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| Ed ONeill:
Hi all, I was searching the example page and found very few answers to my questions. I want to make a sit down car racing mame machine, out of an old sit down arcade game . It is a working machine right now I however need to know some questions. 1. Has anyone done this or can someone give me a link ? 2. can I use the current steering wheel,pedals and shifter? The only exacmple I found was a video game hacked stering control sytem. 3. Are there a lot of emulated mame games out there for car racing games? Thanks in advance ED |
| ashardin:
1. Yes, people have done it (I don't have any examples handy). I know there are others who can speak more in depth, but there are some problems with a MAME approach. 2. Yes, you can use these parts, but you will probably need to hack the existing controls and connect them to either an Opti Pac or Oscar's optical spinner board. You have to give the computer a way to interpret the existing control's commands. With MAME, you get into individual games having different controls (i.e. 270 degree wheels vs. 360 degree wheels, and others). So configuring every game can be an issue. You may do a search on the boards, this has been discussed. For these reasons, many people do console sit down cabs. I have an old Turbo cab running a dreamcast system with an Act Labs wheel/pedal combo. The dreamcast has many direct arcade ports (Daytona, SF Rush, 18 Wheels, etc) along with the ability to run Gran Turismo 2 via Bleemcast, Sega GT, Tokyo Extreme Racer 2. A PS2 or Xbox system also would work very well. MAME'ing that cab, while not impossible, would be very in depth without the functionality you may expect. The upside is being able to run PC racing games. |
| Ed ONeill:
Guess I better start researching or re-thinking...LOL ;D Signed ED |
| Stingray:
I have a question about steering wheels too. I know some games use 270 & some use 360. What I want to know is will a 360 wheel not work at all with a 270 game and vice-versa? -S |
| unclet:
Here is a link to my 6-panel rotating driving cabinet. Lots of pictures. I used Dual Strike hacks to connect most everything (Except for the Pole Position steering wheel which I connected via a USB mouse hack). http://unclet.arcadecontrols.com/ Let me know if you have any questions..... PS: There are also detailed pictures of the Dual Strike hacks I did which show exactly where the wires should be soldered/connected. |
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