Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME

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.