Taito Type X (typex)

for Batocera and Retrobat

The Taito Type X is an arcade system board released in 2004 by game developer and publisher Taito.

Based on commodity personal computer hardware architecture, Type X is not a specification for a single set of hardware, but rather a modular platform supporting multiple hardware configurations with different levels of graphical capability. This flexibility allows game developers limited choice in selecting a configuration to fit the game's specific requirements, and allows the platform as a whole to more efficiently support gaming titles with vastly different computing needs. For example, the Type X+ and Type X2 models have upgrade graphics processing power, which could be put toward better game visuals, or outputting to higher-resolution (HDTV) displays. The Type X7 board is used primarily for pachinko machines in Japan. Rawiya co-owned the company that produced this system board.

Taito Type X and X7 use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional as the recommended development platform.

The Taito NESiCAxLive add-on allows arcade owners to use a digital distribution system to download games.

The package includes:

8 games in pack for Batocera (~4 GB)
9 games in pack for Batocera (~4 GB)

Pack for Batocera   Pack for Retrobat   

Batocera pack NOTE:
Requirements: minimum RGS Batocera v39 with latest updates (check discord how to update)

Q: What is Arcade PC?
A: Arcade PC games are modern arcade games not playable with MAME, such as the BlazBlue series.

Q: Is this Teknoparrot?
A: Not quite. Teknoparrot is only a game launcher, and unfortunately, it does not work on Batocera/Linux.

Q: How does it work?
A: Launching Arcade PC games in Batocera is achieved using JConfig through Wine.

Q: What are JConfig and Wine?
A: JConfig is not just a program for launching recent arcade games; it includes a wide collection of launchers, tools, emulators, and patched executables for a better "arcade at home" experience. Wine enables Windows games/applications to run on Linux (Batocera).

Q: Does this sound complicated? Should we be worried?
A1: No need to worry! We've packaged the games to launch on most systems (Intel i5 / AMD Zen1).

Q: Is there anything else we need to know?
A: Yes, a few minor details:

- Most lightgun games require an actual lightgun (e.g., Sinden).
- Some lightgun games can be played with a mouse (a mouse indicator icon is present in the wheel).
- All games use a custom Wine GE runner and manual pad2key made by SPiRiT!
- A lot of Boxart is fictional as these games does not have boxart, missing boxart is custom created by G-spawn! ty ty!

How to install Batocera pack:
Drag and drop the "typex" folder into the 'roms' directory and Enjoy!

Retrobat pack NOTE:
Requirements: minimum Windows 10,11 with VisualC runtime and Directplay, RetroBat 6.3.1 with RGS Latest update

Teknoparrot on RetroBat will auto configure controllers more info: https://wiki.retrobat.org/systems-and-emulators/supported-game-systems/arcade/teknoparrot

If you want to setup your own controller, lightgun or steering wheel from Teknoparrot UI, you must disable autoconfigure controllers in RetroBat menu first RetroBat > Advanced Emualtor settings > autoconfigure controllers to OFF.

To setup your APM3ID you have to go into RetroBat > Advanced Emualtor settings > User Interface and put in your profile name.

All games have been tested and working to run on a i5 9th gen, Nvidia GTX 1050, RTX 3050.

The Teknoparrot launcher has been setup on R: but also tested on other drives, so far everything is portable.

When extracting or launching games your AV will trigger (Windows Defender), this almost always happens with teknoparrot games because there are patched .exe files. This is a false positive and you should exclude the RetroBat directory and Teknoparrot game files (including where you download it).

Team Pixel Nostalgia can't support Teknoparrot, this has its own community with patches for GPU's etc.

Requirements: Windows 10,11 with VisualC runtime and Directplay, RetroBat 6.3.1 with RGS Latest update

VisualC AIO runtime: https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/

DirectPlay: open a CMD as Admin and run:

CODE:

dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:DirectPlay /All

How to install Retrobat pack:
Drag and drop the "typex" folder into the 'roms' directory and Enjoy!