Tethering two cabs

[JCHusky77]

Hi

I was wondering if anyone has ever tethered two cabs together. Like the big driving games arcade games.

For instance, if i make one cab be two sticks with six buttons for fighters....and then another cab with two sticks and three buttons and track ball...can i connect them so that all four players can play a joint game like gauntlet or xmen or nba jams?

I know xboxs can tether to each other fore big lan games....but has this feature been available to mame?

Thanks!

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[PL1]

Some MAME games can display different POV screens for players 1 and 2 for the games that had that capability -- if you have a video card that can handle more than one display.

The games you mentioned were single display* IIRC so all you need to do is put in a video signal splitter like Nephasth did for his Two Headed Beast build.
  * Yeah, I know X-Men had two monitors and a mirror, but it looked like one display and acts like one for MAME. 

I think Unstupid built a 2 bartop NEO Geo mini setup where player 2's system plugged into player 1's system for video and controls.   


Scott

[dgame]

Two-Headed Beast?
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,108719.0.html

[Unstupid]

My twin bartops used the same video source to show the same image on both cabs.  A game like Cyberball with 2 different views on 2 cabs would be awesome... not sure if it has been emulated in mame though...

[Vigo]

Well, the option above would in essence be using one computer to run multiple cabinets. They wouldn't be working independently.

The only solution I am aware of if you want to keep them as independent machines is using a network play program like Kaillera. I have never used it or heard on how well it works, but I think you can set up a private network for all your machines and play head-to-head if it is set up right.

[PL1]

Well, the option above would in essence be using one computer to run multiple cabinets. They wouldn't be working independently.

There's a thread here where DaOld Man was looking for a way to use a KVM switch or something similar to link and switch a second 2-player cab from independent play to linked play.

There's also this thread where Eds1275 was asking a similar question and I found the problem with the idea of using 2 encoders.


Scott