My Retro Gaming Setup 2023

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Here is all the info I can muster about my super clean & automated retro gaming console setup.
A lot of this info is very common for nerds who are already into this stuff, and probably way too advanced for your casual viewer... so I don't know who this is for :)
I am not a "youtuber" and don't have a camera or good lights so made due, sorry for the shot quality.
The builder of the physical rack:
/ kallokdf
Also I know it was a bit dramatic but I always told myself if I ever make a gameroom video I'd use my favorite videogame soundtrack.
Rastan Saga
by Zuntata
TAITO Corp
*UPDATE*
I made a little gaming TikTok! / consolecrapshoot
Also completely forgot to show one of the coolest parts. All of the lights in my living room are synced to the screen so they match whatever colors are happening on the screen. I'll include it if I ever do an update video.
Also I just ordered a Wii U... but the Neo Geo might elude me forever :(
0:00 Intro
0:57 Design
5:01 The Build
6:00 Functionality
9:32 The Rest of the Collection
10:21 Most Common Questions
11:53 Future Plans
13:06 Outro

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30 июн 2024

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@salmakesthings Год назад

**UPDATE** I completely forgot to show one of the coolest parts. All of the lights in my living room are synced to the screen so they match whatever colors are happening on the screen. I'll include it if I ever do an update video. Also I just ordered a Wii U... but the Neo Geo might elude me forever :(

@MaherTheWhiteHand 11 месяцев назад

cooool. by the way the Ethernet Cables do they really work? can you play online or VS other console or its a Local setup! that netgear was neaaaat

@salmakesthings Месяц назад

@MaherTheWhiteHand I can only play online with some of the newer internet enabled conoles. Og xbox and later

@RetroCak Год назад

I’m old enough to remember 14 minutes ago, when I thought I had a good setup. This is so awesome. Your attention to neatness and clean lines is rare and often seemingly out of reach. Thanks for sharing your innovative setup.

@salmakesthings Год назад

Such a great compliment. Means a lot. Thank you!

@Steve.Cutler Год назад

I find it interesting that, being older than most video games myself, the people playing these "retro" games, weren't even born when most of these systems came out. Shows the power of this hobby. I hope video games last forever.

@salmakesthings Год назад

Same

@robertbarker5802 Год назад

I'm most impressed with the custom shelf. I'm still doing the wire rack shelving trying to make it work.

@soundsonline796 Год назад

Dude that setup has been in my head for 3 years. Cant believe someone has put it into fruition. A bit saddened to see how expensive its going to be to make a shelving unit like that but great to see finally see what it would look like. My plan is to have crt on the left and modern display on the right.

@salmakesthings Год назад

Yeah feels like I waited forever for this but so worth it. I also eventually want a small crt on the left but haven't found the right one yet

@sunderark Год назад

FINALLY, A setup I don't hate. Looks amazing and well thought out, very elegant. I am so glad that you showed how it could look without the goddamned wire rack being used everywhere. I hope this sets a precedence.

@salmakesthings Год назад

Thanks so much for that! Yeah it was my hope that it would be different enough to warrant a video and maybe influence others.

@RetroCrisis Год назад

This is fantastic! Thank you so much for taking the time to share the tech and methods used. I especially love that you worked the setup into your family room. Very classy bro

@salmakesthings Год назад

That means a lot. Thank you truly.

@olddadagamer Год назад

what a great setup my man. great job on everything! thanks for creating the video and showing us the break down of thought and finish. you did a great job, it's simply beautiful

@salmakesthings Год назад

:) thank you!!

@DadLadsGaming Год назад

Amazing set up mate. A man after my heart, I love neat set ups like this👍🏻👍🏻

@Horeteppe Год назад

This is legit FANTASTIC stuff! Great walkthrough! You have one damn amazing setup

@salmakesthings Год назад

Thanks so much.

@TwistedLogicGaming Год назад

Great work Sal congrats on achieving your goal !

@epicyes3096 Год назад

Your setup is absolutely amazing. You helped me out with planning mine, so I can't thank you enough!!!

