iMAME4all released [Archive]

Seleuco

08-19-2010, 06:46 PM

iMAME4all is a iOS universal free app for jailbroken devices done by David Valdeita (Seleuco), port of MAME 0.37b5 emulator by Nicola Salmoria for all iOS devices (iPad HD, iPhone 4G, 3GS, 3G , iPod touch...) and it is based on GP2X, WIZ MAME4ALL 2.5 by Franxis.

It emulates arcade games supported by original MAME 0.37b5 plus some additional games from newer MAME versions.

This version emulates over 2000 different romsets.

Please, try to understand that that with that amount of games, some will run better than others and some might not even run with iMAME4all. Please, don´t email me asking for a specific game to run.

Although the performance is very good with modern devices (all games I tested on iPad run practically perfect), owners of older devices should not expect a good performance; please turn off sound because that's very helpful.

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After installing, place your MAME-titled zipped roms in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all/roms folder.

Please use "clrmame.dat" file included in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all to convert romsets from other MAME versions to the ones used by this version, using ClrMAME Pro utility, available in next webpage:

http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/

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Features:
Full speed on iPad HD. Almost perfect on iPhone 4.
Autorotate.
Smoothed image.
Scanline & TV Filter.
Full screen, windowed.
Animated touch DPad.
2/4 buttons selectable.
Low latency audio.
Video Aspect Normal, Rotate, Rotate controls.
Adjustable CPU, Audio clock.

... and more.

You can download now and install deb file from:

http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/

dpkg -i iMAME4all-1.0.deb

(respring)

or wait till it be published on bigboss repo throughout the day...

Other projects from author:

http://code.google.com/p/xpectrum

Rasterico

08-19-2010, 08:40 PM

There I was just getting into bed when I saw this little gem pop up in the jailbreaking thread, needless to say it's now 2:30am and I'm very tired but extremely happy cause I have this on both my iPad and iPhone 4! Have only tested a few roms on both versions but can report back that it is better than I ever hoped for, the controls are so responsive the sound is glitch free and all the games I've tested run full speed!

Will have a play round with it over the weekend and report back with any findings, must say I've never used a deb file before seeing this one up for download but I couldn't wait for cydia to actually release it! Anyone who's familiar with ssh will easily be able to install this (I used the autoinstall method and it worked first time on both iPad and iPhone) anyway I must sleep as I have work in the morning... Once again a huge thankyou to seleuco for the work that went into this, it's been more than worth the wait!

MidianGTX

08-19-2010, 09:44 PM

Someone try Metal Slug, preferably on the 2nd gen Touch.

Rocketman919

08-19-2010, 11:22 PM

Someone try Metal Slug, preferably on the 2nd gen Touch.

I know metal slug works, watch some of his vids, he plays MS in like every one.

JCat

08-19-2010, 11:46 PM

Thank you!

Fetching JB iPad this moment!

fiveolddogs

08-20-2010, 03:17 AM

I installed it to try Joust. Although the ROM seems to load okay, I cannot get the game to run.

If anyone gets Joust to to work, please post here.

stoksyXL

08-20-2010, 06:25 AM

I must say top marks for your work on this, runs well better on my 3gs than zodtts's mame4iphone.

2 feature suggestions for the next update, the option to turn on 3 and 4 buttons, you have the option to use 4 buttons, but some games only need the 3 buttons so the extra putton just takes up screen space.

Also, i know your aware of it, but look into the problem with the screen size being too big on all midway games like smash tv and rampage.

Great job, any plans for any other emulators in the future? Your own versions of nes and snes?

Gregz0r

08-20-2010, 11:54 AM

Where do I place the .deb file?

Seleuco

08-20-2010, 12:53 PM

I must say top marks for your work on this, runs well better on my 3gs than zodtts's mame4iphone.?

This make me happy... it should run better on 3g too :)

2 feature suggestions for the next update, the option to turn on 3 and 4 buttons, you have the option to use 4 buttons, but some games only need the 3 buttons so the extra putton just takes up screen space.

Good suggestion. easy. ill do...

Also, i know your aware of it, but look into the problem with the screen size being too big on all midway games like smash tv and rampage.

Im working on that.. ill do... wiimote also ;)

Great job, any plans for any other emulators in the future? Your own versions of nes and snes?

I made iMAME4all because I wanted to play with it, and there was nothing available....

I guess they are good NES emulators but I have not tried

How are the NES emulators compared with imame4all?

stoksyXL

08-20-2010, 01:10 PM

Gregz0r

08-20-2010, 02:14 PM

Where do I place the .deb file?Anyone?

JCat

08-20-2010, 02:51 PM

I've been using zoddttd's nes, snes and genesis emu's for a while now, and where they work to an extent, they have really annoying features that zodttd won't fix.

The main problem in the emu's compared to your imame, is the landscape controlls. You have figured out how to implement them properly into your emulator, where as zodtts landscape controlls are too big on the screen, so when you try to play in landscape mode your fingers and thumbs cover the playing area.
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Agreed on all of the above. I've been waiting for an SNES update for ever - and that's a PAID app. When using the wiimote, the oversized virtual control pad remains on screen in landscape mode which is pretty annoying. If you're using a wiimote, then it should automatically shut that obstruction down.

Looking forward to getting iMAME4all running tonight.

Rasterico

08-20-2010, 03:39 PM

Anyone?

The .deb file has to be sent to your phone via SSH, there seems to be a few ways of doing it but I chose to go the AutoInstall route...

SSH into your phone and navigate to Var/root/media, create a folder called Cydia inside the media folder then inside that create another folder called AutoInstall

place the .deb file inside the AutoInstall folder, reboot your device (hold the power button and home key till it resets and the app should appear on one of the pages on your phone/ipad) this is the first time ive used any .deb files and this is the way it worked for me, I did read you may need to respring your device too but this wasnt required when I done it, another thing to note is that when you create the folders mentioned above you have to type them exactly as I have as the folder names are case sensitive.

If your'e unsure about using this method I have seen that iMame4all is now available for download via Cydia anyway so you can just get it from there.

Hope this helps!

Rasterico

08-20-2010, 03:48 PM

Im working on that.. ill do... wiimote also ;)

Wiimote support too? this is excellent news! I know I asked for it right from the start but I have to say that the control scheme you have implemented is absolutely brilliant anyway, i've never used such a responsive touch screen dpad in my life, the 3 button layout mentioned by StoksyXL is a great idea too.

shadeone

08-20-2010, 04:08 PM

I installed it to try Joust. Although the ROM seems to load okay, I cannot get the game to run.

If anyone gets Joust to to work, please post here.

if you are getting to the screen that says "factory settings restored" and it just sits there, try resetting the rom... if you remember on mame4iphone, if you held the start and select buttons at the same time, it gave you an options list and then what you would do is scroll down to "reset game" and it would go back to this "settings restored" screen but it would then load the high score screen at which point you could "insert coins" and play!

does this mame4all have this reset option or any dip switch customization?

shade

Gregz0r

08-20-2010, 05:06 PM

The .deb file has to be sent to your phone via SSH, there seems to be a few ways of doing it but I chose to go the AutoInstall route...

SSH into your phone and navigate to Var/root/media, create a folder called Cydia inside the media folder then inside that create another folder called AutoInstall

place the .deb file inside the AutoInstall folder, reboot your device (hold the power button and home key till it resets and the app should appear on one of the pages on your phone/ipad) this is the first time ive used any .deb files and this is the way it worked for me, I did read you may need to respring your device too but this wasnt required when I done it, another thing to note is that when you create the folders mentioned above you have to type them exactly as I have as the folder names are case sensitive.

If your'e unsure about using this method I have seen that iMame4all is now available for download via Cydia anyway so you can just get it from there.

Hope this helps!Many thanks. Works a treat. :D

Seleuco

08-20-2010, 05:44 PM

Thanks for the reply dude, and good to hear your working on those features i suggested for the next version, look forward to it. It runs well on my 3gs, so looking forward to trying it out on the iphone 4 in the coming weeks.

I've been using zoddttd's nes, snes and genesis emu's for a while now, and where they work to an extent, they have really annoying features that zodttd won't fix.

The main problem in the emu's compared to your imame, is the landscape controlls. You have figured out how to implement them properly into your emulator, where as zodtts landscape controlls are too big on the screen, so when you try to play in landscape mode your fingers and thumbs cover the playing area.

Also, i find your mame controlls more responsive too, plus the sound is way better.

So, i'm sure you could figure out a way to port snes and nes, making the sound and controlls better like you have done in imame.

I think ZodTTD is a very talented man... iMAME4all has not been possible without his work cos i examine his code when I started working with my other emulator iXpectrum...

That said, we are very different. He prefers to release a large number of emulators (which is good) but I am a perfectionist and I prefer to lock in a few things but feel I've done a good job...

Once i finished with iMAME4all i would like to put all these improvements on iXpectrum....

Also i have another emulator Xpectroid on android market that i I have a little left....

But do not rule in a timely mess with another emulator if I see a good response with iMAME4all

:)

JCat

08-21-2010, 01:35 AM

Hey Seleuco - wanted to thank you. Installed on my iPad this eve...transferred over a vast amount of roms. Just about everything I threw at it worked, and worked REAL well! I've been a MAME fan since it started many moons ago. When I got my iPad, this was something I had on my mind: emulation...the the perfect device for it. I can't wait for the wiimote support, and I just had request: Perhaps sometime in the future, there can be controls skinning? Would be great to have a top view of a traditional coin-op stick (red ball) and those bright colored buttons. Another skin could be a track ball...etc.. Just a thought. I'm so appreciative for what you've done already.

starcat

08-21-2010, 03:54 AM

ok am i missing something? oh my god could this thing be anymore complicated to install?

i download it.. no one tells me how to install it.. so i do 20 minutes of reearch to find out what to do with a Deb file.

then it turns out i need programs to run the deb file.. so another 20 minutes of research.

cant install the programs because i dont have AFC2 installed.

20 minutes later..still trying to figure out how to install AFC2.

spirit doesnt work.. cant use Iphuc.. cant use erica's utiltiies..this is by far the hardest thing ive ever had to install.

i feel ridiculously stupid for not being able to figure this out.

Seleuco

08-21-2010, 04:32 AM

Now is available in Cydia... :)

Search iMAME4all... press button... easy install....

Duckula

08-21-2010, 04:37 AM

Wiimote support would make this the best thing to come out on the iPad by miles. Fantastic work.

starcat

08-21-2010, 04:50 AM

thank you!

Jacobtf

08-21-2010, 05:36 AM

I'm gonna chip in and say thank you too!

starcat

08-21-2010, 08:19 AM

alright time for confusion round 2.. i have like 500 roms on my Ipad. only about 20 of them work. appernatly i have to "update them"

is that an easy task? no.. no its not.

cant figure it out either. i downloaded clrmamepro and its nothing but cryptic and hidden information :( i will litterally pay 45 cents to someone who can write a step by step " do this this, download this, put this here. click this. done" tutorial.

rocklobster

08-21-2010, 09:17 AM

Thanks Seleuco, seems great so far. I wish when I paid for Mame4iPhone I had donated to you instead, since it never worked well and now doesn't work at all on iPhone 4. Still I sent you a couple euro (you might want to put the paypal page in english ;-)...

I know Seleuco asked not to email him about specific ROMs but I wonder if we users can help each other out here in this thread.

I have a couple dozen older ROMs that all worked in Mame4iPhone. I believe they should all be 0.37x. Most seem to work (after running through test patterns on a couple.)

