. So it will depend on whether you want to collect every game you possibly can, or are just interested in certain games from your childhood.
@@CelineOcean1 If you need help installing and configuring emulators and the front ends for them, the ETAPrime channel has lots of tutorials for that. But if all the stuff I said in my previous comment made no sense to you, well, you have got a lot of learning to do. People are willing to help others, but you have to meet them halfway by showing you are willing to learn some things on your own. Nothing will get you shot down faster than telling someone you know nothing about something and asking them to walk you through EVERY SINGLE step needed to do it. ETAPrime and Wicked both have reviews of mini PCs that are sold with all the games and emulators already installed and setup, so it's almost as easy as using a playstation. They are expensive, but for those people unwilling to learn how to do it themselves they are the perfect solution.
Hello! And to assure you, you have pronounced everything perfectly! I have an OLD HP Pavillion with a dual-core 64-bit AMD CPU and 8GB RAM and internal (?GB) HD. Onboard graphics. Is this old horse capable of proper emulation? I’m currently using an RPi 400 and switch to my Pi3b when needed for compatibility. Would my old HP stand a chance these days even compared to a Pi400? Any help from anyone is hugely appreciated!!! You’re the channel I always check first!
Best thing what you can do is the following thing. Grab the CPU specs from this laptop and Google. E6700 vs .... (the ... needs to be your cpu) See what are the difference between the power of these. It can give you an indication if you AMD can stand a change against the Intel and how it will handle Emulation.
No. He flashed the thumb drive. Booted from USB. Then chose "install on another drive" and selected his internal drive. It then downloads everything from BATOCERAs GitHub and installs it. Then he rebooted.
@@WickedGamerCollector I use to know an easy drop method for BATOCERA. But now the image for x86 is over 4gb for fat32 it won't work. So it's the slow way from BATOCERA on flash drive.
It didn't seem like it was powerful enough. From what I have seen on other videos, you need at least a quad core x86 cpu to reliably run the higher systems like N64, DC, SS, PSP, PS2.
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Broken laptops are perfect to put inside a arcade control panel.
I have done, tear them apart, take out the screen, sell the screen as replacement part. Only what's needed for it to run, barebone arch-linux with mame and enjoy.
If you only use mainboard that is also possible 👌
@@WickedGamerCollector why not a link of that laptop
And by buying do you have windows ore is this thing alread installed
I like the idea of turning old laptops into retro gaming stations. Sometimes you can find laptops for really cheap, so it might be a good option. Plus, if you want to get crazy, you could use them as the basis for a bartop cab.
I took a laptop with similar specs and installed launchbox and a 40 gb 20,000 game full mame set. Plays all of it perfectly
What about the arcade version of Cruse n USA?
@@KaraokeDuov2 i would have to check it but probably not. I dont think it would handle ridge racer either but those games dont steer worth a crap so honestly I had forgot all about them.
Which site did you download all those MAME games from?
I love recycling old e-waste and bringing new life to it!
This is wicked. You have made this a desirable item, saved from the bin. Great work. 👍
Make sure you set Power Saver to disabled. That allows the CPU to run at max.
If you do that, you should be mindful that it will push the fan hard (if it even still works) and may overheat.
@@jnharton I guess yeah if the device doesn't have adequate cooling. I set that on NUCs with Batocera and never had any overheating complaints.
@@shinjuvi I'm just saying that caution should be exercised. It's fine to disable power saving in the BIOS, but setting Windows to max performance may be problematic if the system can't get rid of the heat fast enough.
@@jnharton There's a setting in Batocera to set the Power Saver to disabled. It's not a BIOS setting. This allows the emulators to operate properly. The CPU will still throttle if it overheats.
So that's where my old work laptop ended up :-P
wahhahah 🤣
thank man , i watched your video today on the same dell latitude E6400 i paid mine 69 box 4 or 5 year ago . i happy to know this laptop can have a long live again when i will install the same emulator. thank you again
I used to get free laptops with broken screens all the time as the screen repair cost was close to a new laptop so it didnt justify it. So i hook them up to an external screen like they are desktops
yeah that is another way to go.
Could make a tutorial on how we get the old games software on to hard drive
There are plenty of video's on youtube already for that.
I just run retro arch on mine... I have the exact same deck thats 10 years old in WAY better shape... Exept the battery does not read.. it has to be plugged in but it works still too!
Great video! I did the same with an old Core2Duo based Macbook that was given to me!
Cool video. I have this exact laptop, except one generation newer. Same screen, same case, but with an i7 640 processor. I now need to load Batocera on it and see how it does.
My laptop: *rests in peace*
Me: *turns it to a retro console*
My laptop: you son of a bi-
That’s amazing. I’ve a junker dell laptop with a few retro discs with thousands of games on it. The dell model ? E6400 haha. (Works perfectly for retro)
It's definitely old, but a Latitude E6400 is anything but junk. Not modern and not a speed demon, but there's really nothing wrong with it otherwise. You can even upgrade it to a max of 8GB ram if you can source the modules.
