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renobastian100:
Has anyone tried this before? I want to create a fully functional flash-arcade game with controls and credits...
Can this be done? What limitations do you see with this?
Smeghead:
Flash runs bad on slow pcs maximized
rytel:
It's certainly possible. Atari's done it for some of their games. Interfacing controls should just be proper keyboard mapping, and you can use Flash local storage to store high-scores etc.

If you're interested in non-internet development, Pygame seems to be pretty powerful.

Dazz:

--- Quote from: Smeghead on July 27, 2010, 11:58:02 pm ---Flash runs bad on slow pcs maximized

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If you are creating an app or a game, never listen to the people complaining about running bad/slow on old PC's.  You design the game how you want, specify recommend hardware specs and even minimum specs.  The people with hardware lower than minimum specs can either not play the game or upgrade their slow POS... Sure you want as many people possible to play and enjoy your game, but at what expense?  

I don't see people telling Blizzard that the newly released Starcraft II will not run on their 686 with an integrated video chip.

That's one thing about this hobby that really gets me...  People will spend hundred's on building their cabinet, nice controls, nice artwork, but they will toss in an old ass PC to run it.  This is like tossing a Ford Festiva engine into a nice new Corvette body.  Sure it'll run, but don't ---smurfette--- when you can't beat a minivan off the light.

To answer your question, it's possible and it's been done before as stated above.
Smeghead:

--- Quote from: Dazz on July 28, 2010, 12:37:38 am ---
That's one thing about this hobby that really gets me...  People will spend hundred's on building their cabinet, nice controls, nice artwork, but they will toss in an old ass PC to run it.  

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True, which is why I mentioned it, most people do because Mame doesNT require a beast of a pc (sorry typo)
I've got the original Sonic the Hedgehog from Genesis/Megadrive and its ok small screen but runs like a pig full screen on my mame box because its not amazingly high spec, because it doesnt need to be for anything else.
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