Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME

[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.

[Folly]

@DTEAM

Noticed that gnw_ball uses a plain Background.png for Retroarch overlay.
We could use the ballbg.png or the ColorBG.png background from the artwork file instead.
What do you think / prefer ?

[DTEAM]

@Folly

I don't know. Go for the best one. If the coloured background is better, go for the coloured one. Good catch. Good catch. I only use MAME standalone and the MAME artworks format, so I never see the Retroarch backgrounds.

[Folly]

@DTEAM

I prefer ballbg.png to be the Background.png.
Can you change that in your artwork file ?
Please keep the old Background.png as backup in your artwork file, might be handy some time.
You could call the old backup something like simplebg.png.

[DTEAM]

@Folly

t3in1sa background should be exist, but I can't find it. Any chance on your side?

[Folly]

@DTEAM

Will have look.
No luck yet to find the artwork files.

Could the artwork of t7in1ss be usable ?
Just checked but seems we don't have the artwork of t7in1ss.
And it doesn't match as it is from a different manufacturer :
https://handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/7in1.htm

This already gives an impression of how t3in1sa should look like :
https://my.handheldmuseum.com/Tandy/3in1.htm
https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/images/373404-3-in-1-sports-arena

Confusing but adb.arcadeitalia gives a different impression (however seems not correct) :

[DTEAM]

@Folly

The good one is the one from adb.arcadeitalia (the last picture). That version is a single player game.

New edit: Sorry, it's a 2 players game. First one is the good one

[Folly]

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

@Folly

The good one is the one from adb.arcadeitalia (the last picture). That version is a single player game.

That cannot be the case or that driver is called differently.
This is how the t3in1sa driver looks without artwork.
It matches the other overlays.

[Folly]

@DTEAM

Searched for the other one and found this :
https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tandy/SportsArena.htm
Looked in the mame database and it seems it's not part of mame.

[DTEAM]

@Folly

Systems added to the "classich" gamelist.xml file and to the MAME module-script generator:

Now we cover 160 classich games. That's a lot!