More features for "Adults" please...

[Marker0077]

I have only played a couple of the adult games in MAME but from what I did play, it wasn't anything I would really label as "adult"; Provocative perhaps, but not adult, meaning no nudity. Regardless of whether or not there are "adult" games for MAME, it would be nice to see an "Adults Only" section in GameEx specifically for games such as "Custar's Revenge", an Atari 2600 game where you are Col. Custar, naked, with an indian woman on the other side of the screen & the object of the game is to avoid arrows & have sex with the indian woman.

Personally, I found the game halarious & I'd like my friends to get a laugh out of it when they come over, however, I don't want any of the kids to be able to have access to it. Currently I have the adult ROMs moved into a different folder so it's not in the game list but I was thinking that it would be nice if we had the availability of an "Adults Only" section where in order to gain access to it, you would need a numbered passcode. The passcode could be entered via MC remote, joystick, or keyboard (for joystick a number pad appears & you enter it in that way).

I was thinking that each ROM path should have a "XXX" sub-folder & any ROM's/.LNK's that the user would like to be in this "Adults Only" section can easily do so with this system. GameEx would know exactly what emulator to use (because of the parent path) & this would also give us the availability of doing this with PC games such as Leisure Suit Larry.

What do you guys think of this idea?

[Marker0077]

Another thing that would be useful is some sort of emulator option for URL's, like there is for PC games. Perhaps just associate any .url file with the GameEx browser.

[TimeBandit]

... I was thinking that it would be nice if we had the availability of an "Adults Only" section where in order to gain access to it, you would need a numbered passcode. The passcode could be entered via MC remote, joystick, or keyboard (for joystick a number pad appears & you enter it in that way)

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What do you guys think of this idea?

Not to be a nay sayer but to give you my 2 centsâ?¦

I know when I was a kid, the word XXX or â??Adult onlyâ? would like draw more curiosity than being a deterrent. Knowing how well kids today are learning how to use the computer and internet, it would probably be easy for them to "hack" the password. Heck, most kids that I know already know the passcodes to watch TV at their homes.

Another method would be to have some real â??hiddenâ? feature that is out of sight and out of mind. I just donâ??t have much creativity to think of any ideas ATM.

[Marker0077]

How about having it appear as it is now but you enter in some sort of code via the joystick (i.e. joy button 1 = num 1 for passcode, joystick button 2 = num 2 for passcode or just enter num code with keyboard (joystick is my personal pref)), then once the code appears, the menu option appears.

The only real goal I'm trying to accomplish here is having a way to access this type of stuff & not have to go break out the keyboard & mouse to do it, yet at the same time hiding it from the kiddies.

I guess I could see if 2 copies of GameEx can be run & the second copy is unrated. The second copy would only be accessable via another account. Logging off & entering a password via an MC remote is possible. I'll look into this.

[Marker0077]

This sorta works, you can have 2 copies of GameEx running (one being GameEx, the other GameExExEx) but the problem is the Media Center start page. The "My Games" option will point to whatever was used in the installer, giving the second account the option of going into the second copy (XXX) via "More Programs".

Something more proffessional would be nice, but this works. Basically I just move all the MAME XXX ROMs into a seperate folder, add that to the MAME ROM paths in the second copy, then for the 2600, I move all the adult ROMs to a seperate folder, then create an identical Atari 2600 emulator slot specifically for those ROMs only. The only difference between the 2 emulators is a few minor changes, so if something gets changed to the main one, it can be copied & modified pretty quick & easily.

[amos_82]

How about adding the adult stuff into a theme.ini.

You could pick an inconspicuos theme, one which the kids probably wont want to use, either put them off by the theme name or use a false snap, and use the following lines in the theme.ini.

NoAdult=False

ShowAdult=True

NoMahjong=False

ExcludedMAMERoms=

VideoPath=C:\Videos

Paths=C:\Pictures

LaunchOnExit=

LaunchOnExitNoWait=

The last two lines could be used as a safety measure to make sure gameex is returned to a child safe theme upon exit.. Edit the ExcludedMAMERoms= to only include games which you dont like or dont work.

Also for any emulator with an adult game you wish to play add this:

[Emulator_10]

ExcludedFiles=

the number corresponds to the emulator, leaving the excluded line blank includes all games. For a list of excluded games check your gameex.ini

The advantages of this method:

- You are only running one copy of gameex, so changes to the config dont have to be applied to gameexxx aswell as gameex.

- There are no direct links to the adult gameex from mce.

OR........

You could add GameeXXX to the more programs section of mce disguised as something boring like Microsoft Word, an Antivirus or mamewah (just kidding )

[Phantom]

I'm no programer by any means, but I like the idea of a Joystick combonation to access a hidden menu.

