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Author Topic: Game console and PC/Mame in the same cabinet?  (Read 1694 times)

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amheck

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Game console and PC/Mame in the same cabinet?
« on: July 16, 2011, 02:42:18 pm »
Hi gang,

I'm going back and forth what to use for my first project.  Either a PC with MAME or a game console like an XBOX 360.  I think I've read enough that I'm going to skip the X-Arcade tankstick and try to build my own control panel.  But I wasn't sure what considerations I'd need to take into account (A/B switch?) to have the controller interface with both systems.

At first I thought maybe I'd go with something like this below for the xbox system and then get a cocktail system for MAME, but I really want to do golf games like Golden Tee and Tiger Woods pGA Tour Online with a trackball and I'm not sure those would work well with the cocktail style system.  Hence why I'm wondering if I should try and put a game console and PC in a cabinet like the one pictured below.


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Re: Game console and PC/Mame in the same cabinet?
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2011, 06:07:48 pm »
Hi amheck!

I'm in a similar situation, or I was.  For my 2nd project i've started building a candy style sitdown cab.

A cross between a vewix / astro city style cab, and I'm putting in a PS3 (for MVC3, SSF4 etc) and a small PC (for MAME). 

I haven't purchased one yet but will get a USB/KMV switch , they allow you to control 2 (or more) computers with one keyboard/mouse.

OR  for our needs, 2 game systems with one control panel, great!

ps. wise coice regarding the tankstick. :)
 

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Re: Game console and PC/Mame in the same cabinet?
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2011, 06:26:19 pm »
Thanks!  So the USB switch is really just a 1 in/2-out sort of deal?  Seems to make sense.....
Still doing a lot of reading - I just wanted to make sure this was possible, before I got too far in.  Would this is a manual type of switch, or would it be possible to get a button mounted on the control panel to control the switch?

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Re: Game console and PC/Mame in the same cabinet?
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2011, 08:40:23 pm »
I have a pc /360 cab. See my build in my sig