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PortaMame idea?
Tritoch84:
Ok, I play fighters , alot. I thought maybe there could be a way to have a semi portable MAME setup?
2 Arcade sticks, using playstation pads and usb adapters,
A cheap laptop, with enough power to run metal slug 3, a S-Video out, and a headphone/speaker jack.
Pair of cheap portable computer speakers.
I could turn any TV in the US into a gaming machine this way, but is there a cheaper way? Even 300MHZ used laptops cost around 300something, and don't have a S-Vid out (the ones I have seen).
This seems like a really cool idea to me, the only part I would be missing is the laptop/computer part.
Anyone else think this idea is just nuts? When I told somone I was thinking of buying an old laptop just for MAME they said I was crazy.
cholin:
Man, look in Project Announcements. Theres one called Portable Mame or something like that. Use a regular computer. You put a whole computer into the panel, wire it all up, and you can turn any TV in north america into a gaming console :P I might do one too, so Id love to see how far this goes.
Tritoch84:
Ah, my fault, I searched and didn't find it, how, I don't know.
I have 2 indivual sticks, not sure if I could slam computer guts into one of them (kinda small).
Thanks for the heads up.
EDIT: I checked it out, I'm thinking of a more portable idea, that looks HEAVY, if that thing dropped, by by computer guts.
DaveJ-UK:
Most laptops wouldn't take too kindly to being dropped either.
You can get a ~300MHz laptop for a lot less than $300, especially since you don't need the screen.
Can't you just hack a VGA cable? You shouldn't need video out I don't think.
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Or just get an XBox and chip it...
oldsage:
I don't see why lose the screen... Do the whole portable thing and add a battery or something... Could be nice for long car trips...
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