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    Man, its sure taking forever for SSVS to come out.

    in Arcade Emulators [/pc/arcade]

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    It's not a problem for me, that the bosses removed. I don't like that think with sankuro, he have striker chars, and I think Yumeji is just an ukyo clone with "transformation" moves. Gaoh was interesting I think, but his morphing technic was looking strange. He would be a nice simple character, but not a boss. So, I really hope SSVS will be better than SSV. I hate that one, because every good & original things are removed form it. FF4 was much better. I dunno why is it good for playmore to remove the good things and make the game much worse. They're acting strangely. For example: KOF Neowave: It will be a new kof with nothing new. All of the KOF03 updates were removed, what I really like. I also dont understand, why there are only 12 teams. Why don't they add teams like USA Sports Team or Ash Team again? Now it's atomiswave, there's enough disk space for all of the prevous kof games chars. But it's a good thing playmore recognized SSV was a s**t and trying to repair it in a Special release.

    SSV IS an improvement over SSIV. No stupid CD combos, ridiculously powerful fierce slashes, annoying flickering background crap. Plus more SSII like play mechanics like dodging, rolling makes it a winner. The only downside to SSV was the gameplay balance. (ie Yoshitora infinite and the qcf+B all day bullshit).

    Emulator "Console" idea

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    I had a similar idea a while back, but I wasn't worried about the cost restraints so much.  This was before I quit my full-time job to go back to school, of course.  :rolleyes:  In exchange for the extra cost, we get extra functionality.  I was shooting for a small system that would be powerful enough to run most everything but recent games, be able to network, and still be portable enough to carry to a friend's house in a backpack.  Here's the plan:

     

    VIA Mini-ITX M10000 Nehemiah CPU/Mobo combo

    512MB Ram

    DC to DC power adapter

    Small Hard Drive (About 10GB)

    DVD-Rom

    4 Port USB HUB

     

    The mobo/cpu selected costs about 150 bucks (http://www.directron.com) and has integrated sound, video, and LAN, as well as onboard TV-Out.  Reportedly, the video chipset even has decent decoders on it.  A small adapter will split stereo audio to a pair of RCAs.  This cable would be wound with the video cable for a simple connector.  This setup would work perfectly for your system as well.

     

    I was considering using a gutted NES chassis as a case, and the power and reset buttons could even be rewired for the ITX board.  However, size will be an issue.  If I do this, the Hard Drive and DVD-Rom will have to be laptop parts, which increases cost and requires a few extra adapters. 

     

    Whatever the case, the USB Hub would be gutted and the insides mounted frontside for easy four-player access to those few games that need them.  Alternately, two ports could be used for mouse and keyboard.  Gravis Gamepad Pro USBs are my controller of choice (comfortable like a dual-shock, but cheap as heck).  For mouse and keyboard, a handheld trackball (used to be something called a RocketMouse, but I don't know how good they are) and a roll-up keyboard would be ideal for travel.

     

    Roms could be held on CD/DVD, while OS and Emulators would be on the Hard Disk.  The 10GB drive should leave some room for MP3s and programs too.  Alternately, just throw in a bigger HD and put everything on disk.

     

     

    The only problem with all this, so far as I can tell, is cost.  At last estimate is was running about 400 bones.  This isn't a ton, considering you're getting basically a portable pc, emulator machine, dvd player, etc.  But, it's still 400 bucks.  :D

    400, that way out of budget. I'm tryin to keep it below 100 ozzie beans. But the mini-itx looks really sweet. Anyway, how did you get the laptop CD to work with a desktop mobo? Did you have to gut anything?

    Emulator "Console" idea

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    If you're trying to keep space and cost low, you could give a look at via's mini-itx mobo with integrated cpu.

    Another thing you could do is boot the machine from a usb flash drive with everything needed on it except games, and use the cd-rom drive as your games directory.

    I'll look into it. The USB drive is not necessary though, because

    - it adds to the cost

    - it uses one more USB port. Most baby form factors have only 2 I believe, so I'll be 1 short for the 2nd controller.

    - everything can be housed on the live cd.

