Ultracade Question's

[jimmy_bored]

Can someone tell me what frontend Ultracade is running?  And why Dragons Lair is $250 bucks for their system?

Thanks,

JImmy

[rlemmon]

do a search on this site, you will find a wealth of info.

[Dreamwriter]

I thought they were out of business... as for "searching their site", I looked a while back, they never said anything about their front end or the reasons for their high prices.  To my knowledge, they wrote their own front end, and they have high prices because they like money   And probably spent a ton on license fees.

[brophog]

do a search on this site, you will find a wealth of info.

[jimmy_bored]

do a search on this site, you will find a wealth of info.

I did over 35 searches of THIS site with different terms for expressing the cost of Dragons Lair for ultracade. BTW this was a hugh waste of time. 
 
Please provide the exact search term for answering why ultracade Dragons Lair is so expensive.  Maybe you know something that we don't, but i think its highly unlikely you will find the answer to this searching THIS site.

[crzywolf]

Ultracade's software is for commercial use which is why it cost so much. As for the front end well its most likely their own design for their arcades . You can try Ultrastyle which from what I read its close to Ultracades but, I could not tell you for sure since I have never used either them .

[Sizzler]

Maybe you know something that we don't, but i think its highly unlikely you will find the answer to this searching THIS site.

Searching this site reveals that David R Foley is a selfish thieving bastard.    I think your answer is right there.

[jimmy_bored]

Maybe you know something that we don't, but i think its highly unlikely you will find the answer to this searching THIS site.

Searching this site reveals that David R Foley is a selfish thieving bastard.    I think your answer is right there.

Lots of messages poped up with his name.  I see he's not very popular... The only reason I brought this up was an auction I saw for The Dragon Lairs unltracade addon pack.  I really liked Dragons Lair so i was interested in running it without having an ultracade.

Thanks for all your responses.

[rlemmon]

Jimmy have you seen this ? http://www.digitalleisure.com/contents/DVDRom_games.htm#dlHD

[jimmy_bored]

Jimmy have you seen this ? http://www.digitalleisure.com/contents/DVDRom_games.htm#dlHD

Thats cool... And definitely cheaper!  But I was really looking for something that just ran from CD vs installing to Hard drive and install windozes.

[Dreamwriter]

I'm pretty sure you would be screwed if you bought that, I don't think the Ultracade games work unless they are in an actual Ultracade.

[jimmy_bored]

I'm pretty sure you would be screwed if you bought that, I don't think the Ultracade games work unless they are in an actual Ultracade.

That's what I figured... It looks like they use three keys for activating the software.  One for the ultracade system, one for the disc and the one that activates it derived from the combination of the two.

[davieboynj]

I don't think you're even talking about the ultracde version, that one would be a lot more $$$.  The Arcade Legends upgrade is the one that you're talking about, and those aren't for commercial use. 

also, I'm pretty sure Ultracade / Arcade legends are built on some kind of *nix, so no chance of working on windows.  possible you could extract the mpegs, which i never really saw the point of unless your conscience can't handle buying the dvd or pc version as a justification for downloading the mpegs... 

-d

[Level42]

Did I mention I saw a poor Sega Naomi that had been assimilated by Ultracade ?
Strange because I haven't seen any "kits" on sale for this, but the marquee and stuff all fit perfectly.

For some reason, this was the least played cab in the arcade......

But I guess it's because of the really low quality list of games it featured. Only Bomb Jack appealed to me......but I could resist

[97thruhiker]

If you really like Dragons Lair pick up Digital Leasures 20th Anniversry DVD set and then visit the laser disc emulation site Daphne to learn how to break it down and play using their emulator.  Its as close as you can get to playing the real disc.

http://www.daphne-emu.com/site3/