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Slarg232 wrote:MAME? What's that?

And the ones where you have to shoot offscreen are so much more cooler.

MAME is Multi Arcade Machine Emulator. Basically you construct an arcade cabinet and put a computer inside it, and with a little bit of wiring you set up your joystick, buttons, quarter slots, etc. etc.

Acquire said games, and run them. Instead of spending a G or so on a single game, you can make an arcade that plays, well, any game. I looked it up before and buying a premade controller layout for 4 people is like 300-400, and it all totals out to be like 800 or so including the price of a new computer, but if you make your own joystick layout its much cheaper.

Edit - Whoops, forgot about the gun comment. Idk, there's just something about feeling the feedback of pulling that plastic trigger and having it kick in your hands.

Edit 2 - Your thinking of reloading methinks, which you will still do (or whatever the game has you do). However as I mentioned earlier the sliding bolt lightguns actually kick when you shoot them. Great fun gunning down zombies (House of the dead) of dinosaurs (Jurassic park) with a semi realistic gun in your hands.

Damn, I remember spending every cent I had at "The Barrel of Fun" in our local mall. I still get wistful when I walk past where it used to be.

Anybody remember Black Tiger?

We have an arcade down our end called Timezone, we used to get free video games every time we partied there. Now its pretty empty and disused. Loved doing the shooters and the flight sims. (we had one where you launched a nuke at the end). And the gun games...

Sadly, its closing in about 3 weeks, and the one in the city is closing too.

Doctadeth wrote:We have an arcade down our end called Timezone, we used to get free video games every time we partied there. Now its pretty empty and disused. Loved doing the shooters and the flight sims. (we had one where you launched a nuke at the end). And the gun games...

Sadly, its closing in about 3 weeks, and the one in the city is closing too.

Sounds like a chance to score some cabinets on the cheap! Jump on it! Since you're regulars (?) you might get some good prices.

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Who cares what he is good at? It's a video game.

People have hobbies, many of which involve developing specialized (and often impractical) skills, and once people do it's entirely natural that they be proud of the skills they have worked to attain.

Coming into a thread about a given genre of games to proclaim one's disdain for it is off-topic and rude. And it's particularly ironic on a forum dedicated to another genre of game also involving arcane, geeky, and impractical skills.

I used to goto a nickel arcade In Mira Mesa. 2 bucks to get in, and most games were 1-3 nickels with the back wall being free games. I had a blast, any fighting game there was an invite to get beat down by the locals. Some guys who worked at Midway Games would frequent there and I was no match for their skills!

My favorite game to play when the good games were full of good gamers was Rampart. For a terrible game it was fun! I wonder if that place is still open 10 years later....

Necroshea wrote: Whoops, forgot about the gun comment. Idk, there's just something about feeling the feedback of pulling that plastic trigger and having it kick in your hands.

Agreed. Without those, and the foot pedal, Time Crisis is nothing.

I love the games which involve the time-crisis like rifles. We had one mech game, (which you were soldiers) and you had rifles with kick. Was amazing to actually feel. Our cinemas also have arcade games in the lobby as well, which is well awesome.

dogma wrote:

Necroshea wrote: Whoops, forgot about the gun comment. Idk, there's just something about feeling the feedback of pulling that plastic trigger and having it kick in your hands.

Agreed. Without those, and the foot pedal, Time Crisis is nothing.

Also great thing about constructing your own cabinet is when you want to throw down on some light gun action, you don't have to worry about the guns being broken and the screen not being calibrated right, resulting in a loss of 50 cents or more.

Now here's an idea, a silent scope cabinet with a rifle you have to hold.


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Doctadeth wrote:I love the games which involve the time-crisis like rifles. We had one mech game, (which you were soldiers) and you had rifles with kick. Was amazing to actually feel. Our cinemas also have arcade games in the lobby as well, which is well awesome.

Crises zone had the sub machine gun with the kick.

Necroshea wrote:
Now here's an idea, a silent scope cabinet with a rifle you have to hold.

You may have just cost me a great deal of money.

