Has anyone on this forum played the arcade Half Life 2: Survivor? It's in japanese and looks really neat. Also has anyone tried CS:Neo? or Paradise Lost? I am a really big fan of the Half Life series, CounterStrike series and FarCry that's why I ask. So what do you think of them?
That might be abit lol. Im still waiting on Naomi to be playable in Mame I know its somewhat supported on Chankfast or that other DC emulator but I prefer mame
Is Survivor the arcade game? I played it at an AM Show before it came out. Not my thing... looked a lot like Half Life w/ an underpowered graphics card. What do you mean "when"? It's been cracked. That should teach Taito a well-deserved lesson about PC hardware.
Type2x hardware doesn't really require any form of emulation since it's an x86 processor running windows and using a standard PC gfx card. There is not a single ounce of custom hardware in the box. I don't think the problem is it using PC hardware. I just think it's the fact they used windows & a usb dongle (and not a custom rigged linux, + one special piece of HW built into the board that is not a standard PC part).
Yes, I played it in a Japanese arcade. I was afraid to lose too fast when I choosed multiplayer, so I tried out the campaign. It felt really a lot like the normal HL2, but for the controls obviously. I was surprised how well you could play a first person shooter with two joysticks for movement/view, it actually works really good. Some pictures of the actual cabinet as well as a screenshot:
I was implying Linux when I said PC. Just seems the less familiar the better, although maybe a single ARM chip for some random parts of the game would work. Apparently Ketsui will not be properly dumped for ages b/c o this.
Ah, Yeah. An Arm or Mips chip can't be all that expensive in this day and age (with arm being uber common). It can't have been too much for them to throw an arm cpu that has a HW level encryption key (that can't be accessed via software) that decrypes the game's exe (ie think the ps3 & it's loner spu). I really don't get why in this day & age a company could be so stupid to put their trust in a usb dongle. :shrug:
That's weird that there's a campaign mode... you probably couldn't play more than a quarter of the game in a single sitting. Maybe there's some kind of save system? BTW, are all Type X2 games displayed in widescreen?
Well stated. I guess it can be lumped in w/ the architecture question as well. Part of the fun of arcade games for me is how much fun is packed into such low specs. Now, hardware is dirt cheap compared, so there's less skill (or should I say creative thought) in the programming (no offense -- I'm a programmer too). Possibly. Cards are now commonplace in arcades. Sega's last great contribution to the arcade world.
Don`t worry, i`m of the same mindset. Programmers are becoming more sloppy and like to throw in a crap ton of unneeded layers into engines. =( Curious, what kind of programming do you do?
Haha, You have my sympathy. Writing tools makes me want to kill my self. Yet for some reason I enjoy getting stuck with insane bs bugs that require me to step through the engine in assembly. :-(
Nothing that low level, but we do some pretty ninja shit. But, all inhouse - not commercial, which is nice.
Is that the Gman in the overcoat?:lol: J/k IMO arcade hardware used to be a window into the future, now even a midend PC can overpower a new cabinet...
True, and yet they still manage to make some good games for them. Obviously the golden age of arcades is gone, but that doesn't mean there's nothing worth playing there. I'm a bit upset by the fact that not only are arcades disappearing, but also arcade-style games. It seems that these days games are either for the very casual or the very serious. I always liked arcade games and arcade style games because their creators assume that you might only play it for a few minutes, so it has to be very flashy and exciting and get your attention very quickly - something Japanese developers in particular seem to be very good at. Think of games like Scud Racer, the Dead or Alive series, or Dynamite Deka 2. To sum up my rambling, I guess what I'm saying is that I long for more Japanese arcade games - and that these still exist, though mainly in Japan.
As of late, yeah, but back then a Model2 could pound any PC into submission. It would be kinda cool to see new technologies being tested in the arcades like they used to, instead of some "lab" from were we only get pictures, and maybe, MAYBE, a product 5 years down the line... The MGS arcade might bring those days back, if it doesnt flops of course.
