How many (dedicated) games do you own? and...On what do you play MAME??

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How many (dedicated) games do you own? and...On what do you play MAME??

In the great MAME vs dedicated games debate, I was wondering two things... How many dedicated games do you own and on what do you play MAME????

These are two new polls added to my MAME blog.

Also, previous poll results now have a dedicated page that is tabbed at the top of the blog.

Please take the polls if you get a chance...

http://mamezach.blogspot.com/
 
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I have 16 games in the garage. The only games I have played on the MAME cab recently are Robotron and Black Widow.

Since it gets cold in the winter and the dedicated games are out in the garage, I use the MAME cab more during the winter.
 
I'm assuming you're talking only about video arcade games that can be played in MAME.

I don't have a MAME machine, never wanted one.

1 conversion cab, 27 dedicated cabs, not counting EM's and pins.

Tom
 
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I've got 2 dedicated cabs. No MAME cabinet. I have MAME on my computer(s).

My work computer is currently rocking:
1941 - Counter Attack (World)
1942 (Revision B)
1943: The Battle of Midway (US)
Burger Time (Data Easte set 1)
Donkey Kong (Japant Set 2)
Donkey Kong (US Set 1)
Donkey Kong Jr. (Japan)
Donkey Kong Jr. (US)
Fantasy (World)
Frogger (Sega set 2)
Ghosts 'n Goblins (World? set 1)
Jungle King (Japan)
Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Man (Midway)
Popeye (revision D)
PuckMan (Japan set 1, Probably Bootleg)
Rampage (revision 3)
Rastan (World)
Shinobi (set 6, System 16A, unprotected)
Star Wars (rev 2)
Vs. The Goonies
Zoo Keeper (set 1)

I've got a lot more games on my computer at home, where I run a different version of MAME. I can never get everything I want running on one version.
 
I have:

15 dedicated arcade games
4 multigames (Multi Kong/Arcadeshop PCB - Williams Multigame/JROK PCB - MultiPac/96-in-1 - Multipede/ArcadeSD PCB)
2 MAME Cabs (Horizontal cab in a generic JAMMA cab / Vertical cocktail in a Dig Dug cocktail that had been gutted before I got to it)

I also have 2 pins, a Super Six dart cab and a juke.
 
How many dedicated games do you own and on what do you play MAME????

I own six (6) more-or-less "dedicated" cabinets:

1) An Ikari Warriors, which was a converted DE cabinet, and is JAMMA, so it's not 100% "dedicated." I have several other PCBs which work with those LS-30 rotary sticks, and I also use it to play anything vertical and JAMMA... including an ArcadeSD board nowadays.

2) An Asteroids. This will be Asteroids/Ast Deluxe/Lunar Lander just as soon as Braze releases the multi kit... so it's dedicated now, but will be a 3-way multi in the future.

3) A Dig Dug. I built an adapter so I can plug my Galaga PCB into it when I feel like playing it, so it's not exactly dedicated...

4) A Battle Zone. It's dedicated, of course.

5) An OutRun. This one is dedicated. I suppose I could theoretically plug in a Turbo OutRun boardset, but I don't have one and currently have no plans to acquire one.

6) A Lethal Enforcers. It's currently being returned to original from a Police Trainer conversion. Once it's back together, I'll be able to plug in other gun PCBs I have, such as Police Trainer & Sharp Shooter... so it's not exactly dedicated.

I play MAME on my laptop. Although I don't really "play" it so much as use it for testing or learning about other games. I once had plans to build myself a MAME cabinet (maybe 10 years ago), but now I don't really have the urge. My desire for a wider variety of classics is satisfied by my ArcadeSD board with about 15 games enabled.

Yes, I could play more games with a MAME rig... and many of them would work very well... they would look almost indisinguishable on the screen from an original if carefully configured. However, the big gotcha is the controls. Too many cool games require too widely varied controls to be feasible on a single cabinet. This exact problem is what led to the monstrosity control panels. I would take half-a-dozen different MAME cabs, with different control setups to be able to play most of the cool (raster) games without creating an acre-sized CP (i.e. double joystick, Defender/Stargate, trackball, spinner, analog stick, steering wheel). And vector & laserdisc games are another story entirely. As a result, I kinda left the idea of a MAME cab behind, and my collection focuses on games that DON'T do too well with MAME (vectors, difficult to duplicate controls).
 
Asteroids - dedicated
Asteroids - Deluxe dedicated
Sinistar - dedicated
DOT - dedicated
Kozmik Krooz'r - dedicated
Robotron - dedicated MAME
Journey - dedicated MAME
Tron - dedicated MAME
Atari Star Wars - dedicated MAME
Tempest - dedicated MAME
Battlezone - dedicated MAME
Crystal Castles - dedicated MAME
Midway 25" cabinet MAME
Space Paranoids - Conversion???
Williams Super-Flite Pinball - dedicated
Virtual Pinball table - Visual Pinball/Pin-MAME/Hyperpin

I play on my dedicated MAME cabinets more often than my dedicated games.

Currently, I have been playing on my Virtual Pinball cabinet the most.
 
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All my games are dedicated. So far I don't have a MAME, but I keep thinking that I might build one someday.

I play MAMEDOX on my Xboxes. I like the controls better than using a keyboard.
 
currently only 2 dedicated (this can seriously change at the drop of a hat though)
I don't have MAME but have nothing againsts it. Just not really my style, the thrill of the hunt is more of it for me I think...
 
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Robotron - dedicated MAME
Journey - dedicated MAME
Tron - dedicated MAME
Atari Star Wars - dedicated MAME
Tempest - dedicated MAME
Battlezone - dedicated MAME
Crystal Castles - dedicated MAME
...

What do you mean by 'dedicated MAME'?
An original cabinet that is running MAME on a PC/monitor instead of having the original game boards?

If so, do they boot straight to that game?

This sounds like a reasonable alternative to finding/fixing/keeping-running original boards.

Kerry
 
What do you mean by 'dedicated MAME'?
An original cabinet that is running MAME on a PC/monitor instead of having the original game boards?

If so, do they boot straight to that game?

This sounds like a reasonable alternative to finding/fixing/keeping-running original boards.

Kerry

Yes, these are original cabinets running a PC/monitor/MAME setup, that boots directly to the game. Some have VGA monitors, some have CGA monitors.

In most cases, these were acquired as empty cabinets but in good original condition (Tempest).

In other cases they were beat-up conversions that were cosmetically restored to original shape (Robotron (was a Magic Sword), and Journey (was a Tetris).

In other cases, they were original, but in very poor condition, like the Tron. Some crack-head had kicked in the front coin door panel to get the quarters, sideart was poor, etc.

In all cases, the cabinets look exactly like original dedicated machines. No extra controls or buttons were added to any of the control panels.

Some cabinets, like Tron, can run other games that use similar control schemes, like DOT and Mad Planets just by pressing a button inside the cabinet that exits the current game, and loads up the next one. My Tempest cabinet can play Tempest, Tempest Tubes, Tac Scan, and even Arkanoid. My CC will also run Marble Madness.
 
I built a custom cabinet Mame machine in the mid 90's when Mame only had like 100 games on it. At the time I only had 2 games and no more free space, so Mame allowed me to play all those other games I did not own. As the collection grew over the years I never got rid of my Mame machine but move it into a different cabinet. Currently I have 39 dedicated games.

A couple of times I actually used the Mame before I made a purchase. For example, I never played Road Burners before until I saw one for sale. I played it on Mame, like it, and bought it.
 
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