Author Topic: "Official" list for PC Games On Cab (Read 249647 times)

njay · « **Reply #81 on:** July 13, 2009, 02:43:46 am »

so i got raiden 3 running through MA
but i cannot seem to get rid of the top window border, i know for sure the game does not like my reso of 320x240

SophT · « **Reply #82 on:** July 13, 2009, 12:39:09 pm »

Quote from: BORIStheBLADE on July 12, 2009, 12:49:23 pm

How do you download these games? Do you have to create an account?

http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Buying_Stuff

lists a lot of online retailers - I've pieced together my collection from these links, amazon.jp, and ebay. There is also a demo available for the latest game 12 - Undefined Fantastic Object that came out in March - though I don't know where that's available, google should be your friend.

All the games are in Japanese - however the wiki has english patches available for all the games.

Sylpher · « **Reply #83 on:** July 20, 2009, 09:38:13 pm »

Thrustburst (Free!)
Umlautgames

Everyday Shooter
A Queasy Game

As a fair warning these games are quite difficult, and the control schemes may seem unusual on a cabinet but they are very much possible. If a challenge does not scare you then I highly recommend them and the controls are programmable.

I am surprised not to see many of the more popular indie games listed as many of them are inspired by arcade games and work perfectly on a PC driven cabinet. I'll try to remember to add more when I have had time to test them out on my cabinet.

Epyx · « **Reply #84 on:** July 23, 2009, 11:51:07 pm »

Anyone try Jeff Minter's latest for PC called "SPace Giraffe"? Curious if that would work as I like his Tempest style games.

mh12 · « **Reply #85 on:** July 27, 2009, 08:47:11 pm »

SYNSO, Squid Harder, WAR ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?---
http://bagfullofwrong.co.uk/bagfullofwords/

great stuff.. feels much like the Windows Grid Wars game (runs better than that at 640x480). i run the latter two. just craziness

unlike grid/geometry wars/robotron, all these use is a stick and a button (not remappable in the program it seems.. but not a problem if your button 1 is Z, Ctrl, Enter, Space.. or anything else that might actually be used to fire on a keyboard.......and there's always auto-fire so you don't need a button). clean, quick exit on a couple Esc presses

Mr. Dude · « **Reply #86 on:** July 29, 2009, 01:30:45 pm »

Here's some that I have on my cab that weren't mentioned...

Guilty Gear X2
Juno Nemesis
Trackmania Sunrise

IG-88 · « **Reply #87 on:** August 06, 2009, 04:58:49 pm »

Found this one today. Remake of an old PC game called SkyRoads. It's a blast to play! Highly configurable too.

Should work great in a cab!

http://www.tastystatic.com/

mh12 · « **Reply #88 on:** August 07, 2009, 10:31:00 am »

Quote from: IG-88 on August 06, 2009, 04:58:49 pm

Found this one today. Remake of an old PC game called SkyRoads. It's a blast to play! Highly configurable too. Should work great in a cab!

http://www.tastystatic.com/

wow.. i used to play Skyroads! i'd forgotten about it.
the page you linked links to a page where you can download the old DOS game in full. i just played it fine in XP... looks like it would work fine with a cab, though you have to use something mapped to the spacebar to jump. and Enter/Esc for menus/exiting. i'll check out this remake too. thanks!

ETA: had to use VDMsound to get Skyroads' music working. http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound
clllassic!

IG-88 · « **Reply #89 on:** August 07, 2009, 03:37:55 pm »

Ya I tried the original too. Didn't work on my Vista64 system. I just used dosbox and it worked great. Not sure which one I like better.

mh12 · « **Reply #90 on:** August 07, 2009, 04:19:59 pm »

does DOSbox help with resolution issues? and did music work for you? i mentioned it working fine on XP earlier, but my cab monitor flipped out over the res. i figure DOS emulation is one more thing my cab doesn't need.. but for skyroads maybe

IG-88 · « **Reply #91 on:** August 07, 2009, 04:26:52 pm »

It worked perfect right away. Sound and everything. Took about 10 seconds to set up. DosBox is the bomb!