I love the emulation scene! It just burns my butt that I never needed a PlayStation 1. I just needed a time machine!
Great idea, lad. Finding such a specified operation system is a tough one to swallow in 2023.
Brand: DELL Model: Latitude Submodel: I wish I knew...
If you are lucky enough, you can find a Precision M4600 selling for about $130 to $150 (even less, if you are patient). This laptop supports a GPU up to a Firepro M5100 that should runs easily PS2 and GC/Wii. Probably up to 1080p (it has an amazing screen. Not IPS, but really good quality and 1080p).
I have one here and I love it. It's my laptop for playing stuff on bed.
I have a few old laptops I use to play old games. My retro setups runs from a 128GB nvme that I can plug into any device. I also have a windows 10 based setup that has the same games that I can use to play retro games. And a old laptop with discreet Nvidia, i5 and 8GB ram running a on a 250GB SSD. I am waxed as they might say My other old laptops are running old Windows XP and Windows 7 32 bit for all my old period games. Let's just say I have a few devices setup to play my old fav games. I even have a dedicated laptop with 2 batteries so I can read books
"core 2 duo" my god this is ancient
My Pentium E5200 dual core: let me introduce myself
My old Lenovo lappie has the exact same chip. This video has given me ideas.. :)
yeah indeed 🤣
Great video as always
The docking stations for these are dirt cheap. There are lots of stretchy 3rd party batteries too.
I did something similar, but truly nowhere near as advanced, on a 17-inch beast I’ve continued to hang onto.
The portability cannot be beaten.
Well it's done better with Dreamcast than my latitude 5520.
I liked this one and would appreciate you trying other older laptops as retro gaming machines
The 'Latitude' is Dell's business line of laptops that they have been making since at least the late 90s. --- Usually there are tons of them out there because businesses buy a bunch and then they all get e-waste/recycled/refurb+sell off when new hardware is purchased. They are plentiful, decently powerful (not gaming laptops though), built to be durable (usually), and pretty inexpensive secondhand. --- Hardware based on the Intel Core 2 Duo or later also tends to be 64-bit and adequate for basic stuff under older Windows versions or Linux.
Can you review the new super x console max? Im hopeful that it runs a little better than the others.
Yes.. waiting for it here.
3:40 It's got a express card 34mm slot so you can add a USB 3.0 card but AFAIK it won't be bootable because it isn't natively supported.
Cool to know.
Can be cool with Amiga and Atari ST hits , which demand keyboard to load and play.
Needs configuration or plug n play with Batocera ?
Nice video bro enjoyed it ☺️
a while ago i replaced a keyboard with an Arcade-controller on a similar laptop, i was so tired of carrying a bag with all these accessoires to work 🙄
@@nickadventure2286 fine as always ;)
After looking at all the various mini consoles from Aliexpress, I think I will be better off turning an old laptop into one. However I also want to connect it to an old CRT TV for the full retro experience, and so a cheap adapter (HDMi -> AV RCA) or (VGA -> AV RCA) is required. Not sure how well centered and displayed on a TV this will be, but worth a go. I happen to have an old Lenovo Thinkpad Z61p which is Core2 Duo T7600, 3GB DDR2, SSD drive and has composite video out via an S-Video socket. The next decision is which emulation to use, MAME or EmuELEC?
Hey what's goin on guy!! It's the ETA PRIME!!!!!
i used to have the same laptop
Where do I find that that emulatos program and the games? What us the name of the program? please
I think he is using BATOCERA. Google it.
I might try something like this with my Toshiba Satelite.
Not much wrong with it...except for disc drive and WiFi card needs replaced
New life to old machines 👍👍
Jeez. Core 2 Duo machines are a dime a dozen.
Hey, how did you get all those emulators to load like that from that hard drive? Was it using the links to aliexpress and such? Can you post a new link to a hardrive? im looking to get a dell d630 or d530 for this, any thoughts?
I have an Acer AO522 *Netbook* from 2011 with a *1.0GHz* dual-core CPU...I wonder what I can do with it LOL
In my experience, I can't get the video/GUI to start up properly on some of these older netbooks. Would have loved to run Batocera or Lakka on it, but alas. Maybe you'll have better luck!
not a whole lot probably. maybe run windows 98 and play some dos games on it
Watching bro turn a laptop like the one I use daily into a retro console cuz it’s too old 💀
Can you please provide a link or further info on that emulation image of yours?
Google BATOCERA maybe?
@@KaraokeDuov2 Thank you maybe? I heard him say the word, but no idea how it is even spelled? I assume it does not come with all the games too, right?
What Linux version did you use?
He used Batocera.
I once had a old notebook PC loaded with arcade games, as well as games for the SNES, Genesis & NES.
Sadly, it burned itself out once the cooling fan died. 😞
If the fan dies, you need to replace it.
Where do I download everything?
