Author Topic: PS2 5.4" LCD playing MAME (picture) (Read 3503 times)

axefreak · « **on:** October 12, 2004, 11:01:52 pm »

Here is a PS2 LCD playing ms pacman. Toys-R-Us has these on sale for $99 REGULAR $150!

These monitors come with rca jacks as well as S-Video! Plus speakers that sound great.

No need to hack this.....its all there!!!!

Rick

Snarbald · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2004, 11:30:53 pm »

How hard is it to take apart?

IG-88 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2004, 12:11:00 am »

Ya what do you have to do too make this work?

Knoxximus · « **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2004, 12:46:33 am »

Well, if it has S-Video, then it's pretty much plug and play right out of the box.

Whaddya gonna do though? Lug around a tower with it? Might as well get a Laptop or Pocket PC and be done with it.

SteveJ34 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2004, 01:21:41 am »

Quote from: Knoxximus on October 13, 2004, 12:46:33 am

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Whaddya gonna do though? Lug around a tower with it? Might as well get a Laptop or Pocket PC and be done with it.

Create a portable or micro size mame machine not necessarily because it's "cost effective" but just because you "can".

Minwah · « **Reply #5 on:** October 13, 2004, 06:06:50 am »

Quote from: SteveJ34 on October 13, 2004, 01:21:41 am

Create a portable or micro size mame machine not necessarily because it's "cost effective" but just because you "can".

I'd like to see it

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 13, 2004, 08:45:35 am »

remember that post with the guy who bought an old bank computer and it was in that really tiny box. something liek that, with that thing on top, and a desktop CP setup, would be a nice portable deal. or you could just buy a 15inch LCD flatscreen on ebay for like 100$ =p

pretty much its pointless, but cool

daywane · « **Reply #7 on:** October 13, 2004, 09:08:24 am »

I could find use for such a thing.

on the boat. cabin,
tigerdirect.com has a small pc $400.00 s vid out.
I hate missing mame at the cabin shoot I would even take it to the farm (I have a 78 pace arrow rv I use as a hunting lodge) I would like it there for a nice break from hunting,

Bloinkxp · « **Reply #8 on:** October 13, 2004, 09:36:24 am »

I'm thinkin' EPIA m1200 with a cool home-made 1/4 scale pac-man cabinet...

That would rule (in geekland at least).

-d

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #9 on:** October 13, 2004, 09:55:40 am »

youd be my hero for a day....

danny_galaga · « **Reply #10 on:** October 13, 2004, 10:26:40 am »

Quote from: Sephroth57 on October 13, 2004, 08:45:35 am

remember that post with the guy who bought an old bank computer and it was in that really tiny box. something liek that, with that thing on top, and a desktop CP setup, would be a nice portable deal. or you could just buy a 15inch LCD flatscreen on ebay for like 100$ =p

pretty much its pointless, but cool

that was me. so there you go, a use for a small computer!! nothing to do with mame is useless

IG-88 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 13, 2004, 11:34:35 am »

Quote from: danny_galaga on October 13, 2004, 10:26:40 am

that was me. so there you go, a use for a small computer!! nothing to do with mame is useless

Do you have pics of that set-up you could post?

Dougmeister · « **Reply #12 on:** October 13, 2004, 11:43:06 am »

No-so-good-reviews on Toys 'R Us/Amazon's site:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000099SJH/qid%3D1097682119/102-5778717-0294567

spocktwin · « **Reply #13 on:** October 13, 2004, 11:52:31 am »

Bought one of these over a year ago for my 8 year old to play her playstation2 with in her playroom. I have never had a problem with it and it works great. We also put a little Disney DVD in it to entertain her little brother for a few minutes

Lilwolf · « **Reply #14 on:** October 14, 2004, 09:08:03 am »

How is the picture quality in mame?

I have a little TV (composite) that I use for the kids to watch movies on long trips.

I tried the TVout -> SVid -> Composite and it looked really bad... Obvious that the resolution was way less then the game itself. I didn't spend any time to optimize the output.

Thanks

DPsx7 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 14, 2004, 10:13:08 am »

I have an Interact Mobile Monitor (same thing, different company). I use it on my PS2 when I wanna sit on the porch or go camping. Works great. Never thought to use MAME on it.

Gumby · « **Reply #16 on:** October 15, 2004, 02:49:36 am »

I wonder how hard it would be to hack one of those monitors and a very very small motherboard (thinking hacked iPaq or something...

and make a MAME Gameboy....a portable, in your hand mame set...

use a 1gb compact flash card to hold the roms...have a d-pad (maybe even from an old broken gameboy) on one side and 2-4 buttons on the other...simular to how the old sega gamegear was....

Would be pretty slick.

-G

JoyMonkey · « **Reply #17 on:** October 15, 2004, 07:14:40 am »

Quote from: Gumby on October 15, 2004, 02:49:36 am

I wonder how hard it would be to hack one of those monitors and a very very small motherboard (thinking hacked iPaq or something...

and make a MAME Gameboy....a portable, in your hand mame set...

use a 1gb compact flash card to hold the roms...have a d-pad (maybe even from an old broken gameboy) on one side and 2-4 buttons on the other...simular to how the old sega gamegear was....

Would be pretty slick.

-G

Or you could save yourself the bother and buy an N-Gage or a GP32. I've got eMame installed on my N-Gage; it does make my commute more liveable.

Stingray · « **Reply #18 on:** October 15, 2004, 11:40:27 am »

Does anyone know of a source for really small computers similar to the one danny_galaga posted? I've got a 7inch LCD screen that I've been saving for just such a project. Only problem is I haven't been able to locate a suitably tiny computer for it.

-S

rchadd · « **Reply #19 on:** October 15, 2004, 01:59:41 pm »

make a coffee table with lcd screen and ps2 embedded in it. plug in controllers to play.

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #20 on:** October 15, 2004, 02:38:03 pm »

the new nana-itx mobo's are coming soon. they are 12cm on a side and have every input output known to man on them. intigrated audio\video and come up to 1 ghtz processor speed.

im thinking about the same project. a handheld mame machne \ computer

IG-88 · « **Reply #21 on:** October 15, 2004, 03:20:08 pm »

Like this?

http://store.yahoo.com/ituner/viaepiap4itx.html

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #22 on:** October 15, 2004, 03:51:25 pm »

thats a mini-itx. small but teh nana are like a 3rd smaller. the nano-itx boards are less than 5 inches on a side.

rchadd · « **Reply #23 on:** October 15, 2004, 03:56:49 pm »

in case you haven't seen these mini-itx projects...

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects.asp

i like the r2d2

IG-88 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 15, 2004, 04:10:33 pm »

Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 15, 2004, 03:51:25 pm

thats a mini-itx. small but teh nana are like a 3rd smaller. the nano-itx boards are less than 5 inches on a side.

Do you have a pic or link of one?

Stingray · « **Reply #25 on:** October 15, 2004, 04:26:57 pm »

I'd be interested in learning more about those boards as well if anyone has any info to share. How about power supplies? Is there a tiny PS available?

-S

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #26 on:** October 15, 2004, 04:35:49 pm »

there is a whole community that love to squeeze these things into stuff at www.mini-itx.com

the nano-itx boards can be seen here. the states prolly wont see these till spring.

There are speciallized power supplies and most of the lower end boards run without a fan and run cool.

IG-88 · « **Reply #27 on:** October 15, 2004, 05:07:20 pm »

OK....so where do you put that 1gb DDR400 RAM?


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