CatttDaddy · « **Reply #92 on:** August 11, 2009, 12:56:04 am »

I cant believe you guys missed TERRORDROME. This game has been in the works for some years now and is awesome.

I just don't believe it was passed up!
Its a fan created Indie game. I don't know about you guys, but I love the Indie stuff that is of high quality like this gem.

Check it out if you haven't seen it.
http://www.terrordrome-thegame.com

Its a horror movie fighting game.
The characters so far are
Freddy - Nightmare on Elm Street
Jason - Friday 13th
Michael Myers Halloween
Chucky - Childs Play
GhostFace - scream
Ash - Evil Dead

seems like he has a few more in the works like
Candyman - CandyMan
Pinhead - HellRaiser
Maniac Cop - Maniac Cop

It is really a great addition to any cab!

[youtube]5BD1qXzHyxc[/youtube]

Zook · « **Reply #93 on:** September 29, 2009, 01:21:08 pm »

Spheres of Chaos

I remember wanting to put this in my cab years ago and had forgotten about it until reading this thread jogged my memory. It's psychedelic asteroids.

http://www.spheresofchaos.com

**Update** I now remember why I didn't add it. Game play is cab friendly but the startup menu is not....

IG-88 · « **Reply #94 on:** November 05, 2009, 09:17:37 pm »

Pretty sweet Manic Miner clone can be found here:

http://tinyurl.com/yg6xlog

Configurable keys and fun to play. Goin' on my cab for sure!

rooroosta · « **Reply #95 on:** November 26, 2009, 06:41:09 pm »

Quote from: IG-88 on November 05, 2009, 09:17:37 pm

Pretty sweet Manic Miner clone can be found here:

http://tinyurl.com/yg6xlog

Configurable keys and fun to play. Goin' on my cab for sure!

Cheers, remember playing Miner 2049'er on the old system back in the day. (and manic miner of course!)

telengard · « **Reply #96 on:** December 09, 2009, 02:24:02 pm »

Haven't put this in the cab yet, but seems perfect for it.

http://mbays.freeshell.org/kuklomenos/

~telengard

P Del Castro · « **Reply #97 on:** December 16, 2009, 09:24:30 pm »

all these games are joystick and buttons controls.

Ether Vapor - a fantastic Shoot Em Up that switches from vertical to horizontal.
Get it Here
http://edelweiss.skr.jp/works/ethervapor/index.html

Genetos - A shooter game that lets you play through the history of Shmups. Old school to present day.
Gotta watch this video to appreciate.
Get it here.
http://www.tatsuya-koyama.com/software/wg002_genetos_eng.html

Irukandji - One of my favorites

Irukandji is a fun score attack shooter, set in an abstract underwater trench. You fly your ship against the flow of hundreds of amazing procedurally animated sea monsters, blasting your way to the final showdown – a Giant Enemy Crab!

Great graphics and it only cost a $1.00. Buy it and support this guy.
Get it here.
http://www.charliesgames.com/wordpress/?page_id=399

Bobulus · « **Reply #98 on:** December 27, 2009, 04:23:49 pm »

Not sure if people have much luck getting Steam to work with a non-internet-enabled computer (like an arcade cab) but...

Steam's having its annual after-holiday sale, and today they're including discounts on the popcap games. You can get most of the games for $8 each, or the whole pack for $50. Thought people would like to know.

Thargok · « **Reply #99 on:** January 03, 2010, 02:34:21 pm »

NS-Tower is a game that works well with Arcade Controls and is a great game. It is the basis for the Arcade/GBA game Tower and Shaft along with it's sister game NS-Shaft.

The only problem I am having is trying to figure out a way to make it fullscreen. I would love any input that might lead to a solution.

http://www.nagi-p.com/eng/nstw.html

DashRendar · « **Reply #100 on:** February 01, 2010, 10:48:31 am »

Has anyone tried Tron 2.0 on a cab?

I believe that game has gamepad support.

