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Orlandu's Arcade MCP Server

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Orlandu's Arcade is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.

Read-only tools for orlandu.com: site search, pages, Sony PVM/BVM specs, PlayChoice-10 library.

Uptime history 29 days of history · worst day 0%
29 days agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 91 checks
8
Tools
read from the server
107 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 6 Nov 2026

What changed 2

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 25 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

25 Oct a tool appeared plan_connection
25 Oct a tool description was rewritten sony_monitor_specs

What the code does

We read the source, 1 d ago · tools taken from the live server · rules 995398eba69f

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

const SEARCH_INDEX = vm.runInNewContext(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "assets", "search-index.js"), "utf8") + "\nSEARCH_INDEX;");
Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Executes code built at runtime tools/eval-search.mjs:22
const SEARCH_INDEX = vm.runInNewContext(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, "assets", "search-index.js"), "utf8") + "\nSEARCH_INDEX;");
def git(*a): return subprocess.run(["git", *a], cwd=root, capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
    osd.innerHTML=lines.join('\n'); osd.className='osd on';

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch Orlandu's Arcade and you get told the day something new turns up.

Three servers free · no card

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add arcade --transport http https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.arcade]
url = "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arcade": {
      "url": "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "arcade": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

orlandu
list_orlandu_pages
Every page on orlandu.com with its title, URL and one-line description — the site map for an agent.
read_orlandu_page
The full readable text of one orlandu.com page as Markdown (no images). Give the page's URL or slug, e.g. 'pvm-20l5-buying-guide' or 'https://www.orlandu.com/pvm-vs-bvm.html'.
search_orlandu
Full-text search over every page, card, glossary term and gallery caption on orlandu.com. Returns the best-matching pages with a snippet and URL. Use it first, then read_orlandu_page for the full text.
bkm
bkm_cards
Every Sony BKM option card for the CRT-era BVM and PVM monitors: Sony's name, what it does, which chassis it fits, and the Sony source. Optional filter matched against the card model AND the Fits column, e.g. 'BKM-129X', 'PVM-20L5' or 'BVM-A'. Dataset CC BY 4.0.
console
console_video_out
How each retro console in the collection reaches a Sony professional monitor: the modification (if any), the video output used, and the cable chain. Optional console filter, e.g. 'Genesis'. Dataset CC BY 4.0.
plan
plan_connection
Plan the connection from a retro console to one of the Sony monitors in the collection: the best signal the pair shares, the cable chain step by step, sync and 75-ohm termination rules, and whether a BKM card, a console mod or adapter, or a converter is needed. Consoles: NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Genesis, Saturn, PC Engine, PlayStation, PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox, Wii, Neo Geo, Master System. Monitors: PVM-2950Q, PVM-20L5, BVM-20E1U, BVM-A14F5U, LMD-9020/9030/9050/940W. Rules dataset CC BY 4.0.
playchoice
playchoice_10_library
The 52 games Nintendo released for the PlayChoice-10 arcade system, each with a photo of its original game board. Dataset CC BY 4.0.
sony
sony_monitor_specs
Specifications of the Sony PVM, BVM and LMD monitors in the collection (display, size, resolution, formats, inputs, option slots, weight, dimensions, era). Optional model filter, e.g. 'PVM-20L5' or 'BVM'. Dataset CC BY 4.0.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp streamable-http answering 107 ms 4 min ago

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Orlandu's Arcade — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Orlandu's Arcade do?
It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: bkm_cards, console_video_out, list_orlandu_pages, plan_connection, playchoice_10_library, read_orlandu_page and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Orlandu's Arcade working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 107 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists Orlandu's Arcade as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect Orlandu's Arcade?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Orlandu's Arcade need an API key?
No. Orlandu's Arcade completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
Is Orlandu's Arcade open source?
We cannot say either way: written in HTML and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.