Mame
- List of available games (rom you own) or list of all the supported games, more than 8000 !! with the ability to download the rom (if available) on the net.
- Transparent screenshots download for all the games hosted on progettoemma.net
- Parse of history.dat files to show super accurate game informations
- It's the fastest M.A.M.E. frontend I know about :)
To use the mame module you must have a recent mame version (tested on sdlmame 0.151, but should work with different version as well). For the module to work the mame executable must be in your PATH, if not just create a link.
This frontend will query mame to know where to find your roms files, so you don't have to configure your rom path in epymc. If you don't know where to put your roms just run mame -showconfig and search for "rompath".
NOTE: at least one folder in rompath must be writable to enable the game download feature.
This is the folder where the games image are stored and searched, it is also taken directly from mame.
To have a better catalog you need to provide an history file and a catver one, the first contain super-detailed information for each game, while the latter allow to browse game by categories.
history.dat:
This is a file that isn't shipped with mame, you must download it yourself from arcade-history.com. The standard location is ~/.mame/history.dat but you can adjust this path from epymc.conf
Catver.ini:
This is a file that isn't shipped with mame, you must download it yourself from the net, there are various version available, in different languages and with different categories...just choose the one you prefer.
The standard location is ~/.mame/Catver.ini but you can adjust this path from epymc.conf
