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Jack Burton:

--- Quote from: garnerb350 on June 26, 2009, 08:39:09 am ---but I think that the DK2 hasnt been mamed...(its just a pcb board that someone hacked correct?)

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It has been MAME'd.  There's a huge controversy over it, but it is indeed playable in misfit mame.

Mametrix-Reloaded:
I'm a little behind on this thread, but I just setup a rolling thunder cabinet with a burned out board doing the same thing. Had an old 486 DX2-66 laying here and loaded MAMEOS http://www.arcade-emulator.co.uk/ on it and it boots in 10 seconds with a limited number of games that also work with it's controls. Was it a full restore? No, but now it's a Rolling Thunder Plus...

Now to find a way to search the game list by required controls.

-mike

Paul Olson:

--- Quote from: Jack Burton on June 26, 2009, 08:40:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: garnerb350 on June 26, 2009, 08:39:09 am ---but I think that the DK2 hasnt been mamed...(its just a pcb board that someone hacked correct?)

--- End quote ---

It has been MAME'd.  There's a huge controversy over it, but it is indeed playable in misfit mame.

--- End quote ---

Just to clarify, it hasn't been MAME'd, it has been added to a MAME derivitive. It is only a rom hack, so the current drivers work fine. It is left out of MAME intentionally since Jeff is still making a profit off of his hack.

Dr Zero:
I think its ok I think in some ways you are doing a service.

1)The cab does not get dumped in a bin somewhere.

2)You keep the images and fun the creators made alive.

3)You get to show many people games they have never and will probably never get to enjoy again in the form it was originally intended vs on a pc.

4)If you can salvage parts you might be able to help another person out with their restoration.

Anything just about to me is better than seeing these games in a landfill.
 

Ummon:

--- Quote from: Paul Olson on July 09, 2009, 01:02:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jack Burton on June 26, 2009, 08:40:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: garnerb350 on June 26, 2009, 08:39:09 am ---but I think that the DK2 hasnt been mamed...(its just a pcb board that someone hacked correct?)

--- End quote ---

It has been MAME'd.  There's a huge controversy over it, but it is indeed playable in misfit mame.

--- End quote ---

Just to clarify, it hasn't been MAME'd, it has been added to a MAME derivitive. It is only a rom hack, so the current drivers work fine. It is left out of MAME intentionally since Jeff is still making a profit off of his hack.

--- End quote ---

It'll never be in mame because it's a hack.

And, how does one cycle games in DOS without an FE?

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