Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME

DTEAM

They are all classich excepted vclock3 (alarm clock)

Folly

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

Folly

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!

DTEAM

@Folly

FC Compact 88-in-1 (CC-SFFC-WT) (Japan) fccomp88 is now added to the All in 1 gamelist.xml file and to the MAME module-script generator

Folly

@DTEAM

Super, looking good ;-)

DTEAM

@Folly

Systems added to the "all_in1" gamelist.xml file and to the MAME module-script generator:

MAME 0.278:

Jakks and classich gamelist updates will come soon.

Folly

@DTEAM

I will check the all_in1 again.
In my list I found tblkkuzug but it is an arcade driver and it also uses a .chd.
Do you know how it got there ?
I think it should be removed.

Edit :
All all_in1 drivers are in my list.
Still waiting for progettosnap to update the database to 278.

Folly

@DTEAM

My new awk script also found a new driver for konamih :
ktmntbb
I think we should add it.

Folly

This is now what I can extract from mame in less than an hour with the new awk script.
This extraction normally took me about a day or so !
It directly creates a database file and the inis can be extracted later.
This is the info up till now of what can be extracted, and more to come :
(predefined is not extracted btw.)
90º.ini
all_in1.ini (predefined)
arcade.ini
bios.ini
bootlegs.ini
classich.ini
clones.ini
deco_cassette.ini
dynarec.ini
electromechanical.ini
elektronikah.ini
gameandwatch.ini
jakks.ini
konamih.ini
lightgun.ini
mechanical.ini
megaplay.ini
model2.ini
model3.ini
neogeo.ini
nintendovs.ini
no_media.ini
oro.ini (predefined)(same as realistic)
playchoice10.ini
realistic.ini (predefined)
samples.ini
screenless.ini
tigerh.ini
tigerrz.ini

DTEAM

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

@DTEAM

My new awk script also found a new driver for konamih :
ktmntbb
I think we should add it.

This one is already in my list above and in my gamelist. Probably a missing one on your side. Good catch.

DTEAM

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

@DTEAM

I will check the all_in1 again.
In my list I found tblkkuzug but it is an arcade driver and it also uses a .chd.
Do you know how it got there ?
I think it should be removed.

Already verified . It's an arcade Bootleg. It's not the Color TV-Game Block Kuzushi from Nintendo

DTEAM

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

elektronikah.ini

For Elektronikah, I will have to create a new system in my theme and create a new gamelist.xml . It's on my to do list.