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MAME Ported to (Chipped) Xbox
metallik writes: "A version of MAME for the Xbox game console has just been released. This release will only run on Xbox consoles equipped with a mod chip. MAME is the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, one of the more successful open source projects out there. It emulates over 3800 arcade machines, from Space Invaders to Mortal Kombat III, many of them perfectly. This is probably only the first of many such PC software projects to be ported to modded Xboxes. At $199 (plus modchip), the Xbox will soon be an extremely attractive set-top box (if not for the reasons Microsoft wanted it to be...)" A while ago, we posted about getting MAME to run on a developer-kit Xbox, but since mod chips are now available, this sounds like a more practical approach. Update: 06/23 18:40 GMT by T : Note: Thanks to Santeri Saarimaa for a note that the project is now hosted here instead.
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This isn't very usefull since http://www.mame.dk/ doensn't offers downloads anymore.
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You mean something like this?
You can run MAME on a dreamcast without a chip plus the DC is only 50 bucks and not ugly.
I don't know why the DC Emulation scene seemingly gets no respect or credit in the "geek" community, considering the amazingly amount of work that's been put into various types of emulation. Granted, it's considered a "dead" system, but the technology is still there and still relatively current. At present, a $50 Dreamcast can successfully emulate MAME, NES (the best console emulation i've ever seen), Master System, Gameboy, amongst others. DreamSNES is working on SNES games, and is making some serious headway (they're running at about 88% speed, now), and there are still other emulation projects on the horizon, plus a batch of decent-and-getting-better homebrew games.
I think that person would be ill-advised to acquire and Xbox for $200, spend however much on a modchip, in the process voiding their warrenty, in order that they play MAME, when a console that can be picked up for $50 and under can do the same thing. i recommend anyone visit DC Emulation if they are interested.
xbox-scene is a great website for xbox hacking and mod chip information. It even has a comparison of all the xbox mod chips available.
kmart has the Xbox : $180 (item# 981320) can't beat that price. (10% off)
The xbox's 733Mhz Celeron isn't powerful enough o drive a lot of the games MAME can emulate and more cpu intensive games are always on the way.
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"As a data point, an AMD Athlon 1900 XP is able to do all current Mame32 games [.58] at greater than 100% fps at a resolution of 1600x1200x32 using RGB effects [the most stressful Mame32 settings]." -http://www.classicgaming.com/mame32qa/help/mame3
This looks interesting. Doesn't look like an XBox adapter exists yet though...
It's located at xbox.mame.net now. We can handle the slashdot effect. Bring it on.
There will be a new version and source code release shortly.
I checked the dcemulation site...they reported that further testing showed that all DCs worked with CD-Rs.
Mine certainly has no problems with CD-R media (I've been using Verbatim).
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The DC has a 200Mhz processor and 16mb ram, no hdd
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XBox has a 733MHz PIII, 64MB RAM, and an 8 - 10GB HDD
So your DC can only really handle the older/slower/smaller games while the XBox can churn out NeoGeo and Capcom CPS1/CPS2 hardware.
I love Dreamcast but I would hate to see someone rush out and buy one as a MAME box and then be stuck playing, say, Xevious and Gauntlet only
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Well let's see.. It's been around for over 5 years, has dozens (hundreds?) of developers, has been ported to nearly every device capable of running it (PC, mac, camera, dreamcast, xbox, amiga, etc), it emulates nearly every CPU and boardset used in arcades for the past 25 years... (the technical info gleaned from the source alone is amazing)..
Yep, I'd say successful is a good term.
I wonder how long it will be before an unscrupulous arcade operator puts a JAMMA connector on a chipped X-BOX and runs it in his arcade
How would this differ from an unscrupulous arcade operator putting a computer into a cabinet and running regular MAME on it?
I've never seen one personally but I have seen many reports of the word "MAME" showing up on supposedly-genuine arcade machines in various bars and so on.
Many people use MAME in a stand-up arcade box for their own personal amusement (check here and here for information on how to build them and many examples of completed and in-progress projects. It's when folks put them into their businesses to collect quarters that things become a bit dodgy, in my opinion, but that has been going on long before the xbox was even thought of.
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Heres a link to Xbox mods comparison http://www.xbox-scene.com/modchips.php
Think ill wait for the openbox modchip as its flashable with a pc and printer lead/port, and has a switch to revert back to the origonal xbox bios.
And it should be legal to sell as it comes with no microsoft code ie:bios/modded bios.
ok.. the Tivo is only a 50Mhz PPC processor system running linux with a 4800rpm drive (30 gig) so the xbox hardware is more than capable of performing the task (tivo quality). There also seems to be an audio/video input at the back of the xbox (although I've read that it might not accept video input) and if you look on the motherboard there seems to be a chip (similar to the t1 4600) which seems capable of video capture. There are also rumours of a tool called xbmovie in the Dev kit which allows for video capture. The modchips allow for running of customised code so it is possible someone could write the software needed if all the above is true.
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