Build Your Own Arcade Controls
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Software
(Last page update 11/26/07)

Very much a work in progress!





Games BYOACers Play
Front Ends
Jukeboxes
Emulators
OS & Utilities (Mo-Slow)
Miscellaneous
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Front Ends

There are a plethora of front ends available for various emulators and games, and they have a variety of features, plusses and minuses.  For a comprehensive collection, check out the links on Mameworld and Zophar's.  We'll touch on a few here of particular note to cabinet/control builders.  Got a question on these or any other front-ends?  Head to the Software forum!


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Jukeboxes

The most up to date list of jukebox software will be found on the wiki and/or this message thread. This link left for posterity.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Emulators

An emulator is a program that mimics a piece of hardware or software on a different system than it originally was designed for.  One of the best known examples is the MAME emulator that emulates real arcade games on your computer.  It's also probably the reason you've found your way here.

The emulation world is a fast changing and sometimes complex one, and is beyond the intent and ability of this web site to adequately deal with.  However there are some excellent places on the web where you can find out more about emulators and get assistance with them.  Here you will find a collection of them to get you started.

EMULATOR NEWS SITES
 
MAME.NET - The home of MAME
Retrogames - An excellent emulator news site
Mameworld - An excellent emulator news site
Vintage Gaming Network - An excellent emulator news site
Zophar's Domain - An excellent emulator news site

EMULATOR SUPPORT SITES
 
BYOAC Message Boards - The software forum here is a decent place to ask for help.
MAMEWORLD - Host to a multitude of support sites
EasyEmu - Excellent tutorials on getting started with various emulators
EmuAdvice - Support on problems with emulators
MAME DOS Support - Support on running MAME in DOS


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Miscellaneous

Joystick Control Centre

Want to build a simpler arcade control or game pad hack, but still want the flexibility of more than a few buttons?  Check out the Joystick Control Centre (Internet Archive Mirror).  From their web site:
What is it?

The Joystick Control Centre is powerful new software that enables you to program the buttons on your joystick, throttle or yoke connected to the games port of your computer. Each joystick button can be programmed with up to 6 keystrokes. Furthermore, this software introduces a unique concept that allows virtual buttons to be programmed. Using "modes" you can actually program more buttons than you really have. For example, if your joystick has 4 buttons and you decide to use 5 "modes", you immediately have a total of 20 buttons to use and program. The different "modes" are switched on the fly by either a user defined joystick button or a user-defined keystroke.

Web site is defunct, but you can use the Internet Archive mirror above.  I have a copy of the last version of the software I know of available for download as well.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 

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