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SirPeale:

I'll third the motion.  I see what your'e trying to do, and hey, if you want to, more power to you.  But it'll be your little secret.

AmericanDemon:

I can kinda see it.  If he wasnt building a cabinet.  So you have your PC set up and a personal controller for the desktop.  Now he has MAME.  But he wants to play Metal Slug 5 (NOT EMULAYED).  So he attaches his handy dandy PCB to his nifty adapter and through probably a video capture card he can display the game on his monitor and using a joystick or his keyboard control the game. 

This wouldnt be hard honestly.  If you want to talk about the idea you can message me.

Goz:

Supergun

paigeoliver:

Exactly what sort of bragging rights would one gain by doing this?  I mean it IS possible, but it will cost more than any JAMMA cabinet, the results will be a lot worse.

An RGB to NTSC conversion board will need to be fed to a TV in card. That will handle the video.

The JAMMA sound can simply be fed to the audio in on the computer.

You will need an arcade power supply.

Now, get ready to BEND OVER. TO deal with the switches you will need one of MANY industrial control boards capable of remotely operating switches. There are tons of them, and none of them are cheap.

So for around $1000 you will be able to play a jamma board on your computer, it will look crappy and the controls might have lag, but you will have BRAGGING RIGHTS.

penjuin:

What is supergun?

anyways...
Being a bit sceptical are we paigeoliver? ;)

* rgb->tv adapter = $95
* arcade power supply (5v and 12v) can easily be ripped from my power supply at home = $0
* Already have a tv card = $0
* Sound just goes in = $1 (for cabling and plugs)
* I can easily build a remote control switch pcb, ive done it before = $20(ive seen commercial ones here in australia for $35 anyway)
* Harness wiring kit = $30Looks like our total has ballooned to... what?!? only $146!?! I think you overestimated a slight bit :P

I think you are aiming at a more complex switchboard type thing. if you pulse electricity down a parrallel port onto a transistor, it acts just like a switch.

PS
Thanks for the support AmericanDemon, but sadly (or maybe not ;)), ms5 is emulated. I cant find the link anymore, but there was once a hacked version of neorageX i downloaded that was hacked specifically for ms5. Even though i don't have ms5, i thought id get it for a time like this, so if you want it, pm me.

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