Awhie ago I made a DVD for a movie I made. The DVD menu system was pretty in depth. I wanted to add an easter egg to the DVD so what I did was added a hidden menu, that could only be accessed when you highlighted a certain button and then did the UP UP DWN DWN LFT RIGHT LFT RIGHT code.

The way I can see it in Game Ex is to make the code work from the first item on the main pages list. Since when your at the top of the list you can go any higher and it won't loop down to the last item, you can there fore put 8 invisible buttons on top of the list in the codes sequence.

Its sooo clear in my head but Its hard to explain. But I really think it would work perfect (as long as you could hide the hidden menu button from mouse activation or put it way off screen or something. You don't need a visual to know your on the button if you just know the code)

I too would love to see this feature, I just wish I knew how to program..... Maybe I'll try edit a theme this week end.

Sorry for the confusing post... Just finished a 12 shift :S

[Marker0077]

@Amos: The only thing I don't like about that is the kids will still have access to mature material. With the way I am doing it, they are denied outright in & out of GameEx. I hide the adult ROM folders & I change the security tab for them so it doesn't work on the Visitor account (like guest but it doesn't allow anonymous users to login to the PC) & the GXXX shortcut isn't in the "More Programs" for Visitor, however it is for all other accounts. This is a bit of a pain to set up, but since the password for the Adult Visitor account is all numbers, it can be accessed via the MC remote.

I'd still like to see this feature added in GameEx though, especially if we could have a new field in the emulators configuration that only allows the emulator to be shown if Adult mode is enabled; Or a path for where Adult ROMs are located would be better IMO. This can be used for any emulator, including PC games. An option to disable Adult mode would be useful as well.

@Phantom: I like the idea of using directions as opposed to buttons/numbers specifically because no matter what type of controls you are using (keyboard, joystick, MC remote, arcade cabinet) you will have the 4 directions on them. The downfall to this is you are limiting your code down from 10 different character codes to just 4 but still, if you have a 6 button code, that's 4096 possible codes & if it's an 8 button code that's 65,536 possible codes. That will definitely do the trick.

[NIVO]

well the code idea works and it shouldnt be a problem to implement i wouldnt think. As far as input characters you can use not only numbrs but use the alphabet as well. Nothing fancy here, no capitals, no !@#$% kind of symbols, just 0-9 a-z. This allows an enormous amount of possible codes. Also make a theme is a great idea, but simply call it "ADMIN Central" or something, to throw off the kids. "Hey dad whats this admin thingy?" your reply --> "Its my setup and other stuff, passworded so no one screws up the controls and settings". You simply make it a 10 keycode pass, much like 64-bit encryption on your router. The passcode would look something like the little windows on NBA Jam where you enter your intials or something, so even THAT is still very much arcade-like. Just my nickels worth, good ideas fellas :thumbsup:

[Marker0077]

As far as input characters you can use not only numbrs but use the alphabet as well. Nothing fancy here, no capitals, no !@#$% kind of symbols, just 0-9 a-z.

How would you enter alphabet codes with a MC remote or joystick? I suppose you could just make alphabetical characters an option & not mandatory, but the thing I'd like to focus on the most is the directional keys because it's on every form of controller, whether it's a joystick, a media center remote, a keyboard - woteva, it's there, that's why I like the directional keys.

Also make a theme is a great idea, but simply call it "ADMIN Central" or something, to throw off the kids. "Hey dad whats this admin thingy?" your reply --> "Its my setup and other stuff, passworded so no one screws up the controls and settings".

Well, it should probably just be something you can manually name in "Text/Language", this way everybody's happy (well, temporarily not the coder I suppose).

[NIVO]

as far as entering the code, its as simple as entering it like you would your initials when you get a hiscore ingame, up down, scrolls through, left right moves on to the next input, same if you could map your MCE remote(i dont have MCE so this is a guess).

as far as naming, it was simply just an example, nothing more. That would of course be determined by the individual(s).

[Marker0077]

http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?sh...amp;#entry10961

Since most of us seem to agree that this is a good idea, I decided to add this to the feature requests thread.

as far as entering the code, its as simple as entering it like you would your initials when you get a hiscore ingame, up down, scrolls through, left right moves on to the next input, same if you could map your MCE remote(i dont have MCE so this is a guess).

MCE remotes have the up/down/right/left & numbered keys on the remote, those would be the only keys relevant to entering the code.

As far as the initial system goes, I like the idea of keeping this in a gaming theme but the only problem with it I see is as soon as the initials are entered, everyone can see it. It's like entering a password without the *'s on each character being entered. It's like showing everyone your password pretty much.

Controllers do not have numbered keys like the MC remote does, that's why I was emphesizing on the arrow keys, it's something every control system has, aside from a driving wheel.