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so, after all this.

they never did shut down.

their assets were bought by basicFun. a much larger company.

so in fact, the 3/4 scale market is continuing, just like it did before.
but with much less releases.

- return of the jedi
- arcade classics with centipede

a new title - wrestlefest

several different countercades
- asteroids
- centipede
- wrestlefest
- tempest


they are also introducing Supreme editions, which are near full scale arcade height, 19 inch monitors,
better controls etc.

another company - iconic arcade - which is made of ex-arcade 1up members, have released
- street fighter 2/ street fighter alpha 2 full size

they are getting ready to release double dragon, and up to 3 more cabinets this year.


later
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Hi, sorry for the necro post, but you may use the "Calamity Drivers guide" here  but I recommend using this aproach which I think is better

1) Uninstall the graphics driver you're using (I asssume you are using Windows 10. I have not tested this with Windows 7). You can do it by presing delete on the "Device Manager" in the place where the graphics card is shown
2) Then install de Calamity Drivers. According to the guide you must install this drivers for a Radeon HD 4350: Calamity Drivers for Radeon HD 4000+ cards

3)After that create a text file with these lines and save it (let's say, test-modelines.txt):

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Modeline "192x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (58Hz)" 5.852 192 256 285 372 240 248 251 271 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "192x256@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (59Hz)" 6.500 192 278 310 408 256 256 259 284 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "208x256@56,0Hz 15,9KHz (56Hz)" 6.500 208 278 310 408 256 256 259 284 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "224x256@56,0Hz 15,9KHz (56Hz)" 6.500 224 276 308 408 256 256 259 284 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "240x192@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.030 240 261 285 320 192 213 216 262 -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "240x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.030 240 261 285 320 224 236 239 262 -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "240x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (58Hz)" 5.030 240 256 280 320 240 247 250 271 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "240x248@56,7Hz 15,7KHz (57Hz)" 5.029 240 261 285 320 248 248 251 277 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "248x256@57,0Hz 15,9KHz (57Hz)" 7.236 248 328 360 460 256 259 262 286 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "256x192@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.408 256 278 303 344 192 236 239 262 -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "256x208@61,0Hz 15,7KHz (61Hz)" 5.417 256 278 303 344 208 213 216 258 -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "256x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.408 256 278 303 344 224 236 239 262 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "256x240@57,4Hz 15,7KHz (57Hz)" 5.410 256 275 300 344 240 243 246 274 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "256x248@58,0Hz 15,7KHz (58Hz)" 5.407 256 279 304 344 248 248 251 271 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "256x256@55,0Hz 15,7KHz (55Hz)" 5.411 256 278 303 344 256 260 263 286 -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "272x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.911 272 298 326 376 224 236 239 262 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "280x240@57,4Hz 15,7KHz (57Hz)" 5.911 280 304 332 376 240 250 253 274 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "288x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 6.036 288 313 341 384 224 236 239 262 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "304x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 6.414 304 330 360 408 224 236 239 262 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "320x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 6.791 320 348 380 432 224 236 239 262 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "320x240@57,4Hz 15,7KHz (57Hz)" 6.792 320 350 382 432 240 247 250 272 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "336x240@58,0Hz 15,8KHz (58Hz)" 7.068 336 360 398 448 240 247 250 272 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "352x240@61,3Hz 15,8KHz (61Hz)" 7.536 352 380 418 474 240 240 243 269 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "384x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 8.049 384 417 455 512 224 236 239 262 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "384x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (58Hz)" 8.049 384 417 455 512 240 247 250 271 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "384x256@55,0Hz 15,7KHz (55Hz)" 8.054 384 417 455 512 256 259 262 286 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "400x254@54,7Hz 15,7KHz (55Hz)" 8.416 400 432 472 536 254 262 265 287 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "400x256@57,0Hz 15,7KHz (57Hz)" 8.306 400 425 475 528 256 259 262 285 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "512x192@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 10.690 512 564 596 680 192 217 225 271 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "512x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 10.690 512 564 596 680 224 239 247 271 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "512x240@60,0Hz 15,7kHz (60Hz)" 10.690 512 564 596 680 240 246 254 271 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "768x224@58,0Hz 15,7KHz (58Hz)" 16.102 768 844 892 1024 224 244 250 271 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "640x480@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 13.876 640 706 769 876 480 482 488 528 -hsync -vsync interlace
Modeline "672x504@57,0Hz 15,7KHz (57Hz)" 14.630 672 746 806 930 504 516 522 572 -hsync -vsync interlace
Modeline "720x480@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 14.366 720 778 821 913 480 482 488 528  -hsync -vsync interlace
Modeline "1280x1024@60,0Hz (60Hz)" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "1366x768@60,0Hz (60Hz)" 88.0 1384 1424 1704 1816 770 770 782 808 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "1920x1080@60,0Hz (60Hz)" 138.500 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 -hsync -vsync

4) Then in VMMaker click on the "Edit Settings" (upper left corner) and then the "Video Card" tab. Push the "Import modes from file..."(second button at the right side) button and choose the file you just created and the push OK (lower right)

5) Then Push "Install Modes" in the upper part of the main window. It will ask me if you're sure, so we answer "yes".

6) Then the screen could flicker and maybe show a black screen for some seconds.

