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Dizzle:
I doubt any front end is going to allow you to flip between player 1 and 2 while in the game.  That would be an emulator function.  I would do what calitomans suggested and check the dipswitches in the option menu (tab) while the actual game is running.

u_rebelscum:

--- Quote from: calitomans on October 23, 2007, 11:14:28 pm ---While Mame32 is open...Right click on the game(pacman), properties, 'screen' tab, under view-choose cocktail...

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Okay, understood.  Didn't know mame32 had this feature. :dunno



--- Quote ---I am more than willing to choose a different FE. Is there one that allows the in-game screen flipping between 1/2?
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Nope.  To repeat myself, it's done in the game (see changed to bold text on how to do it):


--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on October 23, 2007, 02:20:04 pm ---Mame and Mame32 won't flip p1/p2 unless the original game did it the arcades.    Most games that flipped had a dipswitch between upright & cocktail.  To get to these dipswitches, start the game, press tab, go to dipswitches, and look for an upright/cocktail dipswitch.  (But as Dizzle said, some games do not have cocktail mode emulated yet even if they have the dipswitch.)
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IIRC, there were variations of mame that recompiled mame so the cocktail dipswitches were changed to default to cocktail instead of the normal default, but I never used them.  Sorry.

If you can't find the variant (or it's out of date), other methods include:
- Start all the cocktail games, hand change the dipswitches to cocktail,
- Edit the source so the dipswitches default to cocktail, and
- Find all the games games cocktail dipswitches and the needed stats, and make cfg/cfg files that change the dipswitch settings.

All three are "easy" but highly repetitive.  If looking at the source in scr/emu/drivers (for #2 & 3) and the cfg files (for #3) doesn't ring a bell on what to do, I advise doing the first.  If you try either the later, I'll help with basics on how mame works, but you'll have to do the real work.

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