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I've Decided on SpyStyle's DOS CD, so What Hardware for Galaga Only Console?

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tta583:

Some thoughts.  Yes, I know this is a MAME board so please don't flame me!!  

An original Galaga board has been mentioned a few times.  That is a good option other than they tend to be a little flaky at times.  They are like what, over 20 years old.  From memory I want to say a Galaga has a lot of proprietary IC's and some odd power requirements.  Not odd voltages but more like issues with voltage drops across the board set.  I have never owned one, all this is based on reading about repairs and t-shooting.

Beyond that, how about a multi-JAMMA, like a 39 in 1 board?  They seem to be getting rather inexpensive.  You can turn off all the other games and it will boot directly to Galaga.  With just a single game "on", like Galaga, it will only show that game's demo screen.  When you coin it that single game starts.  No drop back to a menu to make a selection like it would with more than one game on.  JAMMA wiring so that is straight forward, direct compatibility with arcade controls, straight hook up to a 15mhz monitor (not sure what you were looking to use), and all solid state.  No drives to fail, no noise, little to no heat issue.

Just a thought.  Good luck and post pics!!

brent


RandyT:


Lots of interesting approaches here.  But the problem I see is that none of then, other than an original boardset, will allow a nearly instantaneous execution into the ROM's boot screens.

Anything PC based is going to have those PC startup screens visible.  The "X-in-1's" sound like a menu is mandatory, so that doesn't sound like it will fit the bill either.

The only thing I can think of is an extension of the AMOAD type of arrangement with a custom piece of hardware to keep the screen blank while everything is being loaded. 

RandyT


BobA:

On the 48 in1 you can disable the games you do not want.   I guess you could disable 47 of 48 so only the one you want shows in the selection menu.   You could select 2 and have a choice of Galaxian and Galaga.  The screen blanks until the menu comes up so you don't have the PC Look. 

I think the 48 in 1 is also basically solid state so there is no disk drive.  You have a choice of CGA or VGA display.   Keep High Score can be enabled and the DIP switches in software that are available in MAME are also available via the test switch.  There was a thread about them and someone on the board has one and apparently likes it.

Just another option I guess

SECONDandBOWERY:

This JAMMA stuff sounds very interesting, but after researching it a little bit, I think I'm going to stick w/ MAME and a small DOS system.

Thanks so much for all the help - now I just have to find a 9" or 10" monitor to use!

Rock'n'Roll,
--Andy

The 80s Man:

Don't forget you could always use a Dreamcast instead of using a PC. Used Dreamcast sell for 30.oo and under. MAME on Dreamcast plays Galaga perfectly. I would recommend using a Dreamcast to VGA adaptor so you can use a computer monitor for a super clean image. The controls can be hacked and you could even get the coin slot to work.
As far as getting it to boot straight to Galaga, I don't know.

A Galaga single game Emulator Dreamcast file can be found here.
http://dchelp.net/cgi-bin/sbi/browse/browse.cgi?browse&Emus
 
as for the rom file you probably already have it.

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