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UberCade: Taito Arcade Cabinet MAME conversion

BTW, you linked to byoac... but did you some how miss the 900+ projects in the byoac project example pages?

Disclaimer: I haven not tried hard nor received
my free ipod...

But...

Several friends of mine have... Some have even gotten free flat panel monitors,
and even a free Dell Dimension 4000 system... Apparently, it helps to have
a popular website to promote it...
But the truth of the matter is that SOME of these free offers do exist... Wired
has published stories with mixed results...

Also, since signing up, I haven't noticed *any* increase in snail mail spam... I
did not give out my real phone number, and no credit card is necessary. My
throwaway gmail account has only 8 messages in it (and only 2 may be related...)
so who knows... I am a believer for the time being....

"To be honest, it's all about gameplay. If EA released a YMCA basketball game and it had great gameplay, who would care that there weren't NBA players in it. People would buy it and play it. Same thing goes for this Arena Football League videogame. I'm not saying that it will be good, but you shouldn't throw that idea out the window just because it's perceived as a subpar sports league. Videogames can make anything fun."

If that was true the licensing wouldn't be important.

Hey i'm with you on the gameplay, I enjoy "10 yard fight" on my MAME cabinet as much as Madden 200X on my xbox/DC.

But if you are going to have an exclusively licensed deal, it should be worth licensing, eh?

I mean the point to having an NFL license (for example) is that you can play as the real teams (not generic place-teams like tecmo bowl or rbi baseball back in the day) with likenesses of the players and stars of that league. If you can't recognize the players/teams, what value does the license have, with gameplay being equal?

Not that getting a certain license guarantees good gameplay, but hopefully you see my point?

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They missed the vector arcade version of Empire Strikes Back.

I hacked a starwars yoke to my MAME arcade cabinet just to play the original vector starwars arcade game.

rampy

PS not sure if my other post made it through -- using too many forums with BBcode I guess...

PSS I'm retarded, I just noticed ESB was mentioned, it's just they released it AFTER RTJ for some reason... never mind.

I suggest Ultimarc's ipac encoder or groovy game gears Key Wiz which is what I used in my mame cabinet, fwiw.

and you'll want the obligatory (and sadly missing from the main post) link to Build Your own arcade controls site and very helpful forum/community

Although I used x-arcade parts on my cabinet, I think you'll be happier in the long run if you order from happs directly or buy happs parts from bob roberts.

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"To me, if TiVo's the best, and still cheaper (at least for the first couple of years of use), why use homebrew except for bragging rights?"

well, as I've stated on many occasions... building your own PVR isn't for everybody. It helps if you like to tinker with PCs/software/etc... not everyone likes to DIY but I do =)

that said, I love my Tivo.. but it isn't everything. I kinda wish I got a replayTV as Tivo's home media options (which you pay more to network your Tivo to your PC, sorta) is a joke.

A tivo with lifetime subscription is 110 (after rebate 40 hours) + 300... 410

I'd much rather pay that in hardware/toys to play with (you do know you are on slashdot, right? =)) and then some to have MORE functionality (like weather modules, RSS feeds, MAME, mp3's, divx, and so on....)...

*shrug* again DIY PVr is not for everyone, but it's not a meritless endeavor. And yes, you may end up spending more, especially if you want it small/sexy looking, than you'd ever pay for a Tivo+subscription...

I must say in the short time I've been running the site, the advancements in the software has been really amazing... SageTV (not free beer/speech... cue boo's and hisses) works awesome with my pvr350 and approaches tivo-esque look/feel/usability...

YMMV,

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Why pine away... just build one =) (or convert one --> UberCade: Mame Taito cabinet conversion

As mentioned ealier Build your own arcade controls (be sure to check there forum, where helpful folks like me will help you along with your project... hey quit snickering!)

Also of note is the new "how to" book by the guy who runs byoac... (with my referral link included of course =P ) PRoject Arcade Book

*Shrug* or you could *shudder* use an x-arcade desktop controller if you can't fit a full sized cabinet, or cocktail, or cabaret cabinet in your pad...

