Post your MAME / emu setup here

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:45 pm

(This is intended for those of you who aren't horribly offended by emulation.

) Just wondering what kind of setup you guys use for MAME, and other emulators. (system specs, MAME settings, controllers, etc.) Currently I'm running: XP1800 @ 1.9ghz, 300mhz FSB, 512mb DDR, Geforce 4 ti4800SE, monitor in TATE mode, SNES pad on printer port. Some of my MAME settings (advanced tab): directdraw on, triple buffering on, match game refresh rate on, switch resolutions to fit currently on, but I switch this off sometimes, switch color depths on, draw every frame on, stretch using hardware 4:3 on. Curious to hear what you guys currently use.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:51 pm

Well I've cut down my time on games esp with emulation but here goes

Intel Celeron M 1.4 GHZ
30GB Hardrive
256MB RAM
Radeon 91000 (or something)

*my cheap joypad went awhile back* It was some pad from GAME.

beatifik · Post by **beatifik** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:37 pm

modded xbox.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:50 pm

Intel Celeron 2.0 GHz, XP Professional SP2
430GB spread amongst four partitions
GeForceFX 5200 128MB AGP
630MB DDR RAM
PS2 DualShock/Namco Arcade Stick/Hori Tekken 5 Arcade Stick/beatmaniaIIDX controller.
Autoframeskipping on most games, except beatmania (turning frameskipping off helps fix the timing problem somewhat)

All this thread reminds me of is how I should start submitting to MARP again. :/

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:23 pm

Nice, guys. Keep em coming.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:25 pm

Hardware:

AMD64 4000+
2048 MB DDR RAM
2x200 GB HD

Samsung SynxMaster 710v
Geforce 6600 (Sound is more important IMO;))

M-Audio Firewire Solo soundcard
TAPCO Blend 6-channel mixer
Sennheiser HD280 Pro

3 in 1 PC Joybox
JPN Saturn Pad

Software:

Windows XP Home Edition

MAME32 Plus! 0.99u7

Today's MAME rom count: 405

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:32 pm

Modded Xbox (currently in my AW cab).

B-

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:51 pm

Currently building a rig, just waiting on the motherboard to arrive....

Pentium 4 3.4Ghz w/ 1MB Cache (Prescott Core)
Abit AG8 MoBo
1GB Samsung DDR RAM
Maxtor 250GB SATA HDD
ATI Radeon X600 (PCI Express x16)
Antec 500 Watt Power Supply

Running Windows XP Professional, MAME32 v1.0

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:28 pm

My MAME setup is a computer.

Pa

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:51 am

I have MAME installed on a Pentium III laptop, an Xbox, and a PSP. Accessories include a TATE-able LCD monitor and several arcade sticks.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:51 am

http://www.ultimarc.com/avgainf.html

I need one of these. Emulation is preferable to the real thing for some instances, after all...(replays, savestates).

I use the stock mame settings, only thing I change is that I use an arcade stick or saturn pad instead of the keyboard. Which probably isn't the best thing to do, is it...what's the best possible configuration for mame32 (if there is one)?

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:22 am

Neon wrote:what's the best possible configuration for mame32 (if there is one)?

Hmm, wouldn't say there's a "best" config, as everyone's system / preferences are different, but I can say that the use of triple buffering helps quite a bit with the blurring in vertical shooters.

By all means, if your card / drivers support it, enable it and see what you think.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:36 am

my school's computers. mame runs great, only thing wrong is a bit of slowdown in the Caves, not sure if this is just realism, though. probably is, because Varth runs just as i would expect the arcade to (rather slowly that is).

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:07 am

beatifik wrote:modded xbox.

progear included!

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:10 am

My old setup
Not exactly sure what's in there... a 850 MHz Athlon something-or-other, 256 MB RAM or thereabouts... Some kind of GeForce 2 video card (borrowed from a friend), PS1 mini arcade stick on a USB adaptor from Radio Shack, and a rotatable monitor!!

My new setup
Totally home-built. :]

edit: And big thanks to PPPP for helping me get a big part of that pic

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:33 am

I used to be big into emulation (and MAME in particular) years ago. I've been using MAME since version .11 or so, but I really haven't kept up. I'd like to think that I've graduated to the real thing, but I do still MAME stuff on occasion, now that I can legally play at least a few things. I don't think I've updated my version of MAME since playable SPI emulation got added, and my ROMs are probably a pig's breakfast by now. Anyway, when I do MAME stuff, I use:

Athlon64 3200+ (Sockst 939)
Abit AV8 motherboard
EVGA GeForce 6600GT AGP
1GB Corsair XMS memory
Antec Sonata case
Dell 2001FP (easily TATEable 20" LCD)
control with the keyboard

I've always been a PC hardware junkie, so I like to make sure I've got a decent system. I haven't really been keeping up with that much either lately, although my stuff should be fine for a while. When the price comes down I'll probably put a dual core proc in this thing.

beatifik · Post by **beatifik** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:09 am

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP wrote:
beatifik wrote:modded xbox.
progear included!

i wish. i don't know shit about this stuff. i bought this thing loaded up, but haven't even tried to figure out how to add stuff...

