So, Phil came over and finished installing the MAME drivers on the computer we’re using. Success! The image shows up on the tv, the driver works and games are visible and partly playable! He spent some time mapping commands to the controls, although there are several buttons and joystick switches that aren’t working quite right. Also, I [...]
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25 Nov
MAME key map for controls 112409
Now that the controls are ready, a lot of the MAME is out of my hands. My friend, Phil, was interested in setting up the computer to run the emulator. He’s decided to run Linux on the computer and has been trying to find something that will allow output to an old tv. My [...]
7 Nov
MAME: joysticks! 103109
I finished wiring the joystick bases and other buttons from the control panel to the keyboard board! Yay! … Although, the hole through the wood is not quite big enough for the second one, so I have to take the box off the back, and grind the hole out a [...]
25 Jun
My MAME: fourth
Now, while I was working on the control panel and mouse hack, my friends, Phil and Alex, were working on hacking the keyboard board. It’s nice to have buttons and joysticks, but how do you get them to talk to the computer? We referred to many web tutorials and decided to take an old keyboard [...]
25 Jun
My MAME: Third
So, while I recovered my composure from the final roller-ball-debacle, I installed a shelf to put the tv on in the case. In original arcade games, a CRT monitor rests inside a particle board frame. This monitor doesn’t have a hard case, like we think of when we think of monitors or tvs. So, there [...]
20 Jun
My MAME: Second
Buttons. I needed buttons. And I knew where I was going to find them. While Warren and I were at the Maker Faire in San Diego last June, we saw tons of vendors from all over the country. And one just happened to be from Hillsboro. SurplusGizmos. They had to have them. And I was [...]
20 Jun
My MAME: First
I spent a couple days looking at web pages , emailing some friends of mine who are good with computers and know games (Warren, Alex, and Phil). Part of that included looking at craigslist to see if anybody was selling parts and what the prices were. It all seemed pretty do-able for me. I was excited [...]
6 Apr
MY MAME
A random comment by a friend: “You could make your own House of the Dead game…” followed by a series of webpages that showed how to turn a computer and an old arcade cabinet into one’s own super-special Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Oh the sweet joy! I am going to try to catch up with [...]
