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Hurray Banana:
--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on January 08, 2010, 12:46:36 am ---Looks like a knockoff of 3D Arcade: http://www.mameworld.info/3darcade/arcades/arcades.htm
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I thought that when I looked at it, wonder if that's the origin of the M$ project.
Havok:
--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on January 08, 2010, 12:46:36 am ---Looks like a knockoff of 3D Arcade: http://www.mameworld.info/3darcade/arcades/arcades.htm
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I also thought the same thing once I saw it. I bet someone over at Microsoft saw 3darcade, and thought it was a great idea for online. Actually, I think it is a pretty cool concept and is a virtual resurrection of the arcade. Probably won't last, but nice to see nonetheless.
DJ_Izumi:
I'd hardly say that 3D Arcade pioneered this idea. Firstly, similar themes can be seen on PlayStation Home and in SecondLife. More over, Sega's 2001 RPG 'Shenmue II' featured a 3D virtual arcade where the game character could play emulated versions of Outrun and Space Harrier.
The flaw in this thinking is that the belief that only one person could have possibly said 'Hey let's navigate a virtual arcade and play games!' and anyone else who came up with the idea must have gotten it from the first guy. It's just a neat and obvious idea and lots of people have probably come up with it on their own.
deadpool18:
--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on January 08, 2010, 12:46:36 am ---Looks like a knockoff of 3D Arcade: http://www.mameworld.info/3darcade/arcades/arcades.htm
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Can you actually launch games with these like a frontend? That would be really fun. If so, how do you install one of these?
DrumAnBass:
--- Quote from: deadpool18 on January 08, 2010, 04:45:44 pm ---Can you actually launch games with these like a frontend? That would be really fun. If so, how do you install one of these?
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Yah 3D Arcade is a frontend. Tricky to customize, but pretty cool. I use it on my main MAME cab. The best starting point is to download 3D Arcade DVD 2.0 - basically everything you need minus ROMS.
See: http://echo.messageboard.nl/2243/viewtopic.php?t=1895
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