    Emulator "Console" idea

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    Just got hit by an idea today that I'd like to share (although I'm damn sure it's not original). I was thinking about making a dedicated emulator "console" that can be plugged into a regular TV by using cheap, old off-the-shelve PC parts. It's sort of like a MAME cabinet but rather than making an entire arcade cabinet, I'm modelling it after a game console instead. Anyway, cut the BS and get to the tech design (much of it is still hazy and WIP, though):

     

    Hardware:

    - Baby form factor mobo (If I'm not wrong, these things are quite new? Do these support PIIIs? Someone enlighten,pls).

    - PIII 800Mhz CPU or equivalent.

    - 256MB SDRAM (maybe more, but I'm trying to keep my costs down)

    - 2 USB ports for controllers/joysticks (hopefully integrated as well)

    - 2 10-button USB sticks/pads.

    - Uses the mobo's integrated sound and gfx hw to keep space down. Most emus - render in software, so cutting edge 3d not required. Probably looking at somewhere - in the neighbourhood of 8mb VRAM.

    - 16X CD-ROM drive.

    - That's it. Anything I left out?

     

    Notes:

    - the main problem I foresee now for hw is getting TV out to work. Is there some kind of VGA -> TV adaptor?

    - Cooling might be another sticky issue.

     

    Software:

    - Linux kernel 2.6.x

    - mod-init-tools.

    - hotplug

    - glibc (maybe uclibc if possible)

    - zlib

    - X.org

    - libSDL

    - XMAME

    - busybox

     

    Notes:

    - The idea is that the system relies on a bootable, self-contained linux live CD. So, no other disk drives are required other than a CD-ROM. More ram might be needed to compensate for the lack of swap space though. Hopefully, 256MB suffices.

    - This system is mainly for CPS1/2 and Neo games, and perhaps a couple of other games from other oddball systems.

    - modinittools and hotplug may be unnessary if I compile everthing statically.

    - I'm trying to keep the core support system (ie the kernel, c libraries etc) within 8MB (less if possible) since this is going to use ramdisk which is deduced from our main RAM pool. Non-core files (emu,xserver etc) will be taken off the live cd.

    - I also need to strip off unwanted junk from the default setups of most of those packages. eg Xorg installs with over 50mb of crap. More on this later.

    - Another problem is that I'm lacking a graphical front-end that runs without any extra toolkit dependencies (ie no QT, gtk or other crap, just pure Xlib) that can be gamepad controlled. (remember, this setup has neither mice nor keyboard).

     

    Physical Case:

    - Haven't given much thought here. Probably needs to be custom made.

     

    Comments, suggestions and feedback most welcome. Flames, OTOH, can fsck off.

    Why is there no last blade 3?

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

    Posted

    The audio and visual designs in the game were great. But gameplay was, oh so scrubby. They should revamp the gameplay style into a KOF style of Samsho style and all would be fine.

    Hahaha. You make me laugh. Last Blade!!! Scrubby. I can tell you now, scrubs won't win in this game. Gameplay was near perfect imo.

     

    The samurai shodown series is like mortal kombat, all gore/graphics with no substance. Definately my favourite game along with Garou on the Neogeo.

    I bet u have never played competitively before. Samsho all gore no substance? 3 and 4, maybe. But the other games in the series (esp 2) are definitely top notch, competitive games. There are tourneys for samsho2 still being held this very day.

    Don't even compare SS with trash like MK. They're not even in the same league.

     

    LB is a fun game, I'll give it that. But the gameplay system is pretty broken (infinite supers when life bar flashing etc) and scrubby (dial/spaz combos).

    Best Friends Sis

    in Gossip Café [/offtopic]

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    Rommaster,Aug 22 2004, 09:12 PM] My best friends sis just came back from Washington state... and she and I spent 3 hours talking and kissing. My only problem, what should I do... she is beautiful, down to earth, smart, funny, and the weirdest part... she likes me... so my question is, what is everyones opinion... what should I do??

     

    I am 28 ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    She is 21

    5'5" 100 Lbs A cup

    brown hair, hazel eyes

    Sorry, I don't have a picture......

    Hmmm..... A size cup. That brings down the score a little. Nevermind, just do her anyway. After that you can move on to her mum. One day if your friendship with this best friend sours, you can use that classic "I did it with your sis and mum." comeback line and really mean it. :P

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