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MAME'd Marble Madness: Parts Arrive!
Well, the parts I needed arrived over the last two days and I'm starting to get underway on the interfacing. From Happ Controls I ordered buttons, a joystick, some trackball plates and a 1000' spool of...
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MAME'd Marble Madness: Parts & Wiring
Parts have begun arriving and I'm starting on the wiring harnesses and USB interface tests. Tonight's blog entry and pictures are online. Wiring up the Marble Madness CP to test the OptiPAC via USB....
View ArticleMAME'd Marble Madness: Not Forgotten...
No, I've not forgotten about the new project... I've just been overly busy of late. The second MAME cabinet is still underway and I hope to be offering some updated information in the coming days. I...
View ArticleMAME'd Millipede: Project Index
Background Introduction The background story on my first MAME box and being a child of the 80's. MAME vs. Real Why a MAME box? A comparison between MAME and the real thing. A tad philosphical... :)...
View ArticleBuilding out content... gonna be messy for a bit...
I just started hammering this blog together yesterday afternoon and evening, so I'm currently in the process of altering templates, fiddling with the structure and trying to find the most sensible way...
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Welcome to the New Site
The time has finally come for http://sparhawk.sbc.edu/MAME - the original website documenting my MAME'd Millipede - to finally get a complete overhaul. This new blog represents the beginning of that...
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MAME'd Millipede in Chinese
Links from the 2003 Scientific American article on my MAME'd Millipede keep cropping up in my server logs. I find this one especially amusing since it's translated into Chinese with little sprinkles...
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Quick & Dirty MAME'd Marble Madness Video
I'm in the process of putting together a full write-up and photo gallery of my latest MAME'd arcade. This one is based on a classic Marble Madness Atari System 1 cabinet. I have the original Marble...
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SpiffMAME: now on mameblog.com
This entry is my first post to mameblog.com. To sum up the story of how I ended up writing stuff here, Aaron was kind enough to contact me after we had both posted replies to some questions about using...
View ArticleSpiffMAME: Software upgrade
So, I finally decided that it was time to upgrade the software on SpiffMAME. I really hope some day I can get everything up and running with the latest versions at the same time (including newest...
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iPodMAME and a Nano Arcade
A friend of mine sent me this link yesterday about an iPod running Linux which, in turn, can now run MAME. I've run iPodLinux on an older iPod for fun, but not one with a color screen worthy of MAME....
View ArticleSpiff's Bob-clock on MAKE Magazine's blog...
On a non-MAME related note... Spiff's project for making what he calls the "Bob Clock" (check his site for the amusing backstory on that name) was profiled today on MAKE Magazine's blog: HOW TO: Make...
View ArticleUpdating the romset
OK. So I finally got some time again, and decided to do something about all the things I wanted to write about here on mameblog.com. Of course, since it has been a while since my last post, and that...
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Brilliant Video Tribute to 80's Arcades
Just spotted a brilliant video tribute to 80's classic games this morning via digg. The actual video referenced by the digg entry can be found here. In the event that it's overwhelmed, though, you can...
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