Thenasty · « **Reply #101 on:** February 13, 2010, 02:00:37 pm »

For those who are running thier cab in pure DOS (None of the DOS version of any MAME supports Dragon's Lair), the DOS CD Version of DLair is CAB friendly.
As long as you have you 1st button configured to ENTER or Enter_pad, you can play teh game flawlessly. This version however has some scene removed (Burning Rope, Circle Platform falling down). All in all, it fun and easy (no coin needed). The game continues and you start from a certain point when you reached it.

Anyone else have this in thier cab ? How about Space Ace the CD-ROM DOS version ?

thennomeking · « **Reply #102 on:** February 17, 2010, 03:59:46 pm »

I searched through the topic and could not find anyone who mentioned these, but if for some reason I just missed it I apologize for posting it again.

I have a few games to add:
Star Control 2 – or its open source port the Ur-Quan Masters. You will need one button mapped to enter, I just map player 1. I dont suggest playing the story mode, just Super Melee - it can be as intense as a good game of Warlords.
- Joystick and two action buttons - two player
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_control_2
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

Braid – though I am sure most of yall know this one. It was released on the PC but sadly has hard mapped keys. It is still playable but may be cause more frustration than it is worth.
- Joystick and three action buttons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_(video_game)

Spelunky – Think of it as a faster and friendly version of Spleunker.
- Joystick and four action buttons (six if you want to be fancy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelunky
http://www.spelunkyworld.com/

VVVVVV - And yes that is the name. It is a quirky gravity platformer that you really just have to try.
- Joystick and one action button
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VVVVVV

Robotopia – Ok so this one is not known at all, I only know it because I met one of the programmers at a convention, but the game is a decent Megaman like platformer. It just has a lot of button needs and you need to use a keyboard on first boot.
- Joystick and seven action buttons
www.gamesare.com/games/robotopia/robotopia.htm

MazzMn · « **Reply #103 on:** March 04, 2010, 08:08:45 am »

Quote from: Epyx on July 23, 2009, 11:51:07 pm

Anyone try Jeff Minter's latest for PC called "SPace Giraffe"? Curious if that would work as I like his Tempest style games.

Space giraffe looks good and configurable and is only $2 on steam this week, I plan to try this out tonight
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1897538

NickG · « **Reply #104 on:** April 16, 2010, 03:25:04 pm »

haven't seen this posted here before...
http://www.namcogames.com/pc_games/
Namco are selling finally selling some new exclusive arcade titles such as Star Trigon. Also available are newer versions of Dig Dug and Pac-Man which look very nice for a horizontal setup. A rehash of Burgertime is available, too, but...uh...I think I would have to try it to say anything nice about it. Some other titles such as Quantz look good for a cabinet also. My brief apologies if this store has already been mentioned: I am too excited ATM to read through the whole thread. I will try to remember to post again if these are difficult/impossible to configure for cabinet use, once I have tried any of them.

Edit: eh, sorry! I tried some of Namco's pc downloads. They are not cab friendly unless you have a trackball and mouse buttons or mouse emulation buttons. The Burgertime Deluxe is very ...unique. I have yet to try Quantz and may not. The Dig Dug is alright. The Pac-man is really for people who do not have cabs, it seems, because the sound has a lot of reverberation and the graphics have a sort of built-in bezel reflection. The previous PC releases are better modern versions the PAC games. I have not played the arcade PCB of Star Trigon, and as this PC version may be the closest I get for a while unless someone sells it on eBay sometime; I think I will download the full version of this one.

IG-88 · « **Reply #105 on:** April 16, 2010, 03:53:31 pm »

Are the Namco games all flash based?

NickG · « **Reply #106 on:** April 16, 2010, 04:27:11 pm »

^^ In the PC download store you can try them. They may be flash-based, I cannot tell. They are packed in EXE if so

logan5 · « **Reply #107 on:** May 15, 2010, 10:41:11 pm »

Thanks a lot for this thread! I've been using this thread a lot for new indie game ideas for my cabinet. Is there a good site to keep up with all the new indie games as well as researching some of the old ones too? I have to use a bunch of different sites to learn about all the good indie games and wondered if there was one site which was all inclusive? thanks a lot!

