Official 2006 DP MAME League Discussion Thread! It's ON!!!

[Jibbajaba]

Players,

The time you have all been waiting for is here! It's Friday, and that marks the beginning of our first tournament. Please direct your web browser to:

http://mameleague.jibbajaba.com

and click on "current" to see and download the first round's game. You can also download a copy of Mame32 v. 0.95, which is the "official" Mame version of the league. You are of course allowed to use any compatible version, though.

You can also click on "Schedule" to view the start times and score due dates for all rounds of this tournament and the next. The score for our first game will be due on Monday night at 12:00AM EDT. Any scores that are sent in later than that will be ignored.

An e-mail was sent out to everyone on the mailing list with this information. If you aren't on the list, and therefore didn't know that the tournament started, don't get mad at me. I've been bugging you guys to get on the list for days.

When you are ready to submit your score, you can just click the "Submit my score" link below the current week's game ROM link, or you can send an e-mail to mameleague@gmail.com. Be sure to include your DP handle, high score, and screenshot showing your score in the message.

More information as I think of it...

Chris

[jcheatle]

It's been a while since I used the MAME on here... got everything up and running, though... one question, however, how do I take a screenshot? I figured it'd just be easier to ask here. Is there an automatic key to do it, or should I go the old Print Screen route? Thanks.

[Jibbajaba]

All you have to do is hit "F12". It takes a screenshot and stores it in .../mame32/snap. It names it after the game that you are playing, too!

Chris

[s1lence]

Great choice for the first game. Good Luck everyone!!

[dcescott]

On my mac I can snap a screen with a desktop widget, amking a clean jpg. Bigger screenshot though...

[Kitsune Sniper]

Wow. And of all the games you had to choose, you had to pick the one I love to play on my SP. Awesome. Hope I do well.

Edit:
I take it back. The arcade version plays NOTHING like the GBA port. Dammit.

[InsaneDavid]

Just thought I'd post the rom adding / listing proceedure.

After you have the zipped Time Pilot ROM in the /roms folder, start Mame32. Click "Available" in the leftmost window, this will show only games that you have the ROMs of. Double click "Time Pilot" to play. As subsequent games are added to the competition, you will need to select "File -> Audit all games" to add them to the list.

[Kitsune Sniper]

It's okay if I don't use MAME32, right? I don't use it because the sound is laggy, and I get random pauses sometimes. I use MAME 0.104, and the rom is the same.

[Jibbajaba]

It's okay if I don't use MAME32, right? I don't use it because the sound is laggy, and I get random pauses sometimes. I use MAME 0.104, and the rom is the same.

Yes, that's fine. Though I find that games run fine in Mame32 as long as you don't run it in a window. I guess it has something to do with how system resouces are allocated, but Mame32 runs great in full screen mode, but madly when windowed. YMMV.

And thanks for posting that info, Dave.

Chris

[Kitsune Sniper]

Yes, that's fine. Though I find that games run fine in Mame32 as long as you don't run it in a window. I guess it has something to do with how system resouces are allocated, but Mame32 runs great in full screen mode, but madly when windowed. YMMV.

And thanks for posting that info, Dave.

Chris

Actually, I get half speed while playing in fullscreen. I can't figure out the settings to get proper speed. So I play using standard MAME, eheh. :P

[jcheatle]

Yeah, great game... can't say as I've played it before, so I'll probably get killed. But anyway, thanks for the screenshot tip.

[The_4th_Survivor]

Hi.

Just a couple of questions about running MAME 32 -

1) I'm running the game in a window, at full/normal speed. Is that okay to play the game(s) that way?

2) When I take a screen capture, is it okay for me to just use the "ctrl+print screen" option and take a snapshot of my entire desktop with the MAME program in a window?

Please let me know. Thanks.

[Dr. Morbis]

When you say Monday at 12:00 AM EDT, you mean Monday night, not Sunday night right? I'm just asking because Monday at 12 AM is technically Sunday night/Monday morning, but I assume you mean 12 AM EDT Tuesday morning which is Monday night.

Sorry for being a jackass but I just want to be sure I can submit Monday evening, not Sunday evening.

/hairs split.

[Jibbajaba]

Hi.

Just a couple of questions about running MAME 32 -

1) I'm running the game in a window, at full/normal speed. Is that okay to play the game(s) that way?

2) When I take a screen capture, is it okay for me to just use the "ctrl+print screen" option and take a snapshot of my entire desktop with the MAME program in a window?

Please let me know. Thanks.

Playing the game in a window is fine, but I would prefer that you use the screenshot taking capabilities of MAME. Why would you do the printscreen deal anyway? Its more of a hassle.

Chris

[Jibbajaba]

When you say Monday at 12:00 AM EDT, you mean Monday night, not Sunday night right? I'm just asking because Monday at 12 AM is technically Sunday night/Monday morning, but I assume you mean 12 AM EDT Tuesday morning which is Monday night.

Sorry for being a jackass but I just want to be sure I can submit Monday evening, not Sunday evening.

/hairs split.

No, you aren't being a jackass. You are right. The scores are due at midnight on Monday night, not Sunday night. I will change the due dates to show "11:59 PM".

Chris

[Jibbajaba]

I want to make sure that we all understand that the scores are due TOMORROW NIGHT. Not tonight. Keep playing.

Also, I believe that someone has dropped out of the league, so there is room for one more if someone wants to sign up and submit a score for Time Pilot by tomorrow.

Chris

[Kitsune Sniper]

Shows what I know, I thought we had until FRIDAY!

I'm actually enjoying this little game, and have gotten pretty good at it. My score doesn't reflect it, but I've found ways to trick the computer and confusing it. Fun! I'm glad I own the GBA port now!

[dcescott]

I have to submit it tonight, late tonight. Tomorrow I'll be out until close to the deadline. Great game though, I still suck at it though even on mame!

[Kitsune Sniper]

I have to submit it tonight, late tonight. Tomorrow I'll be out until close to the deadline. Great game though, I still suck at it though even on mame!

If you want a port of the game, it's available for the GBA in Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced. It includes Gyruss, Time Pilot, Frogger, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Rush 'N Attack, and Scramble. It's pretty good, and you can likely find it for cheap at some stores.

[dcescott]

yeah I thought about it. I also thought about I enjoy it more on my mame. I have a DS, but the screen is tooo small for games like this. But I have seen it cheap everywhere.