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ahofle:


--- Quote from: shardian on February 28, 2008, 04:02:46 pm ---First off, I can't bring myself to dedicate a good computer to a 4-way vertical machine, so arcadevga is out due to no agp slot. If you have a pc with agp to use, then more power to you.

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The ArcadeVGA is available in both AGP and PCIe.

Repeating whammoed , how accurate is the emulation on those 48-1 boards?  If it's anywhere near as bad as the Ultracade cabinet's emulation (sounds were off), I would definitely go with MAME. 

Fozzy The Bear:

48 in 1
Advantages:
No set-up,
no front end to configure,
48 classic games, which mostly work.
Good for an existing vertical JAMMA Cab.
Easy as 1,2,3 to fit and use hence quickly set up.

Dissadvantages:
Completely illegal to use commercially (but then so is Mame anyway)
Less games to choose from,
far less flexible,
not customisable,
no way to personalise the software or front end,
no way to add or change games.
Sometimes difficult to interface some controls, hence again less flexible, with some games on it requiring controls that are not available.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

leapinlew:

I like computers because I can put in a nicer looking front end. I dislike the screenshot selection screen on the 48's. I don't like configuring the settings for the PC, but it's nice to know if it breaks down I can put a new PC in there and copy over 2 directories and I'm back in business.

shardian:


--- Quote from: ahofle on February 28, 2008, 05:14:27 pm ---The ArcadeVGA is available in both AGP and PCIe.

Repeating whammoed , how accurate is the emulation on those 48-1 boards?  If it's anywhere near as bad as the Ultracade cabinet's emulation (sounds were off), I would definitely go with MAME. 

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If an old pc don't have AGP, then it most definitely does not have PCIe.

As to emulation, the 48-1 is comparable to MAME. The only quirk I have seen is that sometimes when you start Ms. Pacman the 1st screen is blue. If you die or advance, it goes back to normal. Other than that everything works perfect.

knave:


--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 28, 2008, 05:50:45 pm ---Dissadvantages:

not customisable,
no way to personalise the software or front end,
no way to add or change games.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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I'm pretty sure you can change the menu to show or not show any of the 48 games available.
So you can turn off games that you don't like etc...

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