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Mac Pinball?
ElKootcho:
Are there any decent Mac pinball emulators out there?
I'm in the middle of planning my CP and want to add pinball buttons if I can find any decent OS X pinball.
rubberpoultry:
I'm a Mac guy too, and I haven't found anything on the Pinball side. I ended up buying my first PC for my mame cabinet after lifelong Mac ownership. It was not a good experience. I couldn't get anything to work right at first. I've been spoiled buy how everything just works on the Mac.
DrumAnBass:
Yep I am a major Mac geek as well, and I gave in and went to the dark side for my arcade cab for that very reason. Sure there is MacMame and about 2 front ends for OS-X, but what you don't have is all the multitude of emulators for other retro gaming consoles; and Visual Pinball...
But I was able to throw together a Semperon 2800 based PC for about $250. Sure Winodoze blows but for retro arcade endeavors it seems to be worth it to use a PeeCee.
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on May 03, 2007, 01:56:52 pm ---I gave in and went to the dark side for my arcade cab for that very reason.
Sure Winodoze blows but for retro arcade endeavors it seems to be worth it to use a PeeCee.
--- End quote ---
The dark side? It's a Computer, not the Empire. I could see having a strong preference over Mac if you're heavy in film or photo editing, but for an arcade cab - if you set it up correctly - you'll never, ever see the operating system.
I'm not trying to start a PC vs. Mac war, but for arcade cabs I think Macs are just a horrible choice. PC's are much cheaper for what it's being used for (sometimes even free if you know who to ask) and software is easier to find for it than a Mac. QED
DrumAnBass:
Yah I agree with you DaveMMR; sorry I was just sarcastically living up to the "pretentious mac user" stereotype ;-) :dizzy:
Computers are just tools and you should use the best tool for the job at hand. And right now PCs have superior software for retro-gaming applications. :cheers: