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    • xionyus

      New Retropie user with questions about MAME!
      Help and Support • arcade emulator mame emulations mame2003 final burn • • xionyus

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      mahoneyt944

      @barbudreadmon surely 👍. check your PR though, build issues.

    • pm4698

      Create custom arcade console
      Help and Support • arcade buttons arcade controls arcade retropie arcade emulator racing • • pm4698

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      stoney66

      @pm4698 said in Create custom arcade console:

      In case i want to seal this arcade box, does raspberry support so many controller inputs? (2 USB-joystick-button controllers, 2 normal USB controllers, 2 light gun controllers and 2 wheel controllers?)

      Not sure on the light gun part but I would assume so, I use the ipac (mini) as well with sanwa joysticks and gold leaf buttons from ultimarc. I've used the inexpensive stuff on amazon also but nothing compares to the ultimarc IMO. The only thing with the sanwa's is going from 8way to 4way switching for games like Donkey Kong as the switching is under the panel. I tried using other joysticks that switch at the top and just didn't like them (mag-stik being one of them). I did get the sanwa working with a servo (servo-stik) for auto switching however my control panel did not have room to fit the servo... I used a toggle switch to move the restrictor plate. You can also set the rom bootup to change to the correct setting but I opted for a manual switch.

      I use the arcade sticks for mame games, and usb wired xbox360 like controllers for nes/genesis etc. Some nes/genesis games I use the arcade sticks as well, Works great either way. I don't remember if I ever got genesis 4 player games working with arcade sticks and usb controllers together, IIRC I had to use 4 usb controllers was something with the multi-tap in genesis but I only have 1 friend so it's not a problem normally lol.

      You will need a powered usb hub as you wont have enough ports for everything.

      MDF is what I used for a small 2p bartop, going to do a 4 player pedestal next using MDF again.

    • Yornav

      Read out game state for LED control (for making start/coin buttons to blink)
      Help and Support • led buttons led lights arcade emulator arcadecontrols • • Yornav

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      janderclander14

      @Yornav No for Retroarch cores, as far as I know. Maybe for some version of advancemame, but I have not look at it. They will work if you compile the latest standard mame, but it will run very slowly on the Raspberry.

    • MikeLang

      Easy way of renaming Arcade roms?
      Help and Support • arcade emulator arcade • • MikeLang

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      MikeLang

      I know why I was getting that weird error now, it was related to having '&' in the name of a game. My example didn't help matters seeing as I didn't type '&'.

      The list it generates still doesn't have the games I haven't picked, for example say the arcade rom folder has 300 games and the gamelist.xml file lists 200 roms. There's still 100 games that I have to manually pick in order for them to appear in the gamelist.xml file.

      Thanks for all the help everyone I've learned a great deal from all your input.

    • dnbarnes1983

      Errors on launching Roms
      Help and Support • roms errors lv0l arcade emulator emulationstaton • • dnbarnes1983

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      mitu

      @dnbarnes1983 Emulationstation is a general game launcher frontend - it's also used by Recalbox. You didn't specify in any of your posts you have RetroPie installed and which version.

    • dlesko250

      Sound stopped working for just Arcade games in Arcade rom folder/all other rom types work.
      Help and Support • sound issues arcade emulator sound problems • • dlesko250

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      mediamogul

      @dlesko250 said in Sound stopped working for just Arcade games in Arcade rom folder/all other rom types work.:

      it's mixed rom set in the arcade folder. It's not separated into MAME or FBA.

      So, you're launching multiple emulators from the arcade directory and they're all without sound? Narrowing down which you're using is still important. Keep in mind, there's something like nine versions of MAME to choose from when using it the way you are and three versions of FBA.

    • jblock22

      Bartop Arcade - Issues with controls
      Help and Support • raspberry pi 3 arcade arcade emulator controls problem • • jblock22

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      caver01

      @jblock22 On the bright side, you do have what sounds like a Pi3, which is a supported computer, you have a cabinet someone built with arcade controls, USB ports, a display, and a nice enough design that you were interested in buying it. A build project with just this hardware alone is a serious undertaking, and getting one that looks nice enough to sell is no small feat. Depending on how it was built, you might also have a controls interface of some kind.

      Now, the software is the real questionable part of all of this, but you can easily re image the SD card with a known working image from this website and join the community. You will need to open up your system and do some investigating into what exactly you have which might entail some google searching as well, but once you know what you have and you are willing to work with it, you can probably turn this in to a great system. It will take work and interest, but it can be a fun hobby.

      Maybe that is not why you bought it, but there could be a silver lining.

    • jell

      Organizing Arcade Games
      General Discussion and Gaming • arcade emulator fba mame organization • • jell

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      jell

      @TMNTturtlguy I am indeed swapping out all of my FBA roms to the new version. I was under the impression that there could be problems using old roms with newer FBA, and it is best to update to the corresponding romset?

    • sadtraxx

      Quick Setup Arcade X-Men Vs Street Fighter
      Help and Support • arcade retropie arcade emulator arcade games arcade stick • • sadtraxx

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      pjft

      @sadtraxx What they meant was that you don't unzip the roms themselves, maybe there was some miscommunication.

      The files you're expected to have in the folder must match these:

      https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1GaqIIoiWbzKHwZ52S2xCSDQXILo81Ls1mHK6czKGAtM/edit?usp=sharing

    • mrsebe

      Trouble understanding arcade ROM folders
      Help and Support • roms help arcade arcade emulator donkey kong • • mrsebe

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      BuZz

      @thedeathstar It certainly isn't the point to keep going over the same material again and again no. It may have been better to perhaps say "Please read the arcade documentation." though - which is what herb really meant.

      It's frustrating because people don't even bother to read the information on registering - users are asked to agree to read the sticky topic then, and they don't. We only ask that users try to help themselves first a little - so our time can be used more efficiently.

    • claudio

      I'll pay you to help me finish my arcade game project - North East London / Essex
      Help and Support • arcade emulator help money configure • • claudio

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      markyh444

      @claudio lol. Soz, just re-read your post where you very specifically say your eldest is 5.

      DOH!

    • zq8 blazer

      Some arcade games just decided to quit working on their own.
      Help and Support • arcade emulator not working why • • zq8 blazer

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      batesman

      @rbaker said:

      @mediamogul..... and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fuuuuuuurious anger those who would attempt to corrupt and destroy my installation with false romsets. And you will know my name is MAME when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

      Normally I would wipe your installation...But you happened to catch me in a transitional period.