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tkuper05:
Here's the dillio.  I built my own arcade and had it running off a modded xbox.  Then the xbox crapped out  :(.  I'm kinda strapped for cash and was wondering if this would be a solution.  I have a 2.6 GHz machine with 1 gig of ram and a good graphics card in it.  What if i buy an I-PAC and a VGA to TV converter to convert it over to a "PC based" arcade. In the end my PC would be used for daily computing but then share its inputs and outputs with the arcade.  Good or bad idea?

leapinlew:
What interface was the xbox using to connect to your controls?

What types of games do you play on it?


Given the small amount of information you've given I would vote that it is a bad idea-

Before you spent the money on a vga to tv converter and ipac, I would purchase a junker PC on craigslist and use it instead.

Does this solution work for you? Beats me, we don't have a lot of information to work with.

tkuper05:
I found and soldered the controls on 2 xbox gamepads to the various arcade buttons and joysticks so no interface was used.  It got it to play games all the way up to KI2 running choppy.  It could play CP1, CP2, MK1, MK2, and so on and so on.  What other info would be helpful?

brained:
you can get a pc for mame under 100 bucks... forget the vga to tv, it's expensive get a tv out vid card....

tkuper05:
Can that PC run MK2 and other system entensive games?

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