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== Name the Arcade Machine ==
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(RULES: maximum 5 votes, one vote on each arcade name)FOSSCAID: (your name here)NestorFOSSBOX: (your name here)FOSSADE: (your name here)NestorFreeCade: (your name here)Milton, OpenCade: (your name here)Milton, OpenBox: (your name here)Milton,luXbox: (your name here) Milton, NestorJailFreezer: (your name here)Nestor
Freeplay Arcade: (your name here)
Other Suggestions: ctyler : Luxcade, TuxLux , vimpulse: Senecade, SeneCube
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== Hardware v. Software ==
Nes: We can have a rom simulator and choose any game we want. In my experience, some arcade machine have some function like that 5 years ago. I could play few versions of street fighter in one machine. I put in coins and choose which one I wanna play. It has a button in front of you, it ususally the "start" button. We could use mame rom, which has most famous arcade game in the world and it's free as long as it's not for commercial use.
I have already found some simulator for linux, any one have the time and knowledge to try? Please let me know, thx a lot.
Milton: I think its better to use Linux games instead of a emulator. We can do better things with the Linux games and there are a greater variate of games available for Linux systems than for emulators.
==='''PROGRESS & PLAN'''===
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!Subject
!DescriptionOwner!OwnerDescription
!Target Date
!Status
|look for arcade box, not necessary working perfectly, but cost efficiency.
|2008/11/01
|In Progress"COMPLATED"
| +planning to visit the end of Oct 2008 (Nes/Milton/Mohak)
+planning to purchase a arcade cabinet on 2008/11/04
+purchased Motal Komat with 2 working controllers, coin box in working condition (Nes 2008/12/02)
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|Look for a PC Box with all hardware and get Fedora installed
|2008/10/23
|'''COMPLATED:'''
| (Milton, Mohak, Varinder, Patricia)
+Fedora installed and running
|-
|Suitable MAME/Arcade simulator'
|Milton, Mohak, Varinder, Liang
|Install and test the best working simulator that suit our hardware and situation
|2008/12
|In ProgressCANCELED
| + testing AdvanceMAME with my own machine (Nes) Failed (2008/10/19)
+ sucessfully installed AdvancedMAME in Milton laptop, testing in progress (2008/10/22)
+ Using Open Source Linux game with launcher instead (Nes, 2008/12/02)
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|Game Searching with License approval
|Pat, Mohak, Milton
|Search suitable game and obtain license from the company/developer
|2008/12
|Pending(searching info)In progress
| +
|Having emulator running in PC Box perfect with just computer keyboard, without mapping arcard box
|2008/12
|Pending(searching info)CANCELED| +Using launcher instead (Nes 2008/12/02)
|-
|Greg
|Launcher with integrated loading of game-specific xmodmap profiles. When power on, PC will be automatically login to system and run emulator
|2008/12/02|Pending(searching info)"COMPLATED"
| +
|find the best way to connect controller and PC that our emulator and key mapping system supported.
|2009/01
|Pending(searching info)In Progress| +Find a way, we have to do something with the file named .xmodmap.Prof Murrey shows me a KBD, got already , to be used.
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|Install and connect PC, monitor to cabinet.
|2009/01
|Pendingin progress| + got sone general ideas and plan to take care the situation (waiting for cabinet purchaseNes 2008/12/02) |-|Documentation| Nestor, (any member)|Any related documentation, marketing or publicity |"ON GOING"|"ON GOING"| + Milton and Mohak have updated the game search (Nes 2008/12/02)+Steven Liang have experience on soldering, updated blog also (Nes 2008/12/02)+ Nestor updated user list, plan status, (Nes: 2008/12/02)
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== COSTS ==
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Serial_Programming:Unix/termios
[http://www.solvalou.com/arcade_jamma.php PC in/out connect to JAMMA Arcade]
[http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/: A good simulator works on Linux/OSX/Windows]
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[http://www.rent-a-game.com/fr_sales.html Pinball outlet, SRG Enterprises, located in Islington. They sell some arcard machine for good price.http://www.rent-a-game.com/fr_sales.html]
[http://www.wicksta.com/arcade/gallery.php An actual machine that already build on an old console with linux, this is something we should be able to acheive..http://www.wicksta.com/arcade/gallery.php]
[http://www.angrymods.com/mame/ This one is a bit too fancy to build, but.. have a look, maybe it can give us an idea or build some thing cool like this one..] [http://www.angrymodsarcadecontrols.com/mame/arcade.htm Homebrew Arcade website, it has a PDF file to show u how to do ur own arcade machine]
To help in the programing we could need this manual: Serial Programming:Unix/termios
1. ctyler connects DSR and DTR lines on serial port to switch, write 6 lines of code to make RS232 DSR transition generate synthetic X input event
2. ctyler connects switch to power supply and solenoid, places solenoid over button on USB numeric keypad, plugs keypad into PC
===GAMES===
Here are some links to open source games:
'''Sauerbraten (a.k.a. Cube 2)'''
http://sauerbraten.org/
Click [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sauerbraten/sauerbraten_2008_06_20_ctf_edition_linux.tar.bz2 here] to download the tar ball for this game
