2 player games (at same time)

[SOAPboy]

thanks for the suggestions.

[the3eyedblindman]

I dont think metal slug is that great either, its the sound that makes it good. If it didnt have the cool noises, screams, gunfire, it would just be another average game.

Dude don't get me started on Moonwalker

[MiKman]

Hmm I tried sort info. but I think it hasn't been updated to handle the xml output or something yet. I tried importing a list generated from the listxml and the listinfo command and just got gobldy gook :-/ I guess I need an older version of mame to import a list into sortinfo...

It works fine.

[MiKman]

thanks for the suggestions.

[Silver]

mame -listxml | xml2info > listinfo.txt

hmm using the pipe "|" is a unix command and will not work under windows/dos, and where can I find the program xml2info... Do you have an equivalent windows/dos command that will work?

That command works just fine at a command prompt in windows.

[elvis]

hmm using the pipe "|" is a unix command and will not work under windows/dos, and where can I find the program xml2info... Do you have an equivalent windows/dos command that will work?

edited for spelling :-)

What the???

Pipe works just fine in DOS6, Win98 (DOS7), FreeDOS, and true Win32 (win2k/xp).

How about you try it out before telling me I'm wrong.  I do this sort of command-line stuff for a living, you know.    Not only that, but I tested the above steps on a WinXP box before hitting "post" to make sure I wasn't giving you dud info.  Did you test them yourself?  Doesn't sound like it.

"xml2info.exe" is included in every standard mame release since the xml output was invented.  Open your eyes and have a look!

I do hope you're pulling my leg... 

[MiKman]

hmm strange xml2info isn't in my mame32 release, I can't say that I have ever seen it... I guess I'll go looking for it.

[wakerlet]

We have a MAME machine at our office and, I kid you not, HAT TRICK gets something like 95% of the playing time.

[elvis]

hmm strange xml2info isn't in my mame32 release, I can't say that I have ever seen it... I guess I'll go looking for it.  I did try it and it failed on that command, I wasn't just guessing that it wouldn't work really I wasn't :-) lol ( The pipe was a guess tho )

Grab the official MAME release  (as opposed to MAME32).  It's definitely in there.

http://www.mame.net/downmain.html

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       28  01-01-98 19:28   roms/dir.txt
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[SNAAKE]

Cadillacs and dinosaurs(TRY IT)
Captain comando
Warrior of fate
Alien vs predetor
Violent storm
64 st
Hook
Sunset riders
Dungeon of dragon
Knight of rounds
Final fight
Forgotten world
Sengoku(1-2-3)
Un squrdon
Carrier air wings
Saturday night slammasters

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