@bnr32jason Год назад

If you ever decide to with a second TV, CRT, video capture card, etc, you should consider getting an Extron Crosspoint matrix switcher. The gcompsw/gscartsw are great devices, but the matrix switching brings everything to the next level for sure. It would allow you to send any video or audio signal to any display device you have however you want. If you get one with network functionality like the Crosspoint 450 (which I have) you can even use a web based UI for switching much like you are doing now. Great setup!

@salmakesthings Год назад

That sounds amazing. I might make that move someday as my obsession to improve things continues to fester.

@dantares3377 Год назад

Looks awesome. Great job planning this out.

@slaineNZ Год назад

Love the intro music dude! Rastan Saga was my favourite arcade game as a skid. Well done bro 🤘🏽

@buzzedword-irl Год назад

Good for you, man! this is amazing.

@poppinhoff4339 Год назад

And the dream becomes reality. Great video and amazing setup! Happy gaming

@83hd15 Месяц назад

Great video! I'm also a planner, but also obsessed upcycling. My beer crate console storage is probably going to get an upgrade at some stage

@RetroMoments Год назад

Great setup! Clean look for the win! You should sell stuff you don't play or use to fund a Neo Geo AES! Let me tell you, I did that and did not look back.

@salmakesthings Год назад

Thanks!! Yeah the NeoGeo is the last retro system I want. It will take a while but I'll get one eventually.

@WarCryGames Год назад

This was awesome! Great job planning and glad you have everything setup the way you want WHILE making your partner happy

@salmakesthings Год назад

She still wants to hate but she knows she can't :)

@choco_easty 5 месяцев назад

Your setup is amazing dude! Thanks for sharing this with us! I kept your video on bookmark as I plan to do a setup like this in my future home!

@HotSauceX05 6 месяцев назад

Dude, the Rastan intro was on point. Still one of my top 10 arcade games of all time.

@RetroBros1 9 месяцев назад

Amazing bro :) Well done

@SuperNicktendo Год назад

That's amazing. I'm personally a fan of only plugging in when needed but if I had the space I would probably go this route!

@RETRORALPH83 7 дней назад

Nice clean game room this what I want

@nintariplays5654 Год назад

Always interesting to see how other collectors have everything setup, great to pickup little ideas! I really need to quit being lazy and show what I ended up designing! I just picked up a Logitech hub at a thift store too to integrate, and later integrate in to Home assistant / google home.

@salmakesthings Год назад

Let me know I'd love to see it!

@Boswd Год назад

DAMN!!!!! Nice job

@RetroPlus 3 месяца назад

Oh wow that is a dream setup right there, i am so jealous!

@w0rdsandstuff 11 месяцев назад

nice setup !

@NinjaFaceGames 4 месяца назад

Absolute best console setup I've ever seen. Can you come to New Zealand and make me one lmao.

@salmakesthings 4 месяца назад

Thanks! Sure on my way.

@alonzor557 Год назад

Awesome setup bro congrats 💯🎉

@sleeplessmax Год назад

okay my childhood heart has exploded. you're awesome for this

@zoeycasa6497 4 месяца назад

WOW Fancy! thanks Bruh!

@VirtualRobotsRevolt Год назад

Love the setup and pin stripes.

@hammahead101 Год назад

That was really intuitive. Your display turned out super nice and clean looking.

@timeforgamesYT Год назад

Hey, I "know" you! I really enjoy your videos! :)

@hammahead101 Год назад

@@timeforgamesYT Thanks! Gotta love game setup videos.

@murrij Год назад

This is timely for me. Thank you.

@salmakesthings Год назад

Glad it could help someone! :)

@germanmancilla5133 Год назад

Excelent setup... congratulationd

@youngdannyaye Год назад

This hard af ngl

@renzorosciano7617 Год назад

The Rastan soundtrack in the background is classic

@salmakesthings Год назад

It's my fave.

