Thinking of coming back...

[dabone]

I used to active on here awhile back, but I went and got married again and sold off all my real arcade games and only kept 2 mame machine. They are both 865/845 vintage p4 with the original Arcadevga cards.

I saw the new arcade vga card and was thinking of redoing my main machine.
It has a WG9500 monitor, 2 4/8 way ultimarc joysticks, 1 trackball, 1 spinner and 2 actlabs guns.
The current frontend is Mamewah and I think I'm on mame .96 (it's been a while. )

Any suggestions on the newer frontends/mame versions/zinc? I would love a mame version that you don't have to select ok at the start of each game, (and can suppress the the game contains errors screen also.)

Thanks.

Later,
dabone

[robertsig]

Well, for starters the WG9500 is outdated now.  Times have changed.

I'll take it off your hands if you want.

[DirtyDachshunds]

I can only think of Hyperspin in terms of "new" frontends.  It is what I currently use and I love it.  Can be a bit of a memory hog however.  Maximus arcade might be fairly new and worth checking out as well.

The last mame rev I saw was 141, but 142 may be out by now

And to get rid of the joystick toggle at the beginning of each game you can compile the library yourself.  There is a great tutorial for this here if you search for it (sorry don't have the link on me).

[BadMouth]

The easy way around the nag screen is to just use an alternative build, like mame plus.
All you have to do is check a box.  Just set it up in the mame plus GUI, then point your front end toward the mamep exe.

Anything playable in Zinc is playable in MAME as long as you have a halfway decent processor.
Are you planning to upgrade?

Check out Nebula's Sega Model 2 emulator and Demul or Makaron for Sega Naomi games. 

[dabone]

Anything playable in Zinc is playable in MAME as long as you have a halfway decent processor.
Are you planning to upgrade?

I was thinking a i3-550 or a i5-660 with 4gb ram for an upgrade. It's got a old p4 2.8 (non dual core) currently.
New computer, new arcadevga card, new software is what I'm thinking.


Still XP or windows 7 for a base os now?
(I can do either, I sell both.)

Later,
dabone

[robertsig]

As long as the chipset/CPU has XP drivers, I say go with that.  It's a lighter footprint, guaranteed to work with all emulators and arcade hardware.  Plus it is easy to modify to remove XP logos, boot screens, etc.  Look up "instantsheller" as well.

[Donkbaca]

I wouldn't recommend Maximus, it's a dead FE, no longer being updated. I would go hyperspin if you are going to get a beefy system.

Lightguns! That is something new to mame since you left.

Plusses of win7: 64 bit os let's you run 64 bit mame; really stable, fast.  Who cares about a lighter footprint when 1tb drives are going for 60 bucks.  Downsides to win 7; some driver issues, can't fully hide it with instant sheller


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[Dire Radiant]

Hyperspin is all very nice and shiny if bling is your thing but personally I prefer the simplicity of Mala. Not sure if that was around while you were still here. It's a lot like Mamewah but much easier to configure.

[Dazz]

Hyperspin is all very nice and shiny if bling is your thing but personally I prefer the simplicity of Mala. Not sure if that was around while you were still here. It's a lot like Mamewah but much easier to configure.

FYI - You don't have to use the shiny/bling.  HyperSpin can look as simple as Mala or any other front end out there.  However, a p4 isn't going to run HyperSpin at full settings.

[Donkbaca]

Just curious dazz, what are the minimum specs needed to run hyperspin all blunted out?

[Dazz]

Just curious dazz, what are the minimum specs needed to run hyperspin all blunted out?

A decent dual core machine with 2-4gb of ram.  I'm running an AMD X4 5200 @ 2.8ghz with 2gb of ram.  Of course the more PC you can throw into your cab, the more MAME games become playable and more emulators you can run.

[Harakiri]

Well, for starters the WG9500 is outdated now.  Times have changed.

I'll take it off your hands if you want.

You forgot to mention that arcade monitors are becoming extinct and the supply is far less than demand. Don't take advantage of misinformed people, it's not polite.

[Dire Radiant]

Hyperspin is all very nice and shiny if bling is your thing but personally I prefer the simplicity of Mala. Not sure if that was around while you were still here. It's a lot like Mamewah but much easier to configure.

FYI - You don't have to use the shiny/bling.  HyperSpin can look as simple as Mala or any other front end out there.  However, a p4 isn't going to run HyperSpin at full settings.

It wasn't a criticism. Hyperspin is very impressive, just not my thing that's all.

[Dazz]

Hyperspin is all very nice and shiny if bling is your thing but personally I prefer the simplicity of Mala. Not sure if that was around while you were still here. It's a lot like Mamewah but much easier to configure.

FYI - You don't have to use the shiny/bling.  HyperSpin can look as simple as Mala or any other front end out there.  However, a p4 isn't going to run HyperSpin at full settings.

It wasn't a criticism. Hyperspin is very impressive, just not my thing that's all.

Oh, I wasn't taking it as criticism at all.  I just stating that HS can pretty much look however you want it.  If you want it flashy and animated it can be, if you want simple it can be that as well.  Not many people really realize that.

[dabone]

Oh, I spent quite alot of money getting that 9500. The first one I ordered came in defective. This one has had multiple fans blowing across the chassis since it was installed. I know lightguns have changed, but do the old actlabs (usb) still work with the newer mames?

This weekend I've got to download some frontends and start playing around with them.

Later,
dabone

[BadMouth]

I'm still using the old Act Labs ray guns.  They work fine.
The newer IR guns have the advantage of also working well on the mounted gun games (T2, Revolution X),
but those weren't really light gun games anyway.

[bigster]

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Anything playable in Zinc is playable in MAME as long as you have a halfway decent processor.
Are you planning to upgrade?

The games are playable in MAME but Zinc is still far superior in terms of graphics and FPS.  I have a hard time getting tekken tag 100% in mame on a quad core processor.  Long ago I created my own build of mame with the zinc plugins (from mame plus plus) but now I am using 64 bit mame and I do not have the time to create the custom build.   Anyway, Zinc is still relevant, IMO

[Donkbaca]

i don't think you can play tekken tag in zinc, from what i recall, it only goes up to tekken 3