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gnateye

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dreamcast in cab
« on: August 22, 2002, 07:58:54 pm »
alright who has a dreamcast in their cab?

i know im a day late and a dollar short but now i see that i want to add one to mine, there sems to be 3 schools of thought, dc2jamma adapter, controller hack, or buy and xarcade with a dreamcast adapter. i think i will have to go for the controller hack (it'll be my first attempt, but im game) unless someone comes forward justifying the minimum 95$ for a dc2jamma chip. ii dont know i need more info and input which is why i come to you oh mighty sages of the arcade 8)

inundate me with info

the web is somewhat lacking in my googlew searches, ebay has like 13000 items under dreamcast, but im confused on the whole import/us versions and games mod chips and whatnot, i wanna rock some good shooters, 3d fighters, and driving games and this looks like th best bet.

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Re:dreamcast in cab
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2002, 10:03:54 pm »
Hey
I am interested in adding dc also. keep me posted or email me direct..I would like to wirte it into my current cp if possible.
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Re:dreamcast in cab
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2002, 05:50:51 pm »
Check out my site.  I have my DC hooked up to my arcade machine (not the controllers).  Let me know if you have any questions, maybe I can help.

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Re:dreamcast in cab
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2002, 06:09:50 pm »
what did you use to connect your dreamcast to the cab? and dc2jamma? if so where did you get it?

or did you just hack a vga box? how do you controll the games with te dc controllers?

there isnt really a whole lot of info on the site about this?

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Re:dreamcast in cab
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2002, 06:12:49 pm »
I did the VGABox hack, really easy and cheap.  I just have my controlers inside the cabnet and pull them out when I want to play DC.  What info are you looking for?


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Re:dreamcast in cab
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2002, 08:12:21 pm »
Saint just added some stuff in the Alternatives section of the site on dreamcast info (buts its a little old).  There is also a little debate over wether this content is welcome on BYOC (being mostly Mame content).

See http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=7;action=display;threadid=2128

The cheap way to go is hacking your own video and pads.  Hacking the video is easy as Chazz stated.  The pads are also easy (similar to every other pc joypad hack already mentioned on this site).

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