Product support for your Iconic Arcade.
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Before starting for the first time, insert the USB stick in the USB-Port at the front. Also insert the SD card at the back in the card reader. The device is turned on with the switch at the top left under the cover. The following two images appear.
Here you can find helpful english videos about the Iconic Arcade machine:
After starting, the country and language must first be set. First press the A button and use the joystick to navigate to the desired country, then press A to confirm
Press the Y button and use the joystick to navigate to the desired language, then press A to confirm.
After the language selection the Wireless button is then active at the bottom of the screen. Use the joystick to move one to the right to Wireless and confirm with the A button.
It automatically scans for available networks.
Navigate to Exit and press A to confirm.
⚠️ Note ⚠️ If you select Exit and press Y you will open the desktop from Rasperry Pi OS. For the desktop you will need mouse and keyboard.
The tests are started by pressing the A button. Instructions for moving the joystick appear
Start the test with the A button.
Different colors are shown on the display. If everything is OK, confirm with R.
Start the test with the A button. Sound will played over the speaker.
If you hear sound, press R to confirm.
Press A to start the test to see whether the memory card is available and usable.
Exit the test area with B.
Navigate to Install and press A. The joystick can now be used to navigate through the various distributions (Batocera, Recalbox, Retro Pie, Lakka, Rasberry Pi OS).
Select Batocera and press A to confirm. Confirm with R that the SD card is deleted and the download of the distribution begins.
⚠️Note⚠️ If the distribution has already been downloaded before, it is stored on the USB stick and is installed from there directly onto the SD card. After downloading the image will be verifying. The installation starts automatically. If successful, you will be prompted to restart the system. Press B to close the message.
The downloaded image cannot be verified correctly. This occours if the Arcade is offline or the network connection is unstable. Sometimes the download server are busy. Please try again later.
After installation shut down device and remove the USB-Stick. Turn it on and Batocera, or an other distribution, will start.
With the Iconic Arcade machine, you can choose between the following four emulators to play games, with the Batocera version pre-installed:
You can find more information about the distributions here:
Use the buttons according to the display, or navigate using the joysticks.
Joystick - up, down, left, rightButton A - ConfirmButton B - BackStart + Select - Leave game, back in BatoceraStart - Batocera configuration menuButton Y - not always occupiedOnly the Batocera and RecalBox distributions include a few free games. If you want games for other systems (Atari, Sega, Amiga, eg.) you need to buy compatible ROM files via onlinestores eg. Steam, gog, HumbleBundle or downloading free games from developer directly.
In Batocera, hold down B for a long time before starting the game. A menu will open in which you can add the selected game to your favourites.
You can find detailed information about it in this video.
On then storage card in Share / ROM you will find several folder for all the compatible systems. Put the ROM files in the correct folder. After a reboot the games will be available in the Batocera menu.
If the Rasberry Pi OS distribution is installed, a maximum size of 64 GB is possible. No restrictions are known for other variants.
The device is advertised and sold with one gigabyte of RAM.
If an app does not start on a high-resolution display or does not start in full screen mode, selecting a lower resolution can help. Use the mouse or keyboard to select the application window if it is not operable.
If problems occur in a wireless network environment, it may help to restart the device. It may also help to work in a password-protected network, as these networks are better supported by the system or to operate the Iconic Arcade Machine with the help of a network cable (already connected before the boot process) if possible.
To be able to transfer files via the network, first open the path via the file browser: ➡️ Network ➡️ BATOCERA ➡️ share ➡️ roms. Then open a subfolder (e.g. atari2600, amiga 500, megadrive) and place the rom files there.
It measures 56 x 50 x 158 cm (width x depth x height) and weighs around 31 kg.