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Building a "console emulator" computer!
thomas_surles:
--- Quote from: eds1275 on September 28, 2014, 07:03:28 pm ---I think it'll be around xmas before I can get a dedicated computer for this, but in the meantime for anyone who does emulators even on their arcade machine alongside mame - most of the emulators I see don't have a dedicated, configurable exit command. Do you just set up an AHK script for this? How else can you go about doing that?
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I assumed you will be using a frontend to do the exiting.
eds1275:
I will be using mala most likely, but I dont know if it can handle exiting programs.
Slippyblade:
--- Quote from: eds1275 on September 29, 2014, 02:38:56 pm ---I will be using mala most likely, but I dont know if it can handle exiting programs.
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Pretty sure it can. I believe it added exit hook procedures a few versions ago. Haven't tested that yet though.
thomas_surles:
--- Quote from: Slippyblade on September 29, 2014, 05:35:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: eds1275 on September 29, 2014, 02:38:56 pm ---I will be using mala most likely, but I dont know if it can handle exiting programs.
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Pretty sure it can. I believe it added exit hook procedures a few versions ago. Haven't tested that yet though.
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if all fails maximus arcade works like a dream. You could lose the arcade style skin and make a New
Console theme for it.
mgb:
I built a pc last year for the same thing.
Besides Netflix, YouTube and general browsing, I'm using it for games.
It's an asus motherboard with an AMD A8 3870k, Windows 7, 8G ram, a 128G SSD for the
OS and a 1TB for files. It's cased in a Lanbox lite case and hooked up to my LCD TV.
Not exactly what's considered a gaming power house but it handles everything well and it's quiet.
I have all my classic console emus on it.
For me, C64 is a must but really just for Jumpman.
I also use it regularly for games on Steam.
As far as controllers, I typically just use the xbox360 wired controllers, they're excellent.
I have a pair of the snes USB controllers but the Xbox ones just work great.
Are you looking to play some more modern games on this PC too?
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