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How differently do Jamma boards run than MAME Emulations?
ed12:
now i c what's going on here..this is a from a fast search on "google" i did tonight
>jamma-board's<..no where dose it make an refernce to
japan acrade manafcutres ascoaison so ppl are confused..
to the question
a mame machine is fully coumpter driven >with interface board's< >ipac is a common 1<,
a decatied machine is just that.
jama is the "interface" it is a unverisal for "jama board's"
so in short when u see the term 69in1 jama u must refer to the term as the control interface
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ed12:
wanted to add this correction
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Description of what JAMMA is:
The JAMMA standard was invented in 1985; any game older than this will not be JAMMA. JAMMA (Japan Arcade Machine Manufacturers' Association) is a standard 56-way connector used on many arcade boards to simplify conversion of cabinets from one game to another. The majority of newer games use a subset of this pinout. Some games (i.e., Street Fighter) which need extra buttons have extra connectors for these additional controls. The JAMMA connector has a .156" pin spacing edge connector (male on the game board).
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southpaw13:
Mame is a great reference to try games,but the PCB's are more accurate. They are 1/60 of a second faster. No lag!
adder:
--- Quote from: southpaw13 ---Mame is a great reference to try games,but the PCB's are more accurate. They are 1/60 of a second faster. No lag!
--- End quote ---
agree here. if you are someone like steve wiebe playing donkey kong on a 'pro' level, i dont think he would settle for mame especially now he is obviously so used to the pcb. there's also a guy who's a pro galaxian player (EDIT: his name is Gary Whelan) and he says (in the 'gary_whelan_beats_perry_rogers_galaxian_high_score' interview, available via google search) he cant play it in mame as it doesnt quite feel the same (i imagine if mame isnt 100% accurate to the pcb, someone like him is going to notice.. unlike us more casual players)
--- Quote from: yotsuya ---Yes, the ACTUAL PCBs will probably run better than MAME Emulations. They may not be more reliable, but they are as the game designers intended.
--- End quote ---
i dont quite agree on the end of the statement. i dont think the guys who designed metal slug or double dragon were very happy when they noticed the hardware couldnt always handle what they were throwing at it, and the games suffered from very noticeable slowdowns. so that's one plus of mame; you can use overclocking and play a large number of games without the unintended slowdown you found on the original pcb's.
pbj:
Fact - without knowing what's in the cabinet nobody can tell the difference
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