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Gunstar Hero:
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Don't worry, it wasn't a shot at you or anything. There's always things you never considered or thought of popping up during a project like this, and I felt that trying to list such things would be futile... but hey, I'll throw some out.
Examples include... (fade to dream sequence)
"Do I have a place to set a bartop, or do I need to build a bar first? What is the Matrix? Maybe a stand? Am I gonna be happy playing games on a 15 inch monitor, or is this gonna be a "bigger" bartop? Is the top flat so I have a good place to put my brew? Cupholders? Do androids dream of electric sheep? Coin slot or no? What color scheme would look good? Maybe make it look like a mini arcade machine? How do I mount cards in a machine with no case?"
(The above is a somewhat accurate look at the way my mind works/doesn't work.) ;D
BTW, MAME on the MOVE rocks. Someday my P3 500mhz laptop will become one of those. ;)
Course, I'll have to get a better laptop first. And a free briefcase. :P
pointdablame:
I would definitely use the computer out of its case. I am currently building a bartop and built it with the plan of keeping my computer in its case, and I could have saved a lot of space by not doing that. It's not that it'll be overly huge with the case, but as was said, smaller is better with a bartop.
My bartop is 18" wide and 30" or so deep (guesses off the top of my head. Your best bet is to grab the monitor you're gonna use, and rough up an idea for space needed for computer parts and everything else. I actually put a piece of MDF right up to my monitor to get a rough idea, sketched something out, then went from there.
As for horizontal/vertical... you really have to consider what you're gonna play. I'm going horizontal because most of the games I play often are horizontal. Vetical games aren't terrible on a 15" or 17" screen, but it does get small quick. If you think you're gonna be playing mostly verticals, just go vertical to avoid the even smaller screen.
I'm using a 450mhz Athlon and have had good results with a .55 set so far. I haven't played much, but it seems to run most games fairly well. You'll be even better off of course.
paigeoliver:
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I'm using a 450mhz Athlon and have had good results with a .55 set so far. I haven't played much, but it seems to run most games fairly well. You'll be even better off of course.
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Where did you find an Athlon 450? The slowest Athlon was a 500, and even those are pretty rare.
Ed ONeill:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on November 21, 2004, 10:42:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: pointdablame on November 21, 2004, 09:48:32 pm ---
I'm using a 450mhz Athlon and have had good results with a .55 set so far.
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Ed ONeill:
Thanks everyone.
now if I could only find an old set of roms ...hmmm
Thanks
Ed
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