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The one complaint I'd have with the x-arcade is that it's a little tough for two adults to stand side by side and play a game without feeling "crowded"... although they are close enough to play a nice game of robotron... but you can take your friends teeth out if while performing zangief moves in 2player street fighter II =)

I actually used x-arcade joystick and buttons (from an ebay auction... like 20 bucks for 2 happs super clone joysticks and 20 buttons) on my taito mame cabinet conversion

The buttons are made a little bit cheaper/thinner plastic than happs/etc and use cheaper zippy microswitches (as opposed to cherry brand switches) but pretty solid overall... they've survived numerous track and field poundings =)

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MC Hawkings... and my humble air supply tribut to mc hawkings S. Hawking Karaoke: "all out of love"

*shrug*

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Building a HTPC only makes sense if it can do something better than any other commercially available solution...

Two words: Half Life.


I always think one word when people ask this: MAME!

(and yes I already have an mame arcade cabinet... but I can't get enough mame on enough devices in my house! =P)

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UberCade

It doesn't run Linux, but I do have a removable star wars yoke, so that should count for something, right?

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freemameroms.com you know... the tombstones-esque mame rom cd burning service... That's what I did for my mame cabinet so i could relive the classics on "real" controls... *Shrug* E.

the Emperor is pleased...

I'm glad to hear thatware is still devloping... I started my site with thatware, but quickly migrated to phpnuke as it had some specific features I dug...

phpnuke is good for some things... but following the migration pattern can be painful if you customize the code much (which seems like a neccessity)... phpnuke.org has a beta of their 5.x code that looks pretty neat... but I wonder if it'll be painful to migrate too...

Keep up the good work with thatware...

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All your TV are belong to Linus!

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isn't this soooo superman III?

Where's Richard Pryor when we need him!!!

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I'm familiar w/PHP .. what's the down low on GTK? What are the requirements/benefits/uses? Thanks in advance (for not being snide) e.
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...it said Gnutella VIOLATED.

(which may end up being more accurate in the long run w/greater influx of users)

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Who's their lawyer, Dr. Evil?

NAPSTER COUNCIL:
You will allow us to trade songs... (beat) (cue dramatic music swell)

One Bill-ion dollars!

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The ratings system is pretty hosed. Just look at the mockery the South Park boys did to it with their movie (Every time the MPAA panel suggested taking away a violent scene, they'd add 5 more "fucks, etc" to the dialogue ...or was that vice versa?)

*Shrug* Who can really say what "moral" standards are anyways... Personally I find shitty movies more offensive than brain eating, bare breasts, and vulgarity... but hey...

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There are plenty of boneheads who have "pro" grade studios but don't know how to use them. Yeah its great that you have that 2 inch/24 track/Struder but if you can't put a signal chain together it doesn't matter.... having a 1176 limiter and fancy ass mic pres, and neuman a studio genius makes not...

In short it's the talent/ear not the equipment. There are people with home studios who do amazing things... there are other's who's production quality will be eternally lame no matter what home gear gadget they get...

I do find it encouraging that the price points have dropped and the software is so extensive that if you had enough free time and skills you could make a masterpiece (acoustic treatments/music talent not withstanding)

*shrug*

ymmv

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what good is a tip jar if the bloody bar owner is skimming 15% off the top plus spare change...?

With that said... maybe i'll sign up... =P
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www.Filerogue.com

Another alternative to Napster, gnutella, and the long dead scour (although isn't there a new breed scour going through beta now by the purchasing company)

*shrug*

ymmv

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www.Filerogue.com

Another alternative to Napster, gnutella, and the long dead scour (although isn't there a new breed scour going through beta now by the purchasing company)

*shrug*

ymmv

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Hepa filters for wireless network traffic...

*Shrug*

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>calandering app

All that and it strains spaghetti too? (okay okay, it's colander but still =P )

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They are going to install them in the bathroom stalls at said stadium to catch the guy who pees all over the seat of the stall, or hits the floor instead of the urinal.