@MaherTheWhiteHand 11 месяцев назад

Bless U Brother.. Go for this cool passion.. I think you can base a channel and a successful one and ever growing. 👍🏻👍🏻

@salmakesthings 10 месяцев назад

www.tiktok.com/@consolecrapshoot

@fuzzbear677 9 месяцев назад

I love the music you got on your man from raston one of my favorite arcade games all time Conan the Barbarian🎮🕹😀👍🏾

@nickwall3291 6 месяцев назад

Very cool setup, Just wish it was hooked up to a CRT to showcase what it actually looked like back in 80's and 90's, nothing beats nostalgia

@IxoranX Год назад

Perfect setup for the Tink-4K when it arrives! I have a very similar but very analog setup that's far far messier

@lily_borb 9 месяцев назад

The Seaman fan in me screamed at 10:22

@Hsterrn1 Год назад

I like the set up, it looks really clean. I like the wiring, the only thing I would change is the wire rack. Really great

@demonprincess5634 Год назад

i love the 70's look on your walls

@omgitsmario7 Год назад

Love this set up, this is what U want to do

@Metaman-xd9mm Год назад

Nice work Sal. I have a similar setup. I moved it to my office. Then I setup all my collection on launchbox with retroarch as emulation. Still play on original hardware and Sony pvm sometimes or via Framemeister. Thanks

@salmakesthings Год назад

Would love to see!

@jensenovesian2861 Год назад

Sick video

@TwistedLogicGaming Год назад

Love the Caldor colors hahahaha

@adamwilson1691 9 месяцев назад

It’s cool how you modded all your systems. Personally I like to play all my console through their best native outputs on a Sony trinitron crt. I’m fortunate I have the space for one.

@Ichabod_Jericho Год назад

People like to point to complexity as a sign of design, when truly well engineered design is as simple as possible and works every time. This is a landmark for gaming😂😂 incredible work dude, thanks for giving us all the tips & tricks Also, you don’t need a ps5 yet. Me and my buddies fantasized about it for 2 years, got them 4 months ago and there are literally 0 PS5 exclusive titles that we feel like playing. Best to wait until there’s lots of ps5 games to play..

@salmakesthings Год назад

Such a great compliment, thank you so much. Yeah the PS5 is basically a God of War/Spiderman machine for me. It can wait till the hardware revision.

@supersmallchibiwolf872 6 месяцев назад

Amazing game room and setup thank you for sharing. I enjoy seeing the unique collections and setups of other gamers I find it interesting and fun. The jab to the PS5 will always be a thing and I am convinced this will go down as one of the classic jabs in gaming like how people jab at the Nintendo Wii U name the Sony PlayStation 5 will get jabs due to It's design. I love the Sony PlayStation 5 and the memes / jabs that gamers have come up with. thanks for sharing. Cool video. ^_^

@omegamog Год назад

Nice setup! I'm not as far along, but I've been hesitant to invest as much into my setup. I'm surprised you don't have a Wii u or a crt You seem so ready for them. I'd recommend getting both sooner than later. The prices will only be going up.

@salmakesthings Год назад

I have since gotten a Wii U :)

@polygongsoftware Год назад

i like the background music from rastan.

@PROShineKITO 27 дней назад

REspect for you about the idea to no tinclud a PS5 Fat model in that beauty shelve!

@muttbone01 Год назад

@ 5:22-ish.... I love how two of the worst pieces of licensed Nintendo pieces of sh$t are in their own display case....the PowerGlove an VirtualBoy. LMAO

@whiskeyvengeance 9 месяцев назад

dude this is amazing! about how wide are the shelving units?

@salmakesthings 8 месяцев назад

57" wide total

@wretchedsavedbygrace4499 9 месяцев назад

What you used for power supplies for the older consoles. Cause they were big like blocks to plug in lol

@drknstodstny4141 8 месяцев назад

It's a nice clean setup but it's missing a couple of primo CRTs. I know they're chunky and take up extra space but most of your systems were optimally designed to be played on them. Thanks for sharing.

