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Please advise ! First MAME cabinet made
drpslp:
Hi all!
I recently bought a 20" jamma cab and stripped it and converted to mame, its running really well but I have a couple of problems I was hoping someone would be able to help with.
I have replaced the 19" arcade monitor with a sony 19" svga pc monitor. The PC inside is a 600mhz P3 with 256mb of RAM. Here are my problems :
1/ Under this spec what is the best version of mame to run ? Im currently running mame (32bit dos) with mamaewah as the front end. mame 32 will not do as its not skinable (the machine needs to be easy to use for anyone). Will mame (true dos) be a better performer ?
2/ When playing horizontal scrolling games (shinobi, gng, shadow dancer etc) a line moves up the screen when you move left or right, how do i cure this ?
Many thanks for your help
Darren
krick:
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2/ When playing horizontal scrolling games (shinobi, gng, shadow dancer etc) a line moves up the screen when you move left or right, how do i cure this ?
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I've seen this too on my arcade monitor. It happens on vertical scrolling games as well. If you watch carefully on the "choose your destiny" screen on Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, it happens during the vertical scroll.
I have no idea why it happens or how to fix it.
Apollo:
It's got to do with refresh rates, not sure of the fix though. Mine does it as well.
drpslp:
Looks like it could be that. Its not too bad a suppose. Regarding mame - which version will give highest pefromance ? Any one know please ?
pmc:
On-board video? I've seen this with one of my machines and always assumed that on-board didn't have enough oomph to refresh fast enough. I ususally see it when things are really moving along.
I have not gone so far as to swap in a better video card and verify this.
Not sure about which MAME to run, but I have always used the Windows command-line versions and then just used an older or newer one to suit the horsepower of the underlying machine. Since I switched to a new PC I just run the newest MAME that's convenient for me and don't worry about performance any more. Do some searching for more on this topic.
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