YACardEmu (YetAnotherCardEmu) is a software emulator to emulate a range of magnetic card readers found in various arcade machines. Currently supported models are Sanwa CRP-1231BR-10, the CRP-1231LR-10NAB, and CR-S31R-10HS3 models which are commonly found in games such as Wangan Midnight Tune 3, Virtual-On Force, THE iDOLM@STER, F-Zero, Mario Kart, and Initial D series arcade cabinets.
Checkout some gameplay videos here!
Card images are now working! Place base images in a folder called images
in the same folder as YACardEmu.exe
, and the application will randomly choose one when the game calls to save. You'll see afterwards that a image will be placed in the same folder as your cards with your card name. The UI will also display this when picking a card. Enjoy.
Ubuntu / Debian / Raspbian
sudo apt install build-essential cmake pkg-config libserialport-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev
Windows
Precompiled Windows binaries can be found here.
- Visual Studio 2022
- C++ desktop development
- Windows Universal CRT SDK
- C++ CMake tools for Windows
- Git for Windows
- Optional if you already have Git installed
Ubuntu / Debian / Raspbian
git clone --recursive https://github.com/GXTX/YACardEmu
cd YACardEmu
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build .
Windows
- If you don't have CMake installed, open
___ Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 20##
. git clone --recursive https://github.com/GXTX/YACardEmu
cd
to theYACardEmu
directory.- Run these commands.
mkdir build & cd build
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
- VS2022 17.0 or later is required.
cmake --build . --config Release
- All the required files will be in
build\Release
You must have a USB to RS232 (or a physical serial port) connected to your machine. Configuration is made via both a config.ini
file & via a web portal / API.
To access the web portal point your browser to http://YOURIPHERE:8080/
, this web page is where you'll choose your card and insert your card.
Editing config.ini
to point to where you want your cards stored is required.
Ubuntu
cp ../config.ini.sample config.ini
./YACardEmu
Windows
cd Release
YACardEmu.exe
If you're wanting to run this on hardware there are some settings you'll need to be aware of.
SEGA Chihiro
Wangan Maximum Tune 1 : CRP-1231LR-10NAB | 9600 none
Wangan Maximum Tune 2 : CRP-1231LR-10NAB | 9600 none
Namco System N2
Wangan Maximum Tune 3 : CR-S31R-10HS3 | 38400 even
Wangan Maximum Tune 3DX : CR-S31R-10HS3 | 38400 even
Wangan Maximum Tune 3DX+ : CR-S31R-10HS3 | 38400 even
SEGA Hikaru
Virtual-On Force (電脳戦機バーチャロン フォース) : CRP-1231BR-10 | 9600 even
†Requires SEGA P/N 838-13661 RS232 converter PCB
Namco System 246
THE iDOLM@STER (アイドルマスタ) : CRP-1231LR-10NAB | 9600 none
SEGA NAOMI
Derby Owners Club World Edition : CRP-1231BR-10 | 9600 even
†Requires SEGA P/N 838-13661 RS232 converter PCB
SEGA NAOMI 2
Initial D Arcade Stage Ver.1 : CRP-1231BR-10 | 9600 even
Initial D Arcade Stage Ver.2 : CRP-1231BR-10 | 9600 even
Initial D Arcade Stage Ver.3 : CRP-1231BR-10 | 9600 even
SEGA Triforce
F-Zero AX : CRP-1231BR-10 | 9600 even
Mario Kart Arcade GP : CRP-1231LR-10NAB | 9600 none
Mario Kart Arcade GP2 : CRP-1231LR-10NAB | 9600 none