7) After that the modes should be installed. You may use the Arcade OSD utility to test the modes. Use the VGA port or if your card has a DVI-I connector (Use a DVI-I to VGA adapter, the one that has the cross at the right connector with the 5 pins = C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5)

Then connect it to whatever monitor or TV you want (to a SCART connector if it's an european TV, or a RGBS connector in case of a Arcade Video Chassis/Monitor).

9) In the case you want it to connect to a TV that has Component Input (YPbPr input) I recommend this trascoder which you can connect the graphics card directly to the VGA connector of the transcoder and then the Y, Pb and Pr to the connectors in the TV (usually they are located at the back of the TV). The transcoder I talk about is this

Please reply if you have any questions. The resolutions I put in the textfile should cover at least 90% of the games that mame runs. If you need a game that has a resolution which isn't listed there I cand make one so you include it in that text file

Greets and Hugs from Chile! 🇨🇱 (South-America. Currently Fall this beginning of May 🍂)

I understand what you are saying regarding complicating MAME's control mapping and its good to know you can live without the hat not working. Leave this one with me for a bit anyway (I've got a Teensy dev board somewhere, I can write a sketch for that and get a better idea of how to handle the hat events).

In a couple of weeks I should have the following going:
 - Allow exit MGPr by pressing a joystick button or mouse button or key (Previously, you could only define a specific key).
 - in-game volume up / volume down controls using joystick buttons or mouse buttons or keys.
 - Allow reset hiscores by holding a joystick button or mouse button or key (Previously, you could only define a specific key). I thought I'd add this for completeness so that MGPr would have no more 'keyboard-only' controls.

Interesting! I'm not after tickets, but triggering from different game events would be handy. MameHooker only finds outputs, IIRC, which means that for random events you'll need a way to make them visible to it. Or use another method of course. User jorgenjl2 put some posts up about reading the RAM to get values from MAME in this thread - https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,167200.0/all.html

I was also talking to MasterRaver on the TP discord about his cheat mods - reading values from the RAM using Cheatengine or a similar program and then using those to create an output or feed another program. I'm not good at this, but it would be lovely to have a framework like MAMEhooker for it - a program that would ask what address i want to monitor, and then ask which program i want to send a trigger action or value to. I'm not even sure how feasible that is, as a general tool, but i suspect turning RAM values into FFB, or a serial output for an Arduino, or pushing values to Simhub, is as complicated as it looks from outside.

If you do get something up, it would be awesome if you could open-source or share it

Hello All.  I have a project that I need help with it involves a driving cabinet and three games.  Daytona, Outrun2, and Mario Kart dx usa version.  I need these games to trigger an output to a ticket dispenser.  In dreams i see mamehooker grabbing such event and outputting to ticket dispenser to put out tickets.  I am willing to pay someone for setting this up for me a reasonable amount for their time.   I was reading about mamehooker and Output Blaster but am unclear on where to begin or how to setup.  Any help or input is much appreciated and whoever comes up with a solution for me I will venmo some money to.  I hope that this isnt against any policies and I thank you for your time and for reading this.

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I’m not exactly sure what you mean by switching modes on the iPac 4. I have an older 2009 iPac 4, so maybe things have changed since then. I built a four-player arcade cabinet and mapped each player to unique keys, then added those key mappings into MAME. That setup has worked well for me.

As for getting multiple controllers to work from a single keyboard, I’ve had some success using Keyboard Splitter (https://github.com/djlastnight/KeyboardSplitterXbox
). You can set up four Xbox controllers using one keyboard. Just start Keyboard Splitter, launch your game, and your keyboard will act like four separate controllers.

I used to have a JTAG Xbox 360 loaded with games and Xbox Live Arcade titles on a hard drive. A long time ago, I got the red ring of death, so I just tossed the hard drive in a drawer. Recently, I discovered Xenia Canary along with Xenia Manager, which makes it easy to install and manage everything. I pulled out that old hard drive, and it detected all my games and ran them on my main gaming PC just as well as the original Xbox 360. I was pretty excited, I could play games like Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and 3, and even Street Fighter V.

After that, I found Keyboard Splitter, which helped since Xenia doesn’t really support mapping more than one gamepad easily. But when I tried to move everything over to my MAME machine running Windows 7, it didn’t work out. The software won’t install properly, and even when I get things running, nothing scales correctly on my CRT monitor. At this point, it feels pretty much impossible for me to get PC or Xbox 360 games running the way I want on that cabinet.

I'm on board with this -again-  . Great product, better than what else is out there imo. Anodized yellow cases please!

I'm going to repeat what I recommended to begin with. Visio allows drag and drop, snap locate, grouping etc. and saves to multiple CAD compatible formats. It can be set to an exact page size for 100% scaled printing. It's easier to learn than most of the programs mentioned and yes I used all including even Canva. You can use Visio for free for 1 month $5 thereafter cancel any time.

I created a stencil with the controls you mentioned and dragged and dropped them into the CP size you mentioned. I don't think there's room for those extra buttons - see below.

BTW I'm with Zebidee when it comes to old school design.  Even using MS Paint  or ruler and paper.  The best thing you can do is take those controls and a thick piece of cardboard, mount them up and see how the layout really feels before committing to cutting wood.  *edit I think those ServoStiks take up even more room than I've allowed for in that quick mock-up but someone else with experience of those sticks can comment on that.