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'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Space Ace - Cinematronics version in U.K.
« on: December 11, 2009, 07:58:04 AM »
Yeah , you're right , Marco !

In fact that is the reason why I already sold 1 self-builded-from-zero Mame cab and did some other "adjusting" woodwork ...  ;D ( and I'm still restoring another cab to sell  ;) )
I noticed people want it ALL with nothing more to do ( I use to say : "PC config is ALL your ... I test all the cab'electronics and controls, then I'll remove my "test-HDD" and install a NEW one ... You've to do it by yourself !" ) .
Collecting cabs or simply having only one while in a flat at the 2nd or 3rd ( 4th , 5th ... etc... ) floor is not properly a good thing ...
It must be a rich man that could have hundreds of square meters available or simply a single man with at least a  2-bedroom-apartment  ;) .
Since years I only had business with single-house-people , and the heaviest work for me is take / pick up  a cab in their underground tavern  :lol: .

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'Business' Area : Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Space Ace - Cinematronics version in U.K.
« on: December 11, 2009, 01:47:52 AM »
Well ... it's not for personal "glory" ... but I am PROUD to own a self-builded Cinematronics-like Dragon's Lair cab .
If I knew I would not be able to make it then I sure didn't do it !
But that's it !
http://picasaweb.google.com/macdlsa/MacDLSAGameRoom#5291266544034559106

I know it lacks of an original CoinDoor ( hehe ... but recently a good friend named Jeff Kinder sent me a couple of Cinematronics silver stickers , and one of them is already attached just in the middle of the coindoor ;) ) , "regular" marquee rails and a plastic monitor bezel , but when I began to build all I decided to realize "by-myself" these particulars, too.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME !
My cab is beautiful and this is also the judgement of the BEST LaserGames expert / engineer / technician we could have here in Italy ...

I am NOT a collector ( except for my wonderful Atari VCS collection !!! ) , so I threw a PC running Daphne inside the cab ...
Simply and certainly more

Woodpanels ? Well ... "light"MediumDensity ( it costs almost twice the "normal" MDF ) could be simply cut in ANY way one want .
http://picasaweb.google.com/macdlsa/MacDLSAGameRoom#5139815267836783874
Price : 100€ for the 2 LMDF shoulders + 40€ for other panels ( black plated wood )

Control Panel ? I took a piece of zinc metal and bring it to a factory ( near the one where I work since , ARGH !!! , 18 years ! ) where there are lots of specific machinery which could do almost everything with metals ...
http://picasaweb.google.com/macdlsa/MacDLSAGameRoom#5139815250656914658
pèrice : 30€ for the metal piece and the bend work .

Of course I was not able to reproduce the scoreboard plexi and the original audio speaker , so i bought them from a U.S. spare parts collector ( and also speaker's grills ) ... and that's almost the same for the scoreboard , wich is now connected via parallel port to the PC which is inside the cab.
http://picasaweb.google.com/macdlsa/MacDLSAGameRoom#5139815263541816562.
Price : 150€ for all

Controls ? Wico red-ball ( repro ) stick , buttons and T-molding came NEW from the U.S.
http://picasaweb.google.com/macdlsa/MacDLSAGameRoom#5139815216297176226
Price : 60€

USB interface for controls : a very nice J-Pac Value Edition that came from U.K.
http://picasaweb.google.com/macdlsa/MacDLSAGameRoom#5139815203412274322
Price : 40€

CoinDoor : I took it from an old BLEW UP (!!!) Jamma cab
Price : 10€

The PC is my old one that I store up just for this purpose  ;)
http://picasaweb.google.com/macdlsa/MacDLSAGameRoom#5139815229182078130
Price : ????

ALL THE REST is self-made or reproducted !!!

Artworks ?
I took some good Hi-Res scans from the web , developed and printed by a friend with his huge color plotter .
The paper used for the CP is rough to the touch , the marquee one is smooth and matte while sidearts are smooth and shiny ... just like the "original" repros already available from the U.S.
Price = 60€ for all
http://picasaweb.google.com/macdlsa/MacDLSAGameRoom#5139815194822339714

Maybe I missed something ...
AH , I forget the MAIN part af this project :
a detailed PDF wit ALL the measurements , from the smallest detail to the biggest .
It was developed by a good italian friend who dismantled his DL to restore it all !
YES .. without this project I couln't be able to reach my goal !

