thinking about building a arcade cabinet- questions
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today, I was thinking about arcade games and mame. someone posted on forum 42 how to create a mame cabinet, and i thought hell, I could do a nintendo cabinet! With internet capabilities! think about it, 4-player SSB, mortal kombat online AT THE ARCADE I would like to, goldeneye 007, doom, hexen, and wolfenstein at the arcade with your buddies! In your bed room! but I need to know some info
1. what are the best emulators with internet capabilities for NES, SNES and N64 for The PC? what about the DC?
2. did the SNES have any 4 player games?
3. someone said that if I get a few dreamcast keyboards, I can solder those the same as I would a PC for the buttons. Is this true?
4. will the SNES light gun work with the NES?
5. I want to make EVERY game playable, so does this mean I will have to get a SNES mouse? can I just use a joystick? I know you can convert a mouse into a trackball... so were there any 2 player games with the mouse?
6. are there any 2 player light gun games for the NES? SNES?
Thanks,
Ty
1. what are the best emulators with internet capabilities for NES, SNES and N64 for The PC? what about the DC?
2. did the SNES have any 4 player games?
3. someone said that if I get a few dreamcast keyboards, I can solder those the same as I would a PC for the buttons. Is this true?
4. will the SNES light gun work with the NES?
5. I want to make EVERY game playable, so does this mean I will have to get a SNES mouse? can I just use a joystick? I know you can convert a mouse into a trackball... so were there any 2 player games with the mouse?
6. are there any 2 player light gun games for the NES? SNES?
Thanks,
Ty
Re: thinking about building a arcade cabinet- questions
SNES = zsnes1. what are the best emulators with internet capabilities for NES, SNES and N64 for The PC? what about the DC?
Not sure for NES...check out zophar.net for good info on a good one to use for what you want. Same for the N64
All I can think of is Bomberman as a 4 player game.2. did the SNES have any 4 player games?
Theoretically, it should work as the NES lightgun requires only 1 button...give it a go4. will the SNES light gun work with the NES?
Yes, you can use the joystick as a mouse for the SNES (using ZSNES). Just configure it in the options and you are good to go.5. I want to make EVERY game playable, so does this mean I will have to get a SNES mouse? can I just use a joystick? I know you can convert a mouse into a trackball... so were there any 2 player games with the mouse?
I don't think there are 2 player games with the mouse. Not much support went into it...
NES - Duckhunt, Hogan's Alley, and theres also a cowboy game i cannot remember.6. are there any 2 player light gun games for the NES? SNES?
SNES - Lethal Enforcers 1 and 2
Your welcome! Hopefully someone else can add on to this.Thanks,
Ty
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It's better if you get the mame32 version so you don't have to install anything thru source, and it's compatible with windows as well. Look for that thru google and once downloaded, extract, and open that folder. Everything will pretty much be self explanitory for what goes where.
Start off with that, and then ask away for any other questions that comes into play. Also, there should be a read-me file that tells you what works and doesn't, also, it tells you the name the rom files should be.
Start off with that, and then ask away for any other questions that comes into play. Also, there should be a read-me file that tells you what works and doesn't, also, it tells you the name the rom files should be.
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Yeah Starfox is 4 player as well.ganonbanned wrote:2. did the SNES have any 4 player games?
I would say theoreticly yes as the addapters I've seen for going to PS/2 are really nothing more then pin adapters.3. someone said that if I get a few dreamcast keyboards, I can solder those the same as I would a PC for the buttons. Is this true?
Yes it should as the NES and SNES use the same pin settings. Really if you look for pinouts of these two consoles they're grouped together.4. will the SNES light gun work with the NES?
Yeah I think you can use the joystick in the Mario Paint. Also I don't think there were any 2 player games that used the mouse. The mouse really wasn't going to work as well as a controller, still doesn't... unless you have a keyboard next to the mouse.5. I want to make EVERY game playable, so does this mean I will have to get a SNES mouse? can I just use a joystick? I know you can convert a mouse into a trackball... so were there any 2 player games with the mouse?
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alright few more question: I want this to feel like a real arcade game. that meanse, running all of the time. make it so there is no PC bootup screen or anything like that, when you turn it on the program starts up. also, what is a good video card with RCA output? and can i convert the NES light zapper for the PC?
just buy one of those giagantic tube monitors with VGA output (there big and cheap and VGA is pretty mch the same as RGB)
I was wondering the same thing... Is there a mame that actully changes the bios and all?
I want to have something that resembles the feel and all of an arcade cab like gannonbanned but Do not want to have to thumb through a pc interface...
I was wondering the same thing... Is there a mame that actully changes the bios and all?
I want to have something that resembles the feel and all of an arcade cab like gannonbanned but Do not want to have to thumb through a pc interface...
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About the light gun. Sorry but you can't really mod it to work with a PC monitor. The games and the gun are designed to work with screens that operate at 60/50Hz, not something like 75Hz.
If you're addimint about using the light gun, you can buy a TV out video card and use a TV as the moitor. It will add maybe about an extra $30 to the cost if you buy a cheap one that uses a PCI slot.
If you're addimint about using the light gun, you can buy a TV out video card and use a TV as the moitor. It will add maybe about an extra $30 to the cost if you buy a cheap one that uses a PCI slot.
vskid wrote:Nerd = likes school, does all their homework, dies if they don't get 100% on every assignment
Geek = likes technology, dies if the power goes out and his UPS dies too
I am a geek.
If you want the program to start up when you boot the PC, best thing to use (IMO) is maximus arcade. They have a trial version of it so you can mess around and stuff. Also, you can use that program to boot up instead of windows so you can start playing sooner.
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NES zappers only work on special refresh rates. Namely, the ones on your tv. Although, there is a special light gun adaptor for LCDs and such, I saw it in CGW or PCGamer, can't remember which.ganonbanned wrote:alright few more question: I want this to feel like a real arcade game. that meanse, running all of the time. make it so there is no PC bootup screen or anything like that, when you turn it on the program starts up. also, what is a good video card with RCA output? and can i convert the NES light zapper for the PC?
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I don't know if they're still updating the Linux MAME, but you can look for one of them. They're really a minimulist distro that have the emulators as part of it. All you have to do is add the Roms into it, burn it and boot it. It should dump you into a listing of the emulators and then have a listings of roms.. if you did it right.
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alright thanks a lot for helping guys, 4 more questions: (sorry ) but is there aby way I can get my tv to be used as the moniter for the computer? also what are good DC emulators that play online? and what kind of PC should I use? also, I read somewhere that burned games eventually will destroy the dreacast because its harder to read them is that true?
thanks a lot.
thanks a lot.