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parpunk:
Hello everybody, i believe this is my thrid post and after posting a few times about some ideas on a MAME project, i thought i had everything under control, but now it seems i just came to another fork in the road, and am lost and totally confused on what i wanna do now. And if ANYONE could give me some advice i would greatly appreciate it. :-)

Ok heres whats going on>

Use a Modded XBOX for MAME   ???
or
Older Computer with PCI Card for MAME   ???

Either way i know i want to (fr the time) use a Flat screen TV, and not an arcade monitor. Because i want it to be hassle free and i know nothing about arcade monitors  yet. Maybe ill upgrade later in time.

I want to build a MAME set up to play like every Arcade ROM. Or at least most of them. The easiest and cheapest way possible. Plus i want it all to run great if possible. Now Im kinda stuck on where to go right now with this. I have a free computer to use for MAME, and i also have an already modded xbox that i could use for MAME. i basically wanna do whats best and whats easiest. I also already have a 4 player control panel made, Although im confused on what to do about the connectors on my control panel, all i know is that its a ps/2 hookup on it. And i have no idea what kind of connector to get for something like that if i wanna use it for an xbox. Although if i could use the Xbox for MAME i wouldnt have to get a bunch of stuff for my computer like video card etc. But is i use the computer i could use the ps/2 port on it as well. But my computer only has PCI slot on it, no agp, or PCI express. Although i dont know if that amount of roms would fit on an xbox though, without having modifications done to it.

Basically im a newbie at all this but i do have a pretty sweet control panel ready for this. heres the one i won off ebay>>

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120088462517&rd=1&rd=1

At the time im really not wanting to spend over $200.00 more for anything else i need really. But may splurge a little more than that if i have to, to be able to get a sweet setup.

Basically i wanna be able to play all the awesome 2d arcade games like TMNT, simpsons, marvel vs. capcom 1 and 2, street fighter, mortal kombat, battletosads etc, All with 3 to 4 players, HASSLE FREE. I was told there are a certain kind of adaptors for an xbox to take ps/2 ports, but cant seem to find anywhere that has them. Does anyone perhaps have a link???Also i was wondering if i do get one of these adaptors will the xbox read the control panel everytime on every game, or will it be hard and confusing to figure out?

I have been talking to Snaake about doing some modding for the xbox to be able to run a control panel like mine, hopefully i can get some direction there too. Or maybe a computer will be a better bet. im still not sure about all this If Anyone could give me some ideas i would love to hear em.

Thanks a lot for looking at my post and i hope i get some good direction :-)

-mark


ChadTower:

Buy and read.
shardian:
A computer would be best for you.
parpunk:
hey thanks for the tips guys, but i was kinda leaning in favor of the xbox a little still. but im still not really sure heres a little reason why>

PROS    for using Xbox
I wouldnt have to get a PCI card for my computer
I wouldnt have to worry about installing a PCI (which ive never done)
Wouldnt have to learn how to make a front end work on a computer
Would be able to play games like soul calibur and dead or alive (which a computer wouldnt handle.
Wouldnt have to wait for it load as long as a computer
Wouldnt have to worry about roms being in correct folders with bios and stuff (hopefully) cause i know nothing about Bios or about drivers and stuff.

CONS    for using XBOX
I Hear some people say some games wont play right or at full speed because of Ram or something
I would have to find a connector to work for my xbox and my 4 player control panel (which im still looking for) Must be able to convert ps/2 port on my control panel
Might have to pay someone to mod my xbox to take the control panel??
Might have to pay to upgrade xbox harddrive and other stuff i dont know about.

so yea im still quite confused on what would be best for me.


shardian:
Installing a video card is easy. You just install the software off the cd, then pop off the side of the pc and push the card into the slot that it fits in.
You are going to be making sacrifices with either setup IMO

As to front ends, Atomic FE has a plug-n-play functionality. you download the FE, download the MAME plug-n-play file, then put your snap shots and roms in the folder. Bam! you are ready to rock.

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