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lilshawn:


--- Quote from: Mruvek on January 31, 2013, 01:19:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: jammin0 on January 31, 2013, 12:52:17 pm ---If you want to play most of the games then I would recommend:

6 player buttons
1 coin button
1 start button
1 exit button

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Start and exit  to start and exit game, or whole cabinet :P?

And my PC have Duron 900mhz, Radeon 9200 and 256mb ram. Is it enough to play simple games (I mean i don't want to emulate PS1 or N64)?

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if you go with an older version of mame, you won't need a huge system to play most of the games. the later releases need more horsepower.

Mruvek:

I downloaded newest Hyperspin, but it don't works well... so what should i choose to play classic arcade games on this old machine?

jammin0:


--- Quote from: Mruvek on January 31, 2013, 01:19:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: jammin0 on January 31, 2013, 12:52:17 pm ---If you want to play most of the games then I would recommend:

6 player buttons
1 coin button
1 start button
1 exit button

--- End quote ---
Start and exit  to start and exit game, or whole cabinet :P?

And my PC have Duron 900mhz, Radeon 9200 and 256mb ram. Is it enough to play simple games (I mean i don't want to emulate PS1 or N64)?

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You'll also need a power button to turn on and off the machine.  Most people use a momentary push button (like an arcade button).  From XP and on I believe, one push of the power button will shutdown Windows.  In addition you need a P1 Start button and an Exit button that is like the escape key and gets you out of Mame and back to your frontend.

Hyperspin has a lot going on with it.  You should check out the MaLa Frontend forum at the top of the page.  It might be a little bit harder to setup then hyperspin but they are all sort of equally hard in my opinion.

Javy3:


--- Quote from: Mruvek on January 31, 2013, 01:41:15 pm ---I downloaded newest Hyperspin, but it don't works well... so what should i choose to play classic arcade games on this old machine?

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No, I have a crappy old computer and it plays plenty of arcade games for MAME new and old, NES-Genesis and even a PSX emulator just fine.  The problem is that Hyperspin actually is pretty taxing on the computer as a front end.  My PC was slow with Hyperspin so I chose Mala as the frontend and am quite content.

Hyperspin running slow does not represent how fast your emulators and games will run.

PL1:


--- Quote from: Mruvek on January 31, 2013, 01:19:51 pm ---Start and exit  to start and exit game, or whole cabinet :P?

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Start/exit for game -- Default keystrokes "1" and "Esc" in MAME.

You may also want a power button for booting up/shutting down.

What type of build do you have in mind?

A standalone portable control panel/fightstick, a full-size cab build, a bartop?

The best choice for buttons can change depending on the nature of the project.


Scott

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