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General / Re: PI build _without_ RetroArch?

« on: February 07, 2020, 11:53:13 AM »

> Lakka is awesome. ... However, your not going to get attract working on it.

Why is that?

> I have not yet tried dietpi. Id be interested to try it, except I got rid of my pi. My guide with raspbian lite runs fast.

Found your guide.  Good writeup!  I'll give it a shot with diet-pi.

> Dont use any mame over 0.106 ...Install advmame and try it before going older.

I used Advancemame on my first build (a cocktail cabinet about 15 years ago, based on an old PC...still going strong).  So, I may go that route...

But, I already have a 2003 ROM set.  Is there a 'vanilla' MAME 0.78 / 2003 build for the PI somewhere? ..other than the RetroArch ones?

-Matt

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General / Re: PI build _without_ RetroArch?

« on: February 06, 2020, 09:57:07 PM »

Thanks for the link. 
Also found this older topic that seems to be along the same lines:

http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=223.0

Gonna have to look into diet-pi!

-Matt

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General / PI build _without_ RetroArch?

« on: February 06, 2020, 09:06:41 PM »

I've found lots of great info here and elsewhere on using the PI with Attract Mode, but everything I've found so far is based on RetroArch.

But I have no interest in consoles or their controllers.  I'll be making a cabinet with classic arcade-style joysticks & buttons, and MAME 2003 does every game I want.

So, I wonder if RetroArch is overkill.

Has anyone here put together Pi/Attract mode/Mame combination _without_ using RetroArch?  How'd it go? Can you point me to a writeup? Given that I only want MAME, would I be missing anything if I skipped RetroArch?

btw: I _do_ like the lightweight 'Lakka' OS.  Is there a similar bare-bones distro out there that does _not_ bundle RetroArch?

TIA!

-Matt