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Hello everybody, I would like to make a small change in my username. Is this possible. If so, how? Thanks in advance. Cya

Update: the redirecting link is now working. See first post for link.

Thank you Tom!

Hi NullPointer, you're absolutely right. I'll just have to be patient.... I hope they'll be oline soon!

I was just about to start compiling Mame, but the website http://www.mamedev.org/ is offline. You get the following message: "We are in process of hosting movement you will be redirected to temporary domain until DNS is updated" The redirecting to: http://mamedev.com.ar/ however doesn't work Does anyone perhaps have any more info? How long will this take and is there perhaps a website which also contains all these files necessary to compile Mame? I'd love to hear...

For all you "Arcade/mame-highscore-junkies", me included 100% : Twin Galaxies International Scoreboard is back online! Sweet and looking good. The website is still under construction but looking very good. I hope when everything is finished you can also browse by platform...but I'm excited! Link: http://www.twingalaxies.com/ Cya, Gimmeclassic

Does anyone perhaps have any idea? Maybe Headkaze or someone else....? I would really like to solve this . I'm an addict for setting arcade highscores It's so much fun setting highscores and competing among friends Thank u!

Thank you Tempest!

GameEx shows by default the game/cab-manual when you select ''More'' in the Mame game-menu. So this is sadly not the solution.

Hello everybody, I have yet another question about GameEx showing the highscore menu-option in the gamemenu. Donkey Kong is working as I want it to work. The HiToText-tool creates a ''.hi-file'' in my ''hi-folder'' , GameEx is showing the highscore menu-option and Mame is also showing my highscores (initials DEN) when I am ''in-game''. See both screenshots: Question: when I for example play the mame-game ''1943'' the following happens: The HiToText-tool creates a ''.hi-file'' in my ''hi-folder'' and Mame is showing my highscore when I am ''in-game'' (initials DEN). See screenshot: GameEx is however not showing the highscore menu-option. See screenshot: >>> Is this a GameEx issue as Mame is showing my highscore when I am ''in-game'' and the HiToText-tool also creates a .hi-file. The only flaw seems to be in GameEx not showing the highscore menu-option. I'd love to hear from you guys if GameEx is not working well at this point or that my arguments are invalid? Thanks!

Thanks for all the nice messages I had a great and ch(b)eerful day Up to another year of retro and classic gaming ! I'm already excited ! Greetings, Dennis a.k.a. Gimmeclassic

Hahahahahahaha, but seriously............: that's a nice bag. If it was in pink I would buy it

Thank you Hansolo and Draco! Greetings, Dennis (a.k.a. Gimmeclassic)

Reading this forum daily I saw something very important !!! Please see attached image > . :) :)

Thank you for replying. I guess it's trial and error. @Headkaze: I guess your strategy of using CLRMamePro and Mame 0.139 and auditing your roms will show which ROMS will likely not work. But I understand that although a ROM may change with every version of MAME the memory location for the hiscore date may stay the same. Conclusion: trial and error is the only way to go. I guess a good strategy would be.....: I would start with MAME 0147 and test the ROMS I would like to have highscore support. The games that don't work can be fixed by adding highscore support using the HiToText thread that can be found here and using the instructions for adding support. When I would update to MAME 0148 I first keep my 0147-setup and test the new 0148 roms for highscore support. The games that don't work can again be fixed by using the above instructions. This would be a strategy that could work when having a select group of MAME-games of about 100 to 200. Which is my goal. The only setback is the worries I have about my skills in adding highscore support for games that previously didn't have this support....I really hope the instructions in the above HiToText thread is sufficient for me to accomplish this I'd love to hear what you think of this.

Hi Draco, thank you for your response. You're absolutely right. I am not really interested in having all of the Mame-roms, so having about 100-200 roms would make it manageable. But my question remains: let's say I would have 200 roms of the 0147-rom set with highscore support and I would update my Mame-version and roms to version 0148. Does this imply that many Roms after the update would no longer support saving high scores and you actually shouldn't change your rom-version?

