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Title: software for identifing game categories
Post by: kiddk1 on August 07, 2006, 04:48:35 pm

is there a software out there that will break up my games into categories such as all pinball, fighting etc...
I am running gameex and it does a pretty good job but does not do all such as pinball.  thanks

Title: Re: software for identifing game categories
Post by: youki on August 08, 2006, 05:48:48 am

Give a try to AtomicFE.

I have a plug'n play module called mame_youki1    , it allows to choose your mame games by categorys. (and you have pinball).

You just need to 5 minutes to test. 

Go to my website :

-Download :  AtomicFE 0.17-2  (fullversion)
-Install it (touch nothing, configure nothing)
-Donwload the : mame_youki1  plug'n play module  (on the plug'n play page)
-Install the module
-Just copy your roms in the  <atomicfe>\plugnplay\mame_nuss\roms  folder.

-run Atomic.exe

That's all.


Press "Player1 Start" button or Enter Key to enter in a category or run a Game
Press "Player2 Start' button or Backspace  Key to exit a category

Mame version in the module is a 0.102 one. (but can be changed)

Title: Re: software for identifing game categories
Post by: kiddk1 on August 09, 2006, 04:44:19 pm

I have way too many roms to move to the <atomicfe>\plugnplay\mame_nuss\roms  folder, is there a way to tell atomic where to access them?

Title: Re: software for identifing game categories
Post by: horseboy on August 09, 2006, 06:23:12 pm

Quote from: kiddk1 on August 09, 2006, 04:44:19 pm

I have way too many roms to move to the <atomicfe>\plugnplay\mame_nuss\roms  folder, is there a way to tell atomic where to access them?

Too many roms to move? What are you using? Commodore 64? Atari 800?

Title: Re: software for identifing game categories
Post by: kiddk1 on August 09, 2006, 09:58:58 pm

Atari 2600

what I mean is that the roms would have to be moved then gameex would have to be reprogrammed,(okay call it lazy)  I did do a test on my second pc, I installed and put in about 40 pinball games but only 15 showed up under atomic. 

Title: Re: software for identifing game categories
Post by: youki on August 11, 2006, 10:21:22 am

There are not showed because they are not in the gamelist.   (what romset have you?)

You can add easly your missing pinball game in the gamelist.

Go in the folder :

plugnplay\mame_nuss\MultiConf_mame5

open with the notepad  :  Pinball.cfg.GAMELIST

And add your  missing roms. It will appear in Atomic then.

Title: Re: software for identifing game categories
Post by: youki on August 11, 2006, 10:25:30 am

I miss that one :

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is there a way to tell atomic where to access them

To modify the plugnplay module you use , you will have to change the ROM folder for each categories.

Open each .CFG files that are in the : plugnplay\mame_nuss\MultiConf_mame5  folder  with the notepad and change the line :

ROMDIR= .........    by your rom folder.


You can do that by opening the .CFG file using AtomicManager too.  But it will be faster with the notepad in that case i think.