A couple do not work. The one I like the best is Rampage. It loads but the screen is cut off on, I think, all sides. That is only a portion of the screen is displayed. Do I need a different ROM or need to convert that ROM? Anyone else try that?

The only other (that I tested) that doesn't work at all is Altered Beast.

Also how do you start a 2 player game? (Or can you?) the small button at the bottom left inserts coins and the one on the bottom right starts 1 player game.

Also where is an explanation of the functions of the R1 & L1 buttons?

Finally, anyone want to contribute a nicer icon?

Seleuco

08-21-2010, 11:37 AM

Thanks Seleuco, seems great so far. I wish when I paid for Mame4iPhone I had donated to you instead, since it never worked well and now doesn't work at all on iPhone 4. Still I sent you a couple euro (you might want to put the paypal page in english ;-)...

That was a mistake from iXpectrum code... i will remove paypal page in next version... not needed really for iMAME4all... download iXpectrum instead

I know Seleuco asked not to email him about specific ROMs but I wonder if we users can help each other out here in this thread.

I have a couple dozen older ROMs that all worked in Mame4iPhone. I believe they should all be 0.37x. Most seem to work (after running through test patterns on a couple.)

A couple do not work. The one I like the best is Rampage. It loads but the screen is cut off on, I think, all sides. That is only a portion of the screen is displayed. Do I need a different ROM or need to convert that ROM? Anyone else try that?

This is a known bug... im working on it....

The only other (that I tested) that doesn't work at all is Altered Beast.

I'm only going to say this one time.. i know altered beast not works... and that's not like me... cos i like that game... man ;)

Also how do you start a 2 player game? (Or can you?) the small button at the bottom left inserts coins and the one on the bottom right starts 1 player game.

Also where is an explanation of the functions of the R1 & L1 buttons?

Finally, anyone want to contribute a nicer icon?

Please... read iMAME4all help.... it is answered there...

It would be nice a better icon... my GIMP skills are very limitated....

rocklobster

08-21-2010, 12:04 PM

It would be nice a better icon... my GIMP skills are very limitated....

Thanks for all your answers! Look forward to updates, and I sent you 2 Euros, even in Portuguese.... They use Euros in Portugal? Used to love those escudos.... ;-)

As for an icon, for now I just ripped off the apple touch icon from this site:

http://toucharcade.com/apple-touch-icon.png

then replaced

/private/stash/var/Applications/iMAME4All.app/icon.png

with it via SFTP. (Then resprung....)

Much better!

blutonium

08-21-2010, 02:19 PM

Err, i dont know what im doing wrong but i cant seem to get this working.
Installed it fine but when ever i put games (*.zip)into the ROMs/imame4all/roms they dont appear on the list once i run the emulator.

any help?

rocklobster

08-21-2010, 02:54 PM

Installed it fine but when ever i put games (*.zip)into the ROMs/imame4all/roms they dont appear on the list once i run the emulator.

any help?

case of iMAME4all (vs imame4all)? You sure it's in the mobile/Media folder and not root/Media?

stoksyXL

08-21-2010, 04:05 PM

Thanks for all your answers! Look forward to updates, and I sent you 2 Euros, even in Portuguese.... They use Euros in Portugal? Used to love those escudos.... ;-)

As for an icon, for now I just ripped off the apple touch icon from this site:

http://toucharcade.com/apple-touch-icon.png

then replaced

/private/stash/var/Applications/iMAME4All.app/icon.png

with it via SFTP. (Then resprung....)

Much better!

Good going man, replaced the icon with the old mame4iphone icon, much better now.

yellowknife

08-21-2010, 05:05 PM

MN1987

08-21-2010, 11:07 PM

Ok, I'm seriously extremely lost here. I'm very inept when it comes to this stuff but recently downloaded Mame on my Mac so I could play Donkey Kong, and now I want to bring that to my iPhone... I registered because I have no idea what I'm doing...

So, I downloaded that DK ROM for my Mac... and I want to transfer that folder to my roms folder on my iPhone. How do I use the "clrmame.dat" file and "ClrMAME Pro utility" to convert this ROM into iPhone format, so I can place it in the roms folder? That is what I have to do, right?

Please walk me through this in an idiot-proof step-by-step process.

Sorry if I'm way below your guys' level when it comes to this.

Seleuco

08-22-2010, 03:14 AM

Samples are not working for me yet. They are the right set and in the right directory. I am using iPad and everything is perfect apart from this.

I have tested Berzerk, Donkey Kong and Galaga. Samples are needed for every sound in Berzerk and for an explosion noise when you die in Galaga.

P.S. Amazing emulator

Edit: Noticed artwork is not working either. I tested Asteroids Deluxe which normally has a detailed background.

I'll check samples & art code.

Wiimote is already Implemented. it was easy than i thought. It's fantastic on iPad... thanks 4 your help i have a wiimote now... ;)

I'm not portuguese... i'm a spanish man boys...

My apologies for my horrendous english... :rolleyes:

yellowknife

08-22-2010, 05:49 AM

I'll check samples & art code.

Wiimote is already Implemented. it was easy than i thought.
Thanks for checking samples and art.

Wiimote is great news. It will be so great to use hardware keys on the iPad's beautiful screen.

One other thing. I don't think high scores are working either. Little text files should appear in the 'hi' directory when you quit a game so it remembers your high score. This feature is well supported on older games like Asteroids, Donkey Kong and Pac-Man and works well on MAME4ALL on GP2X.

Any chance of looking into this too? Thanks again!

rocklobster

08-22-2010, 08:17 AM

I'm not portuguese... i'm a spanish man boys...

desculpa me!

ok, now i have a problem with sound. sound was working fine (though like all mame games didn't sound perfect). but then i installed several sound samples in the samples folder from the link you provided (openhandhelds). Then sounds went away for all games entirely!

I tried force quitting the app, tried changing permissions on samples folder from 755 to 777 and uploading from mobile account so owner was mobile rather than root. then tried deleting the samples. nothing so far brought back the sound. (and yes ringer vol up all the way and mute is off.)

edit: ok, one thing I didn't try was rebooting the damn phone. that fixed the sound. odd?

however, i can't tell that it made any difference in the sound for donkey kong anyway, with the samples in place.

Rasterico

08-22-2010, 09:25 AM

I'll check samples & art code.

Wiimote is already Implemented. it was easy than i thought. It's fantastic on iPad... thanks 4 your help i have a wiimote now... ;)

I'm not portuguese... i'm a spanish man boys...

My apologies for my horrendous english... :rolleyes:

Any chance you could upload the .deb file with wiimote support? Or is it still in an unfinished state? As fantastic as your controls are I love being able to see the whole screen when playing games and landscape mode on iPad with wiimote support will make this the best emulator ever!

Oh one last thing... Any chance you could give us the option to make the controls totally dissapear when the Wiimote is in use? No point in having on screen furniture when there is no use for it!

Pho3nX

08-22-2010, 12:27 PM

Hi :)

iMame4all is great !!! I have fix my roms with Clrmame Pro and i have 2242 roms (~1.6Go).

No problems, lot of games works perfectly but all neo-geo games don't work. I have all last Bios (neogeo.zip)

000-lo.lo
asia-s3.rom
sfix.sfix
sm1.sm1
sp1.jipan.1024
sp-1v1_3db8c.bin
sp-45.sp1
sp-e.sp1
sp-j2.sp1
sp-s.sp1
sp-s2.sp1
uni-bios_1_0.rom
uni-bios_1_1.rom
uni-bios_1_2.rom
uni-bios_1_2o.rom
uni-bios_1_3.rom
uni-bios_2_0.rom
uni-bios_2_1.rom
uni-bios_2_2.rom
uni-bios_2_3.rom
uni-bios_2_3o.rom
usa_2slt.bin
vs-bios.rom

Please, someone could give me his NeoGeo bios ? I saw the video on Youtube, I love metal slug!

Thanks !

Seleuco

08-22-2010, 01:55 PM

Any chance you could upload the .deb file with wiimote support? Or is it still in an unfinished state? As fantastic as your controls are I love being able to see the whole screen when playing games and landscape mode on iPad with wiimote support will make this the best emulator ever!

Oh one last thing... Any chance you could give us the option to make the controls totally dissapear when the Wiimote is in use? No point in having on screen furniture when there is no use for it!

Yeah... uploaded.

you can test it and give me your feedback:

http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/

v1.1:

iMAME4all lets you use a WiiMote over bluetooth to play.

iMAME4all uses btstack project to support WiiMote:

http://code.google.com/p/btstack/

Press WiiMote button and make your WiiMote discoverable by pressing the 1+2 buttons at the same time.

Lanscape touch DPad is hidden when you use WiiMote. You can play with aspect view (Rotation, TATE) and lock phisical rotation to play portrait-landscape games better.

Buttons mapping:

2 = B
1 = X
+ = START
- = SELECT
B = L
A = R
home: exit game

In landscape mode touch on anywhere of the screen to show the emulator options.

Rasterico

08-22-2010, 02:49 PM

Yeah... uploaded.

you can test it and give me your feedback:

http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/

v1.1:

iMAME4all lets you use a WiiMote over bluetooth to play.

iMAME4all uses btstack project to support WiiMote:

http://code.google.com/p/btstack/

Press WiiMote button and make your WiiMote discoverable by pressing the 1+2 buttons at the same time.

Lanscape touch DPad is hidden when you use WiiMote. You can play with aspect view (Rotation, TATE) and lock phisical rotation to play portrait-landscape games better.

Buttons mapping:

2 = B
1 = X
+ = START
- = SELECT
B = L
A = R
home: exit game

In landscape mode touch on anywhere of the screen to show the emulator options.

Will download now and give this a thorough testing, will post any findings I have over the next couple of days...

Thanks again!

Pho3nX

08-22-2010, 03:10 PM

Nobody to help me ?

Rasterico

08-22-2010, 03:54 PM

You've surpassed my expectations yet again Seleuco! have now tested about20 roms and all work flawlessly with the Wiimote! Im not sure what exactly you can do to improve this emulator now as with an iPad and a Wiimote you basically have your own portable arcade machine!

One suggestion would be to map the A button of your emulator to one of the Wiimote buttons in place of either L or R as a lot of the old roms use 3 buttons and the third button on your Wiimote mapping is not catered for, this makes say using your magic in Shinobi an impossibility or using punch in double dragon not an option.

Once again though an outstanding effort on your part for which I am very grateful.

Pho3nX

08-22-2010, 04:01 PM

Okay, invisible mode here...

I found the solution alone, thanks Seleuco for your great app

Cya ;)

Rasterico

08-22-2010, 04:23 PM

Okay, invisible mode here...

I found the solution alone, thanks Seleuco for your great app

Cya ;)

It's not that your'e invisible it's just that talking about Roms and generally asking for them is frowned upon in this and most other forums, people here are generally friendly and helpful but when a person such as yourself enters the forum with a first post asking for something illegal people are less likely to help.

Dont take it personally.

JCat

08-22-2010, 04:47 PM

rocklobster

08-22-2010, 05:18 PM

It's not that your'e invisible it's just that talking about Roms and generally asking for them is frowned upon in this and most other forums, people here are generally friendly and helpful but when a person such as yourself enters the forum with a first post asking for something illegal people are less likely to help.

Dont take it personally.

what he said... and if you find solutions, post them. if you don't keep good info to yourself, you'll tend to get more help either on or off the board. as it happens i for one read your post about neogeo but don't use those roms so didn't have a solution for you.

