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C_Wilson009

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cocktail build
« on: January 29, 2017, 05:31:28 AM »
Hey guys, new poster here.

First off I would like to say, I have been looking at videos for attractmode and its quite impressive.

I was thinking about using a raspberry pi inside of a cocktail cabinet that I plan on building. What I was looking to do is only include MAME vertical games (I think thats what they are called) that
you would typically see in a cocktail cabinet.

I don't suppose there are any builds out there that are similar to that idea?

Any guidance towards starting in the right direction would be great!  :)
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hermine.potter

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Re: cocktail build
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2017, 02:23:16 PM »
It's possible to set filters. so if there is a tag similar 'vertical games'..
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Re: cocktail build
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2017, 03:00:52 PM »
Yes, it's built in. You can simply create a global filter like this.
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rule                 Rotation contains 90|270
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Re: cocktail build
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2017, 02:37:06 AM »
Hmmm. Okay so set filters to get the specific games I want. What about MAME? Does it know to rotate the game to switch players?
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Re: cocktail build
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2017, 02:44:30 AM »
No, you'll have to configure this in the MAME emulator you're using, it doesn't have anything to do with Attract-Mode. Some games will have a setting within the MAME setup menu for cocktail mode.

If you really want to get serious, look at romlister to build a list that will be ideal for your system. https://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/
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Re: cocktail build
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2017, 03:35:15 AM »
For a cocktail, I'd probably just add roms that you know rock as a cocktail. Nothing is worse than sitting at a cocktail and have games that seem more like they should be on an upright machine.

https://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=94990
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C_Wilson009

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Re: cocktail build
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2017, 01:46:14 PM »

Progets: thats perfact tyvm. I'll use that romlister for sure. I'll have to learn how to use MAME on my raspberry pi. I have only messed with the settings on my windows MAME, I dunno if its any different.

Keilmillerjr: For sure, I have a stand up arcade for everything else. I want this to be strictly games that are played on a cocktail.

Is Attract Mode like Hyperspin, like it has a main menu wheel for consoles etc. and then a subwheel for the games?
I would like to get rid of that somehow if so. I would like it to launch right into games, since its basically going to be all MAME anyways.
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Re: cocktail build
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2017, 03:37:28 PM »
Yes, you can have Attract-Mode only show a MAME wheel with no other wheels or system display menus.
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C_Wilson009

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Re: cocktail build
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2017, 08:19:14 AM »
alright! Thanks a lot everyone for the info. I think I will be going forward with using a Pi for my cocktail machine :)
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