The Jabba MAME cabinet

[Jabba]

Originally Posted by PATo355 although PC monitor has TOO MUCH resolution for the games ... needs to be played in a standard tv ... great buy looks mad ...

Thats why it has a 15 KHZ arcade monitor and a special VGA card for the PC that outputs 320x240 @ 15 KHZ (it wont work on a pc monitor)

Youre right though, the games just don't look right on a PC monitor and the difference an arcade monitor makes is amazing. A TV is somewhere in between the two, according to everything I have read.

[ldin]

bitchin good deal jabba, i have seen many people build these, but man this has to be one of the best hands down, and damn good price too! one of these weekends i have been telling myself i have got to make one...not as crazy, just enough to play 1942 and streetfighter and ima be a-ok...have fun with it!

[MartijnGizmo]

Wow, just wow! :shock:

The guy should've sold the Mrs.

[gigdy]

pretty sweet, not quite this.. http://www.racketboy.com/roomplay/20...t-cabinet.html

ps any one know where i can get this ^^ for my pc?

[PATo355]

Originally Posted by Jabba Originally Posted by PATo355 although PC monitor has TOO MUCH resolution for the games ... needs to be played in a standard tv ... great buy looks mad ... Thats why it has a 15 KHZ arcade monitor and a special VGA card for the PC that outputs 320x240 @ 15 KHZ (it wont work on a pc monitor) Youre right though, the games just don't look right on a PC monitor and the difference an arcade monitor makes is amazing. A TV is somewhere in between the two, according to everything I have read.

Most games work on Standard Resolution , even the latest from SEGA :

STANDARD RESOLUTION

HORIZONTAL VERTICAL
Scan Frequency: 15.72 KHz Scan Frequency: 60.0 Hz
Scan Period: 63.6 µSec Scan Period: 16.7 mSec
Active Video: 46.9 µSec Active Video: 15.3 mSec
Video Delay: 11.9 µSec Video Delay: 1.2 mSec
Sync Pulse: 4.7 µSec Sync Pulse: 0.2 mSec
Scan Line: 456 Pixels Screen: 262 Lines
Resolution: 336 Pixels Resolution: 240 Lines
Clock Freq: 7.16 MHz

Info from : http://www.klov.com/ an amazing page to research about old arcade games .

[TT]

This is a dream! I'd relly like to have one of those myself too!!

[saadie]

sweeet ...

it must be fun taking out all the coins ?
or do you have a string atached?

[Jabba]

Originally Posted by PATo355 Originally Posted by Jabba Originally Posted by PATo355 although PC monitor has TOO MUCH resolution for the games ... needs to be played in a standard tv ... great buy looks mad ... Thats why it has a 15 KHZ arcade monitor and a special VGA card for the PC that outputs 320x240 @ 15 KHZ (it wont work on a pc monitor) Youre right though, the games just don't look right on a PC monitor and the difference an arcade monitor makes is amazing. A TV is somewhere in between the two, according to everything I have read. Most games work on Standard Resolution , even the latest from SEGA : STANDARD RESOLUTION HORIZONTAL VERTICAL Scan Frequency: 15.72 KHz Scan Frequency: 60.0 Hz Scan Period: 63.6 µSec Scan Period: 16.7 mSec Active Video: 46.9 µSec Active Video: 15.3 mSec Video Delay: 11.9 µSec Video Delay: 1.2 mSec Sync Pulse: 4.7 µSec Sync Pulse: 0.2 mSec Scan Line: 456 Pixels Screen: 262 Lines Resolution: 336 Pixels Resolution: 240 Lines Clock Freq: 7.16 MHz Info from : http://www.klov.com/ an amazing page to research about old arcade games .

I dont know what your point is there as that is what I have just said.

To achieve the STANDARD RESOLUTION though correctly you will need a graphic card that outputs 320x240 (or whatever the game runs at) at 15 khz and a monitor that will accept that frequency.

As we know most PC graphic cards wont support such a low resolution and PC monitors work at 31 KHZ.

Thats why you need an Arcade VGA Card and a 15 khz arcade monitor to make the emulation 100% perfect.

Which you can get here for just the job !

http://69.73.188.100/~jultimar/monfaq.html

[MIHALS]

you're making me install the MAME proggy and play some good old game now Jabba

[evoWalo]

just mad mad mad cool. to think the processor of my cellphone could probably power that arcade.

[PATo355]