Rasterico

08-22-2010, 05:31 PM

Wiimote already? Amazing.. and damn, won't be back until later tonight to test this baby.

Question: When using the wiimote, does it also eliminate the virtual controller when in portrait mode? This aspect looks amazing (accurate) for many of the older classic arcade games particularly. Thanks for the update, Seleuco!

Just tested the portrait mode and it doesn't hide the controls, portrait mode is windowed anyway so there would be no point in leaving a huge empty space under the screen.

Have just tried the wiimote out using this on my iPhone 4 too and again it works brilliantly, kinda weird using a wiimote to control my phone but exceptionally cool at the same time!

Seleuco

08-22-2010, 05:37 PM

Seleuco

08-22-2010, 05:41 PM

Just tested the portrait mode and it doesn't hide the controls, portrait mode is windowed anyway so there would be no point in leaving a huge empty space under the screen.

Have just tried the wiimote out using this on my iPhone 4 too and again it works brilliantly, kinda weird using a wiimote to control my phone but exceptionally cool at the same time!

When i fix crops bugs... landscape with aspect ratio options (rotate, tate) should let play all games on landscape...only you need to lock rotation on iPad...

not need to hide portrait...

JCat

08-22-2010, 05:51 PM

Just tested the portrait mode and it doesn't hide the controls, portrait mode is windowed anyway so there would be no point in leaving a huge empty space under the screen.

Have just tried the wiimote out using this on my iPhone 4 too and again it works brilliantly, kinda weird using a wiimote to control my phone but exceptionally cool at the same time!

Of course not with a huge gap of nothingness where the virtual pad use to be, I was referring to "full screen" portrait - just like the shape of the many coin-op displays from the 80's (just an option for future consideration).

Thanks for testing!

Dazzlemi

08-22-2010, 06:40 PM

rocklobster

08-22-2010, 10:45 PM

I'm little confused. Imame4 seems to run, but selecting a rom (zip). It tries to load but errors out. Do I need to convert the zips to another format ? Or do I extract the zips and then convert ? Or what ? Any help would be appreciated.

You need ROMS for MAME 0.37b5. You can find the ones you own or convert newer ones -- but the conversion tools really blow. Good luck.

Rocketman919

08-22-2010, 11:25 PM

I'm having a little difficulty here. I keep trying to put the roms in the correct roms folder, and they go in successfully, but then I check the app and it says no roms found. Idk what I'm doing wrong. I have a good amount of experience with other emulators and have like 3 other perfectly working ones on my phone but idk what's going on with this one. If someone could possibly create a step by step, I could see if I was missing one that would prevent the roms from being playable. Thanks to anyone who attempts this.

yellowknife

08-22-2010, 11:32 PM

Loving the Wiimote support, Seleuco! Would be great on iXpectrum too.

Rotating the screen works well with games that get cropped. Would be good if virtual controls rotated also.

fiveolddogs

08-23-2010, 12:05 AM

Would it be possible to post a ROM compatibility list? I've tried a couple, and none of them worked.

(PLEASE make Joust work!)

Seleuco

08-23-2010, 02:40 AM

Would it be possible to post a ROM compatibility list? I've tried a couple, and none of them worked.

(PLEASE make Joust work!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwtPFz4eVhU

Seleuco

08-23-2010, 02:41 AM

Loving the Wiimote support, Seleuco! Would be great on iXpectrum too.

I think too.. it will be... :)

Seleuco

08-23-2010, 02:50 AM

I wouldn't like this thread becomes a ROMs thread...

It would be nice to write your suggestions or bugs about the emulator itself now that the development is active.

Although I not respond at all, I read all your suggestions and if it is interesting and if it is reasonable to implement i will think on it.

Cheers!

yellowknife

08-23-2010, 04:00 AM

What are you planning for next release, Seleuco? I am really enjoying seeing this emulator evolve.

Yamo

08-23-2010, 06:09 AM

Hola Seleuco.
Thank you so much for this great emulator! Never have seen such a smooth and perfect control on an iDevice. I even managed to convert Donkey Kong, Galaga88 and DigDug to iMame4all.
Just donated 6 € ;)
One question:
I love the old arcade games. My favourite game Zaxxon is running fine but without sound. I put the Zaxxon sample in samples dir without effect. Any suggestions?

Saludos de Alemania ;)
Michael

Seleuco

08-23-2010, 06:19 AM

fiveolddogs

08-23-2010, 09:12 AM

Not a ROMs thread. I'm just suggesting you post a list on your web site or some other place of ROMs which will run on your MAME emulator. This seems like a reasonable thing to do.

fiveolddogs

08-23-2010, 09:13 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwtPFz4eVhU

Thank you thank you thank you. Played my first game of Joust on the iPhone just now. Not perfect, but...

IT'S JOUST ON AN iPHONE!

Renjun

08-23-2010, 12:31 PM

Hi there ! And first thank you seleuco for porting MAME so
great to the iPhone ! And iPad !

Thank you for adding wiimote support so fast !

Here's my wish :
Get two wiimote at the same time !
Why ?
To play multiplayer games like Timber with my girlfriend !
She was so excited playing mame on pc with this game,
as soon I said that mame is now playable on the iPhone
she asks me for timber ! What a geek !

So, this game is really great when two players can
play together because it's a real competition !

Is it possible ?

stoksyXL

08-23-2010, 01:21 PM

Feature suggestion: would it be difficult to impliment game saves into mame???

I know zodtt's nes and snes emu's have save function, but I don't know if it would be possible with mame?

Spamcan

08-23-2010, 02:02 PM

This emulator really is something amazing, I never thought i'd be playing Sunset Riders on an iPad. All of my early 90's favorites run great on the iPad and extremely well on the 3GS yet I'm having a hell of a time getting some of thte earlier games to run. I've tried marging and converting two different rom sets and files are still missing. If I can't get Moon Patrol working I'll be heartbroken... or just go back to playing turtles in time. :p. Really amazing work, this is why I love the jailbreak community.

Rasterico

08-23-2010, 02:54 PM

Feature suggestion: would it be difficult to impliment game saves into mame???

I know zodtt's nes and snes emu's have save function, but I don't know if it would be possible with mame?

Savestates would be the only thing that could improve this in my eyes, I just don't have enough time in my lunch break to finish some of my favourites!

Have you updated the Cydia version to 1.1 yet Seleuco? Am looking forward to playing some of the three button games on ipad with wiimote!

Another suggestion from me would be the ability to select what coin slot you use as some 4 player games used multiple ones to select your character (gauntlet, simpsons, teenage mutant ninja turtles etc etc) not sure how easy this would be or if it's possible at all.

stoksyXL

08-23-2010, 02:58 PM

Or you can get the 2 player versions of the simpsons and tmnt ;)

Seleuco

08-23-2010, 03:17 PM

Feature suggestion: would it be difficult to impliment game saves into mame???

Sorry.... MAME037b5 not support savesates... It is not posible since is a multiarcade emulator and it needs to be supported by MAME itself.

MAME037b5 is really an optimized versión... it is not a good idea to update the version...

Get two wiimote at the same time !

Not sure if BTstack support 2 wiimotes at same time... nice idea, but not planned by now.

Have you updated the Cydia version to 1.1 yet Seleuco? Am looking forward to playing some of the three button games on ipad with wiimote!

Another suggestion from me would be the ability to select what coin slot you use as some 4 player games used multiple ones to select your character (gauntlet, simpsons, teenage mutant ninja turtles etc etc) not sure how easy this would be or if it's possible at all.

I'm fixing samples, artwork, hiscores, cheats... but it is done :) i'll upload a version today or tomorrow....

It is a pity that there can not be SaveStates.. but try cheats in next versión... can be a solution... You can start from the level you want in many games...

The original machines did not have either right? ;)

Rasterico

08-23-2010, 04:49 PM

Sorry.... MAME037b5 not support savesates... It is not posible since is a multiarcade emulator and it needs to be supported by MAME itself.

I'm fixing samples, artwork, hiscores, cheats... but it is done :) i'll upload a version today or tomorrow....

It is a pity that there can not be SaveStates.. but try cheats in next versión... can be a solution... You can start from the level you want in many games...

The original machines did not have either right? ;)

Your work rate is exceptional, I can't believe in the space of a few weeks we've gone from reading your first post in the mame thread to actually playing it with wiimote support! This is obviously a labour of love for you and it shows with the quality of your work.

Ahh that's too bad about the save states but as I've never seen it featured in mame it was expected.

At the age of 38 I remember most of these games when they were first released in my local arcades, I'm sure that gauntlet had multiple coin slots although I could be mistaken! If not different coin slots perhaps even different buttons to start with different characters 1p 2p 3p 4p? Is there a possibility you could add an option to change the start button between these? Lets be honest, no one wants to play Gauntlet as the warrior, everybody knows the wizard is the best character!

Seleuco

08-23-2010, 05:19 PM

Your work rate is exceptional, I can't believe in the space of a few weeks we've gone from reading your first post in the mame thread to actually playing it with wiimote support! This is obviously a labour of love for you and it shows with the quality of your work.

Ahh that's too bad about the save states but as I've never seen it featured in mame it was expected.

At the age of 38 I remember most of these games when they were first released in my local arcades, I'm sure that gauntlet had multiple coin slots although I could be mistaken! If not different coin slots perhaps even different buttons to start with different characters 1p 2p 3p 4p? Is there a possibility you could add an option to change the start button between these? Lets be honest, no one wants to play Gauntlet as the warrior, everybody knows the wizard is the best character!

Yeah ... i'm 37 age old man... :)

I'm ported MAME to play G'N'G... my child game ever... :D

do you try as it written on help? :rolleyes:

- Button SELECT (1): Insert credits (UP+SELECT = 2P credits, RIGHT+SELECT = 3P credits, DOWN+SELECT = 4P credits).
- Button START (2): start (UP+START = 2P start, RIGHT+START = 3P start, DOWN+START = 4P start).

yellowknife

08-23-2010, 05:21 PM

I'm fixing samples, artwork, hiscores, cheats...
That's fantastic!

Any plans to allow button configs on individual games? Or at least allow 4 button games on Wiimote? L and R are good for scrolling through ROM list but not so useful in games.

Rasterico

08-23-2010, 05:26 PM

Yeah ... i'm 37 age old man... :)

I'm ported MAME to play G'N'G... my child game ever... :D

do you try as it written on help? :rolleyes:

- Button SELECT (1): Insert credits (UP+SELECT = 2P credits, RIGHT+SELECT = 3P credits, DOWN+SELECT = 4P credits).
- Button START (2): start (UP+START = 2P start, RIGHT+START = 3P start, DOWN+START = 4P start).

Er, I have to confess I never read the help (im too impatient for things like that at my old age!) will try it right away!

Thanks again!

Seleuco

08-23-2010, 05:29 PM

Rasterico

08-23-2010, 05:30 PM

That's fantastic!

Any plans to allow button configs on individual games? Or at least allow 4 button games on Wiimote? L and R are good for scrolling through ROM list but not so useful in games.

They work good for Streetfighter 2 and Mortal Kombat but obviously not perfect, other than that I would prefer to see the 3 and 4 button layout so we can play all the classics that mainly use 3 buttons (attack, jump and special) like Eswat, Shinobi, double Dragon, Golden Axe etc etc...

Rocketman919

08-23-2010, 06:59 PM

Ok, I figured out my problem from before. I've put in a few games, but only gotten one to work, metal slug 2. A few others had missing files (not your fault) but I couldn't get mortal kombat 2 or 3 to work. They would load up and then quit to the home screen. Is this due to the whole "too big for the screen" issue?

yellowknife

08-23-2010, 08:03 PM

No configs by now... but...

