While I care more about the game cores themselves, I think this has to be the biggest complaint people have with Mister I don't mind because it's nice and quick, but a lot of people really hate how shitty the menus are. It's like the opposite of Hyperspin, text only and ugly. The frontend is completely sparse and utilitarian, and in some specific ways (input configuration, game organization) completely blows.That being said, it won't do a couple of the things you want: Mister absolutely rules, and if anyone was looking to get into the PCB collecting hobby I'd tell them to save their time and money and just get a Mister if you actually wanted to, you know, play games instead of buy and maintain expensive, fragile relics. I couldn't recommend which JAMMA hat to use but I imagine most work fine and should be pretty plug and play to your cab. I built a MAME cocktail cabinet setup about 15 years ago which runs on a laptop and an IPAC and it works well, but the MAME cab game has changed so much since then, I was hoping to get some insight from folks who have done it recently and maybe lay out the pros/cons of MAME vs Mister, and what the roadblocks of each build might be.įor your asks, if you're not a stickler for accuracy then a Raspberfy Pi + a JAMMA hat of some sort soulds like what you're looking for. Something like the JPAC comes to mind, but would that allow for the joystick inputs without having to rewire them? If I were to go down the MAME route instead, what are people using these days to run MAME on - a Raspberry Pi or something similar? And can you get an interface board that would reside between your MAME build and the JAMMA connector. This seems to be doable for a MAME setup. Second, is it possible to play vertical games letterboxed on a Mister setup if you're running your monitor in horizontal mode. Don't need anything as busy as Hyperspin, but something with good lists and maybe game thumbnail images. Regarding the Mister, I'm wondering if it's conceivable to have it run through some kind of snazzier front end. I'm not sure when the mistercade will be available to order again, but anyway I still need to decide if that's the route I want to go down. There's recently been a lot of stir about the Mister, and specifically the Mistercade for a JAMMA cab project like this. a couple of my rudimentary questions to help me decide if I should lean towards MAME or Mister. Was hoping to lean on the community to see if anyone had any tips and maybe answer. Got it with a few multi boards, which are OK, but my ultimate goal is to turn it either in to a MAME or Mister(cade) setup.
Just acquired my first candy cabinet - a Capcom Impress.