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newb question, but i dont know what forum
« on: November 02, 2006, 07:50:07 pm »
OK, so i finally did what i thought was enough research (about a years worth) and got an idea on parts, software, materials,  put together a computer to run mame and ordered buttons and joysticks...then a stupid question hit me.......
my project is a ms pac-man cocktail cabinet, when I put it together is player two going to have to play upside down, or can you specify the orientation of the players??? sorry i have no idea which forum this pertains to because it may be a emulation or even a video card problem for all i know. lol
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Re: newb question, but i dont know what forum
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2006, 08:33:37 pm »

Welcome to the wonderful world of arcade gaming.

What MAME version are you running?

MAME32?
Or MAME and a frontend?

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Re: newb question, but i dont know what forum
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2006, 11:30:10 pm »
my project is a ms pac-man cocktail cabinet, when I put it together is player two going to have to play upside down, or can you specify the orientation of the players???

you set it to cocktail mode and it will flip for player 2 you can set it from the in game menu using the tab key.

Oh and welcome!

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Re: newb question, but i dont know what forum
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2006, 12:06:49 am »
outstanding, that sounds like a good answer :)  and yeah, Ive started with mame32, as soon as i get it figured out pretty well, I'll try to figure out better ways to do it..one step at a time.

Thanks very  much

Oh, and I got the controls in the mail today :D
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Re: newb question, but i dont know what forum
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2006, 07:48:25 am »
There were a number of games designed to be played on a cocktail style cabinet.  Are you going to make all of them available?  I know the list is longer, but Galaga comes to mind.  With a joystick and 1 or 2 buttons you could extend the use of the cab greatly.

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Re: newb question, but i dont know what forum
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2006, 04:24:29 pm »
hehe actually just planning to stuff as many games into it as i can get my grubby paws on  ;) 
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