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Title: native resolution list for all mame games?
Post by: Crayola on August 25, 2010, 12:40:21 am

I am looking to build a CGA only mame cabinet. I want to figure out what games I
can play without switching resolutions (arcade monitor).

Thanks,
Mike

Title: Re: native resolution list for all mame games?
Post by: NOP on August 26, 2010, 09:42:04 am

it's not ideal, but romlister can help with some of that.
I assume your monitor can do 640x480, so you're looking for all games at or below that resolution?

here's how I did it with my arcade monitor machine:
generate a full list of all roms (or make a list based off your available controls)  and then output the list as a CSV and include the video width and height in your output.  bring the list into a spreadsheet and sort it on width and height and you can chop off the list when the resolution gets higher than your native.

doing this was kind of cool, as I found (I have a vertical cocktail machine) that some horizontal games from the early days were still less than 480, so they played just fine vertically in their native size.

Title: Re: native resolution list for all mame games?
Post by: bkenobi on August 26, 2010, 11:51:00 am

Just let MAME scale things and move on.  Why complicate/limit things because they won't display "perfect".  If you have another cab that can play those other games anyway, that's a different story.   :cheers:

Title: Re: native resolution list for all mame games?
Post by: PedroSilva on August 26, 2010, 12:50:50 pm

Hi,

You can get that list easily:

mame -listxml generates a xml file with all the info regarding all the games emulated.

Open the xml with an editor (ex xmlspy) and find the display tag. Theres all the info you require there. Select it and copy to excel.

Regards,

Title: Re: native resolution list for all mame games?
Post by: Epyx on August 26, 2010, 01:01:40 pm

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Why complicate/limit things because they won't display "perfect".

I believe he wants them at their native resolution. Pixel to pixel as opposed to scaled.  This is how I would be wanting them via a CGA monitor as well.  Black Tiger stretched/scaled? Not if I have a choice! ;)

Title: Re: native resolution list for all mame games?
Post by: bkenobi on August 26, 2010, 06:15:08 pm

Black Tiger stretched/scaled vs no Black Tiger at all?

Title: Re: native resolution list for all mame games?
Post by: Crayola on August 27, 2010, 01:28:47 pm

Quote from: Epyx on August 26, 2010, 01:01:40 pm

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Why complicate/limit things because they won't display "perfect".

I believe he wants them at their native resolution. Pixel to pixel as opposed to scaled.  This is how I would be wanting them via a CGA monitor as well.  Black Tiger stretched/scaled? Not if I have a choice! ;)

Thats the point.. my main interest is games from the early 80's. 90's and beyond dont interest me.
The monitor is CGA so 15 hz at 240x whatever.. ega and vga games arent going to work.

Mike