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evitagen:
Well I already have an Ipac, but I only use it for MAME currently.

So apparently I would have to buy the $99 Dreamcast set-up from Ultimarc and just plug it into my existing Ipac, right?  I wonder if I could plug it in through the "Keyboard passthrough" part of the Ipac so I could have both the Dreamcast hooked up using my control panel and the PC at the same time.

Any thoughts on that?  Also I'm looking at emulation.  I hear NullDC and a couple others can emulate the game... but can you use a DC emulator in a frontend since it isn't as simple as "play rom" ?  Any body have any experience with it?  All I really want is Marvel vs. Capcom 2, to be perfectly honest.  That is all.  I just want it in my cabinet using my control panel without having to modify too much.

Thanks for all of the help guys.

ViciousXUSMC:

--- Quote from: evitagen on February 11, 2009, 05:09:48 pm ---Well I already have an Ipac, but I only use it for MAME currently.

So apparently I would have to buy the $99 Dreamcast set-up from Ultimarc and just plug it into my existing Ipac, right?  I wonder if I could plug it in through the "Keyboard passthrough" part of the Ipac so I could have both the Dreamcast hooked up using my control panel and the PC at the same time.

Any thoughts on that?  Also I'm looking at emulation.  I hear NullDC and a couple others can emulate the game... but can you use a DC emulator in a frontend since it isn't as simple as "play rom" ?  Any body have any experience with it?  All I really want is Marvel vs. Capcom 2, to be perfectly honest.  That is all.  I just want it in my cabinet using my control panel without having to modify too much.

Thanks for all of the help guys.


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NullDC does not emulate MVC2 very well for me, it could be because I am on Vista x64 though.

I have had it emulated perfect in the past but I was on XP then and think it was Chanikast.  That emu wont run on Vista so I cant test it.

so IMO the NullDC emu of it was not good enough and what has put me in the same position as you finding a way to integrate my arcade CP into the dreamcast system.

$99 is hard to take down for the I-PAC adapter but it cost so much because its actually 3 adapters.  Its the Playstation adapter they sell, and then two aftermarket playstation --> dreamcast adapters.

Still $100 is too much to ask and why I am doing it myself now, the X-Arcade route is much cheaper than the I-PAC, they only want like $20 for there adapter.  But you will find mixed opinions about the x-arcade stuff.  Some say it has lag, others own it and say its fine.  I would take an owners opinion at a higher value though.

evitagen:

--- Quote from: ViciousXUSMC on February 11, 2009, 05:19:41 pm ---NullDC does not emulate MVC2 very well for me, it could be because I am on Vista x64 though.

I have had it emulated perfect in the past but I was on XP then and think it was Chanikast.  That emu wont run on Vista so I cant test it.

so IMO the NullDC emu of it was not good enough and what has put me in the same position as you finding a way to integrate my arcade CP into the dreamcast system.

$99 is hard to take down for the I-PAC adapter but it cost so much because its actually 3 adapters.  Its the Playstation adapter they sell, and then two aftermarket playstation --> dreamcast adapters.

Still $100 is too much to ask and why I am doing it myself now, the X-Arcade route is much cheaper than the I-PAC, they only want like $20 for there adapter.  But you will find mixed opinions about the x-arcade stuff.  Some say it has lag, others own it and say its fine.  I would take an owners opinion at a higher value though.

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Yeah I'm honestly as we speak trying to figure out how to use Chanikast.  I'm reading the instructions now, and stuff.  I already have a gdi of MvC2 and the emulator set-up, I just can't seem to get the game running... Plus I want to be able to use this in my front-end so It's at least SOMEWHAT seamless, even though I'll have to lift up my Control Panel to swap out one cord(if I go the route of the Ipac adaptor)...

Speaking of, though... You can save a lot of money by purchasing the Total Control DC adaptors from playasia and just buying the PS2 adaptor from Ipac.  They are only like $18 at playasia.  So two of those plus one PS2 adaptor from Ultimarc should only be like 75 instead of 100.  Still high, though.

I hope this emulator works well.  If anyone has any help on getting this to work with a frontend(I use mala) then any help would be greatly appreciated.

pmc:

--- Quote from: evitagen on February 11, 2009, 01:24:42 pm ---So I'm wanting to set-up my Dreamcast in my cabinet(Honestly mainly for Marvel vs. Capcom 2) and I would love to be able to use my control panel for the Dreamcast.  I have an Ipac, so is this possible without re-doing a lot of stuff?

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What I did was to hack some controllers and then wire them to the Control Panel via a connector I made. I unplug my IPAC and plug in my hacked controllers. When I'm done with the Dreamcast and want to use MAME, I just switch back. Personally, I like keeping the DC and the IPAC/PC electrically isolated. And it was cheap and fairly simple to do.

If you don't want to hack your own controllers, HarumaN will sell you them.

-pmc

ViciousXUSMC:

--- Quote from: pmc on February 12, 2009, 12:01:28 am ---
--- Quote from: evitagen on February 11, 2009, 01:24:42 pm ---So I'm wanting to set-up my Dreamcast in my cabinet(Honestly mainly for Marvel vs. Capcom 2) and I would love to be able to use my control panel for the Dreamcast.  I have an Ipac, so is this possible without re-doing a lot of stuff?

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What I did was to hack some controllers and then wire them to the Control Panel via a connector I made. I unplug my IPAC and plug in my hacked controllers. When I'm done with the Dreamcast and want to use MAME, I just switch back. Personally, I like keeping the DC and the IPAC/PC electrically isolated. And it was cheap and fairly simple to do.

If you don't want to hack your own controllers, HarumaN will sell you them.

-pmc

Same thing I am doing except I got this: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10103&cs_id=1010305&p_id=1354&seq=1&format=2

So I can just turn a dial to swap over to the different system.  Not that swapping a cord is incredibly difficult.  But the DB25 cables & swtich were cheap.

What kind of cord/interface did you use so that you can plug/unplug them?



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