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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: thehammer12 on October 17, 2014, 12:41:04 pm
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Has anyone here set up MAME on android? Is it possible to do this without using the app's MAME4DROID or MAME4ALL?
I tried running it on my phone last night, and most of the rom's I came across weren't working for those apps, so I wanted to try this on my tablet and my mini pc. I also want to use regular push buttons and joysticks.....not controllers which those apps use and or are compatible with. Any suggestions?
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Has anyone here set up MAME on android? Is it possible to do this without using the app's MAME4DROID or MAME4ALL?
I tried running it on my phone last night, and most of the rom's I came across weren't working for those apps, so I wanted to try this on my tablet and my mini pc. I also want to use regular push buttons and joysticks.....not controllers which those apps use and or are compatible with. Any suggestions?
I had a similar problem getting it to run
Bluetooth gamepad or keyboard.
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Has anyone here set up MAME on android? Is it possible to do this without using the app's MAME4DROID or MAME4ALL?
I tried running it on my phone last night, and most of the rom's I came across weren't working for those apps, so I wanted to try this on my tablet and my mini pc. I also want to use regular push buttons and joysticks.....not controllers which those apps use and or are compatible with. Any suggestions?
I had a similar problem getting it to run
Bluetooth gamepad or keyboard.
Did you try running MAME (non app version) on it?
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No just mame4droid
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I had to use set .38 with the droid apps not sure on a version that is not an app that works for droid
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mame4droid is .37b rom set.
mame4droid reloaded is .139 romset.
Retroarch android is .72 or .78 romsets.
I have dual core android stick (gamestick with custom rom) and it works just fine with all versions of mame with the right romset.
there isn't a very good front end for android yet & the mame4droid's don't support shortcut launching that I know of so you are stuck with their text based front end.
retroarch does work with the only front end I found for emulators called gamesome but navigating with gamepad sometimes doesn't work.
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forgive me ignorance at the moment but doesnt the rasberry pi run android. if so same steps should work with a lil tweaking on mini pc.
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I had to use set .38 with the droid apps not sure on a version that is not an app that works for droid
Hmmm, Ill give them both a try but was curious if anyone else tried this before me. Thanks though.
mame4droid is .37b rom set.
mame4droid reloaded is .139 romset.
Retroarch android is .72 or .78 romsets.
I have dual core android stick (gamestick with custom rom) and it works just fine with all versions of mame with the right romset.
there isn't a very good front end for android yet & the mame4droid's don't support shortcut launching that I know of so you are stuck with their text based front end.
retroarch does work with the only front end I found for emulators called gamesome but navigating with gamepad sometimes doesn't work.
I haven't tried retroarch or gamesome front end, when you say it sometimes doesn't work....what did you do restart the system to get it to work? was it more of a lag? Just curious.
forgive me ignorance at the moment but doesnt the rasberry pi run android. if so same steps should work with a lil tweaking on mini pc.
Interesting, I dont have a RP right now so I cant test it out. Maybe for the next project I can try it out, I will take a look at the process and see how others are tweaking it.
Thanks.
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forgive me ignorance at the moment but doesnt the rasberry pi run android. if so same steps should work with a lil tweaking on mini pc.
sorry rasberry pi uses linux. didnt do too much checking but i didnt see android listed.
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forgive me ignorance at the moment but doesnt the rasberry pi run android. if so same steps should work with a lil tweaking on mini pc.
sorry rasberry pi uses linux. didnt do too much checking but i didnt see android listed.
No worries bro, im gonna try and get MAME running on my mini pc and throw it in a full cab. I would like to get it with a decent front end but from what im hearing....probably not.
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I had to use set .38 with the droid apps not sure on a version that is not an app that works for droid
Hmmm, Ill give them both a try but was curious if anyone else tried this before me. Thanks though.
mame4droid is .37b rom set.
mame4droid reloaded is .139 romset.
Retroarch android is .72 or .78 romsets.
I have dual core android stick (gamestick with custom rom) and it works just fine with all versions of mame with the right romset.
there isn't a very good front end for android yet & the mame4droid's don't support shortcut launching that I know of so you are stuck with their text based front end.
retroarch does work with the only front end I found for emulators called gamesome but navigating with gamepad sometimes doesn't work.
I haven't tried retroarch or gamesome front end, when you say it sometimes doesn't work....what did you do restart the system to get it to work? was it more of a lag? Just curious.
forgive me ignorance at the moment but doesnt the rasberry pi run android. if so same steps should work with a lil tweaking on mini pc.
Interesting, I dont have a RP right now so I cant test it out. Maybe for the next project I can try it out, I will take a look at the process and see how others are tweaking it.
Thanks.
All the mame's work with a touch screen or mouse beautifully.
so does gamesome.
The problem is with the gamepad.
Gamesome sometimes doesn't recognize the joysticks being pressed on the gamepad so you cant pick a game.
Now, I can use a mini trackball to move the cursor around & select games to launch that way just fine though.
I keep hoping that Nostalgia frontend hits google play so we can use that on android.
It works well on ouya.
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All the mame's work with a touch screen or mouse beautifully.
so does gamesome.
The problem is with the gamepad.
Gamesome sometimes doesn't recognize the joysticks being pressed on the gamepad so you cant pick a game.
Now, I can use a mini trackball to move the cursor around & select games to launch that way just fine though.
I keep hoping that Nostalgia frontend hits google play so we can use that on android.
It works well on ouya.
Hmmm I tried using a wireless mouse and it didnt work, let me try it again and see what happens.
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I could not get a mouse to work on Mame4droid either. I cannot find a Bosconian Rom set that will work in Mame4droid.
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Update: I have had some progress with my Android pc using a generic usb controller, joystick got picked up. Now I have to wire up the push buttons and cross my fingers, still no front end though.