@salmakesthings 8 месяцев назад

I am holding out for one very specific CRT model for my setup. I search for it at least once a week but I can be patient till then :)

@ranchdressing1037 Год назад

Wild setup, looks great in the vid. Mine's pretty good, evolution has condensed much. Got loaded nes and snes minis, a loaded ouya (wonderful for PSP fun), N64 w/ed64, GC with a player, wii, wii u, switch, and a lil "arcade box" for mames.

@salmakesthings Год назад

Thanks!! That sounds like a fun setup! Would love to have an Ouya.

@ranchdressing1037 Год назад

@@salmakesthings thanks! I don't need to tell ya.. your craft deserves entry fee to see lol. I think you'd dig an Ouya.. there's fans out there that have brought/patched it back to life after Razer killed it. I recommend the brown copper one. Recently got a 50" Vizio to run it all and it works great.. but lately I've been using a Vankyo Burger projector for jumbo size wooooo.

@noahboat580 4 месяца назад

I really should setup a controller rack one day, i got so many playstation/ps2 controller variants its a shame its all in totes

@salmakesthings 4 месяца назад

Do it! Pegboard is a good way to go but even a door hung shoe organizer isn't bad. Anything to get em out of boxes.

@Schmitty23457 Год назад

Amazing! Still question on the wired controllers...is the rack of consoles just close enough for you to sit on the couch and play? Do you need/have extenders?

@salmakesthings Год назад

There's 2 baskets mounted on the bottom of my controller wall which are full of extensions for every type.

@bricethompson1922 Год назад

Just an idea but have you thought about rack mount power supplies? Since I got them 5 months ago I believe it knocked 13.50 off my electrick bills throughout those 5 months which I know doesn't sound like alot but over time it pays for it self and ultimately save you money it's about 30-40 for a 10 port version

@salmakesthings Год назад

Yes I did consider that. I discuss it in the video at about 3:44. It would be better in a lot of way$ but ultimately I wanted to only have to push one button for each action so I didn't end up doing it.

@SolSeal 7 месяцев назад

I was wishing for a crt but… I understand the absence of it because of the wife approval.

@sasheendowlath5245 Год назад

Awesome setup! What are the cable management hooks that you use? I'm having trouble finding something similar in Australia

@salmakesthings Год назад

I used these: Cablox 2x8 Cord Organizer (12... www.amazon.com/dp/B0872K8LMR?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

@salmakesthings Год назад

Let me know if link didn't show up I can dm you.

@guitaristtom 6 месяцев назад

Where did you find the 3d models of all the different systems??

@jarrettriley5967 Год назад

First like

@stephenmartin8331 3 месяца назад

I may have to move my wife to the porch so I can put this in my living room.

@olevet75 2 месяца назад

🤗

@RealziesCuts Год назад

Sal I subbed ✊🎮 Could you PLEASE let all of the retro gaming community online know that I live in Raleigh North Carolina and I work in Cary North Carolina which was recently announced the richest city in the United States 🤦‍♂️ BUT I sure can’t tell because we don’t have a single retro gaming store in Raleigh or Cary North Carolina. Not even one it’s really sad and depressing it feels like sacrilege man for the love of God will you please tell someone to open a mom and pop retro gaming store in this area. The 919 deserves BETTER 🙌

@salmakesthings Год назад

I feel the same way. I moved here from NYC and had access to amazing top tier retro shops. There is nothing in the triangle area that comes close to the kind of places like VideoGamesNY or Pink Gorilla in Seattle. I haven't even been able to find a good local reddit or facebook group either.

@MrLazenby007 Год назад

Very impressive. Just wondering, do you normally play games distorted/stretched 33% along the horizontal plane?

@salmakesthings Год назад

I do not. There's one part where I am playing a video of zelda stretched off RU-vid just to have something in the background or show the screen size. And the other parts of the video when I'm actually playing it is not stretched.

