http://cgi.ebay.com/Multicade-Horizonta ... dZViewItem
I see these all the time, has anyone tried one? Are they easy to update or change setting like mame on my own computer? Is the emulation good? I've played multigames in arcades that were horrible- don't know what kind they were, though-- multicade I think.
Has anyone tried these multigame boards?
from their webpage:
imagine how much R&D it would take to emulate 1000 games. I bet they took the mame source and just added a universal coin system. I hope they get sued. nice product.Q: Are your PCBs using MAME?
A: No. Our PCBs are commercially built hardware for the arcade industry and not cheap consumer PC components running MAME.
Yeah, how can they even legally sell that on ebay?antron wrote:from their webpage:imagine how much R&D it would take to emulate 1000 games. I bet they took the mame source and just added a universal coin system. I hope they get sued. nice product.Q: Are your PCBs using MAME?
A: No. Our PCBs are commercially built hardware for the arcade industry and not cheap consumer PC components running MAME.
I mean, I'm not uptight about piracy, but at least have the dignity to build your own mame system if you're going to do it
I got mad gigabytes.
everyones selling them (usually for much cheaper too), even reputable places like fujita altho you have to ask them first since they dont have it on their website.
never used one and never will so i cant tell you anything else about them, but i guess the average emu-joe that just wants a cheap bang for their bucks are generally pretty happy with them.
never used one and never will so i cant tell you anything else about them, but i guess the average emu-joe that just wants a cheap bang for their bucks are generally pretty happy with them.
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Is known as the Gamebox Jamma PCB in some circles
For dpful,
I've got one of those multicade Jamma PCBs (is known by another name, "Gamebox"). Anyways, the Gamebox PCB is nothing more than a single layered PC-type motherboard connected to the top layer (which is the built-in Jamma interface and generic I-PAC interface).
As Ceph has correctly stated that the ROMs are stored on the HDD. The built-in HDD on my Gamebox PCB is a measly 17.3GB one but is alright for what it does...to play arcade emulation. Actually, it's possible to add or remove arcade Roms from the HDD but you'd have to hook it up to a secondary PC tower to properly configure them.
The Gamebox PCB uses pure DOS-based Windows 98SE OS as the basis for running the DOS-Mame emulator along with front-end DOS program of ArcadeOS to select the different games from a menu screen.
What's really odd is that the Gamebox PCB (and it's other ilk) uses a seperate ATX power supply unit to power it up rather than using your arcade cabinet or Supergun's PSU. Two cooling fans, one on the ATX PSU & the other's on the CPU itself. So when the Gamebox PCB is powered on, there are two cooling fans in operation for the entire duration -- can get noisy indeed. ^_~
Both the joystick and push button functionality are handled by the ZsNES utility program to register the arcade cab's or Supergun's arcade control inputs to register as "pushed" PC keyboard commands. Several various utility programs are included on the built-in HDD to make sure that everything runs without a hitch.
You can even insert a PS/2 based "old styled" PC keyboard directly into the Gamebox PCB to change game settings, arcade screen parameters, etc. (for easy of convienance).
Some older 15kHz analog RGB monitors might have a hard time displaying the outputted graphics from such a Gamebox PCB and other RGB monitors, have no problems whatsoever. Just depends on what RGB monitor you're using in the first place.
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If you really want to make your own budget Mame emu system -- just get the following items:
1.) An old salvageble PC tower with decent CPU and RAM specs if you want to run DOS-Mame, Raine, Mame32, etc.
2.) Install the appropiate Win OS system -- Windows 98SE for DOS-Mame emu or WinXP OS for Mame32 emu...you get the general idea. ^_~
3.) An Ultimarc produced ArcadeVGA graphics card installed and configured properly in your old budget Mame tower.
4.) An Ultimarc produced Jamma interface "J-PAC" board to hook to an arcade cabinet or Supergun setup utilizing the Jamma harness.
5.) Load up on the HDD with your favorite arcade Roms.
6.) You're all set -- fire it up and try it out..... ^_~
PC Engine Fan X! ^_~
I've got one of those multicade Jamma PCBs (is known by another name, "Gamebox"). Anyways, the Gamebox PCB is nothing more than a single layered PC-type motherboard connected to the top layer (which is the built-in Jamma interface and generic I-PAC interface).
As Ceph has correctly stated that the ROMs are stored on the HDD. The built-in HDD on my Gamebox PCB is a measly 17.3GB one but is alright for what it does...to play arcade emulation. Actually, it's possible to add or remove arcade Roms from the HDD but you'd have to hook it up to a secondary PC tower to properly configure them.
The Gamebox PCB uses pure DOS-based Windows 98SE OS as the basis for running the DOS-Mame emulator along with front-end DOS program of ArcadeOS to select the different games from a menu screen.
What's really odd is that the Gamebox PCB (and it's other ilk) uses a seperate ATX power supply unit to power it up rather than using your arcade cabinet or Supergun's PSU. Two cooling fans, one on the ATX PSU & the other's on the CPU itself. So when the Gamebox PCB is powered on, there are two cooling fans in operation for the entire duration -- can get noisy indeed. ^_~
Both the joystick and push button functionality are handled by the ZsNES utility program to register the arcade cab's or Supergun's arcade control inputs to register as "pushed" PC keyboard commands. Several various utility programs are included on the built-in HDD to make sure that everything runs without a hitch.
You can even insert a PS/2 based "old styled" PC keyboard directly into the Gamebox PCB to change game settings, arcade screen parameters, etc. (for easy of convienance).
Some older 15kHz analog RGB monitors might have a hard time displaying the outputted graphics from such a Gamebox PCB and other RGB monitors, have no problems whatsoever. Just depends on what RGB monitor you're using in the first place.
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If you really want to make your own budget Mame emu system -- just get the following items:
1.) An old salvageble PC tower with decent CPU and RAM specs if you want to run DOS-Mame, Raine, Mame32, etc.
2.) Install the appropiate Win OS system -- Windows 98SE for DOS-Mame emu or WinXP OS for Mame32 emu...you get the general idea. ^_~
3.) An Ultimarc produced ArcadeVGA graphics card installed and configured properly in your old budget Mame tower.
4.) An Ultimarc produced Jamma interface "J-PAC" board to hook to an arcade cabinet or Supergun setup utilizing the Jamma harness.
5.) Load up on the HDD with your favorite arcade Roms.
6.) You're all set -- fire it up and try it out..... ^_~
PC Engine Fan X! ^_~
Interesting sticks...kinda look like those Salubi thingamajigs...Vokatse wrote:Speaking of self-made MAME machines...this guy is selling some sort. IDK if they are good, but they look pretty standard
http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-TV-Home-Arca ... dZViewItem
I thought they were interesting sticks...if you could yank out the stock stick and strip off the "Salubi" text on the top...