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Title: Is there a Front End that tracks the number of times a game is actually played?
Post by: JohnEDollar on September 17, 2011, 11:21:01 am

Hi BYOACers!

I'm asking if there is a front end out there, that actually keeps track of the number of times a game is played (coined up)?

I'm currently using MAMEUIFX32 0.138.  (For ROM testing & cleanup.)

If I launch Crusin' USA (for example), and coin it up and play 4 times, the "games played" column in the MAMEUI menu increments by 1.   :badmood:

Is there a front end you can recommend that accurately tracks the times a particular game is actually played, as opposed to launched?
(Can I get the desired result by using a scripting program, such as AutoHotKey?)

Just looking for a way to track the "most played" games on my future arcade cab.

All comments and input appreciated.

Thanks.

- John

Title: Re: Is there a Front End that tracks the number of times a game is actually played?
Post by: Hoopz on September 17, 2011, 12:24:28 pm

I know GameEx does but I'm not sure about any others.  I'd bet that some others do.

Title: Re: Is there a Front End that tracks the number of times a game is actually played?
Post by: JohnEDollar on September 19, 2011, 07:44:54 pm

Thanks, Hoopz.

I'll check out GameEX.

Are there any others?

- John

Title: Re: Is there a Front End that tracks the number of times a game is actually played?
Post by: Celsius on September 20, 2011, 12:14:13 am

mala does

Title: Re: Is there a Front End that tracks the number of times a game is actually played?
Post by: zorrobandito on September 20, 2011, 12:16:37 am

MAMEWah does but does not display the data directly. It uses it to generate "Must Played" and "Longest Played" lists.

Title: Re: Is there a Front End that tracks the number of times a game is actually played?
Post by: JohnEDollar on September 24, 2011, 02:58:00 pm

Thanks, guys.

I've heard good things about Mala.  (I'll have to add that one to the list.  ;D)

Any others?

Title: Re: Is there a Front End that tracks the number of times a game is actually played?
Post by: drventure on September 24, 2011, 04:44:21 pm

From what I can tell about Mala, it only tracks the number of times a game was "started" not actual plays of a game. Ie if you stay in the game and just add another credit and play again, Mala won't pick that up as "another game counted".

At least, That's what it seemed to do when I tried it out a bit ago.

I'm not sure how you'd know "games played" without some kind of hook into Mame itself.

Title: Re: Is there a Front End that tracks the number of times a game is actually played?
Post by: JohnEDollar on September 26, 2011, 05:12:05 pm

Quote from: drventure on September 24, 2011, 04:44:21 pm

From what I can tell about Mala, it only tracks the number of times a game was "started" not actual plays of a game. Ie if you stay in the game and just add another credit and play again, Mala won't pick that up as "another game counted".

At least, That's what it seemed to do when I tried it out a bit ago.

I'm not sure how you'd know "games played" without some kind of hook into Mame itself.

Thanks, drventure for your input.

I suspected there may not be a front end out there, to accurately track the number of games played.   :badmood:

In the meantime, I'll keep searching.  (Maybe I can write an app to handle this using Visual Basic, hmm.)

- John

Title: Re: Is there a Front End that tracks the number of times a game is actually played?
Post by: Cakemeister on September 26, 2011, 05:44:12 pm

Number of times launched is all that you're going to get. You would have to modify each emulator you used to collect the stats, and modify your frontend to sort using them.

I'm not saying that it can't be done, though.