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TOK:
I have 3 cabs... The vert cab pretty much gets played an hour or so weekly. The other two get a bit less time just because I just find myself in the mood for vert games like Time Pilot or Donkey Kong after work.
When I have friends over, all 3 get played for hours.

Most games are indistinguishable from the arcade versions. The only one I've actually had the opportunity to test real hardware side by side with MAME is Twin Eagle. The game timing, play, and sound effects was dead on.
I know this isn't true for all games, but for most it isn't an issue.
Kangum:
not very often. my cab is in storage. dont have the room for it even as a coctail. costs an extra 85 bucks a month but its worth it.

people say you cant use a tft in a coctail because of the angle. id really like to try this in my cab anyway. that is the first thing i want to try when i get my cab back. i think about it all the time. sucks to not be able to tinker with it.
lcddream:
I go through periods where it doesn't get play at all for months, then there are times like now where I can't stop thinking about playing, for weeks at a time.

I love my cab either way. It's always there when I need to get that quick game in!
CrazyKongFan:
Probablya  couple times a week. I have it in the basement, so sometimes, if I'm down there doing laundry, I'll fire it up while waiting for the machine to finish :) It's more fun than playing on my keyboard on my regular PC, but some games, I actually play better with the keyboard  ??? I bought an old gutted cabinet at an auction, and am still using the joysticks that came with it, which don't work very good. I think it's the actuator at the base, it doesn't hit the microswitches very well. I did wrap some electrical tape around it to make them trigger better, which did help ALOT, but it's still not that great. I suspect once I get some good joysticks, it'll be alot more fun to play. I also want to replace the mircroswitch buttons with leaf switch buttons eventually.
ark_ader:

--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on February 24, 2008, 09:15:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: ArtsNFartsNCrafts on February 24, 2008, 08:49:05 pm ---You should do a thread on getting mame onto a PSP, if there isn't one already.  Only reason I haven't purchased one is because I don't know how to put MAME on it!

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I'd like to know this as well.

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Search the net for the downgrader utility called Pandora - then buy a cheap battery.  Find a mate who has a 1.50 firmware and ask him to make the Pandora's battery for you.  I'm sure there are others here who could offer the service.

Once you have downed the PSP, then look on net for the Mame4All package and install it.  Compatibility is 90%.  Well worth the hassle and tempest rocks, Starwars vector is fast and Dig dug...priceless.

Apologies to Saint for the "Dark Side" explanation.   >:D  Do do not condone piracy.  Just my bad habits.

Or..  You can do what I used to do.

I have a White Jap 2.70 upgraded to the latest Sony Firmware and I buy the Namco Classics and the other old school titles like the Metal Slug games.

I also have a Black UK 3.40OE which all my ems go on.  Which ever you do please be careful or you can have a $$$ brick to play with instead.  ;D

There are better explanation and in depth coverage on the net for this procedure.  I bought a 1.50 PSP as there are so many sad stories of peeps bricking them.

Have fun.
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