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Mame cabinet project with a 266 mhz???....
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USSEnterprise:
Couldn't you get MAME (or the frontend) to start on boot by adding it to the autoexec.bat file?
MPTech:
If it's any help.  I completed my cabinet the week before Christmas, with a P3 450mhz and it would play a lot of the simpler games, but 2 player games were almost impossible and with a lot of lag (sometime just locking up).  Fighter games just didn't work (Marvel, Street Fighter, Mortal Combat, etc) and most of the 2 player shooter games (1941, Metal Slug, etc).  I had bought a 128 mhz video card and almost 500mb ram, but it just wasn't enough horsepower.

After Christmas, I built a new PC (not in my plans, but we'll just call it a "late" Christmas present.  250g HDD, 3g CPU, 512mb ram.  IT ROCKS!!!
My advice is to use your better PC or build a new one (I don't regret it!)

btw, my son and I play Metal Slug all the time.  COOL!  ;D
gonzo90017:
I know this wasn't the answer you were looking for but you create a few user accounts one with mame as startup up. The 2nd one with NeoRageX at startup and the 3rd with Callus95 at startup. Callus 95 should take care of most capcom games and it only requires 24mb of ram! Just make sure you patch Callus with the Callus95 patch 2.4. it allows you to play some of the newer games. And for NeoRageX make sure you update zlib.dll with the newest one ( Edit:You can use Game Launcher as a frontend for both mame and Callus but you would still need  a seperate account for Neorage x).
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