Star Wars upright cab...build it up as a Mame-Wars while I wait for parts?

[kencinder]

AAE won't play Star Wars because it doesn't accept joystick input?

JoyToKey or any keyboard emulator for that matter...most have mouse support too, for analog stuff.

 

[vintagegamer]

That said, if you can SW MAME it and continue to reconstruct the original then go for it. At least you get to play while you pay.

Agree on this point. An arcade game with no internals that you can't play at all is called a CUPBOARD.

 

[road.runner]

here's an idea (NOT)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170539035365

 

[freckledpeas]

I have a spare working boardset if you're interested in getting your game back to original. Feel free to PM me if you're interested.

 

[Mark Hooks]

I got a Star Wars upright cab, no parts inside.

The thing is just too beautiful to not use, and I was toying with the idea of making it a mame cab that ONLY plays Star Wars (or ESB too perhaps). I would not put a 'aircraft carrier control panel' on this thing, instead I would try to get the regular marquee, monitor/cpo bezel, etc. to go with the controller.

I know I can buy a repro controller now for like $250 but waiting on the boards would take some time.

I was wondering if the mame version of the game (graphics/gameplay) was fairly close to the original.

Thought I might as well use the thing while I wait for parts!

No shame in MAMEing it while you do the restoration. The real hardware is a lot better than mame though. You can't beat an Amplifone for bright crisp images....that is when they are working...

 

[PacMarv]

Temp Mame

I thinks it's a great idea to do a temp mame while you collect parts. That can take quite a while if you are as thrifty as I am. I was thinking about doing the same thing to a dedicated Major Havoc cabinet conversion I bought. I fixed up the cabinet because it was in sad shape (water logged), now it needs guts.
Marv

 

[OregonPacman]

I am all for getting a game going 100% as it was meant to be but how much money has to be sunk into this one to do so? Unless you can find somebody who doesn't know what they have or a nonworking but repairable monitor, you might pay $400 for one. In my book, that's a lot of cash. Then, there's everything else. Sounds quite expensive. This is one case where I might be ok with MAMEing it.

 

[docfrankie]

yea but if he mames it with sw/esb
he still needs a vector monitor (costs $$$)
Has to still buy a controlor

so whats left wiring harness, power brick , and sw pcb with esb switcher (can get later but just for talking pourposes)

is it even financially worth it to mame it.

i dont think so. unless i am missing somthing here

 

[DanoND]

yea but if he mames it with sw/esb
he still needs a vector monitor (costs $$$)

MAME uses any monitor that'll connect to a PC. CGA/EGA/VGA/LCD etc.

 

[taylormadelv]

There's a guy on BYOAC that's been building a SW cockpit from SCRATCH and he's having a similar dillema. maming a SW is not that simple. You will need to buy an APAC and hack the SW yoke or buy the ram-controls SW USB interface. You cannot interface SW with a keyboard or mouse encoder, it will not work.
Also, AAE will NOT work with joystick controllers, so you are stuck with mame or macmame. IMO macmame OS9 is the brightest vector emulator available, I have much, much experience in this area, you will not get brighter than macmame OS9 running on a bright CRT unless you get a real vector monitor.
a ZVG is almost a waste here, as you would kill an entire vector-mame setup to play only yoke games, assuming it would be dedicated.
Getting a SW to play in any case will be tough, mame will be much faster and a bit cheaper but it will be emulation and there's always compromises with emulation. Good Luck!

 

[gozer5454]

I built a MAME SW cab for like $75. $50 for the older computer and monitor and roughly $25 for the Sidewinder controller, coin door locks and wiring. Am I missing something? Mine was in a peice of crap Lock-on cabinet, but it was fully functional. I sold that one to a pizza shop, but I plan to do the same to another empty cabinet next month.

 

[Tonym]

i tried playing SW on my mame system with a joystick (i never seen an original and didnt know how the control panel was set up lol) it sucked to try and controll but it looks and sounds fine. i can boot the rom and post pics later if you want.

if you get the controll panel wired in right i doubt anyone will be able to tell the diffrence. youll save alot of money compared to finding all the original hardware