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AdvanceMame help needed
Dougmeister:
Sorry I wasn't more explicit. I don't have an arcade monitor and probably won't for a while.
I do have:
[*]an old relic of a computer (P200, 128 MB RAM, 4GB HD, 4 MB STB Video card)
[*]a spare 15" monitor
[*]an empty arcade cabinet, and
[*]some joysticks/buttons.
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In addition, my main computer has 2 video cards, one of which is an ATI All-in-Wonder Pro 128 (Rage).
Since the computer is not a work-horse by anyone's standards, I assume that I'll pretty much need to run DOS Mame. I don't care about newer games; I'm happy w/ the 80's.
Short-term, I want to use what I have, with minimal investment (i.e., the joysticks, etc.), to get a working arcade machine.
Long-term, my goal is to get an arcade monitor or TV. But as I said up above, that most likely won't happen for a while. Does that help?
JoyMonkey:
Since you're not using an arcade monitor, I wouldn't bother with AdvMame if I were you; there's very little advantage using it with a regular PC monitor. I'd use an old version of regular DOS mame, maybe Mame 0.66 i686 optimized. Set the default resolution to 640x480 and you're all set.
Dougmeister:
Thanks, JM.
Why an old version of DOS mame? Is it because there is no more a "true" DOS MAME, just the Windows command-line version?
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: Dougmeister on June 06, 2004, 08:37:37 pm ---Thanks, JM.
Why an old version of DOS mame? Is it because there is no more a "true" DOS MAME, just the Windows command-line version?
--- End quote ---
Yep.
The regular Mame executable is Windows only, they usually put out a DOS port of it shortly after the regular one is released. Since Windows aplpications won't be too snappy on that P200 and you mostly want to play classics, DOS would be a much better option.
GadgetGeek:
Since you only want to play the classics, look into Vantage. Runs great on a P120 and I helped a buddy set it up to work just fine on a P75. ArcadeOS as the front-end. "only" about 80 games (but it looks like Peale is spearheading an effort to expand that a bit).