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Sorry I've been away in the wilderness.    There isn't an easy way to do it, so the road you have chosen is probably best. 

I don't understand why you are insisting I do something I don't want to do.  It's great if that's how you want to play so you go do that, but I'm not going to.   I'm going to use light guns for light gun games, but thanks for the info.   

Hi, Were you able to make the model for the zamn lightguns? I'd like to know if, because I'd like to make ones too. Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I recently aquired a candy cab with a 27" CRT CGA. It came with a 60-1 jamma game board but sinec owning it I decided to install GroovyArcade/MAME linux on an old pc.

I'm using an old i7 4770, 8gb ram and ATI 5450 card with VGA. DVI and HDMI, and J-Pac

When installing through the LCD option at start up I have no issues, but when trying to switch over to the CGA, I get no image, until i start a game. When i start a game and have the pc connected to a CRT PC monitor, the image goes nuts. Once this happens, I connect the CGA monitor to the PC via the J-pac and i get a clear image ( of the game) without any issues. When i quit the game, I lose image. Obviously, the resolution and screen settings are off - set for LCD.

Realising this, I attempted to reinstall and select 15hkz at the setup. I did this buy having the PC monitor on through setup and having the 15khz option highlighted, then switching to the CGA monitor and selecting enter. The screen goes a bit haywire, like a vertical sync issue but can sort of make out a installation message, then the screen goes black. This happens twice and the screen stays black.

Just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction? if the computer is able to send the right signal through when playing a game, why would it not work any other time, like the menu or during setup? 

Thanks heap in advance!!!

Hi 80sRcadeGuy!

So I take it your mgpr.exe is located on your e: drive, in the directory named "mgpr_v1_5_1", correct?

If so, I think you want the contents of your batch file to be:

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cd e:\mgpr_v1_5_1
call mgpr -cfg 1920x1080_monaco_gp_8bit.cfg

Once you've saved your batch file and give it a name (For example, run_monaco_8bit.bat), you should be able to double-click on your batch file using windows explorer and the game will start.

Hope that does the trick!

I tried running it via the command line as admin and no luck. This what I get. See the screenshot link.
https://ibb.co/bjBfR180

Hi 80sRcadeGuy!

So I take it your mgpr.exe is located on your e: drive, in the directory named "mgpr_v1_5_1", correct?

If so, I think you want the contents of your batch file to be:

Code: [Select]

cd e:\mgpr_v1_5_1
call mgpr -cfg 1920x1080_monaco_gp_8bit.cfg

Once you've saved your batch file and give it a name (For example, run_monaco_8bit.bat), you should be able to double-click on your batch file using windows explorer and the game will start.

Hope that does the trick!

Thank you again for the reply.
Yes the mgpr.exe is in my mgpr_v1_5_1 folder in my E drive.
I tried setting up the batch file like this
 cd E:\mgpr_v1_5_1\mgpr.exe
call mgpr -cfg 1920x1080_monaco_gp_8bit

And like this

cd E:\mgpr.exe
call mgpr -cfg 1920x1080_monaco_gp_8bit

And no luck unfortunately. I double click on the batch file and I tried running it in file explorer as well and nothing happens.

Where’s that British guy that couldn’t shut up about these things when we actually need him?

Splash the cash, Waterman.

Hi all, please forgive what may be a stupid question from beginner, I'd really appreciate your expert advice. I've owned a Chase H.Q. cabinet for 25 years. About 15 years ago, the PCB failed in it, and despite a long time searching for some one who could repair it, I came up dry. About 15 years ago I started (what ended up a half-a**** job) of converting it to a PC based machine, I bought a U-HID Nano (which by reading BadMouth's 'Beginners start here' will have insufficient ports, thank you for that advice) and an Arcade-VGA adapter, which almost ended in tears, and I was a fool to attempt that, and then life got in the way and I put it on the backburner.

So, in reading the sticky I see that, for example, the steering wheel is of the 360 Spinner type, with four terminal points, one of which is '5V' Does this mean if I use a PC for Mame and the interface, that the spinner will still require a seperate power source to generate 5V to operate properly? Will all the switches / pedals also require a 5V supply?

I should also add that I just want to run Chase H.Q. on it, by reading the sticky that alone may be beyond my capabilities, but the cabinet has a great sentimental value to me and I truly appreciate any advice offered, thank you all.

I recently got a Guncon 3 and want to use it as a normal controller on my Windows 11 PC--- is that possible with the stuff I'm seeing in this thread?

I just want my PC to be able to recognize the controller as a normal controller, and use its thumbsticks and buttons as if it were a regular game controller; no need for special lightgun stuff.

I don't have one and I don't really know, but if it didn't consider the viewing angle then it wouldn't work too well for children or with multiplayer games where players are standing to the side of the screen. These are very similar scenarios where the screen is skewed in relation to the lightgun. I have not heard about anyone complain about these. Their original Kickstart campaign specifically addressed viewing angles as part of the benefits as well.