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severdhed:

cool.  well if the pc is set up already...what version of windows is on it?  is it already configured to run mame?   there is a great article in the wiki for hiding windows.  you can set MAME.exe as the windows shell.

however, have you considered adding other games as well?  there are several other games that could be played using only the 4way joystick. (like ms pacman). 

thats what i did with my Donkey Kong cabinet.  i wanted to keep the cabinet as original as possible, but there are 30 or so games that can be played with a 4way stick and 1 button, so i added all of those as well, which then requires a front end.



Turnarcades:

+1 for this suggestion. If it's gonna be PC-based, you may as well keep the choice there purely for a bit of variety - you may not want to play that game one day and your interest may fade. If you're only going to be using arcade games and no other platforms, most front-ends come pre-cconfigured so there's not much effort into creating a nice menu and adding a few more games....

WBHarrison88:

I'm running winXP. I have already changed splash screen and hid most of windows. I was just wondering how to get it to where when mame starts up to go ahead and start the game, without having to select anything. I think i might put more classic 4-way games on there just incase, nice suggestion.

JODY:

Basically you can run Mame with command line options.  Setup a script to execute the command to run the Mame executable passing in the command line options to load the particular game you want.  Add the script to the Windows Startup folder and it will execute at machine boot time. Get a version of Mame without a front end and look at the command line options for details.  Sorry, don't have time right now to get the details.

WBHarrison88:


--- Quote from: JODY on April 28, 2010, 11:27:48 pm ---Basically you can run Mame with command line options.  Setup a script to execute the command to run the Mame executable passing in the command line options to load the particular game you want.  Add the script to the Windows Startup folder and it will execute at machine boot time. Get a version of Mame without a front end and look at the command line options for details.  Sorry, don't have time right now to get the details.

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Great idea i didn't even think of that. I Can just write a simple batch file and get mame to start up that certain game. Cheers

Thanks guys for all the help :)

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