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:32 am

iatneH wrote:My old setup
Not exactly sure what's in there... a 850 MHz Athlon something-or-other, 256 MB RAM or thereabouts... Some kind of GeForce 2 video card (borrowed from a friend), PS1 mini arcade stick on a USB adaptor from Radio Shack, and a rotatable monitor!!

My new setup
Totally home-built. :]

edit: And big thanks to PPPP for helping me get a big part of that pic

your new setup is beautiful

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:46 am

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP wrote:
iatneH wrote:My old setup
Not exactly sure what's in there... a 850 MHz Athlon something-or-other, 256 MB RAM or thereabouts... Some kind of GeForce 2 video card (borrowed from a friend), PS1 mini arcade stick on a USB adaptor from Radio Shack, and a rotatable monitor!!

My new setup
Totally home-built. :]

edit: And big thanks to PPPP for helping me get a big part of that pic
your new setup is beautiful

Yeah, your old setup's not bad either.

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:44 am

1.3 gig processor
256 k of RAM
Cheap ass Compaq PC
CPS 2 games stutter unless run on Kawaks, same for Taito F3 and Neo Geo (Raine for Taito games, or Direct Draw off fixes it for MAME)

MAME count over 1,000.

NES count everything made I think, Genesis same, SNES about all, GB/GBC/SMS/Game Gear about all, TG-16 about all, a few burned CD's.

Amiga, a few games, Atari ST a few games, ColecoVision, a few games, Atari 2600 501 games, 5200/7800 a few games.

GBA only what I liked.
I emu strange systems I know for sure.

Hell emulation made me track down and buy a few classic titles.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:23 pm

I have
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
2.00 ghz
1.00 GB of RAM
180 GB Hard drive
ATI X800Pro 256mb Graphics Card.
and 2031 working Mame games.
Set up for mame -

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:31 pm

Amd Athlon 2400+ I think.
512 megs of ram
Geforce 4200TI
WinXP Pro

And a pic (click for larger):

more pics and build log here: http://www.verticaladdiction.net/cabinet1

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:10 am

landshark wrote:Amd Athlon 2400+ I think.
512 megs of ram
Geforce 4200TI
WinXP Pro

And a pic (click for larger):

more pics and build log here: http://www.verticaladdiction.net/cabinet1

You sir are God, that cab, how much did it set you back? Looks like it may have cost quite a mint.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:19 am

Bloodreign wrote: You sir are God, that cab, how much did it set you back? Looks like it may have cost quite a mint.

I didn't really shop around for anything. When building, if I needed it, I went to the store (usually about 5 minutes before they closed) and bought it.

As a result, it cost me more than it should of but was a blast to build.

All was around $2035. There's a price breakdown here: http://www.verticaladdiction.net/cabinet1/page7.shtml

TalkingOctopus · Post by **TalkingOctopus** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:46 am

landshark wrote:
Bloodreign wrote: You sir are God, that cab, how much did it set you back? Looks like it may have cost quite a mint.
I didn't really shop around for anything. When building, if I needed it, I went to the store (usually about 5 minutes before they closed) and bought it.

As a result, it cost me more than it should of but was a blast to build.

All was around $2035. There's a price breakdown here: http://www.verticaladdiction.net/cabinet1/page7.shtml

Nice Arcade. What front end is that?

You can build an arcade for much much less if you scavenge for parts. I spent about $800 on mine (which is still quite a bit!). I used an old Pentium 3 computer I had around. You can save more if you find a used TV and old gutted cabinet. I had a blast building mine too... I actually wish I spent more and put in a wells gardner arcade monitor...

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:28 am

If I had the cash and the know how, I'd do the same thing, but since I'm poor I can always dream and hope I hit the lottery. First thing I'd do is hire you to make me an exact cab.

That's pretty damned cool though, anytime you want to play a game, it's there, and it has to have that authentic arcade feel to it, even if it is MAME.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:49 pm

TalkingOctopus wrote: Nice Arcade. What front end is that?

You can build an arcade for much much less if you scavenge for parts. I spent about $800 on mine (which is still quite a bit!). I used an old Pentium 3 computer I had around. You can save more if you find a used TV and old gutted cabinet. I had a blast building mine too... I actually wish I spent more and put in a wells gardner arcade monitor...

It's running AdvanceMenu with custom colors setup.

In my "favorites" list, most of the snaps are animated MNG files so there are video previews.

I know I could have built the computer for less, but I wanted a more powerful machine. And at the time, those were the prices for what I wanted. I also didn't want to gut an old arcade machine, I wanted to build from scratch.

I did scavenge the coin door and trackball from Ebay