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LASmith132:

Hey guys,

I'm an off and on MAME Arcade builder who has been on the quest to have my own MAME system and cabinet set up for about 2 years now. I go in spurts of having time to work on the project, then I will go about 2 months without being able to touch it.  :cry:

It seems like I have to re-learn everything about MAME, Hyperspin, Roms, filtering, etc,  everytime I start up being able to have time to work on it. Expecially when it comes to Hyperspin and getting my roms filtered correctly and making sure I remember what folders I have put certain parts of the project in, to work on hyperspin backgrounds, etc. :dizzy:

does anyone else feel like a complete newbie if they arent able to stay up on their own project??? :dunno3

Or am I wierder than I thought....  ???

mytymaus007:

I know what your saying but there is a learning curve it seems you havent reached it. Its different for each person I assume. It took me 6 months of working on hyperspin to configure 50 emulators and over 3 years to build something that I was happy with. How i prioritize is most of the winter I will work on  software and front end stuff then around april or may i start bringin out the tool box and wood. So i would think for you this would be a good time to work on a cab for the next few months at nite instead of TV work on your plans then pick a day on the weekend to start working on it. Dont even worry about roms and hyperspin.! By sept oct you should have a decent cab ready to go if not pick up in april or may of next yeat spend and the rest of the winter configureing hyperspin. In the end you have a awsome home built system. Or of course i can give you an education seminar on Hyerspin for a small FEE :lol :lol

drventure:


--- Quote from: mytymaus007 on May 30, 2012, 05:23:15 pm ---Or of course i can give you an education seminar on Hyerspin for a small FEE :lol :lol

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Hyperspin training seminars! Awesome!

1) Learn the hell out of Hyperspin
2) ?
3) Profit!

 :)

But I also know what you mean about relearning everything. Some of this stuff sticks. But some of it fades pretty fast when life gets in the way.

Jack Burton:

I say forget hyperspin.  Forget all the fancy front-ends and thousands of games.  Forget the countless hours of configuring and tinkering. 

Download a couple of roms at a time.  PLAY THEM.  For a week or more, no exceptions.  No getting bored with it and downloading another.  You will enjoy your cab much more. 

mytymaus007:


--- Quote from: Jack Burton on May 30, 2012, 09:18:27 pm ---I say forget hyperspin.  Forget all the fancy front-ends and thousands of games.  Forget the countless hours of configuring and tinkering. 

Download a couple of roms at a time.  PLAY THEM.  For a week or more, no exceptions.  No getting bored with it and downloading another.  You will enjoy your cab much more. 

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Thats what I did for a year or 2 then I needed more and more of my friends and family wanted to play. So in the end you will end up building a cab with the ultimate game collection even if you dont play it its nice to say i have that game when some out of the blue wants to play a game and you have it. My step son came home from school and said his history teacher showed them a game i guess dealing with history "kid icarus" on NES system. Low and behold i had it my collection and now its in my favorites. I love hyperspin and having the most games i can find :D

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