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Since I have two full MAME rigs, I rarely turn my candy on, especially as it's dedicated vertical. But I thought I would tonight - and I was sucking dick at DK! I'm used to playing it in recent/current MAME, but I average seventy/eighty grand new or old MAME. First game was 45k! But I persevered, and the next one was much better. Had to run across the room for a keyboard, and plugged in and was active at the last second.
(FYI, I have UltraStiks on it, so switch-on-the-fly stick programming. Handy for playing Pacs with either hand, but also good for those lefties in any game.)
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Re: Talk about nostalgia: Donkey Kong on .104
[Re: Traso]
#344936 - 09/10/15 06:45 AM
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> Since I have two full MAME rigs, I rarely turn my candy on, especially as it's
> dedicated vertical. But I thought I would tonight - and I was sucking dick at DK! I'm
> used to playing it in recent/current MAME, but I average seventy/eighty grand new or
> old MAME. First game was 45k! But I persevered, and the next one was much better. Had
> to run across the room for a keyboard, and plugged in and was active at the last
> second.
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> (FYI, I have UltraStiks on it, so switch-on-the-fly stick programming. Handy for
> playing Pacs with either hand, but also good for those lefties in any game.)
Nice.
May I ask. How much are those machine cases and screen without the games and computer? Are those cheap?
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Re: Talk about nostalgia: Donkey Kong on .104
[Re: Dullaron]
#345529 - 09/24/15 10:58 PM
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By the way, the point that I didn't elaborate on is that DK in Older MAME is very different. Not necessarily harder, though it was for me that night, at least at first, because it'd been a while since I'd played it. Both are fun. The firefox behavior in the later rivets screens is often more interesting in older MAME. I've had a lot more holy shit-filled momeents and survivals from them.
Also something else curious, is the size of the monitor. Some of my highest DK scores are on that machine, but having been away from it so long, the size meant parts of the screen were a bit outside my accustomed vision. Obviously I got it together, but it's an interesting case of 'bigger ain't necessarily better'.
> May I ask. How much are those machine cases and screen without the games and computer? Are those cheap?
Far as I know, candys are getting rarer and rare. I have no idea their going price, and some are more (rarer) than others, for example an Egret II.
I happened to get mine at an arcade auction for $72, including gas and lunch that day.
Mine was a very special case, obviously. One I precognated the night before. I knew nothing of the auction stock. I just at one moment that night said out loud, "I'm going to find what I want ((which was a Capcom Impress - they ended up having two....)) and I'm going to get it cheap!" And that's what happeend. More to the story of how it came about the next day and all....
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