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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Other => Topic started by: Keoni29 on December 06, 2013, 04:30:39 pm

Title: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 06, 2013, 04:30:39 pm
Pics coming soon.

Features:
-Pentium 4 @3.2GHz
-NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
-2GB Ddr2 Ram
-80GB hdd
-has internet connection

-SNES controller to printerport adapter!
-Atari2600 cartridge reader!

-Screen1:Samsung 19 inch LCD (with some nicks and scratches.)
-Screen2:Sony Trinitron CRT television (hooked up via composite though. I will have to find a way to get my gfx card to output rgb)

-Some pc speakers with a subwoofer.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: SpiroH on December 06, 2013, 05:19:15 pm
Come on Keoni, how much did you pay for it. Flea market? Looks a bit oldish, but who cares when it works, especially if it was a 'goed koop'. :)
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 06, 2013, 05:22:13 pm
This pc was a gift and I just put in some extra ram I had lying around (got that for about €1) and my old gfx card. The snes<>printer port adapter was made out of scrap parts. My television was €12, but I already had that. The lcd came with a €10 Pc deal I got two years ago.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: SpiroH on December 06, 2013, 05:25:08 pm
Aaaawesome! only dutch people can make it happen, really! ;D
Title: Re: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 06, 2013, 06:23:45 pm
I especially like the modded SNES gamepad part. :P
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 06, 2013, 06:39:13 pm
The great thing about it is that it's just a pin converter. You can plug in a regular snes controller! I want to move it to the front panel of the pc so you can swap out controllers more easily. I got two snes arcade sticks that also work with this. I have not installed MAME yet, but I will do this tomorrow.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Juju on December 06, 2013, 08:42:00 pm
You should mount it into an arcade booth, that would be pretty cool.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 07, 2013, 02:45:55 am
Don't have space for that though :( It sits next to my shelves where I have my consoles set up.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Sorunome on December 07, 2013, 04:54:27 am
This is awesome O.O

can you play NES games on the SNES, if not add the NES

Also, N64 :P
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 07, 2013, 04:55:55 am
I can add a NES controller port to it, but it seems a bit pointless to me since the SNES controller has enough buttons. I have a NES, SNES, GBA and Atari2600 emulator on the pc already.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Sorunome on December 07, 2013, 04:56:41 am
I prefer playing NES games with an NES controller because of the more retro-feela nd not too many buttons
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 07, 2013, 04:57:27 am
Meh it's only a matter of wireing up 6 wires, so why not. I might do it tonight.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Eiyeron on December 07, 2013, 06:03:30 am
Ahah good old Triniton. Do you know how could I respire the SCART plug? Mine is almost borken
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: TIfanx1999 on December 07, 2013, 07:44:20 am
This pc was a gift and I just put in some extra ram I had lying around (got that for about €1) and my old gfx card. The snes<>printer port adapter was made out of scrap parts. My television was €12, but I already had that. The lcd came with a €10 Pc deal I got two years ago.

This is awesome, and the super nes controller adapter is a nice touch. The Media PC we have in the living room is set up to do emulation as well. I have a Super NES and NES usb controller for it (though they are copies). They are a bit lighter weight than the originals, but they do the job quite decently. I also have an old usb to N64 adapter, so I can use actual N64 controllers.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 07, 2013, 02:48:02 pm
Added: C64 emulator and hooked up my real 1541 diskdrive via an XM1541 cable. It plugs into the parallel port though. I kind of want to get a pc with 3 parallel ports :P
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Sorunome on December 07, 2013, 02:52:19 pm
yay, C64 :P

Now add a intel i7 emulator/me hides
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 07, 2013, 03:39:06 pm
I need to get an S-video cable cause I think my gfx card can do s-video!
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Streetwalrus on December 08, 2013, 06:43:54 am
Wow, cool setup ! :D I'm personally gonna set up some emus on my multipurpose warmachine and use a PS3 controller. :P
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Hayleia on December 08, 2013, 03:09:41 pm
Wow, cool setup ! :D I'm personally gonna set up some emus on my multipurpose warmachine and use a PS3 controller. :P
Just out of curiosity, what's in your "warmachine" ?
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: willrandship on December 08, 2013, 04:36:45 pm
Decently powerful setups can run Dolphin, allowing for the entire Nintendo line aside from the 3DS and Wii U.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 08, 2013, 05:56:22 pm
I prefer playing wii games on my wii with RGB video instead of crappy emulation with sync issues and composite video.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Streetwalrus on December 08, 2013, 06:00:18 pm
Wow, cool setup ! :D I'm personally gonna set up some emus on my multipurpose warmachine and use a PS3 controller. :P
Just out of curiosity, what's in your "warmachine" ?
I7 3770k, 16GB RAM, AMD7970. :P
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Hayleia on December 09, 2013, 12:39:21 am
Decently powerful setups can run Dolphin, allowing for the entire Nintendo line aside from the 3DS and Wii U.
Yeah, my laptop does. It only lags on Sand Ocean in F-Zero but all other tracks run fine (or at least, all tracks I unlocked :P).

I prefer playing wii games on my wii with RGB video instead of crappy emulation with sync issues and composite video.
Emulation is not crappy. It even allows you to play with 1920x1080 resolution (except if your computer lags too much).

Wow, cool setup ! :D I'm personally gonna set up some emus on my multipurpose warmachine and use a PS3 controller. :P
Just out of curiosity, what's in your "warmachine" ?
I7 3770k, 16GB RAM, AMD7970. :P
Yeah, yours is a bit better than my laptop: i7 4700MQ, 8GB RAM (can be extended to 32 but useless for now), GeForce GTX 780M.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Keoni29 on December 09, 2013, 03:45:55 am
No I mean in my setup it will be crappy and with composite video and sync issues.
Title: Re: My ultimate emulation PC rig
Post by: Streetwalrus on December 09, 2013, 08:00:04 am
Yeah, my comp is a real beast. It can run the Twilight Princess for the GC intro full speed (I didn't begin playing yet). :P I've yet to try if I can read my GC games with it (I mean the boot from disc option or even better, dump the games).
I run this stuff in Linux by the way. I just switched to AMD's proprietary drivers so that I can exploit my GPU and run native Linux games without needing Windows (which I only use for Windows games anyway).
Edit : I can't read GC disc in my DVD drive. That was to be expected. :/
Edit 2 : I'm in the process of configuring it to use my DualShock 3 (it'd be better if I could plug a GC controller, but I need an adapter, and the DualShock feels better anyway).