I'm going to give the lay file you shared a shot by just placing it in my "artwork" folder. If that works I'm calling it. This is the last piece of software tinkering I want to do for now.
I figured that would be the easiest path for you -- replace the LAY file and generate a fresh mame.ini.
Ideally I'd update to .229 and call it a day BUT I also think the mamdevs changed the name of the exe from mame64.exe to just mame.exe.
Renaming the 0.229 executable from mame.exe to mame64.exe
should work fine.
If you want to easily confirm that:
1. Rename your current 0.217 mame64.exe to mame64_bak.exe.
2. Unzip the 0.229 executable to your mame folder.
3. Rename the 0.229 mame.exe to mame64.exe.
If it doesn't work properly, delete the 0.229 mame64.exe and rename the 0.217 from mame64_bak.exe to mame64.exe.
If it does work properly, any .ini files that have artwork options listed will need to be re-done
or if the artwork options aren't needed for that .ini, just delete those lines.
- This is why for any .ini except mame.ini, it's a good practice to include only the sections/variables you need to change with that .ini.
the backdrop was a blue overlay over a cardboard and mirror thing.
Yes.
The Asteroids Deluxe cabinet has a black and white vector monitor facing up and tilted toward the back of the cabinet.
Just above the monitor there is a cardboard bezel with a blue acetate window.
Above that and mounted at about a 45 degree angle, there is a half-silvered mirror that reflects the monitor display.
- Behind the half-silvered mirror you can see a cardboard background with asteroids, a ship, and an explosion.
- The reflection makes the monitor display appear to float in midair between you and the background.
Anyone interested in seeing how these parts were positioned in the cab, see page 28 of the manual
here.
Scott