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Tritoch84:

Ok, I play fighters , alot. I thought maybe there could be a way to have a semi portable MAME setup?

2 Arcade sticks, using playstation pads and usb adapters,

A cheap laptop, with enough power to run metal slug 3, a S-Video out, and a headphone/speaker jack.

Pair of cheap portable computer speakers.

I could turn any TV in the US into a gaming machine this way, but is there a cheaper way? Even 300MHZ  used laptops cost around 300something, and don't have a S-Vid out (the ones I have seen).

This seems like a really cool idea to me, the only part I would be missing is the laptop/computer part.

Anyone else think this idea is just nuts? When I told somone I was thinking of buying an old laptop just for MAME they said I was crazy.

cholin:

Man, look in Project Announcements.  Theres one called Portable Mame or something like that.  Use a regular computer.  You put a whole computer into the panel, wire it all up, and you can turn any TV in north america into a gaming console :P  I might do one too, so Id love to see how far this goes.

Tritoch84:

Ah, my fault, I searched and didn't find it, how, I don't know.

I have 2 indivual sticks, not sure if I could slam computer guts into one of them (kinda small).

Thanks for the heads up.

EDIT: I checked it out, I'm thinking of a more portable idea, that looks HEAVY, if that thing dropped, by by computer guts.



DaveJ-UK:

Most laptops wouldn't take too kindly to being dropped either.

You can get a ~300MHz laptop for a lot less than $300, especially since you don't need the screen.

Can't you just hack a VGA cable? You shouldn't need video out I don't think.

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Or just get an XBox and chip it...

oldsage:

I don't see why lose the screen... Do the whole portable thing and add a battery or something... Could be nice for long car trips...

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