Hey all,
I recently purchased a home stand up version of Golden Tee from Target and this immediately got me interested in building my own cabinet. I went online and ordered the "Tankstick" from X-gaming which comes with the 2 control stick and a trackball.
I have a couple questions.
I have an extra pc which has an Athlon Xp 1700+ processor, 1/2 gig of memory, 250gig sata hard drive, and a Radeon 7500 video card with I think 64 meg of ram.
First question - Is this a reasonable configuration for running a good Mame machine? I don't really want to half ass anything but.... If I had to upgrade something (don't want to build a whole new pc) and I was only budgeting maybe another $150 on the machine, what should I upgrade?
Next question is about monitor. I have a 21" Sony CRT and I also have a 25" generic brand TV. If I don't want to spend a bunch of money on an arcade monitor, which of these 2 choices would you recommend? Keep in mind I am not as interested in the older Joust-era games but instead on newer versions of fighting games, Golden Tee, etc.
Next question is about front end software. I tried mamewah but it didn't go through and detect non-working games so I had a bunch on my menu that didn't work. I also downloaded and played around with mala a bit and this seemed pretty nice. I know this is an opinion question but I am curious as to what most people are using and what they recommend.
Lastly, does anyone know of a good site to find cabinet plans at? I have done some googling but I really haven't found anything all that useable.
Thank you in advance for your input (and sorry for being so newbie)
-Rob