MAME ARCADE!!

[Nightmare03]

Hey,

I had all the parts i needed to make a working mame pc except the motherboard, but i got that now !!

[Sephroth57]

wow seems like youre going the really inexpensive route hehe. what kind of computer setup you using and what type of games you aiming to play mainly?

[Nightmare03]

Well, i dont really know what MAME needs, but this motherboard comes with a 233 mhz cpu and 64 mb ram...

Ive got another 48mb ram im gonna put in it, but im not sure about the cpu speed? I could upgrade it if i have to.

What kinda games am i gonna play, hmmm... pac - man ... space invaders etc.. i dont really know alot of arcade games so im just gonna get what i come accross i guess.

-Nightmare

[Nightmare03]

Found the tv out card..

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=45579

-Nightmare

[paigeoliver]

Hmmm, slow processor. Use Mame version .36 final. Should play the classics full speed just fine.

[Nightmare03]

Hey thanks!

Also, i havent downloaded MAME yet.. Can you change the controls in a config or somethin?

-Nightmare

[paigeoliver]

Hey thanks!

Also, i havent downloaded MAME yet.. Can you change the controls in a config or somethin?

-Nightmare

Yes, you can. And to answer a different question from a different thread.

You don't want windows 98 on a processor that slow with a Mame version that old. Use DOS or Windows 95.

[Nightmare03]

Ill probably use windows 95 then..

-Nightmare

[Sephroth57]

damn paige why are you on here at 7am? you beat me to answering all the questions =P

[Stingray]

I can run MacMAME on a 233mhz Apple Powerbook with no problems whatsoever. I don't know if the Windows version has steeper requirements or not.

-S

[Nightmare03]

Just brought the buttons from ebay ( the easiest place to find them ! ) New buttons, 14 of them, 12 red ( 6 for each player ) and 1 & 2 player start buttons all with microswitches, not bad for

[Chris]

Check the gallery at http://www.oscarcontrols.com/gallery01.htm .

--Chris

[Nightmare03]

Hmm... Why wont this work?

Shell ("C:\Documents and Settings\Nightmare\Desktop\MAME\mame invaders")

Ive tried several different ways and they dont work either, the only way i can get mame to launch a game is if i type it all in in a command prompt, bat files etc.. dont work

Help!

-Nightmare

[null]

Hmm... Why wont this work?

Shell ("C:\Documents and Settings\Nightmare\Desktop\MAME\mame invaders")

Ive tried several different ways and they dont work either, the only way i can get mame to launch a game is if i type it all in in a command prompt, bat files etc.. dont work

Help!

-Nightmare

Try to place mame in a directory that doesn't have any spaces in the folder title, such as c:\mame\. The spaces in 'Documents and Settings" screw up the commands.

[Nightmare03]

Yeah dude, ive tried that already... ill go give it another try.

Any other ideas?

Edit : It worked, i placed it into C:\ ( which i didnt try, sorry ) and it works! Thanks for the info!

-Nightmare