I have a doubt there.... what is better?

4 buttons on WiiMote or R?
I think it is more important to have four gameplay buttons on Wiimote. Too many games need more than two buttons.

A solution for quick scrolling through roms could be pressing left and right on Wiimote dpad (best option) or an on screen touch option.

Rocketman919

08-23-2010, 08:12 PM

Ok so I've been playing more and more games, and a lot of them seem to work great (if the roms have all the right files). Never in a million years did I think that I would be sitting on an airplane, downloading roms using the inflight wifi, and then playing them right on my iPhone. It's just amazing. Thank you Seleuco for this awesome app. It's so great being able to play the Simpsons arcade game and Street Fighter 2 on my phone with awesome controls, And the ability to use a wiimote.

I was thinking that we iMame4all Toucharcaders could create a social group for the app and report there with our findings on which games work and which games don't. We could all contribute and we would all benefit. So if anyones interested in this, I could create the group or someone else could.

Also, here are my findings so far:

working perfectly-

street fighter 2 championship edition
the simpsons
metal slug 2
strider

load up, semi playable-

mortal kombat (goes off screen)
root beer tapper

not playable (may be case of bad roms)-

street fighter 2
mortal kombat 2
mortal kombat 3
TMNT

yeah yeah

08-23-2010, 09:06 PM

WWF Wrestlefest work?

romeodelta

08-24-2010, 01:19 AM

Thanks to Seleuco for the great work.

Did anyone get Moon Patrol to work? I cant tell if I have bad roms or if some games are just not supported. Is there a specific error to look out for for unsupported games vs bad roms? I seem to get missing files errors a lot, but I used that dat file on a pc to rebuild roms. I guess I thought that would weed out the bad files.

Seleuco

08-24-2010, 02:05 AM

I think it is more important to have four gameplay buttons on Wiimote. Too many games need more than two buttons.

A solution for quick scrolling through roms could be pressing left and right on Wiimote dpad (best option) or an on screen touch option.

You're right...

I'll do something similiar on next version...

maybe fast scroll pressing select+left,select+right could be a solution... :)

Rasterico

08-24-2010, 02:52 AM

Also, here are my findings so far:

not playable (may be case of bad roms)-

street fighter 2
mortal kombat 2
mortal kombat 3
TMNT

I have working versions of both streetfighter 2 and teenage mutant ninja turtles so my guess is you have the wrong romset.

yellowknife

08-24-2010, 03:18 AM

You're right...

I'll do something similiar on next version...

maybe fast scroll pressing select+left,select+right could be a solution... :)
Excellent I am looking forward to it.

Is it necessary to have select+left/right though? Many emulators use left/right alone to scroll quickly and it works really well.

Duckula

08-24-2010, 05:33 AM

Seleuco will you be adding support for the Wii classic controller?

romeodelta

08-24-2010, 06:24 AM

I managed to get Moon Patrol working, so that was a ROM issue. Still no luck with Bosconian though.

This app is awesome, can't wait to try Wiimote support.

maccie

08-24-2010, 11:28 AM

@Seleuco

Thanks for creating this GREAT emulator...
Zodttd starts adding Wii Classic Controller support to this emulators. Is there a way to add this to imame4all?

That would really solve all the button problems at once (since it has more than 6 buttons) and a lot of users seem to have one.

Wii Classic Controller Support would be PERFECT. Please let us know.

Thanks in advance and keep it up.
Guys!!! Please Donate if you like his emulator

Seleuco

08-24-2010, 11:54 AM

Now...It is available version 1.1 on Cydia. :D

Added WiiMote. Fixed samples,artworks,cheats,hi...

Is it necessary to have select+left/right though? Many emulators use left/right alone to scroll quickly and it works really well.

No... my mistake.. only left/right :) Next version it would be changed!

@Seleuco

Thanks for creating this GREAT emulator...
Zodttd starts adding Wii Classic Controller support to this emulators. Is there a way to add this to imame4all?

Wii Classic too?... now that i have purchase WiiMote :).... i dont have a Classic controller... ;)

romeodelta

08-24-2010, 01:10 PM

The Classic Controller plugs into the Wii Remote (in case you weren't aware of that).
It is a good controller.

Jacobtf

08-24-2010, 01:23 PM

Now...It is available version 1.1 on Cydia. :D

Added WiiMote. Fixed samples,artworks,cheats,hi...

No... my mistake.. only left/right :) Next version it would be changed!

Wii Classic too?... now that i have purchase WiiMote :).... i dont have a Classic controller... ;)

Awesome job with the new version. Thanks a lot!

Renjun

08-24-2010, 01:58 PM

>Not sure if BTstack support 2 wiimotes at same time... nice idea, but not planned by now.

Then perhaps the Apple Bluetooth keyboard ?

numanair

08-24-2010, 02:03 PM

Thank you Seleuco for this awesome emulator. Depending on how popular Wiis are in your area, it's possible that you could borrow a classic controller from someone else (or get enough donations to get one). PS3 controller support would be great too, but I think that, if it is possible, multiple Wiimotes for multiplayer is more important.

Oh, and this is my first post. Yay!

Rasterico

08-24-2010, 02:22 PM

Now...It is available version 1.1 on Cydia. :D

Added WiiMote. Fixed samples,artworks,cheats,hi...

No... my mistake.. only left/right :) Next version it would be changed!

Have you changed the button mapping so that the A button of your emulator is now working on Wiimote in this version?

Great to see you've managed to fix the highscores and samples too!

romeodelta

08-24-2010, 02:36 PM

Excellent I am looking forward to it.

Is it necessary to have select+left/right though? Many emulators use left/right alone to scroll quickly and it works really well.

Yeah I think left/right would work fine to scroll by 'page'.
I guess it could be confusing for a newbie in the first 30 secs but hey, they got this far :D

Rasterico

08-24-2010, 02:48 PM

Have you changed the button mapping so that the A button of your emulator is now working on Wiimote in this version?

Great to see you've managed to fix the highscores and samples too!

Ignore this post, ive just read the description about it on Cydia and seen the button mapping, downloading now!

I can see this is gonna be a long night racking up high scores on games that my friends wont be able to beat!

yellowknife

08-24-2010, 04:14 PM

It is really worth reading the full help file to understand the controls, guys.

http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/wiki/WikiHelpCredits

You can do things like pause the game, access button configs for each game and add credits to players 1-4.

yellowknife

08-24-2010, 04:28 PM

Any plans to allow button configs on individual games?

No configs by now...

To access individual button config:

1. Start the game you want to change
2. Pause it (optional) by pressing A+B on Wiimote (L+R on touch screen)
3. Press + and - on Wiimote simultaneously (1+2 if using touch screen)
4. The MAME Menu will popup giving new choices such as button configuration.

It seems to remember the buttons you choose even after rebooting device. You can also change global button configs but I haven't tried this yet.

yellowknife

08-24-2010, 04:41 PM

I can see this is gonna be a long night racking up high scores on games that my friends wont be able to beat!
Edit: Just saw new version now supports high scores, samples, artwork and cheats. Better default button configs too!

bodobear

08-24-2010, 06:17 PM

hey seleuco, thanks so much for that great mame port ! you rock !
artwork, samples and hiscores are working great now.
is it possible to get rid of the nag screens every time you start a rom ? i think in newer mame ports the games create a file in the cfg folder for that and the nag screens are just showing up the first time you start a game.
also support for a Wii classic controller would be very nice.. a small donation for it it´s on the way :)

romeodelta

08-24-2010, 07:00 PM

I think I found a bug. Using portrait mode in say, Donkey Kong, (TATE video setting, which looks spectacular by the way) means it also rotates the input from the Wii controller 90 degrees clockwise. Should be able to remap the button settings as a workaround but I didn't try that yet. Actually I just read the wiki and this is a feature not a bug :D nevermind.

yellowknife

08-24-2010, 07:44 PM

(TATE video setting, which looks spectacular by the way) means it also rotates the input from the Wii controller 90 degrees clockwise. Should be able to remap the button settings as a workaround but I didn't try that yet. Actually I just read the wiki and this is a feature not a bug :D nevermind.
Yes it's a feature. TATE mode rotates screen and controls (best for virtual dpad), 'Rotate' rotates screen only (best for Wiimote).

Donkey Kong is a good game for testing this feature. TATE mode makes the virtual dpad useable in full screen as the directions are correct. Only problem is that the buttons are up the top of the screen and that the dpad is on the right hand side.

It would be great if TATE mode moved the virtual controls to the right location. There are quite a few old games that use this tall, narrow resolution. If this is too hard to implement, there could be a manual option to shift the virtual dpad.

Dylan1696

08-25-2010, 12:30 AM

I know this might sound dumb, but I can't get any of my roms to run. They all are missing files. Where is a place that I might find ALL files needed for
different games

yellowknife

08-25-2010, 12:32 AM

Bug report: Due to button changes, it seems impossible to change individual game settings down, e.g. lowering audio clock. Pressing the 'A' button on Wiimote now launches the game.

nsotiriou

08-25-2010, 01:14 AM

There is a problen inside a game called Truxton. There are no sprites on the game and this is only with the Truxton I. The Truxton II works fine. Also it is a good idea the classic controler on the wiimote makes things easier.
We are all proud for your work.
Thank you

PS Why is it so difficult to have on portrait mode Full screen choice. I think that is lees complicated than lock screen.

Seleuco

08-25-2010, 03:08 AM

is it possible to get rid of the nag screens every time you start a rom ? i think in newer mame ports the games create a file in the cfg folder for that and the nag screens are just showing up the first time you start a game.
also support for a Wii classic controller would be very nice.. a small donation for it it´s on the way :)

Thanks :) I understand the idea behind... so i not change that... sorry
i'll buy a wiimote classic this weekend... again thanks...

It would be great if TATE mode moved the virtual controls to the right location. There are quite a few old games that use this tall, narrow resolution. If this is too hard to implement, there could be a manual option to shift the virtual dpad.

I think too... pointed.

Bug report: Due to button changes, it seems impossible to change individual game settings down, e.g. lowering audio clock. Pressing the 'A' button on Wiimote now launches the game.

Yes.. i will fix in next version

Seleuco

08-25-2010, 03:11 AM

PS Why is it so difficult to have on portrait mode Full screen choice. I think that is lees complicated than lock screen.

To do that... we'll loose screen autorotation.. when i finish adaptative screen size... it is not possible to change ressolution in middle game if i do this...

yellowknife

08-25-2010, 03:24 AM

I noticed a new version of BTstack is out. I wonder if this will allow new features like multiple Wiimote support.

Thanks for making note of all our requests, Seleuco!

cos

08-25-2010, 03:40 AM

First of all thank you very much for this fantastic emulator.

I was wondering if it somehow is possible to verify if you have the correct samples and artwork. I did manage to get the clrmamepro tool to work with the roms but I do not see any .dat file for the samples and the artwork. Would it be possible to supply these files as well, thanks?

Seleuco

08-25-2010, 03:46 AM

cos

08-25-2010, 04:03 AM

It's easy , download the ones i noted on the emulator help or in my wiki page. That's are the good ones.

That's great, thanks. Then i have the good ones already :o
I just thought that the reason why "Amor Attack" and "Solar Quest" are not working could be due to faulty artwork, but I guess that is not the case then.

