MAME Arcade Game Name Plugin (mameName) [UPDATED v1.2]

[Fuzzymannerz]

Hey there!

Whilst planning an arcade cabinet build I remembered I had an LCD screen and thought it would be awesome if it displayed the name of the current game from MAME. (https://www.mamedev.org/) along with some other system information.
I couldn't find any plugins so I wrote one and present it to you here today...

Updated to v1.2 - Now auto detects 32 or 64bit and is compatible with MAMEUIFX32/64 & ARCADE32/64.

mameName v1.2
Displays the name of the current running game ROM in MAME. (mamedev.org)

USAGE:

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$dll(mameName,1,[hideLongName (0/1)],0)

The first parameter is always 1, the last is always 0.
"hideLongName" will show the full name when set to 0 and attempt to show the game name only when set to 1. 1 is the recommended setting.

Say we are playing the ROM titled "Galaxian (Namco set 1) [galaxian]".

Here's how it would look with different settings:

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$dll(mameName,1,0,0)

LCD Display: "Galaxian (Namco set 1) [galaxian]"

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$dll(mameName,1,1,0)

LCD Display: "Galaxian"


Also MAMEUIFX compatible:


DOWNLOAD v1.2:

mameName_1.2.zip

Latest will always be available at: https://fuzzytek.net

[trihy]

Hey there!

Hi. Thanks. Cool plugin.

Im using mameuifx, do you think it will work with this one?

Tried but got mame not found on lcd screen.

Edit. Tried with mame from mamedev and works fine! I usually use mameuifx, if there is a way to make it work with other mames will be great.

Also, maybe you could change the message of mame not found by something like waiting for mame. It will look better, not sure how easy will be changing this, just a suggestion

I check your github and saw you have a spotify track converter. Could you take a look at my spotify plugin request? Maybe you can help me It`s here viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3692

Thanks

[Fuzzymannerz]

Im using mameuifx, do you think it will work with this one?
Also, maybe you could change the message of mame not found by something like waiting for mame. It will look better, not sure how easy will be changing this, just a suggestion
Thanks

Hi! Check original post!

Could you take a look at my spotify plugin request? Maybe you can help me

https://fuzzytek.ml/misc/spotify2lcd/

[trihy]

Im using mameuifx, do you think it will work with this one?
Also, maybe you could change the message of mame not found by something like waiting for mame. It will look better, not sure how easy will be changing this, just a suggestion
Thanks

Hi! Check original post!

Could you take a look at my spotify plugin request? Maybe you can help me

https://fuzzytek.ml/misc/spotify2lcd/

Hi, both works perfect.

At first try mameuifx wasnt working, then I realized it was looking for mameuifx. So, renamed the .exe

In case you want to add it to the detection list, mameuifx I think got renamed to arcade64.exe and arcade32.exe. I use the one here for new builds https://insertmorecoins.es/arcade-0-202 ... ts-no-nag/ or here http://www.emucr.com/2018/09/arcade-v0202_28.html

Thanks.

[Fuzzymannerz]

In case you want to add it to the detection list, mameuifx I think got renamed to arcade64.exe and arcade32.exe. I use the one here for new builds https://insertmorecoins.es/arcade-0-202 ... ts-no-nag/ or here http://www.emucr.com/2018/09/arcade-v0202_28.html
Thanks.

Done, updated initial post download.

[Guest]

Great. Works perfect.

There is more info we can snatch from mame?

[Fuzzymannerz]

Great. Works perfect.

There is more info we can snatch from mame?

At the moment, the way the plugin works there isn't, maybe I'll look more into it sometime in the future though.

[trihy]

Thanks. It's enough for me Was mainly for knowing purposes.