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412-in-1 Game Elf review
maximebeauvais:
thanks a lot for your time !!!! really appreciated.
i have read a few review on that board as well as some review on youtube and i think that for for 150$ (for the kit) it still ok.
after looking at the list of game (412-1 list), their is over 100 games that i know for sure just by looking at the title. i`m sure it will be more when i see the screenplay.
building a mame was a very fun experience but a lot of time to setup everything using different frontend like mala, mamewah and hypersphin (too big for my small PC) and I don't think that I will go that route again.......a 412-1 vertical board will be perfect for my need.
my friend and i will be buying a kit very soon and I will also put my review here.
thanks
redfireplace:
I have this game board. There is an SD card in the slot. That's where everything is stored: the games, all the software and the operating system. The designers did not intend anyone to add games to the device, so it would be difficult to do. I read about someone who figured out a way to do it on an earlier model, but I don't know if that method will work with this model.
I found that I am able to play most of the trackball and spinner games with a joystick. Some of them work better than others. Arkanoid, Kick, Centipede and Milipede are perfectly playable. Some others really need their original controls, though.
Haze:
--- Quote from: maximebeauvais on November 20, 2014, 09:02:44 am ---building a mame was a very fun experience but a lot of time to setup everything using different frontend like mala, mamewah and hypersphin (too big for my small PC) and I don't think that I will go that route again.......a 412-1 vertical board will be perfect for my need.
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these are just crappy underpowered linux based MAME boards afaik..
I don't think it will save you much time, somebody has just bolted on a generic frontend without even really bothering to check the games they've included work 100% with the build they've included, as demonstrated by the sheer number that aren't playable with regular controls; last I checked they even included some games that were considered non-working in the MAME version they based their kit on. The difference is here you can't configure things how you want them very easily and won't be able to upgrade anything if you do find problems with the included emulator.
scaulfield:
I just installed this board into my cabinet and I have 1 issue with the joysticks. My cabinet is set up with 2 complete sets of joystick and buttons (1 for player 1 and 1 for player 2). I cannot figure out how to get player 2 to use the player 2 set of buttons during the standard upright game play. When it is player 2's turn, it must be played from the player 1 buttons, leaving my player 2 set completely unused. In the setup of the game I am able to test all the buttons and it does recognize the second set as player 2. Also if I change the settings to cocktail cabinet instead of upright it will utilize the second set of buttons for player 2, but of course flip the screen on this turn. Anyone have any advice??
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: scaulfield on November 24, 2014, 10:51:29 pm ---I just installed this board into my cabinet and I have 1 issue with the joysticks. My cabinet is set up with 2 complete sets of joystick and buttons (1 for player 1 and 1 for player 2). I cannot figure out how to get player 2 to use the player 2 set of buttons during the standard upright game play. When it is player 2's turn, it must be played from the player 1 buttons, leaving my player 2 set completely unused. In the setup of the game I am able to test all the buttons and it does recognize the second set as player 2. Also if I change the settings to cocktail cabinet instead of upright it will utilize the second set of buttons for player 2, but of course flip the screen on this turn. Anyone have any advice??
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Most classic games are coded to use one set of controls on an upright, so P1 & P2 just alternate. It's not doing anything it shouldn't be doing.
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