POLL: Which OS is on your arcade gaming rig?

[MinerAl]

It's been so long since I built the machine that it is running the then-current MacOS 9.1.  Older MAME and the Classic MacOS Launcher for a front end.  Works fine for my infrequent game-enabled parties.

[Raitsa]

I updated to the latest version of TinyXP a few days ago, it is available on Windows 50-in-1 Ultra DVD by eXPerience, can be found from the user called eXPerience33

MAMEXT32 v0.123 running flawlessly on top of TinyXP now.

<no piracy please>

[danny_galaga]

I updated to the latest version of TinyXP a few days ago, it is available on Windows 50-in-1 Ultra DVD by eXPerience, can be found from the user called eXPerience33

MAMEXT32 v0.123 running flawlessly on top of TinyXP now.

your post is gonna get pulled as soon as a mod is on 

[Truecade]

My current cabinet is running pure DOS with Game Launcher as a front-end.  The only gripe I have is I can't seem to make Game Launcher work with with Smartdrive so the menu system is a little sluggish.  GL just freezes up when I use SMARTDRV.EXE.  Otherwise the system runs every game I want to play at full speed and the load times are quick.  Any suggestions for how to fix the GL and Smartdrive compatibility? 

Specs:
P3 933Mhz
256MB Ram
2GB Compact flash card w/ IDE adapter (instead of a hard drive)
vsyncmame .61

[Dexter]

Windows 2000, but I'll be switching to TinyXP in the next couple of months hopefully.

[rooter]

I'm using a 64bit version of Vista.  I tried a 64bit version of XP but it was total garbage.  I wanted to build a system that would be have the ability to play future MAME ROMs without having to rebuild everything.  I thought 64bit would be the way to go.  We'll see.

[tikbalang]

My current cabinet is running pure DOS with Game Launcher as a front-end.  The only gripe I have is I can't seem to make Game Launcher work with with Smartdrive so the menu system is a little sluggish.  GL just freezes up when I use SMARTDRV.EXE.  Otherwise the system runs every game I want to play at full speed and the load times are quick.  Any suggestions for how to fix the GL and Smartdrive compatibility? 

Specs:
P3 933Mhz
256MB Ram
2GB Compact flash card w/ IDE adapter (instead of a hard drive)
vsyncmame .61

use hyperdkx.exe (hyperdisk) from speedkit. google for speedkit 4.78 (300kb, abandonware).
another option is to use udma drivers from freedos. however, udma.sys has issues with SB and emulated SB drivers.

[lanman31337]

AMD X2 4800+
2 gig ram
2 320 gig hard drives
Nvidia 7600GT 256 PCI-E

I think I might take the mobo and switch it for my desktop, it's sli ready.  Might eventually switch to the Phenom processor for it too.

[Raitsa]

Updated my Mame PC to TinyXP rev09, now with SP3:

http://apcmag.com/pirated_windows_more_impressive_than_the_real_thing.htm

[bloodyviking77]

Cab v1:
PII 400mhz, 256mb RAM,  running DOS/Arcadeos with standard res arcade monitor

Cab v2:
Athlon 1600, 512mb RAM, running stripped down Ubuntu (Hardy) on framebuffer (no X), booting straight into advancemenu and running advancemame 1.06.

Special comments:

(a) The Ubuntu install was sorta by default - I had planned to use vanilla Debian Etch but I didn't have an install CD handy!

(b) I have been meaning to switch to sdlmame for several emulation improvements since 1.06 (eg Bubble Bobble) but seems I have some mucking about to do before I get sdlmame running on the framebuffer (one problem is getting SDL to work at all without a mouse being plugged in to the system)

(c) Advmenu works well with one exception: its default keymapping is not really ideal for cab use. This could be addressed I suppose either by remapping keys for advmenu (involves editing the advmenu.rc file by hand) or a 2 step process of reprogramming the IPAC then updating keys for MAME. Neither option is very attractive so I am muddling on with the defaults..

Another thing that gives me the irrits with advmenu is that pressing a letter will jump to that letter in the gamelist. As the player 2 controls (including joystick) are by default mapped to letter keys on my IPAC, this leads to lots of silly jumping around when my enthusiastic 3 year old whacks the buttons while I'm trying to start Bubble Bobble!

(d) To overcome the issues in (c) I have started playing with lemonlauncher and pyrecade, but am having some difficulty in setting these up. The issues mostly seem related to SDL or missing config files - I haven't put any time into resolving these yet but any pointers on running either fe (or another fe that runs without X) would be handy!


(phew! sorry for long post!)

[ddrtist]

Windows XP Pro SP2
MAME .122
Mala FE with CPWizard, CabVol

P4 3.0 Ghz 800Mhz 1MB
2GB DDR 400
120GB SATA HDD
ATI Radeon 9550 256MB AGP
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS with Creative Inspire 5.1 speakers

[Blanka]

Mac OSX with Emulaunch as front-end.
Although I have an IntelMac, I still prefer MacMame (even when it is emulated PPC code) over MameOSX
The OpenGL effects, the interface and the compatibility with the old games is much better. I'll ask the Emulaunch guy if he can make the front-end launch MacMame for older titles and Mame OSX for the new ones.

[Raitsa]

Windows TinyXP Christmas 2008 Edition was just released (22.12.2008) on ---No torrents please - thanks!--- and itīs working great on my Mame PC 

[severdhed]

xp pro, sp2
mame .124
MALA frontend as shell

athlon xp 2500+
1gb ram
40gb hd
geforce mx440 agp video

[retrometro]

Running Windows XP 64bit.  I originally tried Vista 64bit which had some speed improvements for some games but Vista 64bit to date doesn't work with Soft15khz.  :-(

Running:
mala 1.05
mame .127

- Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L LGA 775 mATX Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Duo e6300 1.86GHz Processor over-clocked to 2.45GHz
- Crucial Ballstix 2x1GB PC-6400 800MHz DDR2 RAM in Dual Channel
- Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro 256MB PCI-E Video Card
- Antec NSK4480 Mid Tower Case w/380W Antec Earthwatts PSU
- Cooler Master Rifle Bearing CPU Fan
- Antec 120MM TriCool Rear Case Exhast Fan

[MotorHedJr]

My dedicated cabinet:

O/S: (Gentoo 2007.1)
kernel: (Linux i686 2.6.12.3)
emu: AdvMAME v0.106.0
fe: AdvMENU v2.4.13
proc: AMD Athlon 1.73 GHz
v-card: PNY Verto GeForce 4 Ti 4600 AGP Video Card
s-card: Ensoniq Audio PCI (1371/1373 Chipset)
Monitor: WG D9200

I selected Gentoo because the documentation was good.

Another thing that gives me the irrits with advmenu is that pressing a letter will jump to that letter in the gamelist. As the player 2 controls (including joystick) are by default mapped to letter keys on my IPAC, this leads to lots of silly jumping around when my enthusiastic 3 year old whacks the buttons while I'm trying to start Bubble Bobble!

Viking, change the following parameter in your advmenu.rc to:

event_alpha no

Happy Holidays,

MotorHed Jr.