Hi all!
With my family locked up at home for the foreseeable future, what better time to teach my kids about the wonders of retro gaming?! I could use your help, but story time first...
I ordered a 5TB drive on through Home Arcade systems for $416 after reading that it included systems through PS2 preconfigured for LB and BB. After waiting about a month and a half and getting various excuses the drive arrived. However, both LB and BB were far from "preconfigured" - it was clear LB and BB were an afterthought, and it was primarily built for Hyperspin.
A few months later when I had the time to dedicate to the project again I reached out to the owner (who had sent me the earlier emails explaining delays) and explained that neither LB or BB were working. He explained in his latest update both were working and there were a bunch of other features he was really excited about. He asked that I buy the update package ($116) and he would send me the new drive.
A month later the updated drive arrived, except it was the original drive I mailed him - no update whatsoever. After initially denying this, he eventually apologized and said I could mail it back to him and he update the drive and put me in the front of the queue. After getting many excuses including exhaustion, surgery, vacations, and more I got the updated drive nearly three months after paying for the update.
Here's the rub - LB and BB were STILL not properly configured $530 later. Many systems won't launch at all, some would launch with weird frames, and others would crash after exiting one game and attempting to start a second. Hyperspin worked okay (far from perfect), but I bought it strictly for LB and BB. So, so frustrating.
Since I have all the roms and art is there any chance someone here would be willing to help me by set up a clean, pre-configured LB and BB for an i3 using built in graphics and x360 controllers? I was thinking I could send screenshots of the "arcade" directory so you would know how to path systems and roms. Maybe trade files through Dropbox if necessary?
I'm happy to pay for your time and expertise!
Thanks for your time everyone, I truly appreciate it!
All the best,
Mike