Originally Posted by Jabba Originally Posted by PATo355 Originally Posted by Jabba Originally Posted by PATo355 although PC monitor has TOO MUCH resolution for the games ... needs to be played in a standard tv ... great buy looks mad ... Thats why it has a 15 KHZ arcade monitor and a special VGA card for the PC that outputs 320x240 @ 15 KHZ (it wont work on a pc monitor) Youre right though, the games just don't look right on a PC monitor and the difference an arcade monitor makes is amazing. A TV is somewhere in between the two, according to everything I have read. Most games work on Standard Resolution , even the latest from SEGA : STANDARD RESOLUTION HORIZONTAL VERTICAL Scan Frequency: 15.72 KHz Scan Frequency: 60.0 Hz Scan Period: 63.6 µSec Scan Period: 16.7 mSec Active Video: 46.9 µSec Active Video: 15.3 mSec Video Delay: 11.9 µSec Video Delay: 1.2 mSec Sync Pulse: 4.7 µSec Sync Pulse: 0.2 mSec Scan Line: 456 Pixels Screen: 262 Lines Resolution: 336 Pixels Resolution: 240 Lines Clock Freq: 7.16 MHz Info from : http://www.klov.com/ an amazing page to research about old arcade games . I dont know what your point is there as that is what I have just said. To achieve the STANDARD RESOLUTION though correctly you will need a graphic card that outputs 320x240 (or whatever the game runs at) at 15 khz and a monitor that will accept that frequency. As we know most PC graphic cards wont support such a low resolution and PC monitors work at 31 KHZ. Thats why you need an Arcade VGA Card and a 15 khz arcade monitor to make the emulation 100% perfect. Which you can get here for just the job ! http://69.73.188.100/~jultimar/monfaq.html

Haha , nothing , i know its the same you said , but when i read the low resolution i started to see if the new games also used that low res , its incredible that games like sega rally 2 , ridge racer V , and Ferrari F355 look so freaking sweet in arcade with a lower resolution than a television !

There were other resolutions standards for arcade with much more pixels , but looking into many games never found one that used them .

Can you post pictures with popular games ? I would love to see them !!!

[Jabba]

Originally Posted by ellen feiss just mad mad mad cool. to think the processor of my cellphone could probably power that arcade.

Well for some games yes, but there are some like like SF 2049 which even my conroe wont touch yet, well it will, but 4 FPS isnt really playable.

The latest estimation to run this game at full speed is a 10 GHZ processor, this is due to the emulation of the heavy 3D hardware.

[Jabba]

Originally Posted by PATo355 Originally Posted by Jabba Originally Posted by PATo355 Originally Posted by Jabba Originally Posted by PATo355 although PC monitor has TOO MUCH resolution for the games ... needs to be played in a standard tv ... great buy looks mad ... Thats why it has a 15 KHZ arcade monitor and a special VGA card for the PC that outputs 320x240 @ 15 KHZ (it wont work on a pc monitor) Youre right though, the games just don't look right on a PC monitor and the difference an arcade monitor makes is amazing. A TV is somewhere in between the two, according to everything I have read. Most games work on Standard Resolution , even the latest from SEGA : STANDARD RESOLUTION HORIZONTAL VERTICAL Scan Frequency: 15.72 KHz Scan Frequency: 60.0 Hz Scan Period: 63.6 µSec Scan Period: 16.7 mSec Active Video: 46.9 µSec Active Video: 15.3 mSec Video Delay: 11.9 µSec Video Delay: 1.2 mSec Sync Pulse: 4.7 µSec Sync Pulse: 0.2 mSec Scan Line: 456 Pixels Screen: 262 Lines Resolution: 336 Pixels Resolution: 240 Lines Clock Freq: 7.16 MHz Info from : http://www.klov.com/ an amazing page to research about old arcade games . I dont know what your point is there as that is what I have just said. To achieve the STANDARD RESOLUTION though correctly you will need a graphic card that outputs 320x240 (or whatever the game runs at) at 15 khz and a monitor that will accept that frequency. As we know most PC graphic cards wont support such a low resolution and PC monitors work at 31 KHZ. Thats why you need an Arcade VGA Card and a 15 khz arcade monitor to make the emulation 100% perfect. Which you can get here for just the job ! http://69.73.188.100/~jultimar/monfaq.html Haha , nothing , i know its the same you said , but when i read the low resolution i started to see if the new games also used that low res , its incredible that games like sega rally 2 , ridge racer V , and Ferrari F355 look so freaking sweet in arcade with a lower resolution than a television ! There were other resolutions standards for arcade with much more pixels , but looking into many games never found one that used them . Can you post pictures with popular games ? I would love to see them !!!

Well sorry for not understanding you correctly in that case.

Like you I was puzzled how something so low-res could still look so good, now that I can see it running at the correct native resolution.

Here is the answer it would seem :

"Older game boards had very basic video circuitry which was constrained in resolution for two reasons: firstly most available early monitors were based on TV designs and so had the same frequencies, and also because memory was expensive and higher resolutions require much more RAM. There were some very clever designs around, which used the concept of "sprites" to work around the memory limit, but resolutions were still limited. The simplicity produces sharply-defined but low res graphics."



They used trickery to produce "sharply-defined but low res graphics." and the results look great IMO.

[PATo355]

Yes its amazing , i still miss the arcades , since the 2000 they started dissapearing , never saw a new machine , most locals closed , it was so good , much better than playing playstation in home ... I remember 12 years ago playing MK2 in the arcades when i was 13 years , it was just great time !

[Jabba]

Yeh I couldn't put my finger on why it just wasn't the same at home, I would say the heavy controllers are just as essential as the monitor to create the arcade effect though.

I can remember the days when I was about 8 years old having to beg my sister for another 20p to have one more go, and when I didn't have any more money left, I just used to stand there watching other people play, obviously this was way before consoles or home computers, and the technology seemed almost like magic at the time (especially to an eight year old).