Reading the replies in this topic I understand the following: * there may be less and less high score saving as more ROMs become active through MAME and even compatibility with older ROMS changes with the newer code * MAME ROMs change over time and the version of MAME is inseparable from the version of ROMs running within it. Headkaze is stating anyone can provide the data for a game to add hiscore support and there are instructions on how to add support for more games. Let's say I would somehow be able to add highscore support for my compiled MAME 0147 and matching 0147 MAME Roms. When I change my Mame-version and ROM-set to 0148 and so on, it's very much possible that some or many ROMS woud no longer have highscore support and you would have to start all over again for these games. I would like to hear from you if this is true? This would mean that you can spend time in adding highscore support for a Rom-set (let's say v.0147) but you shouldn't change to a new version of Mame, because this would mean that you again would have to start over again for a lot of ROMS... Hope to hear from you if all of this is true...

So disappointing there is no one who was/is able to and interested in continuing Fyrecripts HiToText-Utility Classic-Arcade gaming and setting highscores and sharing them with friends and competing to beat a highscore is - in my opinion - one of the most important things and is what creates the most fun in playing Mame-games or classic games in general. I guess a lot of you agree....(?) I hope someone with programming-skills will once continue this project.... >> Question: I guess I have to compile mame 0.139 and have to get the corresponding mame 0.139 roms to get the most out of the highscore support. Can someone point me to a compiled version of mame 0.139 ? (I'm not asking for the roms) Hope to hear from you.

Hi Draco, what do you mean by: ...as more ROMs become active through MAME ?

Hello everybody, I have a compiled version of Mame (v 0147) with highscore support and the files "HiToText.exe" and "HiToText.xml" are present in my main GameEx-folder. GameEx shows the menu-option High Score within GameEx for my Mame-games but not for all..... See picture: I know there are some issues about which version of Mame you're using and which games are being supported by HiToText. This link is showing which games are/were being supported when "Fyrecripts" was still working on the HiToText-utility. To give an example > looking at the above link 1943 is supported by the HiToText-utility. Nevertheless GameEx doesnt show a the menu-option "High Score" within GameEx for that game after setting a highscore and entering my name. The 1943.hi is created in my hi-folder, but it doesn't show within GameEx....? As you can see in the attached picture it does work with Donkey Kong. 1943 doesn't show this menu-option. My goal: using a MAME-version which shows the most highscores using the high score menu option within GameEx....Can anyone point me in the right direction or give me some tips? My motivation: I'm a huge fan of classic arcade games. Playing these games with and against my friends and competing for the best score is what makes it a lot of fun! So highscore support is very important to me.... I hope somebody can help me out in creating a setup where as many high-scores as possible are being shown using the higscore menu option within GameEx (see picture) . Thanks!

You can setup your personal menu structure using GameEx's CustomMenu option Here is a link: http://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/12055-guide-using-custom-menus/

I have a 0147 compiled version of mame with highscore supported - using HiToText

Thanks Draco. I have posted my request in the Feature & Enhancement Request thread. Link: http://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/10189-feature-enhancement-requests/?p=98121

Viewing high scores in GameEx I have a compiled version of Mame (v 0147) with highscore support and the files "HiToText.exe" and "HiToText.xml" are present in my main GameEx-folder. Showing highscores of Mame-games is working well. But, I would like GameEx to show more high score positions and showing the high scores in the image2-location. Explanation: 1) When I for example select Donkey Kong in GameEX I have the menu-option High Score. See screenshot: When I press Enter I get the popup-screen with the first five highscore-positions. See screenshot: > Great so far, but I would like GameEx to show more high score positions. 2) I would like GameEx to not show a popup-image but showing the highscores in the image2-location. In the same way for example a cabinet or marquee picture is shown. See screenshot: Thanks in advance!

I've looked into the HiToText utility. I have a compiled version of Mame (v 0147) with highscore support and the files "HiToText.exe" and "HiToText.xml" are present in my main GameEx-folder. Showing highscores of Mame-games is working well. ....But, what I would like to know: 1) When I for example select Donkey Kong in GameEX I have the menu-option High Score. See screenshot: When I press Enter I get the popup-screen with the first five highscore-positions See screenshot: > Great so far, but is it possible for GameEx to show more positions? 2) Is it possible for GameEx to not show a popup-image but showing the highscores in the image2-location? In the same way for example a cabinet or marquee picture is shown? See screenshot: I hope somebody has a solution