Thats' all ... and I wanted to say : if I could do it , then several other people could !

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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Wonderfull!!! Dragon's Lair for iPhone!!!
« on: December 07, 2009, 09:45:44 PM »
Bruno !

Here I am again , friend !

YESSSSS ... DL for iPhone is wonderful ...
It lacks of some original arcade moves ( even in the "Arcade" mode ) but it's very nice !
Did you see they still DID NOT removed the "hair" of the exit door of "Throne room" ?  :D

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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: "Dragons Lair Collection" If I did Decide to Sell!!!
« on: November 30, 2009, 07:17:53 PM »
No , Jaz ... DON'T DO IT !
Space Ace is one ( wonderful , obviously ) thing ... Dragon's Lair is a piece of life !

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: DIY Paper Arcade
« on: July 29, 2009, 07:36:26 PM »
Years are passed... Try here
https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=22.0
and you'll find other (nice) sheets ;)

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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Daphne Loader
« on: May 08, 2009, 06:46:47 PM »
NP
I hope that "keep hunting" wouldn't mean "dwnld with P2P prgrms" ...
Just tell what are the games you'd like to have and I'll see if someone will keep his PC/server "ON" for seeding files ... FROM DaphneDownLoader , of course !
Bfn

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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Daphne Loader
« on: May 05, 2009, 04:34:43 AM »
Hi there

[ well ... if there's still anyone who's trying to download mpegs and the other files from DaphneDownLoader then just ask , and I'll do my best to keep seeders "on" to increase your dwnld speed  ;) ! ]

Let me take two of these lines to explain that it could be better to download ALL files directly from DDL , roms included .
Yeah , you could get them from D-L-P , too , but ( I say for "normal" users ) it's just a waste of time , 'cause DDL already does it ( roms,framefiles,sounds and the other files but the mpegs will take a short time to dwnld / update because they all weigh few Mbytes ) !

flip971>
"150   dl-slates.m2v
323   dls00.vob.m2v
1366   dls01.vob.m2v
2044   dls01d1.vob.m2v
2085   dls01d2.vob.m2v
2133   dls01d3.vob.m2v
2213   dls01b.vob.m2v
2297   dls02.vob.m2v
..."
If it is your Dragon's Lair framefile then you have NOT the "official" Daphne game , 'cause it's the "typical" framefile of a "multi-files" DL , maybe obtained with the "DVD2Daphne" process from the DVD-Video ( or ROM ) or other way ...
Daphne official Dragon's Lairs have MUCH better quality ( they're CAPTUREs of real laserdiscs ) and run without any issue , while multiple files DL may have some problems when played with "Enhanced" U.S. romsets .
Also if you are european and/or want to play the "Euro" (Atari rev. D1 or D.2 ) or the Sidam/Italian versions you need the PAL mpeg , that could be downloaded ONLY from DDL .

garykagan> heh ... you was near to the target ... keep pushed service button ("9") then hit on "1 player start" ("1") to access main menu ( this will work with EVERY romset choosen ... and , of course , works with an original laserdisc , too ... ) , then press "sword" button 3 times to have access at the 4th page of the menu , in which are shown the "Average play time" and ...
"DIFFICULTY 1 to 4" .
You said your game has hints on the first level : ok , then I think the difficulty level is set on "0" ( yeah , despite it's written "1 to 4" it is possible set it to "0" ! ) . So , using "left" or "right" you can change difficulty level : try setting it to "1" ( 2 is the arcade default ) and ... let's go play withOUT any hints !

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Dragon's Lair / Space Ace / Re: Castle Scene / Moat Scene in EURO DL-Arcade
« on: May 04, 2009, 12:05:39 AM »
Hi Hansie .

[ Sorry if I ask ... are you the one of the United Coders ?
If "Yes" then we already talked time ago , just about "your" Nintendo DS' Dragon's Lair ! ]

WELL ...
first of all : Euro/Atari rev.D1 or D.2 romsets for PAL version of Dragon's Lair don't allow to play the drawbridge&hallway scene.
The only romset ( except of the Enhanced versions of U.S. DL ) that can do it is the Sidam(by Atari) italian one.

Here is a clip taken from my Daphne/Dragon's Lair cab running a PAL/Euro DL with the Sidam romset ( medium skill level , 5 lives ) .
( btw: the emulation is still to be fixed , but gameplay is almost perfect ! )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuaY61953Mc
As you can see the drawbridge&hallway does NOT appear as the 1st scene , 'cause it's , like ALL the others , played in a RANDOM way !

