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Quake and Unreal games on your MAME cab? (controls)
mccall:
I didn't say he couldn't play it, I said he might not be happy with the lower resolution. If he's one of those people who play these games at 1280x or 1600x resolutions, and there are plenty of them out there, he MIGHT not be happy at 800x.
Also, as I understand it, you don't get true 800x600 resolution on your analog TV since it only has 525 lines. The image is reduced using (I believe) an algorithm. Depending on the card, the image can be good or not so good, but it isn't true 800x600.
spectre:
1600X1200 - the ONLY way to go...
HeadRusch:
The point of my post was that games look just fine on a TV, just softer due to the much larger "dot pitch" that a TV has over a computer monitor.
1600x1200 is overkill.....my 02 cents......and yes I'm aware of the limitations of SDTV.
CthulhuLuke:
It's very very possible to play FPS games on a Mame cabinet, as long as you have enough buttons, and you like the feel. There's two games I can think of right off the bat that do this, Quake Tournament Prototype arcade, and The Grid. The Grid's a seriously fun FPS that I've spent many quarters on, although it's pretty outdated now a days.
Quake Arcade - http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9188
The Grid Flyer - http://www.arcadeflyers.com/flyers/midwayg/61501001.jpg
The Grid pulled it off really well with that trigger joystick, and I'm sure you could do the same with a super joystick, hack in a tron joystick to it *or use the Raider joystick handle hack*, put a few more buttons around the trackball, and presto. Maybe you could even put in a keypad like they have on the actual machine for selecting weapons.
-Luke
spectre:
1600X1200 isn't an overkill
i can get games up to around 1550 i think it is by whatever...
lol
good ol ati radeon 9000 pro not even the best out there by far... lol
but it gets the job done