All the emulators and front ends are free and open source, so just google them. As for the games, there are lots of web sites that host the roms to download for free too. Again just google. You can also find a lot on torrent sites like the pirate bay, kick ass torrents, etc. Torrenting is an easy way since people post thousands of game roms into one single rar file. On the web sites you have to download them one-by-one. So it will depend on whether you want to collect every game you possibly can, or are just interested in certain games from your childhood.
@@SirReptitious hmm sounds cool I've never l looked into this stuff so idk what program I would need
@@CelineOcean1 If you need help installing and configuring emulators and the front ends for them, the ETAPrime channel has lots of tutorials for that.
But if all the stuff I said in my previous comment made no sense to you, well, you have got a lot of learning to do. People are willing to help others, but you have to meet them halfway by showing you are willing to learn some things on your own. Nothing will get you shot down faster than telling someone you know nothing about something and asking them to walk you through EVERY SINGLE step needed to do it.
ETAPrime and Wicked both have reviews of mini PCs that are sold with all the games and emulators already installed and setup, so it's almost as easy as using a playstation. They are expensive, but for those people unwilling to learn how to do it themselves they are the perfect solution.
Emuladores Wii u 3ds, Nintendo switch función?? Osea es compatible.
Also makes a good streaming machine.
You could try Recalbox.
Good point you have there 😄
This pc screens better than the hd.since it can blurr old school games sharp smooth pixels
I wonder if you can put 2 raspi 4 8gb ram together and make it a super beast
i still have an unused laptop....
So... maybe convert it 😅
@@WickedGamerCollector ... maybe 😉😆
How do you even put games on it new to this stuff
Link for custom firmware please?
I want to be able to run 3D games really good from the ps2/dreamcast/sega AM2 era. What laptop would you recommend?
More power you have more you can play ... so question remains what you can find close by ?
Hello! And to assure you, you have pronounced everything perfectly!
I have an OLD HP Pavillion with a dual-core 64-bit AMD CPU and 8GB RAM and internal (?GB) HD. Onboard graphics.
Is this old horse capable of proper emulation? I’m currently using an RPi 400 and switch to my Pi3b when needed for compatibility. Would my old HP stand a chance these days even compared to a Pi400?
Any help from anyone is hugely appreciated!!!
You’re the channel I always check first!
Best thing what you can do is the following thing.
Grab the CPU specs from this laptop and Google.
E6700 vs .... (the ... needs to be your cpu)
See what are the difference between the power of these.
It can give you an indication if you AMD can stand a change against the Intel and how it will handle Emulation.
@@WickedGamerCollector thanks!
Anyone else? I’ll find the full specs soon. It ran MAME like a champ. Not expecting PS3/360. If it will do what a pi400 can do I’ll be happy.
RetroArch vs. EmuElec, Wicked?
EmuElec has RetroArch built in. That's how it runs the games.
@@KaraokeDuov2 I didn't know that. Thanks! I only use individual emulators for a desirable system. MAME, ZSNES, Kega, EPSXE, etc...
A Pentium would be a better CPU if you can get under $100 laptop.
I have an old Dell Optiplex with a Pentium 4.
Which dell latitude is that
PS2 and game cube ???
What emulator is this
35 dollars? In Europe they go for more than 100 euros..
Hes from europe
"Steam Deck Lite"
Whahahahah 🤣
Are you doing the hack via thumb drive? USB boot with the OS and games on the thumb drive.
No. He flashed the thumb drive. Booted from USB. Then chose "install on another drive" and selected his internal drive. It then downloads everything from BATOCERAs GitHub and installs it. Then he rebooted.
👍👍
Can it run Crisis?
The system u used, plz :)
Wicked you are so funny
Were are you getting a bezel curb from with out a curve crt?
Built in theme in BATOCERA.
What front end are you using for the emulators
BATOCERA.
Just want to play defjam:(
Could you tell me if I can do something like that with a. Old mac g5
This was a dual core cpu....
So if you have better specs you get better performance in overal. 👌
Don't own a mac so I can't try it.
Including games or download games 😅
Can it run tekken tag ?
I'm not being rude or anything, but everybody's asking questions a simple Google search or RUclips search will show you. I mean it's not hard.
Maybe in the future make a mini tutorial in these video's 🤣...
And needing also to add naughty skipping 😂
@@WickedGamerCollector That might help. No rest for the wicked I suppose. Pun intended. 😂
@@WickedGamerCollector I use to know an easy drop method for BATOCERA. But now the image for x86 is over 4gb for fat32 it won't work. So it's the slow way from BATOCERA on flash drive.
Can this handle GameCube?
Nah 😬
What os?
Batocera.
what specs is your laptop?
its says in the video 1:25
$35 power up to $ 500
go to buy a colored sprinkle diy case
Can this emulate PS2 ?
It didn't seem like it was powerful enough. From what I have seen on other videos, you need at least a quad core x86 cpu to reliably run the higher systems like N64, DC, SS, PSP, PS2.
No but it can run PSP ,Dreamcast and other low end stuffs.. even n64...ya but for PS2 and higher ups it needs an x86 cpu
Can it run God of war 4 😂
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