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Increasing game size on screen
Try this: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144119.msg1507803.html#msg1507803 Has worked pretty well for me, but breaks scanlines. Also, williams games tend to be a little bit left shifted on an arcade monitor, so I'll have to …

Comment by pilesofspam May 2016 permalink
Controlling traffic.
Actually, yes, you can do that. Can you read a unique ID off of the barcode? Start here: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9166 Make each code a user, and limit individual user time with timekpr: https://launchpad.net/timekpr

Comment by pilesofspam April 2016 permalink
Boot to MAME in PiPLay with Pi 2
What, specifically, did you do? Generally, you should replace the menu execute commands at the bottom with a cd over to the mame4all-pi directory, and then it's just ./mame

Comment by pilesofspam July 2015 permalink
Messed up Mame4All Key Config
There's also a config file for each game played in a /cfg directory underneath your mame4all-pi directory, but I don't remember the specifics. I'd look there first.

Comment by pilesofspam June 2015 permalink
advmame vs mame4all
The bottom line for mame4all is that it's a faster version of an old version of mame. The emulation generally isn't as accurate, but I think a few of the cores have been ported to assembly. Also, mame4all doesn't have as many config…

Comment by pilesofspam June 2015 permalink
sticky for donations
Maybe then a worldwide network of free beer and pizza? I've got the Atlanta area covered

Comment by pilesofspam May 2015 permalink
Setup Guide - Pi2 with PiPLAY
Here is where you can get any piplay image .8beta9 is the latest, and this unzips into an image. Burn it to your SD card from windows with win32diskimager Generally you can then boot that card on your pi.

Comment by pilesofspam May 2015 permalink
sticky for donations
Count me in too. I wasn't here for the kickstarter, but happy to help.

Comment by pilesofspam May 2015 permalink
Share your Build Pics
That IS awesome. Got a build log anywhere? I'd like to see what you're doing for a display. One of these days I want to try and turn an old color TV into a vector monitor.

Comment by pilesofspam May 2015 permalink
Share your Build Pics
Bringing back an old thread, I'm almost done with a mini-mame. I still need to make the marquee (need some white LEDs) but the rest is done. Another thread I posted about the custom buttons- those are 3D printed with a mouse microswitch, whic…

Comment by pilesofspam April 2015 permalink
Really small button solution
Thanks! For the screen, I'm using one of these. I got it off of ebay- It's a composite input, 12VDC input, 4.3" LCD. I've got a 5V audio amp to cram in there too along with a pair of 2" speakers. I'll put up picture…

Comment by pilesofspam April 2015 permalink
Audio Solutions
The one I have linked above is 10-24V, so it does need an additional power supply, but THIS one is fine to run on 5V (the 5V connection pin on the GPIO header). I've used that exact model in the mini-mame driving 2" diameter speakers and …

Comment by pilesofspam April 2015 permalink
Keyboard not working in latests PiPlay release
Using which emulator? You might want to check the controls section in mame.cfg

Comment by pilesofspam April 2015 permalink
USB audio card issue with PiPlay.
Interesting. I have an original model B (the one with 256MB ram) and a B+. I've got one hooked to composite out (one of those cheap rear view camera displays from ebay) and one hooked to HDMI with identical performance. Most games were OK wi…

Comment by pilesofspam March 2015 permalink
USB audio card issue with PiPlay.
Excellent! Can you tell me what games you see this in, and can you give me some more information about what resolutions you're running? I'll likely see the same problem.

Comment by pilesofspam March 2015 permalink
iPac 2 player and Piplay
can you get to the console? Plug the ipac in and type 'dmesg' to see that it gets recognized. Don't remember which ipac I'm using, but it shows up as an HID keyboard.

Comment by pilesofspam March 2015 permalink
Joystick, button recommendation
Hi Sancho- what is your hardware setup? On mine, I'm not using the cupcade display; rather I'm using the composite output, so I modified the retrogame.c (specifically in ioStandard[]) key bindings. I don't have the specifics here (a…

Comment by pilesofspam March 2015 permalink
Split screen in MAME for cocktail table.
Cocktail games you can set to cocktail mode with the virtual DIP switches in mame4all, but I haven't seen the option to do do it with non-cocktail games.

Comment by pilesofspam February 2015 permalink
Joystick, button recommendation
I assume you're building some arcade-style controls, meaning full size and pretty much indestructible. The source will depend a lot on your location, but I've had some luck with the Suzo-happ ultimate pushbutton. For a good red ball joys…

Comment by pilesofspam February 2015 permalink
Audio Solutions
I've used computer speakers in the past, I had one machine that needed better sound, so I ended up using car speakers, a sub, and a lepai amp. Most of the time I'll use a class D amp like this one: 50W amp You can get smaller, cheaper, l…

Comment by pilesofspam January 2015 permalink
Crackling Sound on Some Games
I had that on both the B and the B+. My fix was to pick up an Ebay-cheap USB sound card: USB Sound Card

Comment by pilesofspam January 2015 permalink
Joysticks, buttons and encoder
That's true- the GPIOs work great- the only drawback to using them is that you need a connector to attach to the GPIO headers. I had a spare IPAC2 laying around from a few years ago, and it has labelled phoenix connectors (screw terminals) to …

Comment by pilesofspam December 2014 permalink
What game do you play most on your bartop? Whats your age?
Joust. I'm 42. My kids (6 and 9) play TMNT, kung fu master, Gauntlet Wife likes Frogger (39)

Comment by pilesofspam November 2014 permalink
PITFT adafruit 2.8''with PIPLAY
Yeah- start here- they're using PiTFT in this product (Cupcade). I plan to do something similar, but I'm using one of those $15 composite LCD backup displays on ebay. There's a tutorial on how to recreate it, and even an image to do…

Comment by pilesofspam October 2014 permalink
thegamesdb.net is down! (and what it means to you!)
I'd kick in a few bucks toward the kickstarter.

Comment by pilesofspam October 2014 permalink
USB audio card issue with PiPlay.
Ideal! Turns out there's a set of instructions written specifically for that device: adafruit RASBPI USB audio

Comment by pilesofspam October 2014 permalink
USB audio card issue with PiPlay.
Sorry I missed this- Sappi- which USB sound card are you using? When do you see that error? I'm using a B+ with a PCM2704 based sound card.

Comment by pilesofspam September 2014 permalink
Joystick and Buttons
Obviously, it depends on what you want to do. I've got a few of these laying around, and they're good enough for a cool little emulation cabinet. Joysticks Buttons You can find the same buttons for cheap elsewhere. There's some reall…

Comment by pilesofspam September 2014 permalink
USB audio card issue with PiPlay.
@sappi: I had the same problem when I first plugged my USB sound card in. Found the solution here: USB Sound on the Rasp. Pi When done, don't forget to fire up alsamixer, switch to your USB sound card with F6, and make sure the volume/mute is…

Comment by pilesofspam September 2014 permalink
Hiss on audio, but only when nothing is playing and the sound is active
My PCM2704 board came in yesterday. I can say that without a doubt, I'm happy- the hiss is gone, the sound is great. It wasn't plug N play though- you'll need to follow a guide like this one: enable USB audio on the pi Then after a…

Comment by pilesofspam September 2014 permalink

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