MAME4iOS available via Gridlee game

[RayB]

An old arcade game Gridlee has been released to the Apple Appstore. Thing is, it's actually an emulated arcade game. Add ROM zips to the ROMS directory on your iDevice and the app works as regular MAME4IOS with a menu and everything. No jailbreak is required to do this. Grab the game now before it gets pulled.

[Donkey_Kong]

Got it, thanks!


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[wp34]

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I see what you did there.


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[Donkey_Kong]

Donkey see donkey do. Yea, I totally stole the idear from number 34.


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[hyiu]

can you explain in more detail how to add ROM zips ?
interested in knowing how to play some old games with mame without JBing my phone.
thx.

[Typefighter01]

Took me exactly 3 minutes to get it running....

                                                        How to install roms into Gridlee

Step 1: First you need a program capable of transfering files from your computer to you Iphone/Ipad. I used iFunBox, an app for Mac and PC. Just Google it, its free.

Step 2: Connect your device and open iFunBox from your applications folder (Mac). Once open, you should see your device listed in top right corner under → Connected Devices → [your device], then from the left hand column, follow the drop down tree until you reach the roms folder→ User Applications → Gridlee → Documents → roms. In this folder you should see gridlee.zip already installed.

Step 3: From the roms folder, you can just drag your collection of zipped roms over to your device.

Step 4: Once you’ve dragged more zipped files into Gridlee’s ROM folder, close iFunbox and disconnect your device and open Gridlee. Instead of automatically opening Gridlee’s rom, you’ll see the standard MAME4iOS Reloaded selection screen. Choose the game you want to load.

Out of the 6 roms I transferred over, only 3 worked and 1 of the 3 (Gyruss) was unplayable (laggy). This is just a problem of my MAME ROM version (I think mine are version .106 and MAME4iOS uses v1.3 0.139u1). Anyway, enjoy...I don't think anything listed here is legally questionable  (you of course need to own the ROMs), but if there is, mods please delete.

[hyiu]

thank you very much for the explanation.   

[Thenasty]

thanks


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[Furry131]

Got it to work.  Love it!!! Now I can play tnmt any time. Lol

[Donkey_Kong]

Took me exactly 3 minutes to get it running....

                                                        How to install roms into Gridlee

Step 1: First you need a program capable of transfering files from your computer to you Iphone/Ipad. I used iFunBox, an app for Mac and PC. Just Google it, its free.

Step 2: Connect your device and open iFunBox from your applications folder (Mac). Once open, you should see your device listed in top right corner under → Connected Devices → [your device], then from the left hand column, follow the drop down tree until you reach the roms folder→ User Applications → Gridlee → Documents → roms. In this folder you should see gridlee.zip already installed.

Step 3: From the roms folder, you can just drag your collection of zipped roms over to your device.

Step 4: Once you’ve dragged more zipped files into Gridlee’s ROM folder, close iFunbox and disconnect your device and open Gridlee. Instead of automatically opening Gridlee’s rom, you’ll see the standard MAME4iOS Reloaded selection screen. Choose the game you want to load.

Out of the 6 roms I transferred over, only 3 worked and 1 of the 3 (Gyruss) was unplayable (laggy). This is just a problem of my MAME ROM version (I think mine are version .106 and MAME4iOS uses v1.3 0.139u1). Anyway, enjoy...I don't think anything listed here is legally questionable  (you of course need to own the ROMs), but if there is, mods please delete.

Thanks man! Would not have figured that one out without you.


How about some favorite iphone build links...anyone? I will do some searching, but thought it might be good conversation here.

[Donkey_Kong]

It looks like only a couple people have built a micro iphone cab. I thought there would have been more.


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[gamepimp]

Can anyone confirm if external game controllers like iControlPad work w/ MAME4iOS?

[Donkey_Kong]

I wish that would attach to your phone in portrait mode as well as landscape.

[Donkey_Kong]

Anyone know how to hide the virtual controls in either portrait or landscape modes? 

[mameshane]

Anyone know how to hide the virtual controls in either portrait or landscape modes?

they disappear if I connect my 8bitty icade controller..