Custom folders for mame

[majinbuu]

Hiya

I am currently running mame32 for my arcade fix, and I like the feature where you can create custom folders for your favorite games. I was wondering if anyone has made their own custom folder with their favorite games and are willing to share it. As you know, mame has thousands of games and I am looking for an easy way to find some good games without sorting through alot of the crap :)

Thanks
Sam

[SuperShark]

At one point in time I actually would serch the nets looking for arcade roms to play in MAME32 a lot.

I would pick a category/genera (like fighter.cap for example) and look for and DL roms for every game listed there. Then what I would do is figure which ones did and did not work. If they didnt work, I would delete the rom to free HDD space.

From all the games left the DID work I would make a custom 'favorites' folder that listed ONLY the games that I had good working roms for, reducing the clutter and junk that I would have to see of games I didnt have or games that didnt work.

Of course I also made some folders for my personal faves, like I got one that has JUST the original Puzzle Bobble so I can find one of my fave arcade puzzle games really quickly.

Creating your own custom folders is quite easy, it can just take a bit of time sometimes and be repetitive and boring. Again, with what I do for each category/genera, you can just COPY that list from another file used in mame32 (cant remember the name right now and dont have mame32 on this comp, should be easy to find though) that is the list of all games sorted by genera, then you find the genera you just worked on and copy the list into your faves list and just remove entries for game you dont have working roms for.

[majinbuu]

Thanks for the response.

I do know how to create custom folders, all I am looking for is if people have their own custom folders and are willing to share them. I got a few games in mine like Street Fighter Alpha 3, Tempest, Berzerk, Amidar, Puzzle Bobble and some shoot'em'ups. What I am looking for is to expand on my selection with a mix of old and new games.

Thanks
Sam :)

[Kid Ice]

Are you asking for a list of "good" MAME games (games that work well in MAME and are fun to play)?

The difficult part of making such a list is that a lot depends on your version of MAME, your computer, and especially your control panel.

I had a set up a few years ago that worked great for Spy Hunter...now with my current control set up it's pretty much unplayable. Currently I have a control panel with two joysticks which works great for Robotron...that's not an option for everyone.

[majinbuu]

I'm only using an 8 button joypad on a 1.6 Ghz Pentium M hooked up to my TV.

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

I too would love to see some other people's custom folders for MAME32. I always wanted to go through all the ROMs I have and separate out the best ones by genre, but man, that's a lot of ROMs. I'd need a couple weeks off work or something.

It seems like maybe not very many people use the custom folders feature or something.

As for recommendations, I'll just make one: Great 1000 Mile Rally (a.k.a Mille Miglia) and its sequel. Probably the best overhead racers ever, in my opinion, and they never got ported to any home system--probably because they were too advanced for the 16-bit systems, but maybe considered too old fashioned for the 32-bitters, which is really too bad, but that's the kind of stuff MAME is made for.


...word is bondage...

[Kid Ice]

I'm only using an 8 button joypad on a 1.6 Ghz Pentium M hooked up to my TV.

Here are the ones I currently am playing on my laptop (similar specs with a 4 button joypad):

Berzerk
POW
Kung Fu Master
Gigawing
Mario Brothers
R-Type

These are by no means the best games EVAR but they work well with this configuration, and are what I happen to be in the mood for at this time.

[majinbuu]

Great 1000 Mile Rally is a great game, wonder why i never noticed it in the first place.

[NeoInfinite]

Hiya

I am currently running mame32 for my arcade fix, and I like the feature where you can create custom folders for your favorite games. I was wondering if anyone has made their own custom folder with their favorite games and are willing to share it. As you know, mame has thousands of games and I am looking for an easy way to find some good games without sorting through alot of the crap :)

