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Dragon's Lair -- what to get
Wackychimp1:
Ok so as I start down the path to build a MAME cabinet I think that I want to include Daphne too. What's the best source for the movies required?
I'm over at Digital Leisure right now looking at: Dragon's Lair Deluxe Pack or Dragon's Lair PC DVD-ROM but don't know which is best for Daphne. Any thoughts?
(oh BTW I'm headed toward an 1.5Mhz machine running Win2K in case that matters) ;)
Thanks!
Malenko:
if by the deluxe pack the 3 CD roms verions they dont work with Daphne (I know i have them) but the DVDs are what you need (I have DLII and plan to get the rest later).
Frostillicus:
You could go with an actual laserdisc ;D , which is what I did - I got the new reproduction disc since it has 'lost' footage. check this out - http://www.hi-techmechanical.com/DLRepro.htm
I know it's unecessary these days, but I prefer to use a laserdisc player hooked up to daphne to run DL. It's gonna rock in my cabinet, which will use a TV for easy input switching. Plus I found some cheap LD players at the local university surplus($30 bucks for 2 working pioneer LD-v8000's!)
Anyway, if you go with digital leisure, get the PC DVD ROM, not the Xbox and console DVD ones. Apparently the DVD ROMS are more compatible with mpeg ripping or something.
wackychimp:
So will ANY LD player work or do I need a specific one? I'm wanting to keep this as simple as possible so I may just stick with a PC driven version using MPEGs. I'd rather not have to worry about a lot of switching inputs, etc.
Howard_Casto:
Unless your going to be collecting the orignal pcbs a laser disc player is definately NOT the way to go. Only dragon's lair and space ace will display properly when using daphne and a laserdisc player. All the other emulated laser disc games only run right with mpeg rips. Now if all you want to play is dragon's lair (lamer :P ) then a laserdisc would work fine. And yes indeed only certain one's work... go to the daphne homepage or the dragon's liar project for more info.