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coupla dreamcast questions
crashwg:
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--- Quote from: orntar on February 25, 2004, 04:38:48 pm ---alright, here is a subjective one for ya.
what is the dc game i should not live with out?
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Soul Caliber
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Yup!
pmc:
Thanks for the notes on the controllers. I looked into a few months ago when I first discovered that DC can do VGA out making it a natural for my cab (21" monitor). But have only now started to do some real research given that it's actually going to happen now.
Given the prices, I'll likely buy four controllers from both Gamespot and TRUs and keep the more difficult to hack as original controllers which some games really demand. The other two are to be sacrificed for cabinet controls.
I haven't looked around yet, but can I assume that the best way to work around my current IPAC/MAME configuration is to disconnect the CP from the IPAC/PC and connect to the DC hacked controllers? I can make a standard harness to switch between the two. Gotta switch the VGA inputs anyway so this seems easiest.
As for "must have" games.... my two nights of experience have me playing Jet Grind Radio and Crazy Taxi the most. Nothing I've played yet sucks completely, but most have almost no replay value or I get sick of it very quickly and know I won't be going back for more. One thing is for sure -- I can't beleive that I've been wasting my time buying PSX games over the last year. I'll see if I can pick up Soul Calibur when I get the controllers.
Hey.... one more question. Easier to make a VGA adapter? Or should I skip it and just eBay a VGA-box?
- Patrick
Dave_K.:
Its easier/cheaper to just buy a vga adapter.
Ikaruga should be on your must have list (its an import so you will need a boot disc).
And yes, just use common connector between your control panel and ipac and dc pads (I use a pair of molex 15pin connectors for player1 and 2 sides of my control panel).
pmc:
--- Quote from: Dave_K. on February 25, 2004, 09:47:01 pm ---Its easier/cheaper to just buy a vga adapter.
Ikaruga should be on your must have list (its an import so you will need a boot disc).
And yes, just use common connector between your control panel and ipac and dc pads (I use a pair of molex 15pin connectors for player1 and 2 sides of my control panel).
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Great! I know just where I'm heading now. Thanks for saving me some cycles on this. I'll start looking for Ikaruga right away. I already have a boot disk... a couple actually. But I haven't messed with them yet except to play around with some of the emulators for the DC. Downloaded lots of stuff for the DC but am slowly working through understanding it all. It's all new to me.
Any good shooters for the DC? I love the shooters on the cabinet. I play r-type and and a couple others under ePSXe on the cabinet and they are excellent. I leave the Tomb Raider / Technu and Doom type games for normal controllers. But the shooters are WAY more fun with real arcade controls. I'll do some searching through past threads for game lists...
- Patrick
TalkingOctopus:
--- Quote from: pmc on February 25, 2004, 10:07:10 pm ---
Any good shooters for the DC? I love the shooters on the cabinet. I play r-type and and a couple others under ePSXe on the cabinet and they are excellent. I leave the Tomb Raider / Technu and Doom type games for normal controllers. But the shooters are WAY more fun with real arcade controls. I'll do some searching through past threads for game lists...
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I think that Ikaruga is probably one of the BEST shooters ever. It is very challenging and it looks outstanding. Bangai-O is also a good original shooter for the DC.
Other shooters like Mars Matrix and Gigawing 1 + 2 that exist for the DC can also be found in MAME. Mars Matrix is ok but Gigawing is definately medicore.
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