AdvanceMAME and Frontend fully configured OS Image inside

[SSilver2k2]

Hey All,

Long time no see here in the forum! With winter break in full swing I have had some breathing room to work on things again.

I spent some time setting up a Raspbian Image that is fully setup, has AdvanceMAME and AdvanceMENU, and auto logins and runs the MENU frontend at bootup.

It also has SSH enabled and all that good stuff.

The link is here: http://blog.sheasilverman.com/pimame-ra ... -download/

The name is subject to change, I'm not attached to it. I hope everyone enjoys. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to get in touch with me!

[malakai]

Sweet can't wait for updates on the DeskCade you should write something up for The MagPi along with the pics of Wreck it Ralph how did that all come about.

[SSilver2k2]

Sweet can't wait for updates on the DeskCade you should write something up for The MagPi along with the pics of Wreck it Ralph how did that all come about.

That's not a bad idea

To keep it short though, If it wasn't for the Rich Moore AMA on Reddit, it never would have happened.

[malakai]

CTRL + C will exit the program
startx will work and takes you to the full desktop go there to setup wireless if needed
I installed gftp sudo apt-get install gftp this is a gui ftp if needed
Keys are:

3 Keys
In the game play you can use the following keys:
ESC Exit.
F1 Help.
TAB Main Menu.
F2 Test/Service Switch.
F3 Reset the game.
F7 Load a game state.
SHIFT + F7 Save a gam state.
F8 Decrease the frame skip value.
F9 Increase the frame skip value.
F10 Speed throttle.
F11 Display the frame per second.
F12 Save a snapshot.
P Pause.
PAD * Turbo mode until pressed.
PAD / Cocktail mode (flip the screen vertically).
PAD - Mark the current time as the startup time of the game.
CTRL + ENTER Start the sound and video recording.
ENTER Stop the sound and video recording.
, Previous video mode.
. Next video mode.
TILDE Volume Menu.

for player 1 you can use the keys:
1 Play.
5 Insert coin.
ARROW Move.
CTRL First button.
ALT Second button.
SPACE Third button.

for player 2 you can use the keys:
2 Play.
6 Insert coin.
R, F, D, G Move.
A First button.
S Second button.
Q Third button.

website for info http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/doc-advmame.html

[scep]

Hey All,

Long time no see here in the forum! With winter break in full swing I have had some breathing room to work on things again.

Excellent stuff -- just what I need to finish off my portable mame machine. Thanks!

[SSilver2k2]

Small update:
http://blog.sheasilverman.com

There's a config change to get rid of that annoying sound on the AdvanceMENU frontend.

The next version I'm working on will have a custom bootface (already working), gpiokeys and joystick drivers installed, and a feature I may need help on, but i like the idea:

The roms/ directory will be on a FAT32 partition rather than an ext3 partition so you can just pop the SD card into any PC or Mac and just drop the roms onto it. Easy

-Shea

[evilpaul]

The FAT32 partition sounds very convenient as trying out different roms can be time consuming. I installed usbmount which speeds things up a fair bit. Manually mounting USB sticks in linux is no fun.

[xevil]

you will add drivers for xbox 360 wireless pad?this os can be launched from openelec xbmc addons?thx and good 4 the optimus work

[SSilver2k2]

So I consider myself a pretty competent IT person, but I am definitely more DevOps than SysAdmin. I inquired about the FAT32 partitions with someone who has many more years of experience than I, and its not easily doable.

The problem is that Windows is unable to view multiple partitions on SD Cards . It will only mount the first partition. This is a show stopper.

But here is my other idea. I will enable an FTP server, as well as a web frontend where you can upload your games straight from the web browser. Even easier I can have AdvanceMENU display the IP address of the Raspberry Pi as well.

[evilpaul]

But here is my other idea. I will enable an FTP server, as well as a web frontend where you can upload your games straight from the web browser. Even easier I can have AdvanceMENU display the IP address of the Raspberry Pi as well.

