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I-PAC X-Box Adaptor now available
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Minwah on November 22, 2004, 10:24:47 am ---I presume it is primarily aimed at arcade game conversions eg fighters.
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MameJunkie:
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--- Quote from: Minwah on November 22, 2004, 10:24:47 am ---I presume it is primarily aimed at arcade game conversions eg fighters. Even if it could be used with analog sticks hardly anyone has them on their control panel!
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Now, maybe this is just my opinion here, but why would anyone put arcade conversions on their mame machine? The mame machine is designed so you can play the originals.
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With a mod x-box, you can put mame on it. So with it, you can play both x-box games and mame. Another good point is that it outputs to the TV easily and looks pretty good.
This is great for those who doesnt want to mess with a arcade monitor and has a x-box & spare TV lying around.
Great work Andy! ;D
Lilwolf:
Cool!
So, does it require a IPac or will any ps2 keyboard encoders / keyboards work? I know you can't offically guarantee it, it would be nice to know if it SHOULD work.
any chance of a dreamcast version??
shmokes:
Yeah. The Xbox is $150. Plop in a $50 mod chip and you've got a decent MAME PC that will also play quite a few arcade ports, as well as Xbox exclusive fighters and such. Things like Soul Caliber II probably wouldn't be emulated for another 3 or 4 years at least, but can already be played on Xbox.
Trust me. This is a very good thing. And I have to agree on the analog thing. While I think that this thing would be MUCH better if it did support analog sticks and all the buttons (though the triggers would probably have to be buttons that activated a hard trigger press), it wouldn't help many people out. As Minwah mentioned, very few people have analog sticks on their control panels. I must admit, though, that if this thing had support for analog sticks I would probably remedy the lack of analog sticks on my control panels pretty quickly.
As is, though, it's a VERY good thing. Thanks Andy.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 22, 2004, 10:42:08 am ---Now, maybe this is just my opinion here, but why would anyone put arcade conversions on their mame machine? The mame machine is designed so you can play the originals.
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Maybe not the best example, but you can play Blitz of SF Rush on a Dreamcast or Nintendo64, or (if they have versions of it), on an XBOX.
Mame supports them, but I can't play them on my XP2800. I might not be able to play them on the 10Ghz computer that I won't shell out the money for in five years.