Does MAME even run on Pi4+retropie 4.6? And what happened to Mame4All?

mitu

@grant2258 In RetroPie, mame4all is actually a fork created for the RPI, using the native legacy GL driver - https://github.com/squidrpi/mame4all-pi.

This is a highly optimised version for the Raspberry Pi, using GLES2/dispmanx for graphics, ALSA for sound and SDL for input. It also uses the GPU for post-processing effects like scanlines.

grant2258

im guessing anything using dispmanx will need reworked for the pi4 :(. Look like i was looking at the wrong repo the one i checked was here. https://github.com/RetroPie/mame4all-pi

Riverstorm

@mitu said in Does MAME even run on Pi4+retropie 4.6? And what happened to Mame4All?:

It also uses the GPU for post-processing effects like scanlines.

That's a major drawback of mame4all, the scanline effects are a turd for sure compared to the Libretro shaders. =/

@grant2258 - I don't think there's much demand. I'm just an advocate of that lean, mean, little core. I even have a version that runs well on my iPad albeit the controls are less than optimal but thanks a lot for the considering it!

grant2258

@mitu https://drgeoffathome.wosrdpress.com/2020/02/03/opengl-without-x-on-raspberry-pi-4-part-1/

Riverstorm

@grant2258 - The word wordspress has flipped letters.

Riverstorm

Sorry, to correct the link I mean.

mitu

@grant2258 The links doesn't work, but that's how almost everything works in RetroPie - we don't use X unless the emulator/game requires it.

grant2258

https://drgeoffathome.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/opengl-without-x-on-raspberry-pi-4-part-1/

try it that way not sure why its not working

Riverstorm

@grant2258 said in Does MAME even run on Pi4+retropie 4.6? And what happened to Mame4All?:

try it that way not sure why its not working

I think it needs to be wordspress. Words is plural and then it worked.

grant2258

anyway there is a part 2 gles2 and 3 can be compiled and used without x

Riverstorm

@grant2258 said in Does MAME even run on Pi4+retropie 4.6? And what happened to Mame4All?:

https://drgeoffathome.wosrdpress.com/2020/02/03/opengl-without-x-on-raspberry-pi-4-part-1/

Here's the working link:
https://drgeoffathome.wordspress.com/2020/02/03/opengl-without-x-on-raspberry-pi-4-part-1/

Darksavior

@ClassicGMR Tapper works in mame2003plus (not sure about non-plus). It also works fine in finalburn-neo but tapper.zip requires midssio.zip. What I do, is insert the contents from midssio.zip to tapper.zipso it doesn't clutter up my menu.

sirhenrythe5th

to make this list complete: Tapper also works wonderful with AdvanceMame ;)

Riverstorm

Just tested it and It does work in regular 2003 also.