I used to love playing HotD two player by myself.
Dual wielding light gun action!

BaronIveagh wrote:

Ratius wrote:
Whilst pretty cool and obviously emotion ridden, that is not Arcade classic Im afraid imho - but thats a matter of age not skill

I couldn't find a good vid of the original X wing.

But I'll see your Aliens and raise you a Metal Slug.

feth yes, I LOVE me some Metal Slug. I wasted a small fortune on that one as a child, and I have a version on my Wii, its fun and all, but its just not the same.

dogma wrote:

Necroshea wrote:
Now here's an idea, a silent scope cabinet with a rifle you have to hold.

You may have just cost me a great deal of money.

I did some research on creating such a monster, sadly I dont think it would work. I recall the gun could never be pointed off screen, so I'm thinking that it's mounted on a trackball of some sort. Ergo a free floating rifle might not work. However pelican made one for xbox, something I'd like to see the insides of. It's not that expensive, so surely it doesn't work like a real one (with a build in screen).

KingCracker wrote:feth yes, I LOVE me some Metal Slug. I wasted a small fortune on that one as a child, and I have a version on my Wii, its fun and all, but its just not the same.

One nice thing about SNK: Fio and Eri from MS turning up in KoF, and Ralf and Clark from KoF turning up in MS. Too bad they're no longer producing a new one of each more or less yearly. I spent a lot of money keeping up with that, and to this day don't regret it.

Necroshea wrote:
I did some research on creating such a monster, sadly I dont think it would work. I recall the gun could never be pointed off screen, so I'm thinking that it's mounted on a trackball of some sort. Ergo a free floating rifle might not work. However pelican made one for xbox, something I'd like to see the insides of. It's not that expensive, so surely it doesn't work like a real one (with a build in screen).

It seem to use a potentiometer, which is what underpins most joysticks. Theoretically freeing the gun wouldn't be all that hard, and getting an LCD on one could be done as well, but making it responsive to the original code would probably impossible.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:Damn, I remember spending every cent I had at "The Barrel of Fun" in our local mall. I still get wistful when I walk past where it used to be.

Anybody remember Black Tiger?

It took me forever to get a good dump of that game for mame. I love my mame, not its not in a arcade cabnet ( I was going to do that as I got a free arcade game, but once I looked into sourcing parts for it it the dream just kinda crumbled) but still love it . I want to pick up a

I was that geek in the 80's- early 90's who spent every weekend up at the local comic shop,7-11 and laundry mat plunking quarters into videogames....good times good times.

I would love to collect pinball games but hot damn they go for a lot. Here is a clip of my fav pinball sound track of all time. I loved it it would just sit there and randomly laugh at people and say 'Give me your money!!' I mean how many pinball games had there own theme song? = pure win.








edit another one of my favs, Side Arms Hyper Dyne, imagine that I even liked giant robots back then, go figure

We are in the process of building a MAME Cabinet right now, the monitor, joystick and buttons all arrived today.

Old computer (check)

Now we are debating what material to use for the cabinet itsself, Plywood or Melamine. Should be cutting material for the cabinet next week, at least the sides, top, control panel, and bezel.

Seconding Virtual On.

Another one I used to LOVE in the arcade was Crazy Taxi. The speakers were right next to your head and they'd just blast the punk while you drove around like mad. Good times, and enough time to have a run in between MvC2 matches.

i give you....Funspot.

http://www.funspotnh.com/mws-genlinfo.htm

Are you in NH too, mattyboy?

Too bad that's in NH...

http://groundkontrol.com/


There are a few like that here

http://www.wunderlandgames.com/

There used to be an arcade a few minutes away from me, but it closed down a few years ago, and I havnt been able to touch a fething arcade since. Sucks sooooo bad. They used to have the absolute best air hockey table Ive ever seen in my life, and my cousin and I used to go up there a few times a month and play it for a few hours. Now Ive been thinking about just buying an arcade thanks to this thread. Damn you lot, making me spend my money

KingCracker wrote:There used to be an arcade a few minutes away from me, but it closed down a few years ago, and I havnt been able to touch a fething arcade since. Sucks sooooo bad. They used to have the absolute best air hockey table Ive ever seen in my life, and my cousin and I used to go up there a few times a month and play it for a few hours. Now Ive been thinking about just buying an arcade thanks to this thread. Damn you lot, making me spend my money

LOL Don't worry, I think about it too. My ol six slot MVS is nice in my basement, but would shine brighter on the Arcade floor.

