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No ROMs working
The problem with the newer MAME versions is that they are not command line based I believe. They are WAY slower performance wise, in exchange for greater compatibility. You will notice AdvMAME has higher compatibility because it is based off of a …

Comment by dubstylee September 2014 permalink
[Mame4all] Problem with Rom Scraper
You may have to include clones in your scraper. Check the popup menu (tab button), and make sure "show clones" is on. Then run the scraper again and see if it finds Puzzle Bobble.

Comment by dubstylee August 2014 permalink
How good is the Pi for arcade emulation, really?
I think the Pi is great for emulating a lot of games. It should run NES/SNES/Genesis no problem. It runs a lot of MAME games just fine, but there are definitely a lot of games that it will not run (very well, or at all in some cases). For the mos…

Comment by dubstylee August 2014 permalink
NeoGeoX Pi Skin Update!
The arcade.cfg file is in /home/pi/pimame for me. I'm not sure when it is created, but I think it may be if you use the controller config tool inside PiPlay. Once I made the appropriate changes there, my FBA worked fine. :)

Comment by dubstylee August 2014 permalink
How To Create a Custom Theme
Nice, thanks for the info! One of these days, it would be nice to customize it to my personal taste :)

Comment by dubstylee August 2014 permalink
NeoGeoX Pi Skin Update!
There is also a config file called arcade.cfg that you might check. That is where my FBA was pulling the controls from, and it took me a while to figure out that it was overwriting my fba config with the settings from there.

Comment by dubstylee August 2014 permalink
New piplay user
I don't have the 1 player tank stick, but I do have a 2 player panel from x-arcade. It works fine with PiPlay, but if you are willing to do a little bit of work, I think that making your own would be much better. I bought my control panel thi…

Comment by dubstylee August 2014 permalink
I-PAC2 question
@urogutt, thanks for the info! I was wondering what was the need for the second port. yeah, I have an x-arcade 2 player control panel (without the trackball). I agree, it was a pain in the arse to configure non-default mapping. I noticed that …

Comment by dubstylee August 2014 permalink
I-PAC2 question
Right, I don't plan to use the PS/2 interface, I am just wondering about the two ports on the board. The one I ordered comes with a USB cord, which I think is a PS/2 on one end and USB on the other end. I just wanted to know if I need to get …

Comment by dubstylee August 2014 permalink
Large ROMs on FBA - garou, kof2005 and others not working.
SVC Chaos works fine for me too, from the zip. 'svcpcb.zip'

Comment by dubstylee August 2014 permalink
ArchLinuxARM based PiPlay (Working playground)
I was really hoping it WAS 42.

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Help Make PiPlay Better! - PiPlay 0.8b4 Known Issues / Bugs
Also, if it is a clone of something, then you may have to change "Show Clones:" to yes in the scraper config. I had that issue with Street Fighter II Turbo not showing up in my MAME list, because it is a clone of SF2.

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
PiPlay ISO image to SD card 8GB
an 8GB SD card is like less than $10. I don't see the big deal.. if you squeezed it on a 4GB card, that wouldn't leave much room for any games/images/videos/etc.

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
HOW TO Guide and help to finish my project
@luisusmc, as Shea said, MAME4all isn't recognizing the [ character, which is what the far right button on the second row maps to. I solved this by re-mapping the button to a different key, in my case, I used 'V'. You can get instru…

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
controller config
I figured out the issue. My settings from fba2x.cfg were being overwritten by the arcade.cfg config file. Hopefully if anyone else runs into this issue, they will find this and save them from a 4 hour headache! :)

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Help Make PiPlay Better! - PiPlay 0.8b4 Known Issues / Bugs
I just went to update from the PiPlay menu, and now my Pi won't boot :( I am going to tinker with it a little, but will probably end up just doing a clean install of b4 so I can get all the awesome new stuff :)

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Unable to play NES games
Check the name of the ROM. I remember there was an issue with ROM names containing () in them.

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
0.8b4 availability?
Any idea about an ETA to allow upgrading from b3 -> b4 using the menu?

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
0.8b4 availability?
Alright, guess I'll grab an old SD card and load it up on there to test it out :) Thanks!

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
0.8b4 availability?
Nice! Can we "update" from b3, or do we have to do a clean image?

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Feature Requests: What do you want to see in PiPlay?
You would have to get a bluetooth dongle for your Pi, but then you should be able to get a PS3 controller to work, I would imagine.

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Wireless Gamepad for piplay?
Not sure about those ones, but I have two of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOGITECH-Cordless-Rumblepad-2-Cordless-Game-Controller-Works-Excellent-Clean-/121380959909?pt=US_Video_Game_Controllers&hash=item1c42de76a5 and they work great!

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Feature Requests: What do you want to see in PiPlay?
Wireless keyboard works fine. Wireless USB controllers work fine.

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
ERROR: required files are missing, the game cannot be run.
If you already are running the correct version of the ROMs, you need to create a symbolic link. rm -r ~/pimame/emulators/mame4all-pi/roms ln -s ~/pimame/roms/mame4all ~/pimame/emulators/mame4all-pi/roms

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
How Do You Upload ROM's via Network?
I used a xin-mo for my little iCade Pi :) It works great. I have heard that if you want to use it for 2 players though that it takes some tinkering. The iCade only comes with one joystick though so I didn't have to worry about that.

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
How do I change the controls on a game/rom?
From within an emulator, you should be able to hit on the keyboard, and it will bring up a menu. You then can change general controls, or game-specific controls from there. The menu should be self-explanatory.

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Alphabetical order rom listing
Yeah, it is correct in the file, I'm not sure why the br shows up in the post.. :P changing it to self.rom_list did the trick. Thanks @mholgatem!

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Alphabetical order rom listing
BINGO! However, that gets rid of the "Back" menu item. I don't always have a keyboard around, got an easy fix?

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Alphabetical order rom listing
Ooops... how do I format with indentions?

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink
Alphabetical order rom listing
import os import pygame from pmlabel import * class PMList(pygame.sprite.OrderedUpdates): labels = [] def __init__(self, rom_list, global_opts): pygame.sprite.OrderedUpdates.__init__(self) self.first_index = self.last_index = 0 self.labe…

Comment by dubstylee July 2014 permalink

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