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chablis97:
I recently purchase a Clone Space Invaders Cocktail Cabinet by a Company called Jatre.  The cabinet is c1980 and ran a cone of SI called Jatre Specter.  Anyway, I was hoping to restore it to its former glory, but the unique hardware and lack of replacement parts probably means I will have to empty the cabinet and start from scratch. :(

PC Hardware for a full MAME based machine is probably over the top, as I only want to run Space Invaders on this unit (I already have a full MAME based machine).

What other hardware/software platforms have been used to just run Space Invaders (or similar) on?  Am I better off sticking with basic PC based hardware (eg, 486/Pentium 1) and a M$ Windows based MAME,  or maybe a DOS based emulator?  I understand sound can be difficult to set up correctly with DOS emulators.

What hardware/software are others using for single game machines? Any feedback on DOS emulators?



SirPeale:
For that?  Use VAntAGE.  Will run that on a 486 just fine.

garyh:
Yep,  VAntAGE is the way to go. I'm currently building a dedicated Galaxians bartop that I wanted to be as cheap and simple as possible. PC is a Pentium 200Mhz with 64Mb RAM 'cause that is what I had lying around. I'm using an ISA slot  Soundblaster  with built-in amplifier to avoid the need for an external amplifier and the whole thing will boot and run off a 64Mb CompactFlash card in a CF-IDE adaptor card using DOS 6.22 so there is no need for a hard disk.

chablis97:
OK, looks like I need to get up to speed with VantAGE.  I have an old P200 (I think) lying around, so I'll use that.  I presume there is no keyboard emulator around to suit and I need to hack a keyboard? 

Anyone had any experience with different soundcards working/not working with VantAGE?

Do I need a DOS soundcard driver for my soundcard?  I presume it depends on the sound card I have? 

bloodyviking77:

--- Quote from: chablis97 on December 13, 2004, 03:23:13 pm --- I presume there is no keyboard emulator around to suit and I need to hack a keyboard?

--- End quote ---

No need to hack a keyboard (unless you want to). There are AT-PS2 adapters that will let you plug an IPAC/Keywiz/whatever into any PC with the old-style AT keyboard port.


--- Quote from: chablis97 on December 13, 2004, 03:23:13 pm ---Do I need a DOS soundcard driver for my soundcard?  I presume it depends on the sound card I have? 

--- End quote ---

If you find an old soundblaster you won't need any drivers. An old ISA SB16 or AWE32  is ideal, just needs the "SET BLASTER" string in your autoexec.bat.

 Go to http://www.mameworld.net/dosmame/ for more info.

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