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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: Ix3 on January 06, 2003, 05:16:52 pm

Title: Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: Ix3 on January 06, 2003, 05:16:52 pm: Hi All,
I'm beginning work on my long awaited project. It's not only a cabinet that does MAME but it also emulates NES, SNES, Genesis, and Gameboy and maybe someday in the future it will emulate systems like the PSX, N64 and the modern ones (xbox, game cube, ps2). It will allow up to four players and will run entirely on a linux system and use a perl/mysql/ncurses frontend, which I'm in the process of writing. (GPL of course so I'll put it on sf.net when I finish it)

I'm using a keyboard hack (matrix is fully mapped) with some happ controls for the main buttons and joysticks and using parallel ports for additional controllers using a modified version of the wonderful gamecon.c by Vojtech Pavlik (though USB and gameport are also available if need be...) (NES and SNES are all that I have tested at this point, but I plan to allow genesis, n64/psx, and dreamcast as well) I don't think I need to add anymore details at this point because I'm still designing it, but I would appreciate any original name suggestions.

Some suggestions that I already have gotten are:
-Perlysis
-Emux
-l33tn355 (that's script kiddie for elitness in case you didn't know)
-0wnage
(too many other hax0r/script kiddie-ish names to mention)
-*NIX MAME
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: Smack on January 06, 2003, 06:10:46 pm: How about The Penguin Beater? :P
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: Ix3 on January 06, 2003, 06:46:39 pm: Everyone loves Tux don't they? ;) Really, I wasn't planning to put linux, tux, penguin, or gnu in the name, but I suppose I could
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: Silverwind on January 06, 2003, 07:24:49 pm: MAME Tuxedo

or

MAME in a Tux
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: TapeWurm on January 06, 2003, 08:53:30 pm: I don't have a suggestion, but I do want to know what resources you used to hook NES/SNES controllers to an LPT port (assuming I understood you correctly). If so, I have spent the last 2 days trying to get an NES advantage to work thru my LPT port on a WinME machine. Will not detect it at all. Pretty sure I'm doing it right. Any help is appreciated.
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: Ix3 on January 06, 2003, 11:26:50 pm: Yes I did interface the nes/snes controllers through the parallel port. The information I found was included in the linux kernel documentation, you can see a copy of it here:
http://www.charmed.com/support/kernel/docs/joystick-parport.txt
But I'm afraid that you'll need something more to use them in Windows, while this wiring may be the same, this driver was written for the Linux operating system, and you obviously will need one that is compatible with your operating system. You may want to check out the DirectPadPro stuff, that's what I hear most people use. For me, to get these controllers working, it was just a matter of connecting the right wires to the right pins, and then using the right driver, no headaches or weird problems, so I really can't help you a lot here. Maybe someone else will post here who has experience with using these controllers in windows.

Some of these sites might be able to help you out:
http://www.geocities.com/ammarini/the_box1.htm
http://www.dreamcliff.com/personal/daniel/jump/quick-guide.htm
http://www.aldostools.com/dpad.html

Best of Luck,
Ixe
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: motorfish on January 07, 2003, 02:24:39 pm: A while ago, I came up with two names for my newest machines:

AACE:

Arcade And Console Emulator

and one that might be more appropriate for you, with the penguin thing and all:

ICECUBE:

Interchangeable Console Emulator

Feel free to use them if you wish. All I ask is that you please credit me with the name if you use it. Thanks!
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: Smittydc on January 07, 2003, 03:29:58 pm: how about:

Time Waster
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: 1Spoon on January 08, 2003, 06:15:41 am: My mind goes to "Pengo"...
;D
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: eightbit on January 08, 2003, 02:36:31 pm: Lbox or Pbox :)

I haven't named my cab yet either. I put a Willow marquee in it though because my daughters name is Willow.
(http://hower.us/misc/IMG_7987.JPG)
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: Silverwind on January 08, 2003, 07:57:42 pm: How about

Box of Rox
Richard Simmons sweating to the MAME oldies

hehe j/k
:P
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: Distortion on February 13, 2003, 07:41:08 pm: I think you should definitely go with the Linux theme, cuz everybody loves Tux. You should try and fit Tux somewhere into the name.
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: SONIC on February 14, 2003, 10:59:04 am: How about InTuxication?
Or LiMe (Linux+Mame)

Just suggestions m8 :)
Title: Re:Starting New Project -- Name recommendation?
Post by: Brax on February 15, 2003, 06:53:35 am: How about Squishy Luv Box?

Green pizza is safe to eat right?