Re: A Tale of Two Apples

[Dave Morrison <deth@magna.com.au>]

Mitchell Spector wrote:

>     I'm not familiar with the Macintosh ports of MAME and System 16,
> however the PC version does support full sound and music in most of
> the games it emulates (some of my favorites, which bring back lots
> of memories are: Ms.Pac-Man, Moon Patrol, Galaga, Tron, Spy Hunter,
> and Tapper. Especially since the Apple II ports of these games, while
> very close, never quite had the exact same feel as the originals. Too
> bad the Mockingboard didn't have greater support, many of those arcade
> machines used the same chipset to produce music and sound effects).
>
>     As for controls, the PC versions also supports mouse, trackball,
> joystick and gamepads. I suppose the Macintosh port is limited to
> what you can plug into the ADB port. Back on topic here, I'm still
> looking forward to seeing that Gameboy emulator released for the
> IIgs, even if it doesn't support sound yet. :)
>
> Mitchell Spector
> spec@vax2.concordia.ca

If you like the old arcade games, here's an idea for anyone out there that I
just finished off a couple of weeks ago. Buy an old arcade coctail cabinet and
mount a pc in it. :-) A small bit of rewiring of the joystick, a keyboard and
add a few hidden buttons under the case, rewire the coinslot switch to the 3
key and you can even drop coins in for credits. I challenge anyone to be able
to tell the difference between the real one and the one I have here as my
coffee table ;-)

Dave