I am really looking forward to your adaptative screen size implementation.
Once again thank you very much for your work and support!

gsxrboy

08-25-2010, 05:25 AM

I know this might sound dumb, but I can't get any of my roms to run. They all are missing files. Where is a place that I might find ALL files needed for different games

I am getting the same thing, on every game it says the parts of the roms are missing, but they are actually inside the .zip archive. I also get an error that says the file system may be corrupt. If anyone has a help/fix clue, I'd be most happy to hear. Thanks !

Yamo

08-25-2010, 06:21 AM

Almost idiot-proof tutorial of converting a Rom (Moon Patrol - romeodelta asked for it) to iMame4all

You need
Windows:
Install clrmamepro and Total Commander, WinSCP

iDevice: install openSSH via Cydia to connect with WinSCP

Run WinSCP and connect to your iPod/Pad
(to get your IP tab Settings ->Wi-Fi->your Network)
login as root / pw is alpine
copy clrmame.dat from /private/var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all
to c:\Program Files\clrmamepro\datfiles\

Run clrmamepro as Admin
add File
create dir-> iMame4all
check NEW DATFILES above Profiles
double klick on that datfile (MAME4ALLROMs Datfile)
choose create default settings
window closes and scans datfile
click on settings and setup rom and sample path
Save as default/ close window

download mpatrol.zip for mame from romnation and transfer it to your iDevice (/private/var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all/roms)
start mame4all and load the rom:
you´ll see an error: File 2a not found
you´ll see also files that have been loaded (don´t quit mame4all)

run Total Commander

go to c:\Program Files\clrmamepro\datfiles\ and right click on clrmame.dat; press F4
the text editor opens; search (Strg+F) for mpatrol.zip
copy mpatrol.zip from your Dl Folder to spec. rompath of clrmamepro
select mpatrol.zip in your rompath and double click on it.
compare the zipped content with clrmame.dat in the editor
confusing isn´t it?
now look at the 3 last files that have been loaded on your iPod:
1m,1clj (size 32) and 2hx with size 256.
the missing File 2a is the same size (256)!
and there are only 2 files of this size in the clrmame.dat.
in Total Commander you see 2 interesting files:
mpc-4.2a but with wrong size of 512 and mpc-2.2h with matching size 256.
rename the last file to 2a since this one isn´t used by imame4all it should be a good guess.
go one dir up to close the zip file and switch to clrmamepro.
click on scanner. mark all options in the left/bottom section named <check fix>
Press new scan. Now a window pops up:

Set: mpatrol
Name: mpatrol
File: C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\MameRoms_Action\mpatrol.zi p

Do you want to rename the following wrong named ROMs?

2a -> 2hx (!!!!)
mp-s1.1a -> mp-snd.1a
mpa-1.3m -> mp-a.3m
mpa-2.3l -> mp-a.3l
mpa-3.3k -> mp-a.3k
mpa-4.3j -> mp-a.3j
mpb-1.3n -> mp-b.3n
mpb-2.3m -> mp-b.3m
mpc-1.1f -> 1c1j
mpc-3.1m -> 1m
mpe-1.3l -> mp-e.3l
mpe-2.3k -> mp-e.3k
mpe-3.3h -> mp-e.3h
mpe-4.3f -> mp-e.3f
mpe-5.3e -> mp-e.3e

Watch the first line. 2hx is already there. So don´t rename, keep it all and press NO. Next popup:

Set: mpatrol
Name: mpatrol
File: C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\MameRoms_Action\mpatrol\mp c-4.2a

Do you want to remove the file?

To keep it less confusing I recommend to press "No". If all goes well you can rescan and remove it later.
Next popup:
Set: mpatrol
Name: mpatrol
File: C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\MameRoms_Action\mpatrol\re adme.html
Do you want to remove the file?
Yes

After scan is completed copy the file to a save place. Transfer it to /private/var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all/roms
on your iPod and restart imame4all, load the game and play.
If the rom crashes delete it immediatly from your clrmamepro work Dir (here C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\MameRoms_Action\mpatrol.zi p) to keep things in order and less confusing. Copy the original file again to that Dir and start again.

It´s a trial and error search. You need the clrmame.dat to figure out what files and sizes are essential.
Total Commander is handy; you can explore, rename or delete files in zipped archives and copy them right away.
clrmamepro is essential for rebuilding the packs with correct checksums.
In fact clrmamepro was the hardest part to master.That drove me mad.
I hope this little tutorial may help you.

I converted 4 Roms so far: Moon Patrol, Galaga88, Donkey Kong and DigDug.
If somebody could upload them for sharing pm me.

ngchol

08-25-2010, 07:52 AM

Hi Seleuco,

Many thanks for your brilliant work in bringing this to the iPad, I really appreciate it! I would love a full-screen mode too - landscape and portrait - with the ability to move the controls around on the screen so that they're out of the playing area.

The other thing is how the vector games look - is there any way of changing the way they're rendered so that they scale up and down more smoothly?

Yamo

08-25-2010, 08:31 AM

Hi Seleuco,
thanks for the update. Zaxxon with sound: great!
Excellent support!!!

Tip for Space Invaders DX (US) v2.1
Rename si-dxusa.ic2 to d89-05 and scan it with clrmamepro ;)

postalp

08-25-2010, 09:27 AM

I guess they are good NES emulators but I have not tried

How are the NES emulators compared with imame4all?

They are OK, but still have bad performance on 1st gen devices, even the NES ones have really bad sound, if you could make an SNES or NES emulator that would be awesome, i also like your GUI interface.

Keep up the great work!

Dylan1696

08-25-2010, 09:42 AM

Any good links to Roms?

Dylan1696

08-25-2010, 09:44 AM

After installing, place your MAME-titled zipped roms in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all/roms folder.

Please use "clrmame.dat" file included in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all to convert romsets from other MAME versions to the ones used by this version, using ClrMAME Pro utility,

How do I convert Romsets on a mac running leopard?

Yamo

08-25-2010, 10:56 AM

How do I convert Romsets on a mac running leopard?

check romnation.net for roms.

Sorry, wrong quote. You need a dual install win/leo or an emulator for win.

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 11:16 AM

Almost idiot-proof tutorial of converting a Rom (Moon Patrol - romeodelta asked for it) to iMame4all

You need
Windows:
Install clrmamepro and Total Commander, WinSCP

iDevice: install openSSH via Cydia to connect with WinSCP
.
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<snip>

Sounds like a lot of work for one game. Isn't CLRMame Pro or RomCenter supposed to do all of this for you?

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 11:18 AM

check romnation.net for roms.

Sorry, wrong quote. You need a dual install win/leo or an emulator for win.

Yeah, something like Parallels or Macindows is needed to run ClrMame Pro or RomCenter on an Intel Mac. I use Parallels and it works perfectly. I just wish CLRMame would actually FIX my roms. I always thought that was what is was for.

ahhahh

08-25-2010, 11:51 AM

It's so easy boys... :)

Google search:

"MAME 2 2 GP2X Wiz Full Romset MAME 0 37b16 torrent"

2000 working ROMs

Yamo

08-25-2010, 12:04 PM

Sounds like a lot of work for one game. Isn't CLRMame Pro or RomCenter supposed to do all of this for you?

Clrmamepro still needs a someone using his brain in front of the screen. ;)
No, it isn´t a lot of work. If you converted roms 3-4 times it´s just easy.
I wrote this step by step to make it easy. It sounds complicated, but it´s not.
But you have to use your brain a little. If you are to lazy, don´t complain.
I. e. I converted "Space Invaders DX (US) v2.1" with some clicks.
I discovered yesterday how Clrmamepro works. It´s all about comparing and renaming some files. Try it!

Yamo

08-25-2010, 12:06 PM

It's so easy boys... :)

Google search:

"MAME 2 2 GP2X Wiz Full Romset MAME 0 37b16 torrent"

2000 working ROMs

I don´t use torrent anymore for some good reasons. Only ddl.

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 12:24 PM

Clrmamepro still needs a someone using his brain in front of the screen. ;)
No, it isn´t a lot of work. If you converted roms 3-4 times it´s just easy.
I wrote this step by step to make it easy. It sounds complicated, but it´s not.
But you have to use your brain a little. If you are to lazy, don´t complain.
I. e. I converted "Space Invaders DX (US) v2.1" with some clicks.
I discovered yesterday how Clrmamepro works. It´s all about comparing and renaming some files. Try it!

It's "too" not "to", and yes, I am lazy when it comes to mundane steps like this that require 10 minutes to get just one game working, out of 2000.

I ran RomCenter and ClrMame Pro with the provided dat and it fixed a few roms but there are others like Bosconian (missing bosco.spr) and Galaga that don't seem to have any chance of working at all. I think I'll go the torrent route as mentioned above. I'm lazy like that. ;)

For the record, this app rocks! Thanks Seleuco for all of your hard work!

I did just find a Cydia Source for 320 roms at apt.p2pworlds.co.uk. Apologies if that cannot be mentioned here.

Yamo

08-25-2010, 12:50 PM

It's "too" not "to", and yes, I am lazy when it comes to mundane steps like this that require 10 minutes to get just one game working, out of 2000.

I ran RomCenter and ClrMame Pro with the provided dat and it fixed a few roms but there are others like Bosconian (missing bosco.spr) and Galaga that don't seem to have any chance of working at all. I think I'll go the torrent route as mentioned above. I'm lazy like that. ;)

For the record, this app rocks! Thanks Seleuco for all of your hard work!

Thanks for correcting me since english is not my native language. I´ll do you the same favour if you answer in german ;)
Galaga works. But many people prefer to search for downloads instead to use their brains. I wrote this tut cause many user asked for "how do I convert roms?". And if they got an answer it´s to complicated, toO much effort. Don´t think, just dl. But never ask again if you are in trouble. Generation download. Switch off brain, and torrent.

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 12:53 PM

Which Galaga are you using?

Seleuco

08-25-2010, 01:14 PM

Thanks for correcting me since english is not my native language. I´ll do you the same favour if you answer in german ;)
Galaga works. But many people prefer to search for downloads instead to use their brains. I wrote this tut cause many user asked for "how do I convert roms?". And if they got an answer it´s to complicated, toO much effort. Don´t think, just dl. But never ask again if you are in trouble. Generation download. Switch off brain, and torrent.

Nice tutorial. It's very useful. :)

Thanks!

JCat

08-25-2010, 01:42 PM

Holy crap - just got around to DLing the latest version. Loving the hi scores and wiimote support; what I wasn't expecting so fast was full screen portrait mode using rotate. Older games look absolutely stunning now, in the shape they're meant to be played. This is like buying one of those arcade monitors... except you can put it in your back pack.

rocklobster

08-25-2010, 01:59 PM

Hey Seleuco,

Buenas Dias! Would it be possible to make an option for a swipe-style joystick as an alternative to the dpad? for those with big thumbs it's pretty hard to use the dpad sometimes. in otherwords instead of presses it would register movements in the intended direction. for a good example, see the iPhone app Q*Bert Deluxe or Ms. Pac-Man. Probably some others like that too.

Gracias, muchos, muchachos....

edit: on the other hand the dpad seems to already work that way a little bit and i didn't realize it.... is it intended to?

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 02:07 PM

I did just find a Cydia Source for 320 roms at apt.p2pworlds.co.uk. Apologies if that cannot be mentioned here.

This is called iMame4All Rom Pack 1 and all of them seem to be working perfectly. Yamo's tutorial probably works too, but I don't have the time for it.

Rocketman919

08-25-2010, 02:31 PM

This is called iMame4All Rom Pack 1 and all of them seem to be working perfectly. Yamo's tutorial probably works too, but I don't have the time for it.

