#DOUBLE DRAGON ARCADE EMULATOR PC PS2#
In the words of its creators, the Zeebo "It had not been designed to compete with the rest of the consoles of its generation, but to seek to fit into a market of smaller scale", although in the end its price in Mexico was about 3,000 pesos, which was a very high price given that for less than that you could get a PS2 console, which despite being of the previous generation, was much higher and with a much broader catalog. in 2009, It was a very poor console technically and unable to compete with his contemporaries. The only way you can legally emulate Double Dragon is if you dumped the roms yourself from a board you own, and keep the board.Hi, I want to know why there is still no Zeebo Emulator for PC.Īs many know, Zeebo is considered the last pirate console that exists on the face of the earth, Zeebo was a seventh generation video game console produced by the Brazilian companies Tectoy and the American Qualcomm for Zeebo Inc. You can get a Double Dragon I (and II) board off ebay for $5-$10. If it doesn't come with a monitor you can probably find a decent used standard arcade monitor for under $80, sometimes in the $50 range. Otherwise you will have to modify the control panel. Hopefully you can get one with 2 player, 3 buttons each player. A jamma cabinet is just a cabinet that is prewired with a jamma harness (and probably a standard power supply and speakers) so all you need to do is add the game board. Without monitor I'd say pay no more than $20 unless it is in mint mint mint condition. Just find an empty jamma cabinet locally, with monitor preferably. However, you probably could make a double dragon cabinet with used parts. Unfortunately due to events like unemployment I just haven't been able to buy a monitor for it. I decided to build a cabinet instead afterwords and I plan on refurbishing the cabinet (as I stole some parts form it for the other cabinet). It happened to be a fully working Double Dragon II is decent enough condition, just no monitor. Out of the lot I picked the best looking cabinet.
#DOUBLE DRAGON ARCADE EMULATOR PC PC#
When I was looking around for a cabinet to put a pc in I came across a local vendor and he had cabinets in his warehouse that he would be glad someone take off his hands so he'd have more room. I think I am a rare example BUT I have a Double Dragon II cabinet (with Double Dragon I and II boards). you could probably pick one up somewhere for $200, then have it shipped. You also have to realize that double dragon isn't really worth anything these days.
Then it is a matter of wiring everything to jamma (and getting a jamma harness from bob roberts). Then you'd just need to get a standard arcade power supply, those are like $14. If you need to get a monitor, as this would be the most expensive part, a used but in good condition 19" standard monitor is not that bad, considering it is the most popular sizr monitor for arcades. And I am going to assume build a new cabinet with new parts. Since either route requires a cabinet, controls, wiring, I assume those constant as that is not where the price differnece will be. Where you planning on using the pc monitor? The original arcade was a 19" standard arcade monitor. I agree, it would be easier to just use the existing board instead of pc. I'm not aware of any of the legal ROM services that have Double Dragon available for purchase. I'll certainly not discourage you from buying an original PCB to maintain a semblance of legality in use of the ROM images, but you'll almost certainly end up just downloading the ROMs from the internet for use with an emulator. There aren't a whole lot of people who are setup for and experienced with doing this.
Basically it entails removing the ROM chips from the board and reading them individually into the computer using special hardware (a process commonly referred to as "dumping"). By virtue of the fact that you're asking, I'd say it's safe to say that you're not going to be doing that yourself. Regarding offloading the "game" (code) from the arcade boards to your computer. Be sure to price out everything and get a realistic budget together before you start buying. Even without the monitor and computer, though, the cost of wood, hardware, molding, encoders, controls, etc. Totally respect the spirit that leads you to desire to BYO.
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