*Shrug* WTF do I know?

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somebody get's an itch or twitches and a jet goes down... Nice feature =P

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If only the websurfer had a more robust processor, it has a cool form factor IMHO

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If only the websurfer had a more robust processor, it has a cool form factor IMHO

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Me, I prefer cool ranch programming...

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What about ol' George Foreman's Imac themed grills? With the urban/techno/quasi-rapping george?

It was like a half-ass Shatner delivery with bad audio effects...

Do we need a "blue-berry" mean lean grilling machine? Really now??!!!

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The brain is the most important tool in distance learning... =P

When people are talking about a photo album are they referring to a slide show (like power point... but *nix friendly?)

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Can't you do this already? Just boil the rice in schlitz or golden annivesary? =P

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They get rid of the new goofy co-host... If in the heat of Junkyard Wars battle/construction some pinhead is asking me asanine questions/jokes regarding my team's masterpiece, he'll get a sawz-all to the head (failing that a nutpunch (tm))

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So you are being sticky like slashdot doesn't necessarily mean there is a community... hmm...

but what prompts people to post comments? Discussion doesn't exist in a vacuum...

I ask earnesdtly (speeling be damned!)

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They should include that gimpy little robot that came with the original nintendo for that one cheezy game (help me out, what was the name of that thing)...

I actually had the radio shack version of the omnibot... it was a little bigger, and you could "record" sequences of moves into the integrated tape deck... it was a pretty neato toy come to think of it... what did I do with it?!

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can only mean one thing.... INVASION!

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Ha-hA go away or I will be forced to taunt you a second time!

We are french hackers, why do you think we have this outrageous accent?!

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Just to be clear, it was meant as an example of assinine "marketdroid" type conversation/discussion... *shrug* I get it, they don't... my cheezy point (re-iterating for good reason) is that do you (as a tech reource) want to waste any breath explaining that to business stake holders??

Of course if I come back from said imaginary meeting and ask for radio buttons that will allow multiple concurrent selections... feel free to berate me =)

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"Software killed the hardware star..."

*shrug*

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Besides format (RM vs asf vs qt, etc) bandwith is a big issue... even you are only doing like a marginal 16k audio only stream, multiplied by hundreds or thousands of users (concurrently for a LIVE event) and you've got some manage-ability issues.

What solutions are available today to help with this? Network edge caching, multi cast setttings... *shrug* still looking for answers quite frankly...

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I'd hate to be the custodial engineer at FTC and have to clean up after that.

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You probably should keep the program/project managers and get 3. business/product analyst to buffer between the technical resources (what can be done) and the end business client (wants the moon...)

As great as doing everything yourself is... would you rather be coding/designing patterns, or sitting in boring meetings deciding on radio button vs. check box with the marketingdroids ?

just a thought...

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Can they build these into t-shirts too?

Of course this could lead to propagating smells, while cooling off the person wearing the special micro fan shirt...

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What, they couldn't spare some computing power to make the audio available on the web?!?! They are using crusty old technology like a conference call and a phone?

Sarcasm aside... that seems a little backwards for someone working on a fricken' PETEFLOP machine.

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Dartmough College... has "..got the touch...got the POOOWWWEEEEEER... YEAH!"

Now if we could only get 5 of these transforming robot;s to form one giant Devastator robot, we'd be in business...

Besides the answer to "what is the matrix" is in the Transformers The Movie, not the keanu flick =P

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"The most impressive aspect of the Slashdot system, Mr. Johnson said, is that it not only encourages high quality in submissions to the site..."

The way people have been complaining about the downward spiral of content lately, I wonder if that still holds true. I don't necessarily feel that way, but I'm probably a lower-echelon, lower brow reader/viewer =P

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story about geek film previews during superbowl including lotr

*shrug*

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I've seen a variation on this in the Franklin Covey time management seminar...
*shrug*

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