mysterio Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Hi, I would like the spec of a laptop or desktop to use for my arcade cabinet that I'll be just running classic mame games example wonder boy and galaga to name a few..., the old school games. Nes,Sega,megadrive and supernintendo. Do I need a quad core processor? if so how much ram is 2gigs enough? or would a double core processor enough to run hyperspin and these old school game themes smoothly.? I don't want to spend too much as Ill be making another cabinet to run fighting games or higher demanding games and I'll be getting a good computer for that.so I just want a good enough old desktop to be able to run those basic old school games for a cheap price. Ill be making more than one cabinet as I'm setting up a game arcade room with different designed cabinets that Taylor to one specific genre. Thank you. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalzoic Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 If you're just running MAME and older arcade games then almost anything will probably do. I had an old Pentium with a first generation graphics card running the 80's arcade games just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pofo14 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Agreed. I think running hyperspin could be more demanding then emulating the older games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalzoic Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 That's true. I was running a different front-end because Hyperspin was more demanding than the actual games were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMPLYAUSTIN Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 2nd hand half decent laptop/desktop is your best bet. Cheap as chips. Ensure you still buy it through a chain so your covered if it breaks. More powerfull the CPU the better, cores do not matter although a bonus. What you want is a Intel chip with maximum ghz and if possible ANY kind of dedicated gfx. On board gfx can give issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalzoic Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 And a potato to provide the electricity. And a beer to drink while you set it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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