Another thing I just thought of is to actually use the PS2 Linux kit within (one of) the arcade cabinet(s) That would be a great thing I think for students, it's not too easy to get a PS2 kit but shouldn't proove too hard or expensive. I'm not sure how the game loading would work (I was thinking a MAME Menu kinda thing) because to run any of the games we need total, unrestricted access to the graphics synthesiser, so you can't really run a GUI for that. Still, if you did that I can guarantee you would get some good games from the students and that would probably interest a lot of people too<br>
<br>Nistur<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Nistur <<a href="mailto:nistur@googlemail.com">nistur@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<span>oh, ok then, as a method of testing coursework's it would be cool. I think you're hitting a problem with that though as, if you want to get the most out of it as a cabinet, you want Linux so you don't have all the windows crap clogging it up. The only thing we're taught under Linux is PS2, and there's no stable PS2 emulator. The openGL of second year is obviously possible under Linux (I've pieced together a framework that matches what we're given for 'doze from the NeHe tutorials)</span> but that would take extra work on the student's part to make it cross compilable, and we all know how students are with "extra work" plus currently the OpenGL doesn't class as a game, it's a 3D scene.<br>
Everything later on uses DirectX, and the uni's just replacing everything with DX10 cards so they can teach that. Can you afford a PC ready for Vista for this project?<br>What I think would be best would be to find a good open source Linux game, like I said, Frets on Fire would be great, you could make custom controllers (plenty of guides online) and I can guarantee it will be a hit. You can get thousands of songs for it... I mean there is always Tux Racer and whereas we might see it as the Flagship Linux game, it's not all that interesting to people that don't know what it is or why it is.<br>
Another thing that's worth considering, if you're planning on one machine now as a test machine, then build another one, you could then rebuild the first to match the second (or keep it if you so desire) and run a network game on it, Sauerbraten is looking VERY nice and whereas 2 players is a bit boring, it shouldn't be that much of a problem to enlarge it when donations allow for it. Plus if it's getting more games in, people are more likely to donate.<br>
The Space invaders idea is... good in a way, and it will be played every now and then, I don't think it will cause that much interest.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Nistur<br><br><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d">
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Tim Spencer <<a href="mailto:samurai.mit@gmail.com" target="_blank">samurai.mit@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">Reason for the whole think is that i am well pissed of with what games the uni offers and (yes when i had to much time) and i was browsing through <a href="http://hackaday.com" target="_blank">hackaday.com</a> i found a link to a link of a site which described a guy building his own cabinet. I have coded games before (although not as extencive) I though it would be brilliant to offer people the opportunity to host their games in something cool somewhere. Spoke to the union and they like the idea, althought they wold normally keep a percentage of the profit of such things, thats why i though it would be on a donation basis rather then paying (plus the moeny recieving thing costs a LOT). the first one is gonna be an experiment, and i know of all copy rigth issues, (i want it to run some roms privatly first thoug to test gaming experience ;) ), but for the futhure i though about a platform for students to publish their games e.g. games designed for for uni cw (this could mean they could decribe this as the testing phase). I have bougth some button currently trying to reverse an old keyboared and set up a emulator plus a nice rom to test the (inner set up) export the whole thing to dundee and then build a cabinet and do my coursework. <br>
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