How to Rotate & Split Screen for Cocktail Cabinet on EmuSon OS and Batocera

A cocktail arcade cabinet, also known as a tabletop arcade cabinet, is a type of arcade machine that is designed to be played while sitting at a table. The cabinet is typically shorter than a traditional arcade cabinet, and features a flat top surface with two sets of controls on opposite sides of the table.

The screen of a cocktail arcade cabinet is typically mounted horizontally, and flips between two orientations - one for each player. This allows two players to sit across from each other and play games together, without having to take turns or switch seats.

Cocktail arcade cabinets were popular in the 1980s and 1990s, and typically featured classic arcade games like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Space Invaders. Today, many companies offer retro-inspired cocktail arcade cabinets that can be loaded with dozens or even hundreds of classic arcade games, making them a popular choice for home entertainment or game rooms.

Check this one on Amazon if you would like to learn more, or order a finished, commercial grade cocktail arcade cab.

If you're a DIY type of handyman, you can follow this great tutorial on GeekPub  to build your own cab from scratch. 

Once you have your cab, you also need to properly set up your screen. In this video, we will show you guys how to rotate and split screen for your head to head cocktail cabinet in EmuSon OS and Batocera. 

For:

• EmuSon Board/EmuSon OS
• Batocera
• Sonicon Retro Consoles

Steps:

1. Download the system patch made by Sonicon team from Google Drive;
2. Unzip and copy the "shaders" folder to /userdata, via network share or SFTP;
3. Configure your system:
   1. Restart the system;
   2. Rotate your screen by 90 degree to vertical mode, if you have not done so, by going to "Main Menu>System Settings>Screen Rotation";
   3. For global setting (if you wish to use cocktail mode for every game in every emulator), change shader to "cocktail-portrait-head2head-split-screen" in the following location: "Main Menu>Game Settings>Game Rendering>Shader Set", for global configuration;
   4. For system level setting (if you wish to use cocktail mode for every game in one particular system), change shader for that system by going to the particular game list and press "Select", then "View Options>Advanced System Options>Game Rendering>Shader Set";
   5. For game level setting (if you wish to use cocktail mode for a specific game), select the game in the list, hold button or depending on your system configuration, set shader in "Game Options(Hold)>Options>Advanced Game Options>Game Rendering>Shader Set".