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Title: Front end for Tempest cabinet?
Post by: ericball on July 25, 2012, 01:13:56 pm
I have a Tempest cabinet with the original control panel (spinner to mouse & buttons to keyboard) and I'm looking for a front end for it.  The PC is an Athlon XP 1.2GHz, nForce 420 (GeForce 2mx) and runs XP with a 768x1024 vertical monitor.  The simpler the better (my current list is ~100 games, but that will probably come down once I've played them).  I'm thinking a scrolling list of marquees or something like the cylinder arcade from 3D-Arcade.  (I'd use 3-D Arcade, but I'd prefer one which is still being enhanced.)
Title: Re: Front end for Tempest cabinet?
Post by: spystyle on July 25, 2012, 01:26:21 pm
I like Mala, there are a lot of different skins for it :)
Title: Re: Front end for Tempest cabinet?
Post by: Gray_Area on July 29, 2012, 01:37:03 am
Whoops, wrong thread....
Title: Re: Front end for Tempest cabinet?
Post by: ericball on August 14, 2012, 12:39:01 pm
I have configured 3D Arcade as the front end using the cylarcade layout.  The learning curve is pretty steep, but I got where I wanted with the assistance of the forum.
Title: Re: Front end for Tempest cabinet?
Post by: matsadona on August 15, 2012, 04:40:57 am
Wouldn't Hyperspin and a spinner be a good combination?
Title: Re: Front end for Tempest cabinet?
Post by: edekoning on August 15, 2012, 05:34:54 am
The simpler the better

Have a look at http://www.mgalaxy.com/ (http://www.mgalaxy.com/) if you want something simple that's still being maintained. Only works with MAME though.
Title: Re: Front end for Tempest cabinet?
Post by: ericball on August 15, 2012, 12:29:31 pm
Wouldn't Hyperspin and a spinner be a good combination?
Possibly.  I don't know how well the wheel display works with a vertical monitor.  I also don't know how well it will work "out of the box", i.e. without a lot of time & customization.

Plus, there's just something cool about having the 3D cabinets as part of the display.

Have a look at http://www.mgalaxy.com/ (http://www.mgalaxy.com/) if you want something simple that's still being maintained. Only works with MAME though.
But does it work with a spinner?  (I wasn't able to see anything in the online docs.)  And, as I said above, the 3D Arcade provides a cool looking screen rather than just text and screenshots.