Launching Windows games in Attract Mode?

[Nya_Prao]

Hello Attract Moders,

I am a beginner when it comes to using this great tool and I have a project going on for the kids in an asylum accommodation here in Sweden.

I want to use free to play Windows games and I am currently setting up Spelunky classic (feel free to suggest more to the list).
How do I do this?

URL to the game is: C:\spelunky_classic\Spelunky.exe

Other front-end GUI:s do not work on this Dell Dimension 3000 with Windows XP in 32-bit but it does deliver with Attract Mode.
I suspect this is alot simpler then it sounds but I thought I would ask the pros.

Thanks in advance.

[hermine.potter]

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[Nya_Prao]

Thank you!

[Nya_Prao]

It launches games and this opens new doors for the project!

However, attract mode stays in the front and is in the way, am I missing some setting or such?
Both Cave Story and Spelunky Classic act the same.

(Emulators work like a charm.)

[paha_13]

(feel free to suggest more to the list).

view these 

A Game with a Kitty
A Game with a Kitty 2: Darkside Adventures
A Game with a Kitty 3,4,5.....
Rocky Memphis and the Temple of Ophuxoff
Stargirl and the Thief from the Exploded Moon
Treasure Hunter Man
A Flipping Good Time
Vest Trials: Approaching Dawn
Snowy Joe
Saintrooper
Icy Tower 
Frogatto
Coro’s Jump !! 
JIGSAW
Gray and Green

[xbs]

Maldita Castilla.

[hermine.potter]

@Nya_Prao
try this:

-Hide Console
Edit attract.cfg > hide_console yes

-set Attract to Fullscreen:
TAB > General > Window Mode : Fullscreen Mode
or
edit attract.cfg > windows_mode fullscreen

-use fullscreen parameters of game (instead of window-mode)
some games uses their own parameters setting fullscreen & so it doesn't loose focus anymore
edit your_game.bat > your_game.exe -fullscreen_parameter_of_your_game

[Nya_Prao]

Thank you for the suggestions, I will look for them and download as many as I can.

I tried the following (adding it to the general-section?) sadly to no effect:
"Edit attract.cfg > hide_console yes"

It was already set to:
"TAB > General > Window Mode : Fullscreen Mode"

This worked great for Frogatto:
-use fullscreen parameters of game (instead of window-mode)
some games uses their own parameters setting fullscreen & so it doesn't loose focus anymore
edit your_game.bat > your_game.exe -fullscreen_parameter_of_your_game

However, the games still reside behind AM (after a short loading screen surfaces and goes away).
Really weird, almost as weird as the fact that Spelunky Classic works fine but displays a crash box after having shut down.