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cadis12:

I have an idea for a simple game that would go along with the theme of my arcade cabinet.  Has anyone ever pursued having a MAME game built?  Do they make any programs to create a game?  Are there people for hire to create a game?   :dunno

I just thought it would be cool to have a personalized game that went along with my theme.

knave:

I am not a programer...so I don't know what is involved with the code to write a rom.

But it almost seemd you could have someone design a game in any language that is set up to use arcade style controls and build a cab around. That's much easier than to write a rom that will then be emulated by mame.  The emulation is just an unnesesary step at that point...just run it on the computer.

my 2¢

cadis12:

Yeah, I hear ya.  I just thought it would be cool to select the game from the list of other games without having to exit mame and lunch a different program.  That would be an easier solution though.  Your right. 
I just wanted a cheesy game created that would get a few chuckles out of freinds.  Nothing to in depth. 

unclet:

You might consider using a Mame frontend which supports starting PC games.  I believe most all of them have the ability now.  Your PC games will be listed just like a Mame gamelist so the user can scroll up/down and select one to play.   This is what I do with my PC Games on my cabinet.

ChadTower:


You wouldn't write a "MAME game".  MAME emulates circuit boards that run ROM images.  You don't have the concept clear, I think.

What you would want to do is write a game that runs on whatever OS you use, and then call that game from the front end you're using, just as MAME is called from the front end.

Writing a ROM would mean writing a game to run on a processor that isn't even physically present... a really wasteful use of local computing resources.

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