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Curious... What can you do with the hard drive from a video game?
Xynie:
So, in my ever futile search for a way to get Rush 2049 to my home, I found someone selling a San Fransico Rush 2049 SE Western Digital Hard Drive. Now... I am clueless when it comes to machines other then setting up the everyday mame cabinet (thanks to the people here).
How would you use something like this in a cabinet? Does it have any use to someone who would want the game but doesn't want to pony up 4k for a single player cabinet?
Thanks
Anthony
RayB:
I'll drop you a hint. What do YOU think a hard drive is for?
The answer is pretty obvious.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Xynie on October 27, 2004, 12:42:31 pm ---So, in my ever futile search for a way to get Rush 2049 to my home, I found someone selling a San Fransico Rush 2049 SE Western Digital Hard Drive. Now... I am clueless when it comes to machines other then setting up the everyday mame cabinet (thanks to the people here).
How would you use something like this in a cabinet? Does it have any use to someone who would want the game but doesn't want to pony up 4k for a single player cabinet?
Thanks
Anthony
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Basically, the way to look at this is like if someone sold you a computer hard drive for say a macintosh, without a motherboard.
In other words, the HD by itself is not extrememely useful. However, if you can locate a SF Rush 2049 SE PCB, you can connect the hardrive to that, hook up a monitor, and a wheel and shifter and pedals, and coin mech, and (maybe) beat the 4K price.
Option 2 is to just play the game in MAME, but you will need to wait a couple of years and then spend 4K on the computer, b/c I think it needs a 20Ghz machine or some such.
Option 3 is to get a Dreamcast and the Dreamscast port of the game and play that with real arcade controls.
I like the game too, so I wish I had a reasonable way to play it.
Xynie:
--- Quote from: RayB on October 27, 2004, 12:54:10 pm ---I'll drop you a hint. What do YOU think a hard drive is for?
The answer is pretty obvious.
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Well yeah :) My question I guess was more of "what do you need with the Hard Drive" ;D
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Xynie on October 27, 2004, 01:02:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: RayB on October 27, 2004, 12:54:10 pm ---I'll drop you a hint. What do YOU think a hard drive is for?
The answer is pretty obvious.
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Well yeah :) My question I guess was more of "what do you need with the Hard Drive" ;D
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Like I said, your $4K San F Rush REAL arcade game won't play very well without one (or with one by itself without the other components)
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Either one by itself is not very useful.
Clearer?