KingCracker wrote:There used to be an arcade a few minutes away from me, but it closed down a few years ago, and I havnt been able to touch a fething arcade since. Sucks sooooo bad. They used to have the absolute best air hockey table Ive ever seen in my life, and my cousin and I used to go up there a few times a month and play it for a few hours. Now Ive been thinking about just buying an arcade thanks to this thread. Damn you lot, making me spend my money

Dakka members better get free tokens/credits or I will join DCM and slag you in there KC

So I've been thinking a bit more about coin op gaming as of late because of this thread, and it's got me thinking.

Why do you want to revisit it?

Were the games that good, or is it just nostalgia goggles?

If you created your own MAME cabinet, would it not be the same experience because you're not paying to play? How would you make a workaround for this?

Me personally, I'm making a cabinet with co-op play specifically in mind. I want to see who's the best at killer instinct, but I also want to see who can get the top score playing Dungeons and Dragons Tower of Doom with only 3 "quarters". I'm seeing my cabinet as a means to enhance a party atmosphere more than just adding another gaming system to my living room.

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

KingCracker wrote:There used to be an arcade a few minutes away from me, but it closed down a few years ago, and I havnt been able to touch a fething arcade since. Sucks sooooo bad. They used to have the absolute best air hockey table Ive ever seen in my life, and my cousin and I used to go up there a few times a month and play it for a few hours. Now Ive been thinking about just buying an arcade thanks to this thread. Damn you lot, making me spend my money

Dakka members better get free tokens/credits or I will join DCM and slag you in there KC

I should make it clear I mean an arcade system, not an entire arcade full of games. But yea sure, come on over and Ill give ya a free game or 3

Necroshea wrote:So I've been thinking a bit more about coin op gaming as of late because of this thread, and it's got me thinking.

Why do you want to revisit it?

Were the games that good, or is it just nostalgia goggles?

If you created your own MAME cabinet, would it not be the same experience because you're not paying to play? How would you make a workaround for this?

Me personally, I'm making a cabinet with co-op play specifically in mind. I want to see who's the best at killer instinct, but I also want to see who can get the top score playing Dungeons and Dragons Tower of Doom with only 3 "quarters". I'm seeing my cabinet as a means to enhance a party atmosphere more than just adding another gaming system to my living room.

I personally would say that Coin Op was not better, but rather a different..... "Genre" of gaming than most other games.

Look at Splatterhouse 2010, for instance, compared to the older ones. Splatterhouse has three difficulty settings, allowing you to pick your pace, and there are many moves that you can memorize to take out all different types of enemies. Now look at Splatterhouse, the Original. You have four damaging attacks (Punch, Jump attack, Crouch Attack, and Slide), and you have to fight the same type of enemies. You don't have options, you don't have advantages, you need one thing and one thing only; skill.

Dark Souls was the closest thing to this, but it's not exactly the same.

I appreciate the "screw story, gameplay is more important" focus of coin-op games. Aero Fighters/Sonic Wings is a good example; you can choose a baby or a dolphin as some of your pilot choices, and their interaction makes little sense, but you got to blast away at hordes of enemies and you better have had some good reflexes. I don't like what gaming has generally become (three button fighting games and first person shooters...) as much as what it generally used to be (tons of 6 button fighting games with lists of moves and shooters where you're a little guy in screen full of bullets with one-hit deaths).

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote: as much as what it generally used to be (tons of 6 button fighting games with lists of moves and shooters where you're a little guy in screen full of bullets with one-hit deaths).

If you go on Steam, you can get "Realm of the Mad God" on Steam; Bullet Hell, Can only take three hits, and if your character dies you have to start all over at the beginning. All for Free.