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jkonami:
Here's mine, still a WIP:

Classics - Games everyone expects - Pacman, Galaga, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Berzerk, Burgertime, etc.
Classics 2 - Sequels to classic games like Galaga 88, Gaplus, Donkey Kong 3, Frenzy, Stargate (to keep original classics very condensed)
Shooters (Shmups)
Beat em Ups (Just 2P ones)
Run & Gun (Metal Slug et al)
Capcom Vs Fighters
SNK Vs Fighters
Other Vs Fighters (Mortal Kombat, Galaxy Fight)
Puzzle
Pinball (I love video pinball games)
Sports
Driving
3 Player games
4 Player games (no matter what genre, so you can quickly find a game that supports 3 or 4 people)
Twin Stick games
Action & Adventure - I am least in love with this one but it's my generic catch all for games that don't fit everywhere else.  Cadash is one of my top favorite arcade games and I had to put it here, because I refuse to make an action RPG genre or similar.

I know it's a lot, I'm always open to suggestions.

I'm also trying to pare mine down to a few hundred games, just my favorites - but I have a lot of faves.  I remember what a chore it was sifting through mame unfiltered though.  I will of course add all of my faves and new ones as I discover them, and I also put my friends and families favorite games in there.  My sister liked Legend of Kage when we were kids, so I put that in there, likewise Sol Divide for a buddy of mine.  I don't really care for either game much but I love sharing the nostalgia.

The 3/4 player ones are the biggies though, it's for a 4 player cab.  There's a surprising amount of 4 player games, more than you'd think.

paigeoliver:
I have found if you have SF 2 Champion Edition and MK 1 or 2 installed then you basically have that entire genre covered. Once you get away from those the chances that you will have more than one guest who knows how to play the game in question quickly drops towards zero. Even if you do manage to come up with 2 guests who know how to play Samurai Shodown 2 (not knocking it, I own a dedicated one) it still won't end up getting played because the other 10 guests will still want MK or SF II.

jkonami:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on December 20, 2012, 01:17:11 am ---I have found if you have SF 2 Champion Edition and MK 1 or 2 installed then you basically have that entire genre covered. Once you get away from those the chances that you will have more than one guest who knows how to play the game in question quickly drops towards zero. Even if you do manage to come up with 2 guests who know how to play Samurai Shodown 2 (not knocking it, I own a dedicated one) it still won't end up getting played because the other 10 guests will still want MK or SF II.

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Fighting games aren't even my favorite genre, but I like a comprehensive list because I get bored playing SF2 and MK.  I am considering condensing them into one list but I feel like it will have too many games in one category.

I don't mind having a lot of games so long as I can find them - I think the trouble comes from sorting through clones, mahjong, slots, broken titles... once you clear away that it's not really so bad.  And the nice thing about including all Capcom and SNK fighting games is that they all play the same, basically.  If you know Street Fighter, you can play Marvel Super Heroes.  Or Darkstalkers.  You just get a bunch of new characters to play with.  If you know King of Fighters, you know Fatal Fury, or Last Blade.

I'm not overly concerned with overwhelming guests, I'll be there 99% of the time to make suggestions and I'll probably be playing too.  The cab is mostly for me. :)

wp34:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on December 19, 2012, 10:35:32 pm ---Commando is alternating play.

A list of 2 player simultaneous games would be ridiculous huge. Klov lists 1400 of them and that doesn't count the 3 or 4 player titles.


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You are correct.  I was thinking of the sequel Mercs which is 3-player simultaneous. 

DeLuSioNal29:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on December 19, 2012, 11:28:55 pm ---A small handpicked list has so much more to offer than any way of sorting the thousands of available mame titles or tens of thousands of emulated console titles.

When you hand pick your list then you can specially map the controls for EVERY GAME ON THE LIST.

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My first MAME cab had EVERY working game listed.  Which was very overwhelming for guests (and sometimes for me when they chose a game I was not familiar with and I needed to remap the controls).  But on future builds, I would hand pick a list of games and configure them one by one ahead of time.  If the rare occasion came that someone wanted to play a game not listed, I simply added it on the fly to the list.   :applaud:

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