SEGA Lindbergh Emulator

This project emulates the SEGA Lindbergh, allowing games to run on modern Linux computers to be used as replacement hardware for broken Lindbergh systems in physical arcade machines. It supports both Intel and AMD CPUs as well as Intel, NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, surround sound audio, networking and JVS pass through.

📚 Documentation

For detailed information on configuration and controls, please see the following guides:

• 🚀 General Guide: Information on supported games, known issues, and general configuration.
• 🎮 Controls Guide: A detailed guide on how to customize your controls using the controls.ini file.

If you'd like to support the development work of this emulator, see early development builds or get support from the authors please consider becoming a patreon here.

If you need any help please ask the community in the arcade community discord. Please only submit issues if they are bugs with the software, ask in the arcade community discord if you're not sure if it's a bug or you're not setting something up properly!

Building & Running

In order to build the loader you will need to install the following dependencies in a Linux environment. We recommend Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, but it will run in almost any modern distro using the AppImage or the Flatpak..
Please note other dependencies might be required to run games (see the guide).

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential gcc-multilib g++-multilib cmake fuse freeglut3-dev:i386 libvdpau1:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libxmu6:i386 \
  libpcsclite1:i386 libncurses5:i386 unzip libsndio-dev libsndio-dev:i386 pulseaudio-utils:i386 zlib1g:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 \
  libasound2 libasound2-dev libasound2:i386 libasound2-dev:i386 libfreetype6-dev:i386 libdbus-1-dev libpulse-dev libdbus-1-dev:i386 \
  libudev-dev:i386 libxcursor-dev:i386 libxfixes-dev:i386 libxi-dev:i386 libxrandr-dev:i386 libxss-dev:i386 libxxf86vm-dev:i386 git

This emulator will need access to the input devices and serial devices on your computer. You should add your user account to the following groups and then restart your computer.

sudo usermod -a -G dialout,input $USER

Then you should clone the repository, change directory into it and run make.

git clone git@github.com:lindbergh-loader/lindbergh-loader.git
cd lindbergh-loader
./scripts/appimage/build-deps.sh
make

You should then copy the contents of the build directory to your game directory and run ./lindbergh for the game, or ./lindbergh -t for test mode. Please note you might need to set the game executable as "executable" using chmod +x.

cp -a build/* /home/games/the-house-of-the-dead-4/disk0/elf/.
cd /home/games/the-house-of-the-dead-4/disk0/elf/.
./lindbergh

If you'd like to change game settings copy the default configuration file from the repository to your game directory.

cp build/docs/lindbergh.conf /home/games/the-house-of-the-dead-4/disk0/elf/.
nano lindbergh.conf

Please take a look at the configuration options, supported games and known issues in the guide.

License

Lindbergh Loader by Lindbergh Loader Development Team is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Our project is open source, and our primary goal is to preserve and maintain Lindbergh arcade machines, ensuring they continue to operate in arcades. We encourage individuals to use the information provided for their own open source projects and contribute to the development of the loader to improve it for the benefit of the community. However, we do not permit the use of any of our code in pay-to-play/subscription/commercial ventures without prior consent from the Lindbergh Loader Development Team. If we become aware of any such use, we reserve the right to take legal action.

Thanks

This project has been built by referencing various earlier projects and would like to extend it's thanks to everyone that has contributed to the Lindbergh scene.

Takedown Notices

The Lindbergh Loader Development Team respects intellectual property rights and is committed to ensuring that no copyrighted material is shared without proper authorization. If you believe that we are infringing on your intellectual property or have any concerns regarding our activities, please email us at bobby [at] dilley [dot] uk. We are more than happy to address any issues and discuss them further.