Wednesday got better after the coffee / milk fiasco.
Got some PHP / MySQL bullshit sorted out finally, and using old parts that were swapped out of my desktop, I've got MAME up and running on our 40" LCD in the office:
Too bad the wall-mount doesn't TATE Cuz this display looks fantastic off VGA, and has a "Game" mode that has little to no lag.
Ha! NICE. What a coincidence, I just ordered a 40" Samsung off TigerDirect this morning at work. I was going to use it at home to replace a 28" PC monitor, but since I've been logging some long hours at work (80+) lately I changed my mind and plan to keep it at work. Also got a spare, unopened xbox360 slim sitting around collecting dust at the home office so I'll probably bring it in. Will also probably build a gaming level PC for work too. However I mostly plan to have the HDTV running in the background with Netflix, NBA League Pass or some TV shows I downloaded.
Right now I've got quad 24" PC monitors each with a rotating NeoFlex stand. Every now and then I TATE one for shmups. Also got an iCade loaded w/ MAME, iFBA, console emulators etc. I also keep a spare iControlPad for emulation gaming on the iPhone in my work drawer. Lastly got a pair of those Saturn USB pads in the drawer at work as well. I'll probably bring in a 360/PS3 joystick later on though since I have a bunch at home.
Oh fun! I work over a dozen hours of free overtime every week and don't even get time to eat lunch. And no, I'm not some factory worker in China (but it almost feels like it.)
"Sooo, what was it that you consider a 'good salary' for a man to make?"
"They should at least make 100K to have a good life"
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I've been meaning to do something like this for a while. Weekends I work are so slow that I literally do no work. Wouldn't be too hard to setup the JP 360 and stick.
Look at our friendly members:
MX7 wrote:I'm not a fan of a racist, gun nut brony puking his odious and uninformed arguments over every thread that comes up.
UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Oh fun! I work over a dozen hours of free overtime every week and don't even get time to eat lunch. And no, I'm not some factory worker in China (but it almost feels like it.)
Same here. Last week I put in 92 hrs. So if I drop in 15-20 mins on a shmup every 2 days or so I don't see a problem.
I signed up at GOG.com and downloaded Tyrian 2000, sweet that it runs in a window I can just flip back n forth to it as I work, and I get the delicious Adlib music in the background
BPzeBanshee wrote:OpenTyrian is more compatible all around but it doesn't support Tyrian 2000 unfortunately. You running it on Windows 7 with no issues?
Yes indeedy, didn't have to do anything. Downloaded from GOG, installed, runs perfectly!
Nice. I expected more issues considering DOSBox but clearly GOG have accounted for any sort of issues that might pop up. It sort of worked for me when I got it but I had to change something in the configuration first because it'd just crash, and that was on XP.
Ran flawlessly afterward if not a little bit slow. Nice to know you're having fun with it: it really does get more shit than it deserves.
I didn't take any pics, but today I brought all my supergun gear in and had my MVS up on the 40" LCD with Samurai Shodown III and Aero Fighters 2, and Strider Hiryu 2.
Cuz this display looks fantastic off VGA, and has a "Game" mode that has little to no lag.
(but it almost feels like it.)
