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That was horribly written. No actual information in the article other than there's this thing called emulation... and it involves using a computer to play old games... and downloading things for free. Nothing specific at all... ...other than we are sick, evil, twisted bastards for downloading stuff for free. Is it still paranoia if they really are after you?

Looks like Infinium Labs have tried to bully the wrong website... The [H] isn't wasting any time, and suing IL to end the dispute. http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/03/03/ne...ws_6090525.html

Infinium has a great idea, but I really doubt it will ever see the light of day... I've pretty much believed it was vaporware since I first heard about it ('bout a year ago, i guess). However, the choice to threaten to sue [H]ardocp is just going to backfire on them. Whether they win, lose, or even just drop the suit immediately, they have already alienated a huge amount of people that might have bought it, including me. I definitely won't be buying it.

I've always used clrmame, and I'm really happy with it. But to be quite honest, I've never used romcenter.

well... It depends on the size of your monitor, how crisp the display is, what you are used to, and what you are using your computer for. I use my computer for graphics editing, so the more onscreen real estate the better.

ah... Yeah, that makes more sense. I'm sure you can get a replacement for pretty cheap that would fix that. ATI 9600 cards are around $100... 9000, 9100, and 9200 cards are even cheaper. Wallpapers at 1600x1200 are pretty hard to find... most of what I have used is enlarged and sharpened in photoshop, or it's something I have created from scratch myself. My latest wallpaper is actually cropped from a larger 1600x1600 image, though. Also, I guess you need a big enough monitor to handle high resolutions. I have a 21" display, which can handle the 1600x1200 at a pretty comfortable 85hz. That's another thing that many people don't know about... the refresh rate (hz) of their monitor. Most people leave it at the default 60hz, which is eye strain hell (especially if you crank up the resolution). Raise that to 85hz or more so that you don't kill your eyes.

1. huh??? like what? 2. You can get free webhosting at places like tripod.com, fortunecity.com, and geocities.com. Your space and bandwidth will be very limited, but it will be more than enough to host pics to display in forums and whatnot.

Damn... all you people are running at really low res. Here's mine. Be forewarned though, it is a 335kb 1600x1200 jpeg: screenshot background is from www.diverse.jp icons are Snow.E 2 from www.rad-e8.com windowblinds skin is ChosenOS from chosenos.tk (site seems to be down now)

Do we have to continually justify our emulator preference for you? Why is it so hard to understand that some of us prefer the accurate emulation mame provides, the wide variety of other games you can play with it, and don't care about any supposed performance hit because we have machines that can handle it.

(one vote for 'I don't know what the hell the problem is') I really can't understand this animosity towards mame. I think it is pretty easy to use. And if you don't like the mame32 interface, use the command line version of mame with a front end. There are literally dozens of front ends to choose from. As for difficulties in configuring the controls... I never had any problems with my x-arcade stick or usb ps2 adapter with a ps2 controller. Press tab while in the game, and all the controller settings are right there. As for the inability to add new games... It's a minor annoyance. And if you are experienced enough to write a driver for a game that isn't supported yet, compiling your own version of mame is not that big a deal. Anyway, it's easy enough to find unofficial compiled versions, if you don't want to delve into compiling. As for mame supporting a lot of games people don't play... Sure. But other than having far too many mahjong games, I really can't count that as a fault. There are tons of classics in there that bring back memories. I remember playing things like Pac Man, Qix, Tempest, Star Wars, etc in the arcades as a kid, and being able to play them all again through mame is great. But, maybe I'm just showing my age. As for mame being slower than other emulators... yeah, if you say so. I haven't had any problems on my machine.

nah... just obsessed.

Yeah... I have a few anime dvds. And, that doesn't even show my brother's stuff, which is about 20 more discs.

I'm not sure what your point is... ATI also supports OpenGL.

here ya go... http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...ctCode=000691-A i'm sure they won't sound too good, but for $1.50, you'll have speakers

If you wait to see better prices, something else new will be right around the corner that you will need to wait for... and you'll never end up buying anything. It's better to just buy what is affordable as soon as you feel you need to upgrade.

Aw... no love for Juniel

It's working fine for me... just did a search for kof2003, and it came up with tons of links.

Well, you might as well upgrade now... but here's my take on your parts: 1. Ram... You don't need pc3500 for the cpu you are getting. And I would recommend getting CL2 instead of CL2.5. Get a gig of Geil PC3200 CL2. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-144-513&depa=1 $182 2. DVD-RW... Not sure what brand you have picked out, but here's one that is much faster with CDRs, and it can handle DVD-R/RW and +R/RW for just a little more. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....y=BROWSE&depa=1 $107 3. CPU... XP 2500+ Barton... definitely a good choice. 4. Motherboard... ew... Get yourself any nForce2 chipset based motherboard and you will be much happier. The motherboard is really the most important part. And the phrase "You get what you pay for" applies to the motherboard more than any other part. Get a solid motherboad from a well respected company. This Asus board would probably fit your needs: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....talog=22&depa=1 $72 or this Shuttle case and motherboard, if you want something really nice and compact: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....y=BROWSE&depa=1 $230 5. Hard Drive... I guess that one you have picked out would be fine, but I would see if you can get a 7200rpm 8meg cache drive if you can. Try to get one on sale with rebates and you might be able to get a better deal. I recently got a 250gig Western Digital 7200rpm 8meg cache at CompUSA for $150 after rebates. 6. Printer/copier/scanner... Whatever fits your needs and budget. $100 doesn't sound too bad. 7. Sound Card... Just use the onboard sound on the motherboard, an $8 sound card isn't going to be any better. 8. Video Card... I'd spend a little more and get a 9600pro. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....talog=48&depa=1 $213 hmmm... With the CPU, printer, and hard drive you previously picked out, and the other parts I recommend, it's a little more expensive... totalling $831 with the Asus motherboard, or $989 with the Shuttle motherboard and case. But, at least this gives you some other ideas.

Damn... thats a sweet Mac, but it costs more than what i paid for my car! Anyway, here are the specs on my box: AMD Athlon 3000+ Barton Shuttle SN45G (small form factor case & motherboard) 1gb Corsair TwinX pc3200c2 DDR RAM ATI 9600pro 128mb video card 250gb (7200rpm, 8mb cache) Western Digital hard drive Plextor PX-708A burner Sony GDM-500PS 21" Trinitron monitor

Currently, I have queued up these albums: Assemblage 23 - Contempt Aghast View - Phaseknox God Module - Artificial

AMD Athlon 3000+ Barton other specs: Shuttle SN45G (small form factor case & motherboard) 1gb Corsair TwinX pc3200c2 DDR RAM ATI 9600pro 128mb video card 250gb (7200rpm, 8mb cache) Western Digital hard drive Plextor PX-708A burner Sony GDM-500PS 21" Trinitron monitor Yeah... it kicks ass...

cool... thanks.

kof2003 refuses to run with the m1d and s1 that I have. Anyone know where I could find these: 271-m1d.bin [size: 131072] [CRC32: 0x396e17cd] 271-s1.bin [size: 131072] [CRC32: 0x7c7829aa]

Yeah... james compile is great! It has all the games that mame is capable of running. I'm not sure about kof2003, though. It is listed in his.79 build, but the CRCs for a couple files don't match up to what i have.

I prefer using mame also. I don't have any problems with mame being slow, but I do have a pretty fast machine to run it on. (AMD 3000+ barton, 1 gig ddr ram, ATI 9600pro, etc, etc...)