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* '''[http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/ ROMLister]''' | * '''[http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/ ROMLister]''' | ||
| − | : A windows GUI based application that uses MAME's xml output file or controls.xml to allow you to create custom filtered lists of games based on your input criteria. (# of buttons, joystick type, monitor orientation, etc) The program can create numerous output files, including XML, CSV, MaLa gamelists, Atomic FE lists, and even batch files for quickly copying all of the target ROMs to your machine. Open source and freeware. | + | : A windows GUI based application that uses MAME's xml output file or controls.xml to allow you to create custom filtered lists of games based on your input criteria. (# of buttons, joystick type, monitor orientation, etc) The program can create numerous output files, including XML, CSV, MaLa gamelists, Atomic FE lists, and even batch files for quickly copying all of the target ROMs to your machine. Open source and freeware. [[RL_tutorials | Here ]] are a number of tutorials on using ROMLister. |
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* '''[http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com/files/LISTGEN.ZIP ListGen]''' | * '''[http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com/files/LISTGEN.ZIP ListGen]''' | ||
Revision as of 17:07, 30 January 2008
Lists
Once you get your arcade machine operational, you will more than likely be interested in knowing (and playing) all the ROMs that will run on your particular hardware setup. There are a number of criteria involved for determining such lists: monitor orientation, types of controls, number of buttons, screen resolution, cocktail/upright, etc. Luckily a few tools were developed to assist in creating lists:
- A windows GUI based application that uses MAME's xml output file or controls.xml to allow you to create custom filtered lists of games based on your input criteria. (# of buttons, joystick type, monitor orientation, etc) The program can create numerous output files, including XML, CSV, MaLa gamelists, Atomic FE lists, and even batch files for quickly copying all of the target ROMs to your machine. Open source and freeware. Here are a number of tutorials on using ROMLister.
- This utility, written by Buddabing, uses a free SQL engine (SQLite) to create an internal table from MAME's -listxml output that can be used to generate MAMEWah game lists. It also can be used to generate batch files for Buddabing's MAME Movie Maker. ListGen is a fast, open source way to filter game lists.
Even with these tools, there are still ROMs which may work on your machine, yet not show up in the output of the above mentioned tools. This is because the description of a particular ROM inside MAME's xml output does not adequately describe all of the possible configurations of a particular game. One example is the game Blast Off. MAME's description and controls.dat's description is that the game does not support cocktail mode. However, inside the game's service mode screens, there are options to enable screen flipping mode between player 1 and player 2. (thanks to turbo6 for discovering this) {screenshots here?}
Courtesy of turbo6, this is a listing of ROMs which support screen flipping between player 1 and player 2. Clones and hacks have been removed from these lists.
Vertical:
1942 800fath 99lstwar alpine amazon amidar arabian argus arkanoid atlantis bagman battlane battroad bcruzm12 bigbucks blastoff blazer blckgalb blkhole bombbee bombjack brubber btime bwcasino carnvckt centiped circusc ckong commandu congo crazyblk crush cutieq dangar digdug digdug2 dingo dkong dkong3 dkongjr dogfight dorodon drmicro drtopplj dspirit eagle exctsccr fhawk firetrap flyboyb frogger frontlin futspy galaga galaga88 galaxian gaplus geebee gorf grindstm gunsmoku guzzler gyrodine gyrussce helifire hoccer homo hopprobo hotshock hustler hwrace invad2ct invaddlx invaders invadpt2 jack jjack journey jrpacman jumpbug jumpcoas kangaroo kchamp kicka kingofb ladybug lastmisn lnc lsasquad m660 madgear magspot2 mappy mars masterw megaforc mikie mmonkey mofflott monsterb monymony moonal2 moonqsr moonwar motos mrdo mspacman nibbler noboranb nunchaku pacman pacmania pacnpal pacplus paddlema pandoras pbaction pballoon pengo perfrmau phelios phoenixa phozon pinbo pisces plusalph pooyans popper psychic5 qbert quester raflesia rallybik regulus retofinv roadf rocktrv2 rocnrope rollace rompers rugrats saturn sbagmans sbasketb scobra scorpnmc scrambls sdtennis senjyo shaolins shollow sindbadm skyfox skylance skylancr skyshark spacefb spcforce springer sqixbl srdarwin srdmissn srumbler ssi ssozumo sspacatc starjack stinger stratvox sucasino superpcm swat szaxxon tactcian tankbatt teedoff terracre thunderl tigerh timepltc todruaga tokiob tp84 travrusa triplep tron tsamurai turtles tutankst uniwars upndown valtric vanguard vastar volfiedu vulgus wanted warofbug waterski wiz wmatch wtennis wwestern xevious xxmissio yamagchi youjyudn zarzon zaxxon zigzag zoar
Horizontal:
airwolf baraduke berabohm berzerk bionicc bogeyman bonzeadu bouldash brkthru bullfgt cavenger ccastles cclimber cclimbr2 chameleo champbas chplftbl chukatau citycon clshroad cobracom cop01 csilver deadang dowild drgnbstr elevator empcity espial exprraid exzisus faceoff flashgal flstory formatz ghoulsu ginganin gngt gradius gsword gtg2j higemaru holeland imsorry insectx ironhors jailbrek junglek karnov kidniki kungfum kurikinu ldrun ldrun2 ldrun3jp liquidku lkage madcrash magmax marineb markham marvland megab missile mmaze momoko mpatrol mrgoemon myhero ninjakun nov2001u nrallyx oscar pacland parodius peekaboo pistoldm pitfall2 pkunwar ponpoko popeye puzznic pyros raiders5 rainbow rallyx rastanu reikaids renegade rezon robocopu rthunder rtype2 rushatck rygar sauro scion sectionz seganinj sfposeid shadowld shootout shufshot slyspy snapjack solarwar solomon spacedx spelunk2 spelunkr splatter sprcros2 sshot139 swimmerb syvalion tapper teddybb terraf tigeroad tinstar tokiu triothej triothep troangel trojan vsyard wbdeluxe wboy wfortune willowje wndrmomo yiear
The following is a list of games that are simultaneous multi-player, and work on cocktail machines regardless of screen orientation. Most of these will require joystick remapping to properly orient the player's controls.
Gauntlet Space Duel Warlords Armor attack Blades of steel Demolition derby Eliminator Hot shots tennis Space duel Space invaders II Tekhan world cup Tetris (cocktail) Atari football Bad Lands Ironman Stewart's Super Off Road (+ Track Pack) Super Sprint Hot Rod Embargo Alien Syndrome Wizard of Wor Hat Trick Hockey
