Categories: "Gaming"

Diablo 4 Info

September 27th, 2023

Loading UltraMap (Programmable Joystick Map) from LaunchBox on Z-Cade

August 28th, 2023

Navigate to: Edit Metadata -> Additional Apps

Add an app with the following information:

Application Name: UltraMap
Application Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\UltraMap\UltraMap.exe
Application Command-Line Parameters: D:\misc\4-way.ugc
Automatically Run Before Main Application: checked

Either:

1. Start the game, go to MAME settings and add the joystick (Joy2 at the time of this writing)

or

2. Copy the following section to the game config file (D:\Emulators\MAME\cfg\*.cfg)

<input>
<port tab=":IN0" type="P1_JOYSTICK_UP" mask="1" defvalue="0">
<newseq type="standard">
KEYCODE_UP OR JOYCODE_1_XAXIS_UP_SWITCH OR JOYCODE_2_XAXIS_UP_SWITCH
</newseq>
</port>
<port tag=":IN0" type="P1_JOYSTICK_RIGHT" mask="1" defvalue="0">
<newseq type="standard">
KEYCODE_RIGHT OR JOYCODE_1_XAXIS_RIGHT_SWITCH OR JOYCODE_2_XAXIS_RIGHT_SWITCH
</newseq>
</port>
<port tag=":IN0" type="P1_JOYSTICK_LEFT" mask="2" defvalue="0">
<newseq type="standard">
KEYCODE_LEFT OR JOYCODE_1_XAXIS_LEFT_SWITCH OR JOYCODE_2_XAXIS_LEFT_SWITCH
</newseq>
</port>
<port tag=":IN0" type="P1_JOYSTICK_DOWN" mask="8" defvalue="0">
<newseq type="standard">
KEYCODE_DOWN OR JOYCODE_1_YAXIS_DOWN_SWITCH OR JOYCODE_2_YAXIS_DOWN_SWITCH
</newseq>
</port>
</input>

Using Elytra in Minecraft

October 11th, 2022

Copying from one Minecraft world to another

October 10th, 2022

MAME / ZCade

June 7th, 2022
MAME / ZCade

After finally finishing (painting) the Z-Cade, I completely went through the internals and brought everything up to date.  I upgraded the OS to Win 10, upgraded the Mainboard, CPU, Hard Drives, Video Card, PS, Amp, Marquee Light, Coin Return Lights, Keyboard Controllers, Frontend, Roms and much more. Below are links to all the various sites that I used to get all this done.  

Frontend
Hyperspin/MAME on 15hz k7000 arcade CRT 240p
Bigbox - Multiple keyboard buttons for same command
BIgBox Keyboard Controls & Joypad Mapping
Big Box - Launch on Startup Catch 22...
LaunchBox / Big Box
BigBox on computer start up
Launchbox vs All Other Arcade Front Ends
LaunchBox Premium (Big Box) review: Is it worth it
LaunchBox Big Box 6.0 Beta 6 - New Platforms Wheel (like Hyperspin) and CoverFlow Views
MAME: how to update it in LaunchBox?
Getting Launchbox to load different IPAC2 configurations

Input
How to Interface SNK LK30 Joysticks in the year 2019
Controls Interfaces - USB Compatible Gamepad / Joy Style (GroovyGameGear)
Arduino Rotary Joystick to USB: MAME Interface for 13 Pin Header
Rotary Joystick to USB: MAME Interface for 13 Pin Header (Youtube Video)
GP-Wiz40 ECO USB Compatible Input Interface with Rotary Support
GP WIZ40-----I'm stuck----NOOB!
Rotary Joystick to MAME Interface with Arduino - SNK LS30 on Retropie
Rotary Joystick in MAME
Seimitsu LS-30 Joystick - Full Disassembly
Disasembled Seimitsu LS-30 - SNK Rotary Joystick - PICS
New ControllerRemap utility
Interactive Panel Designer
I-PAC4
WinIPAC Interactive Panel Designer
WinIPAC V2 Configuration Utility for I-PAC
WinIPAC Version 2 Download
WinIPAC Shift Help
Interactive Panel Designer
Winipac failing to program, plz help
LS-30 harness male connector
Ultimarc Rotary Interface to LS-30 for MAME

Cabinet
Game On Grafix
Building your own Arcade Cabinet for Geeks - Part 5 - Paint and Art
Etsy Arcade Vinyl

Emulators - MAME
Windows-Specific Commandline Options
Can MAME emulate 4 ways joystick?
Joystick Mapping in MAME
MAME Default Keyboard Controls
MAME Sets & Datfiles
Demystifying MAME ROMS
GroovyMAME
GroovyMame Setup on Windows10.with CRT Emudriver 2.0/VmMaker!
GroovyMAME Releases

Emulators - Daphne
Daphne (Laser Disk) Emulator - LaunchBox Tutorials

OS - Windows 10
2 ways to enable auto login in Windows 10/11
bsetshell - set Windows shell
The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows
SilentLaunch a simple Windows Shell replacement for HTPC
Shell Launcher

Monitor/GPU
The Wells-Gardner D9200 Arcade Monitor
Arcade Monitors and MAME
New Build - Bought ArcadeVGA (Wrong decision?)
Soft-15KHz - slim new tool for 15KHz on normal vga cards
Switchres: modeline generator engine
ArcadeVGA 5000 Card PCIe
ArcadeVGA Drivers
ArcadeOS / ArcadeVGA Resolution Question
CRT Emudriver 2.0 and WG D9400 15khz-38khz multisync
Installing CRT Emudriver 2.0 - HD 4350 - Windows 7 - super resolutions
Installing CRT Emudriver 2.0 - HD 5450 - Windows 7 - super resolutions
Installing CRT Emudriver 2.0 - HD 5450 - Windows 7 - super resolutions (on strav.net to fix broken images)
New CRT Emudriver/VMMaker/Arcade OSD download, documentation and discussion site
CRT Emudriver 2.0 - Download thread
Calamity's application software
Center image on x-axis (crtemudriver, RetroArch & super resolutions)
Switchres not functioning as expected

Misc
Ultimarc Downloads