MAME on an ASUS EEE

[spacies]

Anyone got one of these and tried running MAME?

Interested to hear your thoughts and to see if it worked.

Thanks 

[S0L]

I've got the EEE 701 (1st gen EEE) - runs classics quite well (i.e. Star Wars, Galaga, Pac Man etc) but it's by no means speedy. You can play OutRun perhaps, if you don't mind a bit of frame skip.

If it's more recent stuff then it's likely to be disappointing. The newer EEE (901) may well be better as it has the Atom processor, but I'm not sure how much by.

As a base for a small arcade cab for classics, not bad, but don't expect 'proper'  PC performance.

It's pretty good for email and internet though - for example I'm posting this message from it at the moment Utterly ultra portable too!

Think of it as a P3 600 perhaps, I think thats about where I'd put it performance wise.

I'm basing this on mine running XP BTW - Linux got cleared off as I'm not overly familiar with it, though I don't think it makes much of a difference performance wise.

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[youki]

here 2 video where you can see a EEE PC running mame :


http://www.dailymotion.com/pydzah/video/x44xb0_atomicfe-sur-eeepc_videogames



 

[spacies]

Awesome.

Thanks Youki. I just had a look on youtube as well and there is a video of MKII 
 

[Kangum]

i had the first gen 701 of the asus eee. it played nintendo, super nintendo, gameboy advance, genesis perfectly from a SD card. no issues of any kind.

I also played some n64 games on it with no issues. as for mame it ran the classics fine. I didnt test the more hardcore games though. just the classic usual suspects. ive heard people having mame on a seperate computer and running it over a network fine logged in from the asus eee as well.

older versions of mame like 115 would certainly be better for it imho.

having owned one i ended up selling the 701 because the 7 inch screen was just to small for me. the 901 with the 8.9 inch and the new 1000 10 inch they are comming out with the atom processors look tasty though.

i should have tested mame more but with so many console emulators working fine i had way more games then i could handle already.

one thing i do remember is battery life on the 701 when running a emulator was dismal. 30 minutes tops from a full charge. maybe even more like 20.

[deadpool18]

I have mame running on my 4g 701.  I actually haven't tried running anything too intense on it yet.  Although, games like X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Super Street Fighter II Turbo run great in mame on the eee!  Neo Geo runs really well also.  Samurai Shodown II is particularly fun on the go.

You could always use the eee overclock utility to squeeze some more power out of it (if you are using Windows XP).

I totally recommend getting one though.  It is really cheap now, portable, and versatile.  Also, you get used to the 7" screen pretty quickly if you aren't using it for serious work.  I mostly play N64 games (project 64 emulator) while overclocking, and they play really well.  Mario Kart 64, WWF No Mercy, and Wave Race 64 are awesome on the small screen.

However, the 900 model just received a huge price drop, so that might be the better option.  It has a larger screen, and you can overclock using official software.

[spacies]

Thanks.

I just tried one running MAME off a pen drive. Pretty good really.

Forgot to try a vertical game though. Anyone got a pic to share?
Also, I know they support picture rotation, can this be set to be standard on boot?

I am thinking of using one for a bartop and would like it to be for vertical games only.

TIA.