PC games for mame?

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Looking for some good ideas for PC games that would work well with my newest mame cab. It does have a trackball and a spinner dial, 2 - 8 ways, with 6 buttons per player. There are a couple good threads on BYOAC about it. Just looking for some more ideas here as well.

Some of the games I have already are:
Hamsterball
Maelstrom
Typhoon
Peggle
Crayon Physics


Games can be full games, or just small games like popcap kind of stuff. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated :)
 
Depending on how you set your cabinet up .... the best PC games are the shooters. You can play all the American Laser games, and my personal favorites ALL of the House of the Dead series and Virtua Cop and the likes. I would guess you could buy all the Big Buck Hunter games and the likes would work fine also.

MAME has a bunch of shooters also.
 
Ya I had some shooters on my first mame cab back in the day. Great fun, I agree with that. I might look into getting some light guns in the future. Mine has an LCD screen though so I have to get those guns that are made for LCD. LCD topgun I think they're called.

Any other ideas for fun PC games.

Hamsterball is a great trackball game!
 
Looking for some good ideas for PC games that would work well with my newest mame cab. It does have a trackball and a spinner dial, 2 - 8 ways, with 6 buttons per player. There are a couple good threads on BYOAC about it. Just looking for some more ideas here as well.

Some of the games I have already are:
Hamsterball
Maelstrom
Typhoon
Peggle
Crayon Physics


Games can be full games, or just small games like popcap kind of stuff. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated :)

Geometry Wars!

Theres also a horizontal scroller that you have to kill a bunch of Smurfs on the first level. I dont recall the name of the game but I do have it at home so I can look it up.

Matt
 
Yep I've seen that thread on BYOAC and gone through it completely. But there are literally thousand of games out there that people think are fun or would work good on a cab. Just fishing for ideas :)
 
Ya let me know the name of that game Matt. I'm open to all ideas. I have some other games installed like Hoyle Cards, poker etc.

Feeding Frenzy is another fun one that my son absolutely loves. Works awesome with the trackball as well.
 
Here's a haphazard list I'm putting together haha

Main PC game post
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88060.0
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=17208.0
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88098.0
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=7479
http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Indie_Games
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=7479.0
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=17168

trackball/spinner games
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=19817

World Poker Tour
Hoyle card games
I Want to Be The Guy
Outfoxies
Tube it
NHL.09 – a must have
FIFA09 – a must have
Worms games
The_Simpsons_Hit_and_Run
Devil.May.Cry
Dynasty.Warriors.6
Radin 3
Pure
Mass effect
Portal unleashed
RAIDEN III
Golden tee PC
PBA Bowling
Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling: Burnout.Paradise.
Prince of Persia
Micro Machines V4
Thurst burst http://umlautgames.net/thrustburst/
Hydro Thunder
Boarder Zone
http://www.amazon.com/Boarder-Zone-Pc/dp/B00003OPDZ/
Need for Speed - Hot Pursuit 2 / Underground
Star Wars Starfighter
http://www.clubic.com/telecharger-fiche285498-varia.html
Mr Driller 2
Juno Nemesis
Trackmania Sunrise
Another World
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/anotherworld/index.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons
Dream Pinball 3D
http://www.dream-pinball.com/en/index.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons
Popcap games
GL Tron
Ether Vapor
Lego Star Wars
Geometry Wars
Virtua Tennis 3
double dragon forever
download links
http://rapidshare.com/files/96081154/ddf09.zip.html
http://www.mediafire.com/?6mxczigdz9b

developer forum
http://doubledragon.classicgaming.gamespy.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=186
Tiger woods
Rocketbowl plus
Pompom games http://pompomgames.com/
Outrun 2006
Neverball
Mutant storm

Reflexive.com (air strike and air strike 2), alien abduction,heavy weapon
Arklight
Clash n slash
GTA 1 & 2 http://www.rockstargames.com/gta/

Gun shooting games
American Laser games
House of the Dead 1/2/3
Big Buck Hunter



Grid Wars with patch http://www.spacefractal.com/files/Grid_Wars_2_-_5.4.12.zip
Full version
http://www.spacefractal.com/files/Grid_Wars_2_-_5.4.12.zip

