Lists
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?}
The following lists are of titles which support screen flipping between player 1 and player 2. Clones have been removed from these lists.
Vertical, MAME 0.122
puckman crush pacplus eyes mspacman alibaba pengo jrpacman galaxian uniwars redufo zigzag jumpbug azurian mooncrst checkman blkhole kingball 4in1 scramble atlantis theend mars devilfsh cavelon scobra armorcar moonwar tazmania anteater hustler frogger amidar ckong terracre amazon dangar armedf phoenix pleiads naughtyb trvgns geebee tankbatt warpwarp jungler locomotn commsega galaga digdug xevious superpac mappy digdug2 gaplus cosmicg cosmica panic zerohour magspot devzone nomnlnd cheekyms ladybug mrdo docastle sheriff radarscp dkong dkongjr dkong3 bowler invaders invadpt2 invrvnge galxwars lrescue lupin3 polaris ballbomb gorf solarfox shollow tron journey olibochu qbert sqbert alpine frontlin bioatack fgoal sbowling bking bking2 bking3 vsgongf bigevglf halleys sqix arknoid2 kageki ashura tigerh fshark 1942 commando gunsmoke srumbler capbowl stratab hstennis astrob 005 monsterb spaceod zaxxon szaxxon futspy congo starjack regulus upndown angelkds lnc zoar btime wtennis brubber astrof tomahawk kchamp firetrap starforc baluba bombjack pbaction tutankhm pooyan timeplt megazone pandoras gyruss rocnrope circusc roadf kicker contra mx5000 battlnts bladestl ajax tempest centiped satansat vanguard fantasy nibbler joyfulr aso tnk3 chopper matmania maniach battlane kaos monymony zzyzzyxx roundup thepit bagman sbagman exerion argus bcruzm12 zodiack moguchan twineagl usclssic speakres kangaroo arabian looping blueprnt nyny spiders popper spacefb kingofb enigma2
Horizontal: MAME 0.122
ponpoko stratgyx cclimber swimmer radrad tubep terraf cclimbr2 rallyx bosco pacland metrocrs rthunder snapjack cavenger dorunrun dowild popeye spacezap robby profpac kroozr domino wacko tapper timber gridlee mpatrol 10yard kungfum ldrun vigilant rtype reactor junglek elevator tinstar lkage rastan rainbow kurikint cameltry zerowing airwolf gng bionicc blktiger tigeroad f1dream ghouls strider willow wfortune gtg2 wcbowl shufshot wcbowldx gt97 gt98 gt99 gt2k spacfury elim2 startrek pitfall2 chplft 4dwarrio wboy wbml shinobi aurail brkthru shootout actfancr karnov robocop slyspy bouldash trackfld hyperspt yiear gberet jailbrek combasc hcastle 88games salamand blkpnthr missile liberatr ccastles athena champbas goldmedl bogeyman renegade xsleena ddragon ddragon2 berzerk frenzy killcom challeng nova2001 robokid trog hiimpact shimpact deadang toki formatz citycon avspirit gtmr srmp2 srmp3 mjyuugi ponchin rranger piratetr thief natodef battlex bankp rmhaihai rmhaijin rmhaisei themj omegrace mole gt103 gt5 crgolf
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 Asylum (prototype)