@LovingTechLife Год назад

Hey Sal great setup. I’m in the middle of converting a space in my garage and was looking for ideas. The tall shelving with the consoles crossed my mind but happy to see it implemented and that it’s feasible. Is it possible to share the shelving design? Not sure of I’d get around to using it but would like to make enquires locally to get pricing.

@salmakesthings Год назад

I could share the Adobe Dimension file with you with a few caveats. For one the height isn't accurate because the shelves in my design have no thickness. It ended up being MUCH taller.

@LovingTechLife Год назад

@@salmakesthings Thanks Sal yeah I’d appreciate it. Even if I don’t get someone to make the same thing the measurements and console heights will be useful for sure. Do yo have the details for the PDUs you used? How did you work out the distance for the cables to the PDU and SCART switch etc?

@salmakesthings Год назад

I'll email you a link for the PDUs. The answer to the 2nd question is just patience, trial & error haha.

@LovingTechLife Год назад

@@salmakesthings 😂 Thanks! Got your email.

@salmakesthings Год назад

*Another update* I made a little gaming TikTok where I play a random game per episode called Console Crapshoot www.tiktok.com/@consolecrapshoot

@SadManHappyFace 5 месяцев назад

Damn, really amazing setup! But why 16:9?😂

@salmakesthings 5 месяцев назад

The 16:9 shots are only when I was playing RU-vid clips in the background shooting in my dining room. Not my actual game play:)

@supernoobcafe2680 Год назад

Vídeo games e pão com ovo é tudo de bom.

@themonsterunderyourbed9408 Год назад

RIP dithering.

@chromysilver Месяц назад

i have a question for you that i think you might havea good answer for. do you leave all youre consoles plugged in to the wall or do you unplug them? I always unplug them becuase ive heard its bad for youre consoles overtime, but its a hassle everytime. How do you do this?

@salmakesthings Месяц назад

It is generally good to not have them plugged in. I feel it is best to have them all on a large surge protector and have the surge on a nice battery backup UPS. Then you can just flip the surge protectors off. However I kinda keep everything on most of the time unless I go away on vacation or something. I like everything to be one button automated. I've also soldered new capacitors into every system for this reason so they don't really take damage and I'll recap them again every 12-15 years or so.

@chromysilver Месяц назад

@@salmakesthings exactly i think ill buy one of those surge protectors with a switch. and about soldering all new capacitors, im a guy who likes to keep all of his consoles all original and dont like opening them. but thanks for the advice!

@korori Год назад

Do you still have the 3d models for the consoles?

@salmakesthings Год назад

Probably somewhere

@olevet75 2 месяца назад

any particular reason to have ps 1/ ps2 separately while your ps3 fully bc compatible? just for pure expirience I'd asume

@salmakesthings 2 месяца назад

Yeah. I like to play on original hardware whenever possible. Plus not everything is 100% compatible. Games, peripherals and general feel isn't the same.

@olevet75 Месяц назад

@@salmakesthings your dedication to project is just mesmerizing how you were able to pull this off. Wii U has HDMI out and automatically take an edge over regular Wii not needing modify and to deal with peaky dongles and separate sound wires + 1 gaming gen more in same closure.

@BobSure_AKA_PotatoSmasher 4 месяца назад

GeeZus

@ChristopherWrasse 5 месяцев назад

I believe everyone wants to know the answer to this question... How much do you have invested in this setup? And expanding to another question, total cost for your entire retro collection?

@salmakesthings 5 месяцев назад

Ha I have no idea. This has been slowly building for 40 years. But according to GamEye I'd say roughly 40k-ish

@TurtleSauceGaming Год назад

Gotta ask, in your old setup, why a genesis model 3 and a tower of power?

@salmakesthings Год назад

No reason in particular, just simply because I had it.

@TurtleSauceGaming Год назад

@@salmakesthings fair enough

@salmakesthings Год назад

@@TurtleSauceGaming Good eye by the way LOL

@jarrettriley5967 Год назад

My Samsung qled doesn’t take the 1440p image from my retrotink 5x. Which model do you own?