Thanks
Sam

Here :P
[Favorites]
1941
1942
1943
1943kai
1944
19xx
3wonders
actfancr
aerofgt
aerofgts
afighter
aliensyn
altbeast
amspdwy
androdun
angelkds
aof
aof2
aof3
ar_sprg
arkanoid
arknoid2
arkretrn
asteroid
astyanax
asurabld
asurabus
atetris
babypac
baddudes
badlands
batman
batmanfr
bgaregga
bjourney
blazstar
blitz99
breakers
breakrev
btime
btoads
bubblem
bublbob2
bublbobl
cabal
cameltry
captaven
captcomm
charlien
chinagat
chqflag
chukatai
circusc
citybomb
ckong
cninja
congo
contra
dbreed
dbz
dbz2
dbzvrvs
ddragon
ddragon2
ddragon3
ddsom
ddtod
ddux
digdug
digdug2
dino
dkong
dkong3
dkongjr
dondokod
dstlk
dynablst
dynduke
ecofghtr
elevator
elvactr
espgal
espgal2
eswat
explbrkr
f1gp
fantasia
fantsia2
fatfursp
fatfury1
fatfury2
fatfury3
feversos
ffight
ffight2b
ffreveng
fncywld
freeze
frogger
fstarfrc
futari15
futaribl
ga2
galaga
galaxian
galpani3
galpani4
galpanic
galpanis
galpans2
galpans3
galsnew
garou
gaxeduel
ghostb
ghouls
gijoe
gng
gpilots
gradius3
gradius4
gstream
gunforce
gunlock
gwar
hharry
homerun
hsf2
ibara
ibarablk
ikari
ikari3
insectx
jackal
joemacr
jojo
jojoba
joust
joust2
jrpacman
kangaroo
karnov
karnovr
kchamp
kf2k3pcb
kidniki
killbldp
kingofb
kinst
kinst2
kizuna
knights
kod
kof2000
kof2001
kof2002
kof2003
kof94
kof95
kof96
kof97
kof98
kof99
kov
kov2
kov2p
kovplus
kovsh
kungfum
ladykill
landbrk
lastblad
lastbld2
legend
lwings
macross
macross2
macrossp
magdrop2
magdrop3
mappy
mario
mazinger
megaman
megaman2
miexchng
mikie
mk
mk2
mk3
mk4
mmpork
moomesa
mp_gaxe2
mp_shnb3
mrdig
mrdo
mrdrillr
msh
mshvsf
mslug
mslug2
mslug3
mslug4
mslug5
mslugx
mspacman
msword
mushisam
mvsc
mwalk
nam1975
nbahangt
nbajam
nbajamex
nbajamte
neobombe
neodrift
nibbler
ninclown
ninjak
ninjakd2
ninjakun
nitd
nwarr
offroad
offroadt
opwolf
oscar
pacplus
paperboy
pbobbl2n
pbobble2
pbobble3
pbobble4
pbobblen
pipedrm
pitfall2
pitfight
pooyan
popeye
pow
prehisle
preisle2
progear
prtytime
pspikes
pspikes2
puckman
pulstar
punchout
punisher
pwrgoal
r2dx_v33
rabiolep
raccoon
raiden
raiden2
raidendx
rampage
rastan
raycris
raystorm
rbff1
rbff2
rbffspec
rdft
rdft2
recalh
redearth
renegade
rfjet
rmpgwt
roadf
robocop
robocop2
robotron
rocnrope
rohga
rotd
rsgun
rvschool
rygar
sabotenb
sailormn
samsh5sp
samsho
samsho2
samsho3
samsho4
samsho5
sb2003
scontra
sdodgeb
secretag
sectionz
sf
sf2
sf2ce
sf2hf
sfa
sfa2
sfa3
sfex
sfex2
sfex2p
sfexp
sfiii
sfiii2
sfiii3
sftm
sfz2al
sfzch
sgemf
shadowld
shadoww
shangkid
shdancer
shinobi
shocktr2
shocktro
silkworm
simpbowl
simpsons
sinistar
skykid
skykiddx
smashtv
snakepit
snowbro2
snowbro3
snowbros
solomon
sonicbom
sonicwi2
sonicwi3
sonson
sosterm
soulclbr
souledge
spdodgeb
speedspn
spelunk2
spelunkr
spf2t
spidman
spinmast
spnchout
spuzbobl
spyhunt
spyhunt2
ssf2
ssf2t
ssideki
ssideki2
ssideki3
ssmissin
ssriders
ssridersebc
stagger1
starcas
stargate
stonebal
streetsm
strider
suprtrio
svc
svcpcb
svg
svolleyu
tankbatt
tankfrce
tapper
tcobra2
tengai
tenkomor
tetris
tetrisp
tetrisp2
tgm2
tgmj
theglad
tmnt
tmnt2
toki
trojan
tron
tumblep
twincobr
umk3
vamphalf
vfkids
vhunt2
vigilant
viprp1
vsav
vsav2
wakuwak7
wb3
wbbc97
wbml
wboy
wh1
wh2
whp
wildfang
willow
wjammers
wwfwfest
xexex
xiistag
xmcota
xmen
xmvsf

[CRTGAMER]

Thanks for the response.

I do know how to create custom folders, all I am looking for is if people have their own custom folders and are willing to share them. I got a few games in mine like Street Fighter Alpha 3, Tempest, Berzerk, Amidar, Puzzle Bobble and some shoot'em'ups. What I am looking for is to expand on my selection with a mix of old and new games.

Thanks
Sam :)

As that post above me shows, the favorites list can get huge, though may not be your choices. Just play the games, when you find one you like add it to the Favorites Folder. The list does not have to be completed immediate and can be changed as your tastes change. To narrow down the choices, search games by genre, controller style, vector or raster, year, etc.

Oh and if you like a hidden gem of puzzler games, check out Logic Pro 1 and Logic Pro 2. Also for the game that started all the Zuma games check out Puzz Loop. I love Robotron and Flight Sim games, sometimes enjoy a marble blast game too.

http://gameclassification.com/files/games/Puzz-Loop%281%29.png

Run Puzz Loop in Mame and find something interesting in the game's Service Menu. Aha, a hidden Spinner control!

Arcade Spinner Mod - http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=353752#p353752

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/download/file.php?id=4248&sid=cf20fe25c1539df1c3d4f3c4f476615b

[bb_hood]

As that post above me shows, the favorites list can get huge, though may not be your choices. Just play the games, when you find one you like add it to the Favorites Folder. The list does not have to be completed immediate and can be changed as your tastes change. To narrow down the choices, search games by genre, controller style, vector or raster, year, etc.



Yeah my favorite folder is huge, its more like a 'fun games that work properly' folder. Most games work perfectly but some lack sound, which is annoying.
Part of the fun of MAME is sorting through all the games, playing around with titles youve never seen or played then saving it in the favorties folder for later.
Whenever I fire up MAME I almost always end up playing Gunbird or Darius Gaiden Silve Hawk.
A few months back I downloaded this DS3 tool/drive which lets you use PS3 controller on PC, and it works great for MAME. I used to have 2 'Play Sega' Saturn style PC usb controllers, but they both broke in the same way. The D-pad broke internally. One broke after 5 months of use, the other broke after 2 weeks of use. They worked just fine but construction wise they were total garbage.