That sounds like a good option too. Quite a few iOS apps have a built in webserver for importing files to make it easier than using iTunes/enable wireless transfer and it works really well.

[rbtucker09]

I have the AdvanceMAME flashed to an sd card and have it running on my pi. The rom included, Gridlee, works fine except for sound which I have seen posts about sound fixes. My question is, I have a Street Fighter rom that I have obtained that I have extracted into a folder in the pi/home/roms directory where the Gridlee rom is located. However, upon reboot, Street Fighter does not show up in my list of games. Any ideas? Thanks by the way for all the work that has went into this so far!

[trazer]

Looks very cool, now if I could make it work with a MaKey MaKey that would be a fun project for my daughter and I.

[SSilver2k2]

The new version has been release, PiMAME 0.3

Features:

AdvMENU theme with IP address in the background
Web Front-End which enables uploading of ROMs from your computer to the Raspberry Pi
Sound Fixes

http://blog.sheasilverman.com/2012/12/h ... -released/

Enjoy! Happy Holidays!

[deltalimablahblah²]

Hi,

pimame works on my Pi. Question: how can we fill up the whole screen with the game? In Horizontal mode, say display_rotate=0 in /boot/config.txt, games are too thin.

If I set display_rotate=1 in /boot/config.txt, good for arcade shoot-em-ups, the games are too thin and too short.

Howto set the screen to fullscrreen if display_rotate=1?

[anthemsley]

Hello all,
Got a few games working and it's great! Just wondering which build of mame this is based on though so that I can find more compatible roms. I've got the latest rom set for use on my pc and a lot of these are working on piMame.

Thanks

[mmoller2k]

I've been playing with PiMAME 0.3 today and I must say great job Mr Silverman.
DLXX: When you rotate the display by setting display_rotate=1 in config.txt, you have to also edit /home/pi/.advance/advmame.rc and swap the values for display_aspectx and display_aspecty. While you're at it you might want to change the default 4:3 setting to 16:9 (or 9:16 for vertical displays) unless you have a really old monitor.
That said, I would suggest that you leave display_rotate=0 in config.txt and rather set display_rol or display_ror to 'yes' in advmame.rc. I got much better resolution on a composite PAL screen this way round.
I got about a dozen games working, and any info on how to increase that number would be welcome.

[kevkaos]

going to load this up tomorow, anyone tried any games yet? what has worked? hoping to get the likes of robocop and wonderboy working

[kevkaos]

working but no sound at all for me, have i done anything wrong or do i need to do anything??

[PeterPan1964]

Here are my results
The following games are working:
- Asteroid
- Bomb Jack
- Bosconian
- Christal Castle
- Ghost & Goblins
- Hypersports
- Pang
- Moon Patrol
- Pooyan
- Xevious

Following games I testet didn't run correctly:
- Phoenix (Too slow, wrong audio)
- Viewpoint (Too slow, wrong audio)
- BattleZone

[fa001]

I have this working. Thanks for the fine efforts.
However I do have one issue with sound. If I use composite video I do get sound out the 3.5mm sound port. If however I use HDMI video (through a HDMI to VGA cable) I do not get sound out the 3.5mm sound port.
Is there a setting somewhere that I am missing?

[Jessie]

I need to download this and give it a go. I have a nice collection of roms I will report back with.

[kevkaos]

wonderboy= full speed
teenage mutant ninja turtles=full speed popping sound

[Jessie]

I played:
Donkey Kong (96%)
Final Fight (65%)
Black Tiger (120%)

Percentage indicate how well they run. I am getting no audio. Also I can't get larger roms to upload through the web interface. I'm guessing that there is a script timing out somewhere. Also where are the config files for advmame?

Anyway, good work its better than I could have done.

[kevkaos]

a quick config edit got sound going for me open up config.txt
adding this line solved it
hdmi_drive=2

[Jessie]

a quick config edit got sound going for me open up config.txt
adding this line solved it
hdmi_drive=2

Thanks I will try that.