Here is what I patched since the lastest official version of 5.04:
- Press BOMB button to Start -> Press START button to Start.
- 1 Key is used to start a new game (but other normal keys still works)
- ESC quit the game directly, regardless where you are (it save settings as well).
- TAB is the settings key instead of ESC.
- Pause/Unpause using the P key only (all enemy and shots is removed from screen when paused).
- Added a "Dual Analog with 2 ports" as new control input method.
- Bomb Button in "Dual Analog with 2 port" invoked by Space, Ctrl, Alt, C or the defined joy bomb button (new in 5.4.07).
- Added "Move: Mouse - Aim: Joy" in Hybrid settings (new in 5.4.07).
- Grid type can now been changed by P2 Start button (which in mame is the 2 key) (new in 5.4.08).
- Sound FX Fixed for Vista (No more 1sec delay), which was not a bass error, but a freeaudio error which BlitzMax use as default driver (new in 5.4.09)
- BASS updated to newest version (but only use few of its functions) (new in 5.4.09).
- Support costume mp3 tracks (10 tracks selected random each time you die (new in 5.4.09).
- Support for 32 joy buttons (new in 5.4.10).
- Support for 8 joysticks (not tested, and not sure BlitzMax can handle it) (new in 5.4.10).
- Second analog joystick is selectable in Dual Analog Mode (new in 5.4.10).
- Port is now choiceable in Joypad Mode (new in 5.4.10).
- Port 0 could not been used as shoot in dual u360 mode (bug fixed in 5.4.11).'
- Bomb button do also now start the game on joystick (new in 5.4.12).
- Bomb button on fire joystick port in dual mode also can been used now (new in 5.4.12).

Please notes:
- ESCAPE is hardcoded to the ESCAPE key.
- I have added a mp3 music track to the game and you can easy add your own. The new mp3 music track, which play in-game as longs with the original music is composed by me in FL-Studio, so there is NO copyright issue about the mp3 track used.

Airstrike 2
http://www.reflexive.com/AirStrike2.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons (maybe a mouse/trackball for main menu)

Airstrike II : Gulf Thunder
http://www.reflexive.com/AirStrikeIIGulfThunder.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons (maybe a mouse/trackball for main menu)

Alien Abduction (Defender Clone)
http://www.reflexive.com/AlienAbduction.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Another World
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/anotherworld/index.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Arklight
http://www.reflexive.com/ArkLight.html
Controls - Mouse/Trackball, Buttons

Ballance
http://www.ballance.org/game.htm
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Clash N' Slash
http://www.reflexive.com/ClashNSlash.html
Controls - Mouse/Trackball, Buttons

Crayon Physics Deluxe
http://www.crayonphysics.com/
Controls - Mouse/Trackball, Buttons

Dream Pinball 3D
http://www.dream-pinball.com/en/index.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Flatout
http://www.bugbear.fi/flatout/index.php
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Flatout 2
http://www.bugbear.fi/flatout2/
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Gunroar
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html
Controls - Joystick/Button

Harley-Davidson's Race to the Rally
http://www.amazon.com/Harley-Davidson-Race-Rally-Playstation-2/dp/B000GVYYK0
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Heavy Weapon
http://www.reflexive.com/HeavyWeapon.html
Controls - Mouse/Trackball, Buttons

Hitogata Happa
http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2006/04/26/welcome-to-phantastique-summer-tea-party/
Controls - Joystick/Mouse

NFL Blitz 2000
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sports/nflblitz2000/index.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Outrun 2006 - Coast to Coast
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/outrun2006coast2coast/index.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Pac-Man World Rally
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/pacmanworldrally/index.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Titanion
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/ttn_e.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons

Tumiki Fighters
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tf_e.html
Controls - Joystick/Buttons
 
Street Fighter IV, Bionic Commando Rearmed are both available on Steam, and are excellent one or two player PC games. Trine might work well with a controller setup too, but I haven't played it to verify.

The American Laser Games are great in their way, but I really wish the home versions had the co-op play of the arcade releases... what guns are you guys using in your MAME cabs?
 
I had 2 of those act lab guns in my old cab, worked like a charm. They were silver in color. Not sure I'll get some for the new cab as the ones for LCD don't seem to be that great from what I've read...my old cab just had a normal tv in it..
 

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