[dundee] changing BPP?

[Nistur]

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

Nistur

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Nistur <nistur at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 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) 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.
> 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?
> 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.
> 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.
> 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.
>
> Nistur
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Tim Spencer <samurai.mit at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > hackaday.com 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.
> >
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