Happy Birthday BYOAC Message Board!

[Howard_Casto]

[I think Howard stated that he was against Mameing an original cab if at all possible, unless you can preserve it in its original state.  I can't disagree, as long as the cab was empty to begin with.

Yeah, I thought that too, but in his post that I quoted, he was specifically talking about reasons why he hates "console hackers"...so he hates mame hackers too?  Kind of makes it a moot point.
*shrug*

No I hate both... the examples can apply to either one, but I thought I had made my feelings about maming classic cabs prefectly clear by my posts in the past.  Apparently not.  

[Howard_Casto]

[I think Howard stated that he was against Mameing an original cab if at all possible, unless you can preserve it in its original state.  I can't disagree, as long as the cab was empty to begin with.

Yeah, I thought that too, but in his post that I quoted, he was specifically talking about reasons why he hates "console hackers"...so he hates mame hackers too?  Kind of makes it a moot point.
*shrug*

Dave read the paragraph UNDER that one.  About where it's stupid to hack a console to run on arcae controls or in a cab (in most cases at least) just as it would be stupid to run arcade games on a console (again in most cases).  It ruins the original experience, and you can't deny that the purpos of this site has alwyas been try try to relive a "classic" gaming experience.

The paragraph above that applies to both mamers and console hackers but it mostly applies to console ackers as they seem to show the least respect for a cab. (Statistically speaking at least).  

[1UP]

There's a point to be made, though, that for some more recent games, console ports are the only available way to get certain games into a home cab (until they are emulated, or unless you can afford $3000 for the original machines).

I see the point that it's stupid to put an Atari 2600 into a cab, especially running E.T. or somethign that was never an arcade game to begin with.  But what about a console running (insert name of modern 3D fighter here).  Apart from the fact that you have to insert a coin in the original, what is the difference in most console ports today?  Lots of people that have coin mechs on their cabs don't use them anyway (P1 start+P1B1 anyone?) and lots of cabs don't even have coin doors period.

There are lots of compromises in the emulation world.  For starters, you're not running ANY of them on the original hardware, usually not using the original controls either.  I'm running things like Baby Pac-Man and Terminator 2 pinball with Visual Pinball on my cab, which is about as far away from the original pinball experience as you can get!  Some people might not put as much importance on the whole "insert coin" aspect as others.  To me, it's part of the charm of the original games.

Just wanted to make that point...

[Lilwolf]

Anything thats fun belongs in a cabinet.  DVD players, PC games (driving games especially), console games (if you can get a control panel to work with it), ect.

Its all about the games and having fun.  

[Carsten Carlos]

Anything thats fun belongs in a cabinet.

I don't expect my girlfriend being satisfied if I put her in a cab!  

[rampy]

Anything thats fun belongs in a cabinet.

I don't expect my girlfriend being satisfied if I put her in a cab!  

Bring out the gimp...  =P

rampy

[Lilwolf]

You didn't build a big enough joystick on your cab..

sorry...

that was bad...

[SirPoonga]

There's a point to be made, though, that for some more recent games, console ports are the only available way to get certain games into a home cab (until they are emulated, or unless you can afford $3000 for the original machines).

I see the point that it's stupid to put an Atari 2600 into a cab, especially running E.T. or somethign that was never an arcade game to begin with.  But what about a console running (insert name of modern 3D fighter here).  Apart from the fact that you have to insert a coin in the original, what is the difference in most console ports today?  Lots of people that have coin mechs on their cabs don't use them anyway (P1 start+P1B1 anyone?) and lots of cabs don't even have coin doors period.

There are lots of compromises in the emulation world.  For starters, you're not running ANY of them on the original hardware, usually not using the original controls either.  I'm running things like Baby Pac-Man and Terminator 2 pinball with Visual Pinball on my cab, which is about as far away from the original pinball experience as you can get!  Some people might not put as much importance on the whole "insert coin" aspect as others.  To me, it's part of the charm of the original games.

Just wanted to make that point...

My neighbors had a 2600, nes, snes, and genesis in a cabinet, great fun.

[Brax]

Anything thats fun belongs in a cabinet.

I don't expect my girlfriend being satisfied if I put her in a cab!  

Bring out the gimp...  =P

rampy

Your cabinet would HAVE to have a red balltop joystick!
*giggles*

[Carsten Carlos]

Your cabinet would HAVE to have a red balltop joystick!

I sure have!