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They did drop a couple big names there, FedEx was the one that probably surprised me the most. I certainly have an XP VM, but I only use rarely. Looks like it'll be even more rarely now.

Take note that this will also remove them from your MAME list, in case that's not the result you're after. You may also need to update your MAME list after you make that change.

That's crazy! Funny how a small exit condition can ruin all those hours of hard work, huh hacker community? Just another reason why it's a good idea to keep that machine updated. Just let it do its thing on patch Tuesday.

I would like for him to set that backpack down on the bus fur a few seconds... 😇

Well, see, if you get it and adapt it for GameEx, Stigz would be cool with it. Lol!

How adorable!!

That hockey machine though... Want!!!

I put it in my feed, so I'll help you watch.

Ha! I was literally just about to post this email, but I had to collect it before I came here.

She only had one unfortunately, open box. They pop up on eBay cheaper, you just gotta get lucky. I happened across it when I was thinking about making a RetroPie from a TV reading another thread and jumped on it since it was cheap. You can get a new one for about $35 though, which is also worth it. I really didn't need the box or the kit, just the board. I think my first Pi was about $45-50 when they were new. The Pi 3 B just dropped from $55, and I suspect it will continue to go down in price. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CD5VC92/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_otkfzbMTPDQE7

There's people in my office with 3D printers (they have a club), they are all pretty good about requests too. The quality of what comes out really depends on the materials you use and the quality of the printer. I got the VP of Development making me a mini NES for the price of materials right now. I wish I had one of my own, but having access is just about as good with none of the overhead. All I gotta do is dig up the plans for them. Just snagged a new Pi 3 B on eBay for $25 w/ free shipping... So it's time to start thinking about building something. A bar top would be cool if I can find the plans on Thingverse... Then I can build a "boom box" with the v2 Pi I have. This mini-computer-cheap-DIY thing is really contagious. You can build just about anything you can imagine nowadays!

I think I'm gonna have to hunt around for an old TV. I absolutely love the idea, and it's probably pretty easy to find a shitty TV no one wants anymore.

Isn't there kit for this out there? Maybe not the exact same but pretty similar. https://gameroomsolutions.com/shop/bartop-arcade-kit/

I've already started automation for generating that list, you should have that update soon.

Great, then my work here is done.

Noted.

Why the need to tweak the XML? It should be plug and play. Also, I already have code in place that I use to handle multiple paths and extensions (since the advent of 7-zip support in MAME). The real challenge will be finding the time to work on it over the next few weeks. Fortunately I have a lot of the code already scattered amidst my other plugins and projects, I just need to pull it all together and design the GUI. As for the name, I'll let you guys sort that out and I'll give you banner dimensions after I lay out the form. I'll add the controls before I start working on the backend of it, like Stigz mentioned its best to lay out the requirements right away so I can carve out the real estate I need. [emoji317]

Support files are no big. Most recent ones will typically cover old ones too. The descriptions and categories can easily be referenced by parent roms. For example, if I have pacman.zip, the MAME.XML would tell me its a Puckman clone. I'd grab that description. Chances are the parent info won't change, even if the rom itself does. I think the download option will help, I'm just not confident I'll keep up with the release schedule. I admittedly don't update my support files much (or really do anything on the cab these days). My machine is currently in a zombie state, half finished GameEx Arcade install on there. Like I said before, my life is crazy lately working weekends and late nights, and what little time I have I spend with Quinn. But I can knock this out in a few hours, so I'll take it on. I just can't promise to make it do everything you'll want right away (especially if Stigz doesn't seem to be down with picking up the torch on it, which I totally understand. I wouldn't want to take onHeadkaze's either because I'm sure it's above me). You'll get the things on my list though for sure. And then you'll have to invite me over for a few games of The Adams Family and Street Fighter II Pinball. [emoji117] [emoji108]

I think we should move it, might be other suggestions and could benefit from the visibility.

It's too bad I don't have a pincab. I have all kinds of ideas for plugins. Gonna have to rely on the community for testing.

It should be up to the user I think. I think we can get where you want kind of the same wayGameEx does (No casino, no porn please, only working, no clones, etc). All this is in the support files except only working and no clones, which are in the XML. If I were gonna run with this, I'd probably want to hit the following goals right away: • File picker for MAME.EXE, history.dat, and catlist.ini (possibly a download option and could host these files on my site, likely a drag and drop option for these as well so you don't have to browse to the files manually ) • A path option for your MAME romset • Filter selections via checkboxes with a "filter" and "do not filter" textbox • A place to add the path you want to drop the finished PBX file into • An option to download complete XMLs from DracLabs without doing the grunt work yourself if you wanted to be lazy that is give one of you access to upload to • Profit $$$

For the orientation, you can use the values in the main file to determine whether or not the width and height makes it fit into one of those categories. That would take some additional code but it can be done easily also.

I already have code that manages all the support files. I can parse those rather easily, no additional programming needed. I just need to import the class that I wrote. That would include catlist for genres and history.dat also.

^this. Really it's more about not having a ton of time to work on it, but I can get it off the ground enough that it should be easy enough for you to run with it if I give you the keys. Maybe it'll be good enough. Depends on my availability.

Well that first block of code I put in my example runs MAME.EXE and generates the xml file from the executable. I envisioned a spot in the UI where a user can point to MAME and the path gets passed in. I can probably knock something up. The piece about orientation requires a helper block to do some math I didn't include here. There's more to it for sure, but it really shouldn't be that difficult to produce a working POC. I can probably hand the code off after that so you guys can tweak it. If you want it to only include roms the user has, I can pull a directory listing in as an array and parse against it in the select case. No big deal.