Thanks for that, but the pack didn't have any of the working ones that I wanted :(

if anyone has a good version of TMNT and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (this is all I want), could you please point me in the right direction?

I just want to play UMK 3 on my phone!!

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 02:43 PM

Thanks for that, but the pack didn't have any of the working ones that I wanted :(

if anyone has a good version of TMNT and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (this is all I want), could you please point me in the right direction?

I just want to play UMK 3 on my phone!!

Those are really big roms - you probably want to try romnation or romworld and use Yamo's guide. The games in this rom pack are pretty much all pre-1990.

cos

08-25-2010, 03:09 PM

Thanks for that, but the pack didn't have any of the working ones that I wanted :(

if anyone has a good version of TMNT and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (this is all I want), could you please point me in the right direction?

I just want to play UMK 3 on my phone!!

I found these on romnation, I think.
TMNT works fine, but Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat 3 just stop and iMame4All exits as soon as the game is started. Sorry.

romeodelta

08-25-2010, 03:34 PM

Thanks to Yamo for the guide. I have to admit it's a lot to wrap my head around but I will try :)

On the other hand if there is a source to download ROMs already in the correct format I see nothing wrong about that either ;)

Anyone get any Cave games to work? So far I only got Dangun Feveron to work with no sound. Others I've tried with no luck yet:
DonPachi
DoDonPachi
Guwange
Progear no Arashi
ESP Ra. De.

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 04:37 PM

Rocketman919

08-25-2010, 04:49 PM

I found these on romnation, I think.
TMNT works fine, but Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat 3 just stop and iMame4All exits as soon as the game is started. Sorry.

Yeah, I have MK 1-3 and UMK 3 and only the first MK works. I was wondering if it was a rom problem but I guess not since they all load up and then quit to the home screen.

Seleuco, do you think you can fix this? What is the issue with the Mortal Kombat games?

Seleuco

08-25-2010, 05:01 PM

Fixed :D

Adaptative screen size works... no more crops... rampage, popeye perfect.... all games displays correctly...

true portrait with rotation... amazing to play 1943 on iPad full screen portrait rotated...

wait till weekend i'm going to add some little more things before release.. no betas by now...

Sorry. MK2-3 doesn't work... don't waste time. there must be a problem with MAME drivers, neither wiz, gp2x version...

I have no plan to checks drivers... a lot of work and maybe i could break other game... works almost 2000 games... you have plenty to choose...

MK1 works at least.

romeodelta

08-25-2010, 05:14 PM

Amazing :)

Now imagine using Classic Controller for dual stick on games like Robotron, Black Widow, Crazy Climber, etc etc. Not to mention it is just an awesome controller in general (Wii Remote is already fantastic but without enough buttons). Retro gaming heaven.

Thanks again Seleuco for all the awesome.

maccie

08-25-2010, 05:18 PM

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 05:25 PM

yellowknife

08-25-2010, 05:36 PM

true portrait with rotation... amazing to play 1943 on iPad full screen portrait rotated...

Sounds great. Does this mean that we don't have to use screen lock anymore?

Seleuco

08-25-2010, 05:37 PM

Maybe it's possible to implement a routine which checks if it's iPad or iPhone in order to maybe scale down the control pad (up down left right) on the ipad.

In Landscape mode i realised that it's a bit too big to play shooters like r-type or neogeo games... the thumb has to move too much.

Only if it's possible of course... would be a nice addition

I adapted controls to my needs. iPad, iPhone have diferents schema controls.... with a little hack you can adapt to your needs...

first enable debug controls... you should change 0//drawcoords to 1 on config_iPad.txt on iMAME4all folder sited on /Applications/iMAME4all.app

checkout then controller_landscape_iPad.txt

5,515,230,230//DPad img

It is the position and size of dpad image...

you must also change dpad touch zones:

0,673,85,95//DownLeft*
82,673,71,95//Down*
150,673,85,95//DownRight*
0,612,120,61//Left*
120,612,120,61//Right*
0,527,85,85//UpLeft*
82,515,70,96//Up*
150,527,85,85//UpRight*

If you get a better schema please post it so i can test it...

Seleuco

08-25-2010, 05:41 PM

Sounds great. Does this mean that we don't have to use screen lock anymore?

nope.. you lock... but you have a perfect portrait...

rocklobster

08-25-2010, 05:45 PM

Any comment on the swipe-type joystick idea I mentioned above? Interested to know what you think about that.

Seleuco

08-25-2010, 05:51 PM

Any comment on the swipe-type joystick idea I mentioned above? Interested to know what you think about that.

I think it doesn't work well... i tried on iXpectrum.. but swipe-type joy is more like analog joy...good 4 3d shotters...

It is better a dpad 4 classics...

rocklobster

08-25-2010, 05:56 PM

I think it doesn't work well... i tried on iXpectrum.. but swipe-type joy is more like analog joy...good 4 3d shotters...

It is better a dpad 4 classics...

thanks. to me it seems a lot better for say pacman or frogger than a pure dpad. just saying it would be real nice to have the option. thx.

romeodelta

08-25-2010, 05:58 PM

Would be nice to have an analog type control for some games, for example think of ones which use paddle/spinner/trackball.

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 06:29 PM

I was also noticing that some games struggle if I accidentally hit the diagonals on games that don't use diagonals. I think Green Beret is one. Anywho, I was wondering if a diagonal-lock out might be cool? Just thinking out loud... ;)

Rasterico

08-25-2010, 06:45 PM

Fixed :D

Adaptative screen size works... no more crops... rampage, popeye perfect.... all games displays correctly...

true portrait with rotation... amazing to play 1943 on iPad full screen portrait rotated...

wait till weekend i'm going to add some little more things before release.. no betas by now...

Sorry. MK2-3 doesn't work... don't waste time. there must be a problem with MAME drivers, neither wiz, gp2x version...

MK1 works at least.

Fantastic news! Can't believe the pace at which this emulator is progressing, shame about the Mortal Kombat issues as MK2 was a favourite, can't have everything though I suppose and like you say, there's over 2000 games to choose from!

Excellent work as always Seleuco!

yellowknife

08-25-2010, 06:53 PM

I noticed that when turning the iPad on its side, the buttons go from a diamond shape layout (like a real GP2X) to a square layout. I find the diamond layout better as I can move my thumb between 'B' and 'X' more easily. These are the two most used buttons.

Another thing is the distance of the dpad and buttons from the bottom of the screen. In portrait mode they are about perfect, but when turning iPad on its side, they move a bit too low to the bottom for optimum comfort.

Swooperz

08-25-2010, 07:02 PM

yellowknife

08-25-2010, 09:55 PM

You should try the hack Seleuco mentioned earlier about at least re-positioning the buttons.
It's good to know I have that option if necessary.

Haris1977

08-26-2010, 02:34 AM

Thank you for such a good emu on our IPhones.. As future updates i would like to propose to Seleuco some points:

1) In landscape mode i think the d-pad (on the lower left) should be a little bigger so as the games to be more playable
2) In landscape again only 2 buttons (out of 4) are vissible..
3) Is it possible to have more d-pad and button skins? This would be awsome..

Of course imame4all's version is still new so i beleive many conflicts (sound ''chopping'' - many games won't play) could be solved:) I am going to donate..Good effort guys !!

stoksyXL

08-26-2010, 05:10 AM

Anyone got narc working? Loads up, but just hangs just as it's about to start on my 3gs, anyone tried it on there iPhone 4?

Haris1977

08-26-2010, 05:13 AM

In my 3gs won't work either..

Rasterico

08-26-2010, 06:10 AM

Excellent I am looking forward to it.

Is it necessary to have select+left/right though? Many emulators use left/right alone to scroll quickly and it works really well.

Anyone got narc working? Loads up, but just hangs just as it's about to start on my 3gs, anyone tried it on there iPhone 4?

Yeah I got it working, it does hang after loading in so you have to reset the rom (press start and credit button together to open mame options and reset it through that) most of the sound (speech and music) is missing, maybe in samples but I tried it before the update was out plus it's also one that suffers from the screen cropping bug but looks like seleuco has fixed that for this weekends release!

rocklobster

08-26-2010, 09:08 AM

2) In landscape again only 2 buttons (out of 4) are visible..

you can change that in settings.

rocklobster

08-26-2010, 09:28 AM

Just out of curiosity, would there be any way to display game fliers? I can imagine a really nice cover-flow style swipe browser...

http://www.emuparadise.org/MAME/flyers/digdug.png

Swooperz

08-26-2010, 10:09 AM

Just out of curiosity, would there be any way to display game fliers? I can imagine a really nice cover-flow style swipe browser...

http://www.emuparadise.org/MAME/flyers/digdug.png

Great idea! And there is already artwork for each game that is used for Mame Front-ends on desktops. I wish I could help contribute but my Objective-C knowledge is pretty basic at this point. Maybe writing a separate front-end app would be easier? Seleuco, would iMame4All be able to be run from another iPhone/iPad app?

nsotiriou

08-26-2010, 10:14 AM

Something else that I don't know how difficult can be is the addition of Bluetooth mouse. Games like Arkanoid need is a lot.
Thanks for the screen rotation and the adaptive res it is very useful.

Bye bye from Hot Greece for now.

Nicholas

bodobear

08-26-2010, 12:54 PM

i just finished working on my donkey kong junior mini imame cabinet including a wiimote and an iphone4. it´s working very well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51241815@N00/4929429551/

Dylan1696

08-26-2010, 01:16 PM

Currently I have these working well:
Bad Dudesvs.Dragon ninja
Bionic commando
BreakThru
FinalFight
GhostsnGoblins
Guerilla War
IkariIII
Indiana Jones ToD
Ironman Stewarts Super Offroad
Mercs
Pitfall2
Rygar
Strider
TMNT-Turtles in Time 4player

MicroByte

08-26-2010, 01:27 PM

i just finished working on my donkey kong junior mini imame cabinet including a wiimote and an iphone4. it´s working very well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51241815@N00/4929429551/

That is so awesome!!! It's a portable arcade machine! It would be funny to see people's reaction if you were to whip that out on a bus or in a public place!

JCat

08-26-2010, 01:42 PM

i just finished working on my donkey kong junior mini imame cabinet including a wiimote and an iphone4. it´s working very well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51241815@N00/4929429551/

I was just visualizing something like this last night. Fantastic job - wow!

Haris1977

08-26-2010, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Haris1977 View Post
2) In landscape again only 2 buttons (out of 4) are visible..

"you can change that in settings. "

How can i do it??

Swooperz

08-26-2010, 02:05 PM

i just finished working on my donkey kong junior mini imame cabinet including a wiimote and an iphone4. it´s working very well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51241815@N00/4929429551/

Wow! This is sweet! Did you modify something you already had or is this all built from scratch? If homemade, how did you do the artwork decals and stuff?

bodobear

08-26-2010, 02:41 PM

Wow! This is sweet! Did you modify something you already had or is this all built from scratch? If homemade, how did you do the artwork decals and stuff?

no it´s all build from the scratch.. wasn´t too much work. did the cabinet yesterday and sprayed it.. bought the glass today and printed the artwork... no more hardware inside needed.. just the wiimote and the iphone.
i am thinking to build another one a bit bigger for the ipad with real arcade controls.

Rocketman919

08-26-2010, 02:55 PM

no it´s all build from the scratch.. wasn´t too much work. did the cabinet yesterday and sprayed it.. bought the glass today and printed the artwork... no more hardware inside needed.. just the wiimote and the iphone.
i am thinking to build another one a bit bigger for the ipad with real arcade controls.

