Kinect MAME: Gladiator (Taito, 1986) by muriloq

This is my first experience with Kinect, using OpenNI binaries, PrimeSense NITE 1.3 Beta SDK, Kinect PSDK 5.0 Driver and FAAST.

The game is Gladiator, known in Japan as Ougon no Jō (黄金の城 lit. "Golden Castle"), published in 1986 by Taito and emulated by a custom M.A.M.E. build.

I used to play this game a lot when I was a kid, and the controls are a perfect match for Kinect: the shield height is controlled by your left arm, and sword moves are given by your right arm. Inclining the body forwards or backwards move the character; coins are inserted moving your right hand, and moving your right hand will start the game.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• kinect
• mame
• arcade
• gladiator
• taito
• openkinect
• nite
• openni
• faast
• muriloq

[muriloq]

@dirkdex: There is a new version of FAAST that doesn't need any MAME hacks. I'll create a settings file using the new version and post it here.

[muriloq]

Anyway, here are the mappings:

left_arm_across 15 key 1

right_arm_across 15 key 5

left_arm_up 10 key w

left_arm_down 10 key s

lean_forwards 15 key d

lean_backwards 15 key a

right_arm_down 15 key j

right_arm_forwards 15 key k

right_arm_up 15 key l

[muriloq]

Hi dirkdex, there are two problems: I also reconfigured MAME so the mapped keys aren't the default ones (I couldn't get special keys to work), and standard MAME doesn't work with FAAST, you need to patch it to disable raw DirectInput or use AutoHotKeys to remap each key to itself.

[hexRQP]

loool



[dirkdex]

Thanks for the info, but I'm confused about mapping the keys. Can you attach a file with your working mame version and config? I have the rom and I'm guessing that should be all I need?

[dirkdex]

Hey Muriloq, can you post/show your config settings? I would LOVE to try this! I use to play this game as well.. how cool you got it working with Kinect!! Please share!

Thanks!

[KamatsuKyoto]

Incredible! Congratulations. :-D

[ijrocomufmg]

Parabéns pelo trabalho! Nunca imaginei que seria tão rápido!

Ah, e novamente, valeu pela referência!

[jagripino]

!TSRIF

[girinovey]

FIRST!