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  • #302
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Steve SI wrote: »
    You forgot the Sugru :D

    For? :o


  • #303
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Myrddin wrote: »
    For? :o

    Everything dude :)

    Ah no, it is good though and I've used it for anti vibration on a few projects.


  • #304
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    So, the hdd padded screws have served their purpose. Mechanical noise is greatly reduced, not bad for $2 or something. I've fitted the new hdd brackets too so it's essentially done internally.

    Externally, I went ahead & done the perspex. I went with one sheet, instead of two because I couldn't get the bezel to fit right & ended up making a balls of it trying to cut it. I can revisit that again though, & still have the other sheet of perspex here should I do just that.

    So this is prob the last I can add to this thread, the only things left are preview vids & themes, but sure everyone knows what they look like. So, to conclude:

    2hx21k7.jpg

    b53dq0.jpg

    I tried again to get a pic of the scanlines, my camera just doesn't play ball with picturing screens very well though

    295wh9v.jpg

    Thanks to all who helped out, all the advice/tips & graphics cards really helped me out!!!


  • #305
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Very nice dude. Scanlines looking good too. Have you decided where it's going to sit yet? With yourself or up in the games room?


  • #306
    Myrddin
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    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Very nice dude. Scanlines looking good too. Have you decided where it's going to sit yet? With yourself or up in the games room?

    Yeah the scanlines are pretty cool I must say, they look better in person obviously but I can't come near your prowess for capturing them :o Ah it'll stay in this room I think, the games room has been commandeered in such that it's a part bedroom now & part shrine to all things current gen (kids eh!).


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  • #307
    Andrew76
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    Myrddin wrote: »
    Yeah the scanlines are pretty cool I must say, they look better in person obviously but I can't come near your prowess for capturing them :o Ah it'll stay in this room I think, the games room has been commandeered in such that it's a part bedroom now & part shrine to all things current gen (kids eh!).

    Makes sense, you wouldn't get a look in otherwise. :)


  • #308
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    That looks gorgeous man, nice one.

    If theres anything Ive learned its that you need to have your cabs in close proximity.

    Theyre spur of the moment games a lot of the time so best keep access spur of the moment too :)


  • #309
    Myrddin
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    Is there any point bothering with 3DO emulation? From what I can see, it's fairly lacking...

    On another note...PC Engine & PC Engine CD emulation is a thing of beauty. Spent all yesterday setting it up & loading on games (that I legitimately own, all 15GB of them)...what an amazing little system it is.


  • #310
    Star Lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,120 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    I remember drooling over the PC Engine pics in the pages of "Mean Machines" magazine back in the day, never seen one actually running, even via emulation!


  • #311
    Myrddin
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    DamoElDiablo wrote: »
    I remember drooling over the PC Engine pics in the pages of "Mean Machines" magazine back in the day, never seen one actually running, even via emulation!

    It's an 8bit system, with a 16bit gfx chip I think...which gives it a strange mix. You're expecting NES type graphics, but it goes way beyond that...


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  • #312
    Steve X2
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    Myrddin wrote: »
    Is there any point bothering with 3DO emulation? From what I can see, it's fairly lacking...

    On another note...PC Engine & PC Engine CD emulation is a thing of beauty. Spent all yesterday setting it up & loading on games (that I legitimately own, all 15GB of them)...what an amazing little system it is.

    Its come a long way in the last year or so.
    Have you tried the recent emulators like 4DO? I think the latest version is from Sept last year.
    http://www.fourdo.com/

    It's still not perfect.


  • #313
    Myrddin
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    Steve SI wrote: »
    Its come a long way in the last year or so.
    Have you tried the recent emulators like 4DO? I think the latest version is from Sept last year.
    http://www.fourdo.com/

    It's still not perfect.

    That looks good actually. Do you know if Hyperspin/launch has support for it?

    Edit - Seems it is, happy days.


  • #314
    murphyebass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    I just want to say fair play man. It looks glorious. The photos of street fighter are fantastic.

    Screw ps4's and the like. This is the way forward.

    Very very jealous.


  • #315
    Myrddin
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    murphyebass wrote: »
    Very very jealous.

    As you can see from the start, it's all very very easy stuff & these are a LOT more house friendly than a real cab. Go for it & do one yourself :)


  • #316
    murphyebass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    Myrddin wrote: »
    As you can see from the start, it's all very very easy stuff & these are a LOT more house friendly than a real cab. Go for it & do one yourself :)

    Yeah i cant see the wife taking to it tbh. Not even a remote chance of a proper cab but even the bartop would be a no I'd say. I'm lucky she allows all the consoles and gaming stuff around the house as it is to be fair.

    Plus I'm more of a feet up on the desk office guy. I wouldn't be able for that DIY lark. I did build laptops and pcs in my past for Iqon Technologies now since gone i believe and I'd most likely be able for the software end of it but yeah no cant see it being for me. Instead I'll just admire your work.

    Genuinely looks fantastic. Enjoy! Play lots of street fighter.