Looks nice. Only thing though is if you keep the wiimote where it is now, you cant wrap your hands around it and it seems like it would be difficult to play.

bodobear

08-26-2010, 03:14 PM

Looks nice. Only thing though is if you keep the wiimote where it is now, you cant wrap your hands around it and it seems like it would be difficult to play.

it´s ok to play like this but you can always remove it from the control panel easily.

Swooperz

08-26-2010, 03:22 PM

no it´s all build from the scratch.. wasn´t too much work. did the cabinet yesterday and sprayed it.. bought the glass today and printed the artwork... no more hardware inside needed.. just the wiimote and the iphone.
i am thinking to build another one a bit bigger for the ipad with real arcade controls.

Dude, this is nice! Is your profession somewhere inline with this type of work?

bodobear

08-26-2010, 03:36 PM

Dude, this is nice! Is your profession somewhere inline with this type of work?

i am glad you like it.. i was building another one for ma living room some years ago and it´s not so hard to do.. here are some pictures of the old one:
http://www.mamecabinet.handshake.de/start.html
i´ve seen alot of private arcade projects on the net and i think the one i built yesterday in double size with real arcade controls and ipad would be perfect.

can´t wait for the next imame update :)

romeodelta

08-26-2010, 03:43 PM

I wonder if the accelerometer in the Wii remote could be used for some games? Imagine steering in a driving game or even controlling the paddle in Arkanoid.

JCat

08-26-2010, 03:48 PM

I wonder if the accelerometer in the Wii remote could be used for some games? Imagine steering in a driving game or even controlling the paddle in Arkanoid.

Would LOVE that happening... on the PC I use GlovePie which has scripts for various wiimote control methods (driving, classic controller, etc.). I've been using the wiimote as a light gun for all the Mame light gun games, but you need an IR and another program to emulate a PC joystick.

rgswff2

08-26-2010, 03:48 PM

I"m trying to set options so I can get the 4 button layout but it is saying:

Error saving preferences!

Perferences couldn't be saved. Check for write permissions. chmod 777 if needed. See Help

I looked in help but can't see what directory or file I need to set these permissions on. Can anyone help?

rocklobster

08-26-2010, 03:52 PM

Dylan1696

08-26-2010, 04:35 PM

rgswff2

08-26-2010, 04:59 PM

Just go to imame4all.app file in your iDevice directory and set the permissions to 777. Done.

Thanks!

MicroByte

08-26-2010, 08:53 PM

Thanks!

Just go to imame4all.app file in your iDevice directory and set the permissions to 777. Done.

Hi, I tried to do this and set 777 recursive on the iMAME4ALL.app folder which set everything in the directory to 777 and still cannot save preferences. Is the correct folder /private/var/stash/Applications/iMAME4all.app?

It's been a LONG time since I JB and yes, I did try google.

*EDIT* I think instead of doing the CHMOD 777 on the iMAME4ALL.app folder, it needs to be on the iMAME4ALL folder under /var/mobile/Media/ROMS. I did it here and it works great now! :)

Haris1977

08-27-2010, 12:35 AM

Anyone can tell how can i have 4 buttons (instead of 2) on my landscape screen ?

Edit: *Stupid question sorry...i found it in options:)

Duckula

08-27-2010, 05:35 AM

http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/iCade.shtml

I really wish something like this was real now. :(

shadeone

08-27-2010, 08:21 AM

so how do we go about playing rampage (as mentioned earlier) and galaga and other games that are scaled wierd and get them to play normal?

shade

Rasterico

08-27-2010, 08:45 AM

so how do we go about playing rampage (as mentioned earlier) and galaga and other games that are scaled wierd and get them to play normal?

shade

Via the new update to imame4all that is due to launch this weekend according to seleuco.

bodobear

08-27-2010, 09:46 AM

does anybody knows a way how to connect real arcade controls to the ipad beside breaking and soldering a wiimote to the controls ? maybe there is a way to use the camera connection kit ?
in other pc hardware arcade projects i was always using the cheapest usb joystick, opened it and used the hardware of it.
there´s a arcade joystick where you can switch the stick from 4 to 8 ways.
cheers, bodo

x999x

08-27-2010, 11:19 AM

Thanks, this is the BEST emulator for iOS to date. I've got them all, and nothing has worked this well so early on, if ever!

Additionally, BSlapps' emulators allow for 2 Wiimotes to connect for multiplayer games, unfortunately I don't think he posts his source or has a github.

http://www.BSlapps.com/ines.php

Renjun

08-27-2010, 11:41 AM

i just finished working on my donkey kong junior mini imame cabinet including a wiimote and an iphone4. it´s working very well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51241815@N00/4929429551/

Woah Great !

Swooperz

08-27-2010, 11:43 AM

i just finished working on my donkey kong junior mini imame cabinet including a wiimote and an iphone4. it´s working very well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51241815@N00/4929429551/

Bodobear, how did you print out the decals? Was that done on a laser or inkjet?

Renjun

08-27-2010, 11:50 AM

x999x

08-27-2010, 12:00 PM

I just read that the update of the Bluetooth stack used by imame4all and that has been update, support multiple Bluetooth devices !

Wow, thats great news, I'm going to have to try it when I get home :)

Also, just an FYI about Wiimotes

Real Nintendo branded Wiimotes work best, this includes the new Black versions (which look nice next to an iphone or ipad). I have tried 3 other models by Nyko, and all experienced issues with losing connection, or just plain not connecting. I started with a Nyko mini black controller, it has perfect portability, however pressing the Home button on the ipad would constantly drop connection -- which I could live with -- but on the flip side, it just wouldn't connect to the iphone. Same story with the other 2 unfortunately.

bodobear

08-27-2010, 04:09 PM

Bodobear, how did you print out the decals? Was that done on a laser or inkjet?

i went to a local print shop with my usb stick and they print it on adhesive foil by laser.

Haris1977

08-28-2010, 12:33 AM

What about an ''add to favorite option'' as an upcoming update??:p Because of the vast quantity of games it should be great if we could have smth like this..See my screenshot below..

Also different d-pad and buttons layout would be great..Could these easily be implemented as a future update?:confused::confused:

romeodelta

08-28-2010, 02:56 AM

How about filters, of which Favorites would be one. Like on Xbox 360.

JCat

08-28-2010, 03:08 PM

How about filters, of which Favorites would be one. Like on Xbox 360.

I could swear this is using some built in filter because it looks much better than my PC version (PC without filter); then again, could also be the smaller screen on iPad.

romeodelta

08-28-2010, 03:26 PM

I could swear this is using some built in filter because it looks much better than my PC version (PC without filter); then again, could also be the smaller screen on iPad.

Yeah I don't mean visual filters, I mean filtering the game list :)

MN1987

08-28-2010, 05:43 PM

OK, I just had to waste a few hours so I threw together this app icon. Hope y'all like! Seleuco, please feel free to make it the official icon if you want to.

If not, others interested can see my instructions early in this thread for replacing an icon.

114x114 (Retina):
http://a.imageshack.us/img826/5531/imame4all114roundedblue.png

57x57:
http://a.imageshack.us/img824/3516/imame4all57roundedblue8.png

All photoshop files and images in zip file:
http://rapidshare.com/files/415331131/iMAME4all-icons-rocklobster.zip.html
Pretty sick icon! Thanks!

Question though: I tried each icon and each seems to be a bit taller than the icons around it. Am I hallucinating? Because I swear it looks a bit mis-sized to me on my iPhone's display. Anyone else notice this?

JCat

08-28-2010, 05:44 PM

Yeah I don't mean visual filters, I mean filtering the game list :)

Oh yeah, that filter.. gotcha. :)

rocklobster

08-28-2010, 06:26 PM

Pretty sick icon! Thanks!

Question though: I tried each icon and each seems to be a bit taller than the icons around it. Am I hallucinating? Because I swear it looks a bit mis-sized to me on my iPhone's display. Anyone else notice this?

Thanks. I think you're hallucinating. It's exactly to spec (114x114 for retina, 57x57 for normal). some icons may not use all the space though so may be smaller by a pixel or so.

Thanks for the comment though, I was wondering since no one said anything yet.

MN1987

08-28-2010, 08:22 PM

Thanks. I think you're hallucinating. It's exactly to spec (114x114 for retina, 57x57 for normal). some icons may not use all the space though so may be smaller by a pixel or so.

Thanks for the comment though, I was wondering since no one said anything yet.

Check your PMs, I have a random question about icon replacement.

ShadowsFall

08-29-2010, 12:14 AM

Wonder how Jurassic Park runs on the 2g :D

Rasterico

08-29-2010, 05:10 AM

Any news on the new update that corrects the cropping Seleuco? Not sure what else if anything you'd need to add after that as it's pretty much perfect now!

Haris1977

08-29-2010, 06:19 AM

Any news on the new update that corrects the cropping Seleuco? Not sure what else if anything you'd need to add after that as it's pretty much perfect now!

Almost perfect:)

silcharde

08-29-2010, 12:33 PM

What about;
Multiple wimote support ?
Classic controller support (wimote) ?

I mean, is GREAT as it is, but there is room for improvement...

And free ? come on! ,.. we get way better support here than with Zod with its paid apps and zero support ,..

Thank you.

Seleuco

08-29-2010, 01:59 PM

My wife and I are expecting twins. We had a small setback and I was in the hospital these last days. Luckily everything went well and we're home. :)

I have a new version almost ready, now I'm home, I hope to pubic shortly... :D

Haris1977

08-29-2010, 02:40 PM

We all hope with many improovements..:P

JCat

08-29-2010, 03:12 PM

Glad everything is ok with your wife, Seleuco.

nsotiriou

08-29-2010, 03:41 PM

That's the meaning of life my friend, I wish you the best.

Seleuco

08-29-2010, 06:18 PM

v1.2 released 4 test at:

http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/

whats new:

1/Fixed cropping bugs. Now Rampage, Popeye and more are correctly displayed if not selected fixed 320x240 video aspect mode.

2/Added 4 new Video Aspect modes:

-Original: Scaled original game driver resolution.
-No Keep Ratio: Scaled original game driver resolution with no keep aspect ratio.
-With Cropping: Scaled original game driver resolution with cropping.
-Fixed 320x240: Scaled nominal emulated video resolution at fixed 320x240.
NOTE:If "Not Safe Render Path" is activated, only fixed 320x240 is available.

3/Vector games now works at 640x480 emulated resolution.

4/Improved wiimote. Used 0x30 data reporting. Works better with touch controls. Mapped Y to WiiMote B button. left/right used for fast scroll & change options.

5/Selectable landscape 1 to 4 Buttons.
Show 1-4 Buttons: Hide/show Y/A/X buttons if needed.

Enjoy.

rocklobster

08-29-2010, 06:37 PM

thanks! maybe busy with home issues (felicidades!) but did you notice the icon?

gsxrboy

08-29-2010, 09:11 PM

Just a quick note to say thanks for your great work and congrats (to you and the missus) on the (soon to be) new little future mame players in your life :)

Greg G

08-29-2010, 10:57 PM

Just loaded 1.2 and it is awesome! The ratio fix is spot on! Thanks for all of your effort and sharing your fantastic results.

Good luck with the twins! Glad to hear things are ok.

-Greg

x999x

08-29-2010, 11:29 PM

anyone noticing a buzzing sound in the game Punchout using the latest rev of imame4all? I'll have to check my ipad to see if the buzzing is there on the previous version, will report back.

