Playing game from screensaver in Mala

[kegger]

Hello all, I know this was touched on before but couldn't find it searching the forums.
I am using Mala and using emumovies vids as a screen saver. Is there a way to play that game right from the screen saver or another app I could use to do this?

Thanks

[I/O]

Not easily at least. In other Fes, running MAME as screensaver does this. Mala does not have this feature.

[kegger]

Ok Thanks, i couldn't remember 

[Fordman]

Not having this feature is one of the many reasons why I use MALA vs other FE's 

I cant stand to see the games go into preview mode, then you have to exit the game just to go to the main menu to reselect another game  .

 

Fordman

[Stormrider]

In my MaLa layout I have a screensaver which works like this: while in MaLa, after the preset time of inactivity, the screensaver runs and a random game from the list is launched. After some minutes (game running in attract mode), MAME quits and another random game is launched, and so on. An advantage, which you may find interesting, is that you can insert coin at any moment, so the screensaver is cancelled and you start playing the game. O course, you can also quit the running game.

http://www.alvarezeninternet.com/malalayout/

[tucker670]

Hello all, I know this was touched on before but couldn't find it searching the forums.
I am using Mala and using emumovies vids as a screen saver. Is there a way to play that game right from the screen saver or another app I could use to do this?

Thanks

I would like to be able to do this also because often I see the emumovie vid as screensaver that looks like an awesome game to try but it may not be so easy to tell what game it really is. Sometimes the vid does not show the name or it is in another language.