# Orlandu's Arcade (remote · www.orlandu.com)

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

- Trust score: 76/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `www.orlandu.com`: 76/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-orlandu-arcade/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-orlandu-arcade/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 9 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 74/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1094 tokens (~121/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 80/100
  - Stability observed for 24 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 93/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 80% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Orlandu's Arcade MCP server?

Orlandu's Arcade is a hosted endpoint at https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-orlandu-arcade 'https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-orlandu-arcade": {
      "url": "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-orlandu-arcade": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-orlandu-arcade]
url = "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-orlandu-arcade": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-orlandu-arcade --url 'https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-orlandu-arcade:
    url: "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-orlandu-arcade": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-orlandu-arcade -t streamable-http -u 'https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-orlandu-arcade": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 70 to 73. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 21 days of observed history at the previous scan, 22 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 72, 0)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: pass → fail
- [functional] New tool “registry_census”

### 2026-10-27 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-24 (score 70, 0)

- [security] Tool “plan_connection” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads

## MCP tools (9)

### `search_orlandu` (~98 tokens)

Search orlandu.com

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.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string, required): Words to look for, e.g. 'BVM-20E1U option slots' or 'PlayChoice-10 toppers'

### `read_orlandu_page` (~86 tokens)

Read a 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'.

Input parameters:

- `max_chars` (integer)
- `page` (string, required): Slug or URL

### `list_orlandu_pages` (~35 tokens)

List pages

Every page on orlandu.com with its title, URL and one-line description — the site map for an agent.

### `sony_monitor_specs` (~90 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `model` (string): Substring of a model name; omit for all

### `playchoice_10_library` (~44 tokens)

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.

### `bkm_cards` (~109 tokens)

Sony BKM option 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.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string): Substring of a card model or a monitor model; omit for all

### `console_video_out` (~73 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `console` (string): Substring of a console name; omit for all

### `registry_census` (~195 tokens)

The Orlandu Registry

The Orlandu Registry: a serial-number census of surviving Sony BVM and PVM monitors, kept by their owners (live data). With no argument: how many monitors, models, owners and countries are registered, the survivor count per model, and the records. With a model (e.g. 'BVM-20E1U' or 'PVM-20L5'): that model's registered entries — masked serial, plate date, hours, condition, note, where it came from — and its serial-range points. Serials are masked by design; emails never leave the server. Dataset CC BY 4.0; the full list is at https://www.orlandu.com/api/registry?export=json (or export=csv).

Input parameters:

- `model` (string): A Sony BVM or PVM model, e.g. 'BVM-20E1U'; omit for the census summary

### `plan_connection` (~206 tokens)

Will it connect?

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.

Input parameters:

- `console` (string, required): Console name, e.g. 'Super Nintendo' or 'Dreamcast'
- `monitor` (string, required): Monitor model, e.g. 'BVM-20E1U'

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-orlandu-arcade/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 76
- 2026-11-04: 75
- 2026-11-03: 75
- 2026-11-02: 74
- 2026-11-01: 74
- 2026-10-31: 73
- 2026-10-30: 73
- 2026-10-29: 72
- 2026-10-28: 72
- 2026-10-27: 72
- 2026-10-26: 71
- 2026-10-25: 71
- 2026-10-24: 70
- 2026-10-23: 70
- 2026-10-22: 69
- 2026-10-21: 69
- 2026-10-20: 68
- 2026-10-19: 68
- 2026-10-18: 67
- 2026-10-17: 67
- 2026-10-16: 66
- 2026-10-15: 66
- 2026-10-14: 65
- 2026-10-13: 65
- 2026-10-12: 64

## Common questions

### What is the Orlandu's Arcade MCP server?

Orlandu's Arcade is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.orlandu/arcade. Read-only tools for orlandu.com: site search, pages, Sony PVM/BVM specs, PlayChoice-10 library. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp).

### Is the Orlandu's Arcade MCP server safe to use?

Orlandu's Arcade scores 76 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Orlandu's Arcade MCP server expose?

Orlandu's Arcade exposes 9 tools: search_orlandu, read_orlandu_page, list_orlandu_pages, sony_monitor_specs, playchoice_10_library, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 936 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Orlandu's Arcade MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Orlandu's Arcade without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Orlandu's Arcade MCP server still maintained?

Orlandu's Arcade is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://www.orlandu.com/api/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/orlandu81/orlandu.com
- Website: https://www.orlandu.com/mcp.html
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-orlandu-arcade/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-orlandu-arcade/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-orlandu-arcade/api-mcp