  • #317
    Myrddin
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    Ha, cheers dude :) It's weird, I've put a lot of hours into it so far...but never actually played it more than two or three times. It's all config work, which is fun in its own right when you get the hang of what to do...but I'm looking forward to having it all set up with themes/preview vids etc, & just to be able to turn it on & use it.

    Btw Steve, that 4DO emulator is pretty damn good. It's low level open source so will end up being damn good. Super SF2 etc all play at 60fps, it's pretty damn good already actually.


  • #318
    Myrddin
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    I'm not gonna bother with a separate Neo Geo emulator, as MAME handles everything for me Neo Geo wise. Is there any need to bother with Daphne at all, or is it a bit of a waste of space?


  • #319
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Yeah a separate NeoGeo theme is enough, Mame emulates it well enough.

    Never bothered with Daphne myself, I just go to youtube if I ever get the urge to 'play' Dragon's Lair or Space Ace :)


  • #320
    Myrddin
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    The Last Bandit wrote: »
    Yeah a separate NeoGeo theme is enough, Mame emulates it well enough.

    So you leave Neo Geo on the systems list, & basically use it as a list of Neo Geo only games which get redirected to Mame? Cool, might do that actually rather than remove it from the systems list.
    Never bothered with Daphne myself, I just go to youtube if I ever get the urge to 'play' Dragon's Lair or Space Ace :)

    Yeah, don't think I'll waste my time with it tbh


  • #321
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Ya just added NeoGeo as another 'system' with its own themes & artwork but just set the emulator to Mame.


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  • #322
    Myrddin
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    Dreamcast done. Ya ya ya ya ya


  • #323
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Myrddin wrote: »
    Dreamcast done. Ya ya ya ya ya

    Start playing all those shmups!! :)


  • #324
    Myrddin
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    Start playing all those shmups!! :)

    What are some good DC shmups?


  • #325
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,423 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Ikaruga and Under Defeat definitely need your immediate attention :)

    I also really like Castle Shikigami 2 and Zero Gunner 2


  • #326
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,275 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Was testing out some .gdi rips last night... rips I made myself via my BB adapter you see.

    Aherm... anyway. Ready 2 Rumble boxing surprisingly suits an arcade joystick style setup.


  • #327
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    So, finally finished adding systems & roms to this thing today. Not that it takes weeks or anything, but I took my time with each system & rather than dumping in a romset for each one, I chose the best rated games for every system, along with my own personal favorite games.

    Work slows down on the cd based systems, as there are a few obstacles in the way like cue sheets, the magic behind having each image mounted to a virtual drive & then loaded for an emu to play and then for it to be unloaded when you're done, all automatically. File naming has either right or wrong, there are no grey areas, so this adds on time when you have an iso with 40/50 wav tracks to accompany it etc.

    It's all done now though, & I can finally look at themes & vids next. They will have to wait until I drop a new hdd in the unit though, roms and cd images have taken over 160GB, so there's nowhere near enough room for much else on the current drive. I'll buy a new 2/3TB drive at some point, & move everything over to it.

    Adding new systems is very handy, HyperHQ is ONLY used now for adding or removing systems, everything else is handled by HyperLaunchHQ these days, from configuring which emu to use for what system, to rom directories, to rom auditing & checking. It's a really, really sweet piece of kit. They even have per-game configuration for games that require slightly different settings to others, meaning you don't have to faff about with settings once configured. For example, certain Sega CD games need an option in Fusion ticked, called 'perfect sync' or they won't work. This setting however breaks other games, so now you can configure from with HyperLaunchHQ which game needs the perfect sync option on, & have it alter the emu's ini when running this game. So handy.

    Final tally of systems:

    Atari 2600, 5200, 7800
    Atari Lynx
    MAME
    NEC TG16
    NEC TG16-CD
    NES, SNES, N64
    Gameboy, GBC, GBA
    Panasonic 3DO
    Megadrive, Mega CD, 32X
    Game Gear
    Dreamcast
    Master System
    Sega Model 2
    SNK Neo-Geo
    SNK Neo-Geo Pocket Color
    Playstation 1


  • #328
    Myrddin
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    Actually, I forgot about Taito Type X/2...gonna try set that up for use with Hyperspin...bit of a different animal to set this up from the looks of it, but there's some interesting looking shmups on the system, plus having the arcade versions of SFIV is always cool.


  • #329
    murphyebass
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    Ikaruga and Under Defeat definitely need your immediate attention :)

    I also really like Castle Shikigami 2 and Zero Gunner 2

    i keep meaning to buy under defeat for the 360. Looks really nice. When i get bored of Mario kart it might be a nice distraction.


  • #330
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    murphyebass wrote: »
    i keep meaning to buy under defeat for the 360. Looks really nice. When i get bored of Mario kart it might be a nice distraction.

    They changed the music in the 360 version. Unforgivable!

    The wide screen mode is also worth avoiding.

    I have the 360 one but still just use my Dreamcast CDR version.


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  • #331
    MrVestek
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    Mate of mine in the UK sent me a professional printout of a marquee for my bartop (which it has been sorely missing).

    Quick video of it here:
    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10204230167097155


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