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Ghetto Arcade Cheap Arcade Emulator
« on: July 19, 2005, 09:09:28 am »
Anyone know anything about this emulator? Picked up a frankenstein cocktail and this emulator was running on it. Can't find anything on the web about it.
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Re: Ghetto Arcade Cheap Arcade Emulator
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2005, 10:22:17 am »
Never heard of it. Can you post a photo of what it looks like?
Is it just a PC running Mame from a home-made 'Ghetto' front-end?

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Re: Ghetto Arcade Cheap Arcade Emulator
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2005, 10:30:50 am »
i'll try.. it could be, but i'm not sure
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Re: Ghetto Arcade Cheap Arcade Emulator
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2005, 10:52:41 am »
Does the frontend look like this?
This is a Multicade 9-in-1 PCB. I'm pretty sure that you can change the title text to whatever you want (like Ghetto Arcade).

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Re: Ghetto Arcade Cheap Arcade Emulator
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2005, 11:01:07 am »
no.. it is a list like mamewah
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Re: Ghetto Arcade Cheap Arcade Emulator
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2005, 04:38:31 am »
no.. it is a list like mamewah

Maybe Mamewah or another cabinet FE with a custom skin?

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Re: Ghetto Arcade Cheap Arcade Emulator
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2005, 10:06:28 pm »
Anyone know anything about this emulator? Picked up a frankenstein cocktail and this emulator was running on it. Can't find anything on the web about it.
Send it to me. I'll tell you what it is. I'll gladly accept the machine as payment for my services.


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Re: Ghetto Arcade Cheap Arcade Emulator
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2005, 02:31:29 pm »
It is Game Launcher.  A decent (although rarely updated) FE that runs in DOS, Win, and (maybe) Linux.

http://www.dribin.org/dave/game_launcher/
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