Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME

[Folly]

@Retrodade said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

I'm assuming the Mame set has not been issued yet?

The latest set that has been issued is 273.
Search for : "MAME Sets & Datfiles"

[Retrodade]

@Folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

MAME Sets & Datfiles

Thanks, I updated and updated MAME but they boot back. Do I need to add the Datfile somewhere as well? I seen pi didn't say MAME had an update, so am I trying to0 early perhaps?

[Folly]

@Retrodade said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

@Folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

MAME Sets & Datfiles

Thanks, I updated and updated MAME but they boot back.

Run mame with verbose mode and check the /dev/runcommand.log .
Then you can find what's wrong.

Do I need to add the Datfile somewhere as well?

No

I seen pi didn't say MAME had an update, so am I trying to0 early perhaps?

You should check your version of mame.
Run a game that still works and use "tab" to go into the UI and check "about".
Or check your /dev/runcommand.log after trying to run a game in mame with verbose mode, this might also reveal the version.

If you have an old version, like 0253, and you recently updated the binary via the RetroPie-Setup then there is no new version for the original RetroPie image available.
If so, then this is due to the underlying older linux operating system which cannot run newer compiled mame binaries or canniot compile newer mame source-code anymore.
That would mean that you are stuck with using old roms and an old version of mame unless you create a new linux image, with a newer OS, by yourself with installing RetroPie on top of it.

If you still can't find a solution then I recommend you open a new help thread.

[DTEAM]

@Folly

Systems added (MAME 0.274 and 0.275)to the "All in one", "classich", "jakks" and "konamih" gamelist.xml files and to the module-script generator:

Elektronika Basketbol - elbaskb Classich
Tronica Space Adventure trspacadv Classich
Konami Chequered Flag kchqflag Konamih

new MAME artworks for some systems here

[Folly]

@DTEAM

Thanks for looking,

Strange that I overlooked some.
I think the new classich ones are not automatically detected will have a look next time.,..

Databases for 274 and 275 should be OK now.

[Folly]

@DTEAM

I am busy with rewriting detection for classich drivers.
A few extra drivers popped up :
auslalom
comparc
comparca
monkeysee

I tested all of them and I think auslalom could be added.
What do you think ?

The other 3 aren't interesting to add.

Btw.
What do we do with tbaskb ?

[DTEAM]

@Folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

What do we do with tbaskb ?

It's already in the classich list. This game works

[Folly]

@DTEAM

tbaskb isn't in mame anymore when listing the drivers.
That's already the case for a long time now, I think more than 2 years.
Do you know if there is a replaced driver.
I know from 10 versions from mame ago it did still work but wasn't listed.

Well if it still works and there isn't a replaced name in mame than we should keep it in.

[DTEAM]

@Folly

I agree. I'll delete it from the list, but I'll keep it in the gamelist.xml because maybe they'll republish it one day. I didn't see a new name for that system.

tbaskb is now tbaskb in the list above

Good catch for Elektronika Autoslalom - auslalom Classich (added to the list above) . I'll update the gamelist.xml next week

[Folly]

@DTEAM

I found the code explaining that tbaskb is now drdunk over here :
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/handheld/hh_pic16.cpp#L43-L44
So we should add drdunk instead.
Could not test it yet but I assume it's correct.
It's indeed good to keep tbaskb in the gamelist for backwards compatibility and, if it's correct, add drdunk too in the gamelist.xml.

Yesterday I found a few more drivers will try them and let you know.

[Folly]

@DTEAM

These 3 also popped up :
tcfball
tcfballa
vclock3

I think the tcfball's could be added too.

Will run a new script to see if the manufacturer of drdunk ( Kmart Corporation) has more drivers.

Edit :
These 2 could be added too I think :
dunksunk
t3in1sa

[DTEAM]

@Folly

They are all classich excepted vclock3 (alarm clock)

[Folly]

@DTEAM

Was pretty sure about that too so they are already in the database for 276
except vclock3 off-course.