New aquisition: Xenophobe - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

9 Sep 2002

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 From: "Ethan Dicks"
&lt;erd_6502(a)yahoo.com&gt;

--- "Zane H. Healy" &lt;healyzh(a)aracnet.com&gt; wrote:
  I
wouldn't say it's dangerous, but it certainly gets interesting trying  to
get VAXen and arcade games to co-exist inside the house.
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 >: )
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 >Power issues and space.... 
A standard arcade machine is rated at 8.0A max @ 110VAC - that runs
the board set, the lights and the 19" monitor.

  ...most people here are probably using MAME,
rather than having their own
 Arcade cabinets. 
I do both.  MAME is portable, but MAME on a PeeCee keyboard can't match
the feel of real buttons, etc.  Yes, people are making their own MAME
cabinets (like a buddy of mine down the hall) but you might as well get
a real cabinet to start with.

The other issue of emulators vs the real thing is odd controllers - 
spinners come to mind immediately: Tempest, Star Trek and Arkanoid.
Xenophobe is another, because of the thumb buttons.  I've played it
with MAME (and on my Lynx) and it's not the same feel.  It's much
smoother with the original hardware.

  (she's actually the one that found the
cabinet for sale locally...) 
That's the key - not shipping these things across the country.  If
I didn't have an arcade auction nearby, I probably would consider
crafting my own cabinet from scratch as a viable option.  After
seeing a stripped Galaga Cocktail go for nearly $100, maybe I still 
 Hi
  Most empty upright cabinets go for giveaway prices. Cocktail
 machines are alway a premium, even stripped ones because
 one can move an upright's inners into one and increase the
 value.
  Rather than using MAME, why not just get a complete working vid.
 Better yet, a real pinball machine :)
 Dwight

...
 will (I have a spare boardset for Gorf - I can use a
DEC VR241 as
the monitor and have it take up less space).

-ethan

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