Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: METALHEAD on January 07, 2010, 01:07:59 AM
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That was the best word I could find on dictionary.com. I wanted to use the word morphadite but.. I couldn't find it haha.
-I want to build a home made arcade game. I have access to a full blown wood shop so making the cab isn't a problem. Everything else could be haha.
-I have an old computer that I was going to use for the "brain" of the system.
That is about as far as I have gotten. Some questions for those that are more experienced in this. I am going to be able to get my hands on a high quality monitor that is 21". It is a crt not flat screen. I also could have access to a 36" tv that may just need repairs. Which do you folks think I should use?
This is going to be a project I am hoping to have completed by next January so no big rush but I do want to get a better idea of what I should keep my eyes out for
-I want to be able to play alot of different games on it. ESP Dragons Lair haha. I plan on buying controls so that I can use multiple games (asteroids, joust, battlezone, ya know the classics :)
-operating system, should it be ms dos or should I have a full version of windows on it? Linux? Unix?
-I have also been thinking of setting up the game to where multiple sets of controls can be "changed" out when playing diff games. I will explain more on that after I get a better idea of what I need.
-anyway please feel free to post what you want, I won't take any offense but please do give suggestions
Thanks
METAL
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36 inches is too big for a cab, you could make a showcase cab with it, the smaller crt would do better.
have you looked at the byoac site and forum, lots of info and examles there. ;)
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-I want to be able to play alot of different games on it. ESP Dragons Lair haha.
-operating system, should it be ms dos or should I have a full version of windows on it? Linux? Unix?
Mhhh, I've never tried Dragon's Lair on Mame... Not sure if the laser disc games -under mame dos- work?!
I'm using Daphne emulator (under Windows XP) for playing Space Ace inside my cabinet and... It rocks :P
First thing to do : just list the emulators you want to use, and see if they are all compatible under a same OS.
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Mhhh, I've never tried Dragon's Lair on Mame... Not sure if the laser disc games -under mame dos- work?!
These are the LD games currently working in Mame and Dragon's lair is not one of these:
http://www.mameitalia.net/index.php?showtopic=11337&mode=threaded&pid=135624 (http://www.mameitalia.net/index.php?showtopic=11337&mode=threaded&pid=135624)
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Wonder if I can partition a drive and find a way to do a quick switch between drives...hmm...more to think about :) But I would like some other links to "how too's" on setting up systems.
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im pretty sure you can use a front end to run mame and daphne in one system. have a read up on MALA im sure it can do what you want if im reading correctly
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Wonder if I can partition a drive and find a way to do a quick switch between drives...hmm...more to think about :) But I would like some other links to "how too's" on setting up systems.
you need a boot manager, that way you can select the operating system / partition in the startup
you can even hide the other partitions to eachother
myself i have very good experiences with the freeware bootmanager XOSL (http://www.ranish.com/part/)
maybe this helps you.
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I really appreciate the help here folks. Like I said I am just starting to look into it. I just need to get my Ducks in a row so it goes smoothly. I think I will set the computer up before I build the cab though. Does anybody else have links to what I should research? Again thanks 8)
Metal
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I really appreciate the help here folks. Like I said I am just starting to look into it. I just need to get my Ducks in a row so it goes smoothly. I think I will set the computer up before I build the cab though. Does anybody else have links to what I should research? Again thanks 8)
Metal
http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm (http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm)
start there
then have a look at their forums
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Thanks Polaris!