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Title: Making my Arcade Machine boot to a specific game
Post by: LCDSCREEN on June 28, 2008, 05:43:21 pm

Hey there. So, I have my computer in my Mame cabinet set up so that it pretty much boots right into my Front End, and I have a few classic games in there, but what I cwant to do is hange it so that instead of going to the Front End, it will just boot right into Street Fighter II. Is there any way to do this?

Title: Re: Making my Arcade Machine boot to a specific game
Post by: KDOG on June 28, 2008, 06:01:58 pm

What type of OS do you run. Windows, Dos, ect...?

Title: Re: Making my Arcade Machine boot to a specific game
Post by: youki on June 28, 2008, 06:04:57 pm

What Front End do you use?

If you use Atomic there is an option for that.

But if you don't use it, i guess you can do that doing a bat file like.  (supposing your mame is in c:\mame)

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c:
cd \
cd mame
call mame c:\mame\pacman.zip
cd \
cd yourFrontEndFolder
yourFrontEnd.Exethen you put it in the startup folder of Windows.

Title: Re: Making my Arcade Machine boot to a specific game
Post by: LCDSCREEN on June 28, 2008, 06:35:08 pm

Im using Windows XP with Atomic FE. ;D

Oh, and is there any way to get rid of that thing when the game starts up... You know, were you wiggle the control stick left and right, then hit enter? if it could just go straight to the game, that would be preferable.

Title: Re: Making my Arcade Machine boot to a specific game
Post by: youki on June 28, 2008, 06:55:37 pm

So if you run only one Config with mame. (and not a Plug'n play module)

Open your CFG file with AtomicManager.

Check "Advanced options" checkbox
go on "option" tab
go on option3 subtab

Here there a run game at start up option.  check it and choose RandomGame or give a game name.

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Oh, and is there any way to get rid of that thing when the game starts up... You know, were you wiggle the control stick left and right, then hit enter? if it could just go straight to the game, that would be preferable.

What version of mame are you using?

Title: Re: Making my Arcade Machine boot to a specific game
Post by: LCDSCREEN on June 28, 2008, 07:09:22 pm

Okay, I havent really done much with the computer recently, so I'm not entirely sure, but im using Mamep apparently (I think thats Mame Plus!)
And it says File Version 0.120.0.0

Anyway, I'm going to re-install Windows XP cause the computers been goofing up, so if theres a better version of Mame to use, let me know. ;D

Title: Re: Making my Arcade Machine boot to a specific game
Post by: youki on June 28, 2008, 07:26:49 pm

To gide ride of disclaimer with that version of mame, you have to compile your own mame and remove the code.

Or find one version already without disclaimer.

Title: Re: Making my Arcade Machine boot to a specific game
Post by: LCDSCREEN on June 28, 2008, 07:29:03 pm

Hm. Do you know any without a disclaimer? :P
Anyway, the computer wont read the disc, so I guess Ill just leave it like it is. Anyway, thanks alot for the help! :D