IG-88 · « **Reply #108 on:** May 16, 2010, 12:00:09 am »

Couple sites I frequent:

http://freeware.remakes.org/
http://www.retroremakes.com/downloads/ (this one has whole packs to download !)
http://www.abandonia.com/

I have a few others too but they are bookmarked on another computer. I'll try and remember to find them later.

logan5 · « **Reply #109 on:** May 16, 2010, 04:51:08 pm »

Cool, thanks! I've been using this one which is pretty vast but isn't updated very frequently:

http://www.gametunnel.com/

It has both shareware and freeware

Smeghead · « **Reply #110 on:** June 02, 2010, 11:39:01 am »

Not a pc game I guess but I just added virtualgameboy to my console, so add every single gameboy/advance game to the list
I didnt even have to reconfig the controls between the p1 and p2 buttons you have them all

Also I play LightCyclesGGC, and other standalone executable pc games from the Atomic front end

Tron 2.0 actually works somewhat

Jollyrob · « **Reply #111 on:** June 07, 2010, 01:56:09 pm »

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but i just dug up an old freebie game from like 2006 that is absolutely perfect for a cab, has a very arcade like menu and everything. I started to play it a little earlier and thought about this thread. Lo and behold, the website to download it still exists and everything. (I had it on my portable HD from years passed)

It's a combination of tetris (I guess) and a beat em up game...don't know how to describe it, you punch these guys made out of blocks and when they die, they're blocks pile up, when they get high enough, you can climb out of the arena thing and go to a bonus round based on your time left. It even has a high score list.

Be forwarned, a lot of physics and simple 3d shapes at play here, does require at least some decent video hardware to run smoothly passed level 3.

http://www.phackett.com/rumblebox/

Enjoy!

IG-88 · « **Reply #112 on:** June 17, 2010, 06:25:37 pm »

I don't have a certain game but a link to a database of Indie games that might have some gems in them.

http://db.tigsource.com/top

shateredsoul · « **Reply #113 on:** June 18, 2010, 08:58:56 pm »

that genetos game is pretty fun.. the graphics aren't great but it's cool to see game transition from old shmups to new shmups.

shateredsoul · « **Reply #114 on:** June 19, 2010, 05:49:42 am »

didn't see this game on the list

Shatter

jimmy2x2x · « **Reply #115 on:** July 14, 2010, 07:36:36 pm »

I just stumbled across this great video http://www.pixelprospector.com/2010/06/235-free-indie-games-in-10-minutes/

Which gives you a couple of seconds footage from 235 different indie games, follow the instructions at the beginning of the video!

Some nice looking stuff there, but haven't had much chance to check it out yet.

Please post any cab friendly gems if you find any

Generic Eric · « **Reply #116 on:** July 19, 2010, 10:32:20 pm »

I still haven't tried to launch steam games from a front end, but Razor 2 is a cool vertical shump.

Quote from: Default Keys

Use the keyboard arrows to move
your ship.
Z or CTRL shoot primary weapon
X or Enter shoot slot weapon
C or Space select Slot weapon
V or ALT select primary weapon
ESC Pause game
F10 Quit game suddenly
F11 Screenshot
F12 Cheat codes and passwords

Otherwise, they keys are can be configured from the game menu. I have played it for about an hour and I am real happy with the $9.99 purchase.

Get Razor 2 here. You can get a demo from the same place.

methodical · « **Reply #117 on:** July 19, 2010, 11:12:33 pm »

Nicktoons Racing allows mappable keys for players 1 and 2.

methodical · « **Reply #118 on:** July 23, 2010, 01:07:13 am »

Just came across a game called Multihero ( http://multihero.sitesled.com/ )

Similar in design to Super Smash Bros. It allows you to map controls for 4 players to the keyboard.

Features characters from other games (Ryu and Spiderman for example), unlockable characters, level editor.

Not the most fantastic game but a bit of fun for a free download.

DirtyDachshunds · « **Reply #119 on:** July 30, 2010, 11:31:55 am »

Has anyone tried Street Fighter 4? My only concern is if the resolution can get low enough for my monitor (640x480)
I'd love to play some Street Fighter 4 on my cab


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