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Ouya MAME Machine?
Boingo:
Ouya is inexpensive, small, and compact, and it currently has a version of MAME for it. To me that makes Ouya an ideal platform for building a MAME arcade machine, and I am considering doing that myself.
Has anyone built a MAME machine using Ouya yet?
What kind of controler needs to be used?
Are there any problems that need to be considered?
Generic Eric:
You are not going to have any particular building challenges. Just software challenges of making it look less like a console running an emulator and more like an arcade machine.
I just finished 2 coinops cabs. Between the x box splash and the unleash splash, there is no hiding the fact there is an X box running. I think the prime challenge is hiding the fact there is something other than a single pcb.
I'm kinda over having to explain why I have so many buttons.
Anywho.
No one is going to talk you in or out of using an ouya. You'll be a trailblazer most likely.
Good luck. I have a ouya too, so I'll be watching to learn how it is done. ;)
Boingo:
I built a couple of small mini cabinets before, and I still have the template, so I am certain it would not be hard to build another.
It is just the controls I am concerned about, and whether I can find a small monitor that will fit into the cabinet.
Is there a 4:3 monitor out there that is compatible with Ouya, or do I have to squeeze a widescreen monitor into the cabinet?
Will a keyboard controler work with Ouya?
Generic Eric:
--- Quote from: Boingo on March 09, 2014, 04:26:30 pm ---I built a couple of small mini cabinets before, and I still have the template, so I am certain it would not be hard to build another.
It is just the controls I am concerned about, and whether I can find a small monitor that will fit into the cabinet.
Is there a 4:3 monitor out there that is compatible with Ouya, or do I have to squeeze a widescreen monitor into the cabinet?
Will a keyboard controler work with Ouya?
--- End quote ---
I think that monitor would be rare. An hdmi to dvi adapter would be far cheaper.
A keyboard encoder should work. I can't say for more than one though.
Do you have an ouya? Which keyboard encoder do you prefer? I've wired a key wiz and 2 kades. Both were easy to use.
Which made emulator do you prefer?
edit
typo on phone is a bad idea.
FNwoz:
I am interested in doing this as well primarily to make a low cost low power bartop mame cabinet. The issue with going to anything other then HDMI is audio. How would we get audio out of the ouya board. I already have a 17" lcd vga monitor so for me I don't think it would work.
EDIT: Looks like this could do the trick.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812699001