Note: Sidam is the only DL that always makes me angry ! That's due to its "particular" move-timing after the 5th-6th completed scene ... I was able to complete it only few times in the 80's and 2 times ( !!! ) since I have that cab ! Moreover playing with the Sidam you could reach the lair with only 10-15 rooms successfully completed , so we all can say it's the worst ( but the hardest , too , if we don't consider the "VERY RARE" Atari rev.D2 , that is a "combination" with the Sidam difficulty and the Atari rev.D1 gameplay ) Dragon's Lair version !

... and the answers to your questions are :
A> In ALL Euro&Italian DL revs. player awards score ONLY when he does a correct move , so NO "49 pts." achieved at the beginning of a scene !
B> With the first drawbridge move (SWORD) player awards 750 pts.
with the second ( RIGHT ) 750 pts.
with the third ( LEFT ) 1000 pts.
and with the fourth and last move ( RIGHT ) 1000 pts.
for a total scene score of 3500 pts.

Of course if you need some more info ... I'm here !

Bye for now

Marco

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All the rest / Re: Firefox
« on: November 27, 2008, 05:07:18 PM »
NEVER played Firefox ???????????????????
 :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
How could it be possible ?
 :wink:

Bruno !!!
You SHOULD add an original FFox cab in your collection / arcade room !

I' m already active to develop a new control panel with analog "cloche" controller to play games like FFox and StarWars on my new Mame cab
( er ... I still have to build it , but I think I could try that cloche in my "current" cab before ;D ) .

Byeeeeee

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All the rest / Firefox
« on: November 27, 2008, 01:43:50 AM »
Hi fans

Only want to tell
FIREFOX
is on Mame

Look for the newest ( 0.128u3 & u4 ) releases of Mame and ... GOOD LUCK with the CHD downloading  :shock: ;) .

> fortunately this game is not a "hardware-treater" like CQ , so you could play it at full-speed ( I mean with the CORRECT framerate , with almost NO graphic-fault ) with a "poor" Pentium 4 Hyp.Thred. 3.4 , 3.2 or even 3.0 Ghz ( heh ... like mine  :oops: ! ) .

Bye

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: My little "Garage / Arcade Room"
« on: October 13, 2008, 08:59:38 AM »
No more games ... or cars  ;) .
Cause we'll move , and I don't know exactly where I could place the 3 I already have  :-\ .

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: My little "Garage / Arcade Room"
« on: October 11, 2008, 09:03:01 PM »
Thanks again !
I did my best for my garage the Dragon's Lair / Daphne cab .

Talking about arcade game rooms , the one of mine is NOTHING compared with yours  :o :o :o !
And with yours I mean Nuno's ( Greattt Bruno !!! ) , Arcadefever , Yesterdays ( Your's ! Greattt Sonic !!! ) , and the others we all can see here on DLfans .

Bye

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: My little "Garage / Arcade Room"
« on: October 11, 2008, 07:01:11 PM »
Hi Dirk_DL_Fan

Thanks.
Yes , it is a Fiat-Abarth 595ss.
SIGH !
... we just sold it , 'cause we've to move and other "money" reasons ...
 :( :( :(
But we took 11k€ ... so we're almost happy  :)

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: My little "Garage / Arcade Room"
« on: October 09, 2008, 11:48:54 PM »
Hey Gigi !!!

Thanks !

And your cab ?

Did you completed it ?

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Arcade Lifestyle / Re: My little "Garage / Arcade Room"
« on: October 09, 2008, 05:57:26 PM »
Hi my friends !

Thanks , me and family are almost well  , but we're going to move from our house to another ...
And that other has less space and NO 40sqm. garage for my cabs  :'( !
I have to ensure a little room for them , but NO MORE CABS  :-\ !
I just have in project of re-building another Mame cab and sell the one I already have .

Well , Nuno , in my garage there are 2 cars , 4 shelves and a "work-bench" ( 1 saw , 1 compressor , various equipments ) too ... so 3 cabs are enough for me and my friends who always want to come and play  :D !
The only cab I always wanted to own except of DL is Sega Rally championship ( the first ... with the Lancia Delta Integrale  :) ! ) , but I'm sure the Mame cab I want to build could have a steering weel and a gearshift , too ... maybe with a changeable control panel  ;) .

Bye for now

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