@salmakesthings Год назад

Did you update the firmware? The new firmware has an option to enable different resolutions in the menus. Then theres a secondary 1440p config that should work.

@salmakesthings Год назад

I'm pretty sure you can enable extra resolutions in the OSD menu if memory serves. Then you will have the 2nd 1440p option which works on Samsung QLED.

@salmakesthings Год назад

Or maybe it's in the HDMI menu. One of those, check it out but it WILL work

@jarrettriley5967 Год назад

Maybe it’s because my model is the 2019 model?

@salmakesthings Год назад

@@jarrettriley5967 did you upgrade the firmware and turn on the experimental resolutions yet?

@jdchainsaw1335 Год назад

Rastan soundtrack = sub'd.

@salmakesthings Год назад

It's the best of the era.

@rphntw1n 3 месяца назад

Could have used more footage of the setup. Like, a lot more. Almost barely saw it.

@Richbroth Месяц назад

Updated video?

@salmakesthings Месяц назад

Ha! No update but I do a weekly TikTok show called Console Crapshoot. It's also on RU-vid but I don't have any followers on that one.

@nubianprincessqueenofsaba2342 Год назад

Why is there a stream with the color combination of the german flag in your room ?? I am German

@salmakesthings Год назад

The German flag is black, red and yellow... My wall is brown, orange and yellow.

@ogre706 2 месяца назад

Really appreciate your focus on gaming and enjoying the experiences the different consoles provide, instead of hoarding. Err, sorry, collecting.

@Drewkhat Месяц назад

pathetic

@Vvewa Год назад

Fully appreciate the effort but it's way too much for me. I went the opposite way, as least as possible. Mister for everything I want to play ps1 and below, a sega saturn with fenrir (will sell when the mister saturn core is 100%) PC emulation via crt emudriver for arcade games not on mister and n64. Dreamcast and gamecube upscaled emulation on my pc gaming monitor. I don't want to revisit ps2, xbox, ps3 or xbox 360.

@salmakesthings Год назад

The Mister is awesome. If I were to start now I'd just do that.

@zairman Год назад

"Because I don't want my partner to leave me" Seriously? If someone leaves you over the way something looks in a room. That's pretty shallow......

@salmakesthings Год назад

Do you go through life thinking everyone making light jokey comments are being serious?? That must be very exhausting. Was kidding friend, take it easy.

@jalaimo1126 11 месяцев назад

What is this partner business. Is she your girlfriend, wife? Whats the deal?

@maxinsano7376 20 часов назад

Gimme CRT or Gimme Death. What a bunch of wasted effort

@holdenafart7372 Год назад

why don't u put all the consoles with a figure 8 power in in the same row that way u can have one power cord and just move it same thing with av cables used for the same system ei SNES and gamecube. why have 10 power cables when u can have one figure 8 per row. not like u playing 3 systems at the same time. the cable does not even have to be permanent put it in a drawer when your done also helps with critters to not have systems plugged up all the time.

@CSIG1001 8 месяцев назад

you could empty half your shelf with just using the mister fpga and get neo geo with other cores as well

@psychoapplesauceeater8562 8 месяцев назад

Nah. Pass

@ryan89554 5 месяцев назад

would you stop white knighting about not "pirating" decade old games by greedy as corporations that want to keep re selling a small select amount of games while the whole back catalogue is inaccessible due to licensing or dated copyrights or the game cart is over 200 dollars on ebay.

@salmakesthings 5 месяцев назад

The joke clearly went over your head. I put that in there as a legal protection, claiming I would never do something that I clearly do.

@constantlycorrect8550 6 месяцев назад

Typical bandwagon-jumping hack. Pirating games, playing games in the wrong aspect ratio, and a fan of led shelf lighting. Lol.

@salmakesthings 6 месяцев назад

I don't play games in the wrong aspect ratio. I had a youtube video playing in the background for ambiance and that was in widescreen. Also I don't have any LED lighting. You seem like a typical snob douchebag who needs to constantly tell other people how they should be enjoying their hobby. You do your setup in whatever way makes you happy.