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Start games up in "FREE PLAY" mode instead of installing coin buttons?
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miles2912:

--- Quote from: MartyNg on November 12, 2006, 01:31:10 pm ---I'm brainstorming for a new control panel, and I was wondering if anyone knows a way to start all MAME games in "Free Play" mode instead of needing to bother with extra buttons, or with a "Shift function". This might be easier for guests if possible. Thanks.

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Speaking from experience your guests will learn where the coin button is real quick.  Trust me on this  :)


D-
SirPeale:

--- Quote from: MinerAl on November 13, 2006, 02:22:41 pm ---Lots of games won't do their attract mode/screen saver when set on free play.



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Luckily most home users won't be affected by this as either you won't stay one one game too long, or you'll shut the machine off when you're done.
NOP:
I'll have to chime in here too-I tried to set my machine up for a public show once, and tried to set all of the games my machine supports (120) to free play.  I'd say less than 1/3 of them had the dipswitches to do it, and there *always* seems to be at least 1 "gotta have" game that doesn't support it.

I even went so far as to try to auto-load cheat codes to drop quarters in for me at ROM bootup, but even then, some games only take 9 credits at a time, which would run out in a hurry during a party.  It was a disaster.

After futzing with it for a couple evenings, I gave up and installed a button near the coin door.
Luckily for me, some previous owner of my cabinet had installed a lock bar over the coin door, so I already had a button sized hole to use. ;D

-jeff!
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