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PC video card with component/s-video output for CRT TV?
sofakng:
Thanks for the tip, but I went ahead and ordered a used 9800 GTX video card ($40) and a 7-pin mini-din to component cable ($3.99).
I'm hoping my upgrades (mostly leftover parts from my main gaming PC) will let me play Gauntlet Legends and other CHD games. (the CPU will be a Intel E8400)
EDIT: Yikes, it looks like even my E8400 won't be fast enough for Gauntlet Legends and NBA Blitz, etc?
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: sofakng on January 24, 2014, 12:29:18 pm ---Awesome, thanks for the information!
Do I just need to get any of the 7-pin S-Video to Component adapters? Are they the same for ATI and NVidia?
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I don't know if they're all the same. I might have a spare Nvidia one if the one you have doesn't work.
You may have to connect the tv with a pc monitor also connected so the output type can be changed to component in the NVidia software.
I don't remember which one it defaults to.
The E8400 might cut it if you overclock a little bit.
It's nice to say that your setup can run Gauntlet Legends, but once the novelty of being able to run it wore off, I stopped playing it.
I play NFL Blitz fairly often though. Having a 64 bit OS and 64 bit MAME build make a big difference with Blitz.
You can also reduce the resolution in the DIP switch settings, which makes it less demanding.
I'm barely squeaking by with a 3.4Ghz Athlon X3 and a lot of tweaking.
If all else fails, play the dreamcast versions on a dreamcast emulator.
sofakng:
I didn't realize this until now, but Blitz and Gauntlet Legends both use 49-way joysticks and I'm only using Perfect 360 4-way so that will make them mostly unplayable. Oh well... I don't think I'll be replacing the joysticks anytime soon...
BadMouth:
--- Quote from: sofakng on January 24, 2014, 10:19:48 pm ---I didn't realize this until now, but Blitz and Gauntlet Legends both use 49-way joysticks and I'm only using Perfect 360 4-way so that will make them mostly unplayable. Oh well... I don't think I'll be replacing the joysticks anytime soon...
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MAME's control system is very flexible. I find it very playable with a standard joystick.
Your Perfect 360's will have to be switched to 8-way mode though, by flipping the actuator on the bottom of the joystick shaft over so that the smaller part is down.
http://na.suzohapp.com/images/pdf/ins-0057.pdf
Just to be clear in case you're new to this stuff:
The fact that the joystick only has 4 outputs for the primary directions does not make it a 4-way joystick.
8-way means the joystick can hit two primary directions at once, ex. both right and down will be triggered when the joystick is pushed diagonally.
4-way means the joystick can only hit the primary directions, it is either very hard or not possible to register a diagonal.