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Title: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: jammadave on March 22, 2002, 12:31:25 pm

....I know ArcadeOS skips the nag screens, which is the jam quality to have...  

Does GameLauncher?  AdvanceMenu?  any other DOS frontend?

note: i like the above two, stylewise, better than AOS, but that one feature would make me choose AOS first if the others dont have it.

=0)
thanks!
dave

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: SirPoonga on March 22, 2002, 12:39:44 pm

You can recompile mame.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=main;action=display;num=1016757024

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: jammadave on March 22, 2002, 12:45:09 pm

i have heard this, but as software-savvy as i like to think i am, i couldn't tell you what compiling even is, let alone how to do it.  no programming knowhow here. =0)

so this means i could use any frontend and not have to deal with the screens, eh?

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: SirPoonga on March 22, 2002, 01:24:54 pm

Ok, I get that you may have no clue what programming is.

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: Thenasty on March 22, 2002, 01:56:31 pm

Other than those offered above, just wiggle the Joystick Left and Right (same thing as typing "OK") and off you go.

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: darkmanx on March 22, 2002, 02:00:25 pm

wow thats a rediculous amount of time to compile a program.

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: SirPoonga on March 22, 2002, 02:00:31 pm

Yeah, Like I said in the other thread, either push left then right, otherwise recompile:)

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: jammadave on March 22, 2002, 02:02:04 pm

oh, of course, about the left and right thing.  mainly i'm trying to make this thing as "dumb-friend-proof" as possible.  heh, i have big parties at my pad and just don't want to explain it to everybody =0)

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: )p( on March 22, 2002, 02:44:00 pm

You can use advance menu with Advance mame and skip the nag screens with just a few entrys in the cfg file from advance mame...

[script]
video = delay(300); repeat(3) { simulate_key(key_o,100); delay(100);
simulate_key(key_k,100); delay(100); }

Peter

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: jammadave on March 22, 2002, 02:46:35 pm

advanceMAME, is that a DOS version by chance?  i was once using advanceMenu with just regular DOS MAME...

but thanks for that option too!

Title: Re: DOS front ends that skip nag screens
Post by: )p( on March 22, 2002, 02:58:47 pm

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advanceMAME, is that a DOS version by chance?