Haris1977

08-30-2010, 12:37 AM

Great job..A question though:

when a game starts it has sound on (44 khz fast) . By changing it to 11 khz shoundnt i gain more fps? And generaly speaking..what is the best settings for maximum fps on a 3gs device?

7bits

08-30-2010, 01:09 AM

cos

08-30-2010, 01:48 AM

Thank you so much for this new version. It is working fantastic on my Iphone 4. I am especially pleased by the new mode "No Keep Ratio". This mode makes it much more pleasent to play all the games on the relative small Iphone screen.

Thanks again and congratulations with your two new upcoming family members.

x999x

08-30-2010, 02:26 AM

Thanks again for this version, works great I can play Punchout now!

Notes on Punchout while I'm at it ;)

1) Game sound has a slight buzzing noise, I noticed this on the previous version and the new version, both on i4 and ipad. No big deal, game works, good enough for me :)

2) Rotation: On & TATE, game sprites disappear, or move off screen. In Punchout, you will notice when the opponent is introduced, he walks off the screen to the right and disappears when he gets hit in the body. Disable Rotation On or TATE and play in normal or landscape, and sprite problem is solved, he moves to the center of the screen when introduced and doesnt disappear. Hope its possible to fix this, as this game uses 2 monitors so playing in portrait mode full screen is very helpful.

Other than that, Punchout is fully playable, and with the Wiimote, I've got all I could ask for :)

Thanks!

Seleuco

08-30-2010, 02:47 AM

Tahnks for your interest. I expect my twins on january... so i have a little spare time now... but then ;)

Great job..A question though:

when a game starts it has sound on (44 khz fast) . By changing it to 11 khz shoundnt i gain more fps? And generaly speaking..what is the best settings for maximum fps on a 3gs device?

You should. I put 11 khz default 4 3g only... do you think it is necesary on 3gs also?

Don't know if anyone else is getting this, but my game is resetting when I hit B and u can no longer bring up the in-game menu for dipswitches(by pressing 1&2) I too cannot see a way to remap the 4 buttons. Otherwise everything is working great! Awesome job and congrats to your twins! I myself am a new dad as well.

all?, single... What game?

Seleuco

08-30-2010, 02:50 AM

Haris1977

08-30-2010, 03:14 AM

And what is exactly cpu speed ?It is 80 % (by default)...It goes 200 %.. Should i gain more speed?:confused:

romeodelta

08-30-2010, 06:22 AM

Dodonpachi is working :)

Rasterico

08-30-2010, 07:01 AM

Amazing stuff again Seleuco, every game I've tried now is catered for with one of your new screen modes, new wiimote mapping is spot on as well as games like Narc are playable now crouch has been enabled on the wiimotes B button.

I'm not sure what your plans are for this emulator now as it seems pretty much complete.

Just wanted to say a huge thank you again for your efforts with this project as you have made a lot of people very happy and given us what is in my opinion the best emulator on the scene.

Congratulations on the twins as well!

bodobear

08-30-2010, 09:10 AM

oh january your teens are coming... that´s cool ! so we should hurry asking you for needed changes until then ;)
hey i am getting 40 years tomorrow and all i can say is that imame is the best birthday present so far !!! i would invite you to a piece of cake if you would be nearer.... btw where are you from in spain ? my mom is also from spain and we spent many times in cadaqués... there´s a very nice casino bar next to the beach. it would be a great place for a mame/arcade exhibition.
take care, bodo

biobern

08-30-2010, 09:21 AM

Hi all!
First, thanks for this GREAT Emulator. It rocks! And good luck for your family, Seleuco.

But the new V1.2 has some serious problems on my iPhone 3G 3.1.3:

- With "no save render path", all vector games crash at startup.
- With "no save render path", the raster games sometimes have strange effects: Sometimes, you cannot change something in the start menu, cause the game starts before you can change something.
- All the new and beautiful Video aspect modes want "save render path" and so they are much slower on my iPhone 3G. Seleuco, please keep the "no save render path"-modes working. We 3G-users need it for a little bit of speed.
- Vector games are MUCH slower now even with "fixed 320x240". I cannot even play Asteroids now. Also, the vectors are too thin. The old vector rendering method reallyworked better.
- A little idea: Maybe you should integrate the "save render path" switch into the startup menu. The menu maybe could look like this: 320x240 no save render (fast!) - 320x240 save render - keep original ratio - full screen - with cropping.
By the way: Do we really need the "with cropping"-mode?

For the moment, i have to go back to V1.1. :-(
I pray you will fix everything. :-)

Again, thanks...
Bern

Yamo

08-30-2010, 09:35 AM

Hola Seleuco,

best wishes to all you of you. How are the twins? I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart!

7bits

08-30-2010, 10:10 AM

Don't know if anyone else is getting this, but my game is resetting when I hit B and u can no longer bring up the in-game menu for dipswitches(by pressing 1&2) I too cannot see a way to remap the 4 buttons. Otherwise everything is working great! Awesome job and congrats to your twins! I myself am a new dad as well.

all?, single... What game?

K - must have had to been user-error. I must have somehow globally remapped the "B" button somehow. I deleted everything except the roms and did a fresh install. Works great! Championship sprints works perfect. I can finally find use for the dusty Wii-motes. Now if BTstack would support more than one wiimote I would wow everyone in the world with this portable arcade miracle!

x999x

08-30-2010, 11:16 AM

Any thoughts on native TVOut?

TvOut2Mirror seems to work fine, just not sure if it affects performance on >i4.

Seleuco

08-30-2010, 11:26 AM

And what is exactly cpu speed ?It is 80 % (by default)...It goes 200 %.. Should i gain more speed?:confused:

This is the emulated CPU speed... more speed... more cpu power emulated... but needs more iPhone power... is like overclocking/downclocking Arcade machine

I'm not sure what your plans are for this emulator now as it seems pretty much complete.

Just wanted to say a huge thank you again for your efforts with this project as you have made a lot of people very happy and given us what is in my opinion the best emulator on the scene.

Congratulations on the twins as well!

Thanks Rasterico, i think it is almost done.. i'm going to play a little with classic wiimote.. maybe with 4 wiimote support.. and pause the development... maybe in a few months i will improve the game selectión screen.. but not now.. i think that 4 a free emulator is very good finished... It's time to enjoy a little... and play some games... :)

oh january your teens are coming... that´s cool ! so we should hurry asking you for needed changes until then ;)
hey i am getting 40 years tomorrow and all i can say is that imame is the best birthday present so far !!! i would invite you to a piece of cake if you would be nearer.... btw where are you from in spain ? my mom is also from spain and we spent many times in cadaqués... there´s a very nice casino bar next to the beach. it would be a great place for a mame/arcade exhibition.
take care, bodo

Happy bithday mate.. :)

I'm from Madrid... we have not beach here... it is a pity... but spain is a good place to live....

Hi all!
First, thanks for this GREAT Emulator. It rocks! And good luck for your family, Seleuco.

But the new V1.2 has some serious problems on my iPhone 3G 3.1.3:

- With "no save render path", all vector games crash at startup.
- With "no save render path", the raster games sometimes have strange effects: Sometimes, you cannot change something in the start menu, cause the game starts before you can change something.
- All the new and beautiful Video aspect modes want "save render path" and so they are much slower on my iPhone 3G. Seleuco, please keep the "no save render path"-modes working. We 3G-users need it for a little bit of speed.
- Vector games are MUCH slower now even with "fixed 320x240". I cannot even play Asteroids now. Also, the vectors are too thin. The old vector rendering method reallyworked better.
- A little idea: Maybe you should integrate the "save render path" switch into the startup menu. The menu maybe could look like this: 320x240 no save render (fast!) - 320x240 save render - keep original ratio - full screen - with cropping.
By the way: Do we really need the "with cropping"-mode?

For the moment, i have to go back to V1.1. :-(
I pray you will fix everything. :-)

Again, thanks...
Bern

I will fix vector crashing.... It is related to 640x480 work mode... 4 not safe render path i will fix at 320x240 so it will not cash and performance it will going back...

It is a pity... but 4 not safe render path... i cant support new aspect views modes... this is related to dinamic arbitrary resolution switch not supported well using private apple apis (crash a lot)... i was thinking on remove at all it becouse it is a headache support that mode... but i think later, that it is better to stay with it however is more limited than safe render... my apologies 3g users... the problem is apple here...

I will play with beam in vector games at 640x480 so it will be a liitle more bigger the beam....

"with cropping "mode works well for this games that only a little screen is not draw... you not need to set not aspect ratio and distort the image....

"not safe render path" it is a global emulator setting since it is not supported by iPhone4... iPad... i think Apple could broke it when they want it

Hola Seleuco,

best wishes to all you of you. How are the twins? I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart!

Thanks. :) They are well inside her mom now... the mon also :)

romeodelta

08-30-2010, 03:22 PM

Thanks for updates & great work Seleuco.

Very excited to hear Wii Classic Controller support is still on the table.
I think this would make playable a lot of games which now use too many buttons or dual sticks.

Glad to hear family is doing well also!

stoksyXL

08-30-2010, 05:07 PM

When is this going up on cydia?

souldrinkerfrito

08-30-2010, 09:49 PM

hello
really appreciate for your informations.
i'm glad to meet great mame emulator like this.

i tried to play "Super Slams(http://www.retrocpu.com/mame/roms/s/super_slams)", but i dont know how to play.

default romlist doesnt include "Super Slams" so i tried to put rom name, file size, crc to clrmame.dat and gamelist.txt.
but imame4all cant find superslam.zip either.

how can i put superslam to imame4all's romlist and play it?

cant i play the game if its not on default gamelist.txt?

i want to know how to add unsupported roms to imame4all's list and play it.

nsotiriou

08-31-2010, 08:34 AM

Wii Classic Controller support is the last thing we need all.
Thanks for your work and time you spend for the rest of us.

Waiting for the update.

Nicholas

CMC888

08-31-2010, 10:52 AM

Thx Seleuco for this wonderful emulator. Playing Mortal Kombat on the Iphone 4 is just too good to be true.

Just a quick question about mapping. It's not that easy to configure the buttons for games with the ingame menu.

One thing I noticed about Mortal Kombat is that when going to the settings for the game there are only three buttons to configure, while the general settings have 6.

Assigning the 6 buttons is not that easy either because after hitting B to set the button a whole range of buttons is already assigned to a specific button.
And while MK should have 5 buttons to play, it would be nice to have at least the four buttons assigned to HP LP HK en LK.

Anyone able to run MK2 en MK3 btw? They are in the capatible list but MK2 just resets the emulator en MK3 gived an error not supported.

CMC888

08-31-2010, 11:23 AM

When is this going up on cydia?

Dont wait for Cydia. Just grab the .deb file from this post, add it to your iphone with iphonebrowser to any directory and open ifile to install it.

Works like a charm...

biobern

08-31-2010, 11:34 AM

Hi everybody,
I just have lotsa fun with my new wiimote. Works great!
By the way: Is that correct that you cannot use the full screen when the iPhone is in Portrait-Mode? Would be great for all the Upright-games like Donkey Kong, Galaga, Scramble, Frogger...., especially together with a wiimote.

Some words to the "strange effects" in V1.2 that I mentioned earlier:
It seems that the key input is trashed a bit so that one keypress often counts as 0 key presses or, if i press a little longer, 2 keypresses. So, when I press "B" (or "2" on my wiimote) to start a game, it often counts as 2 keypresses, the game starts and i cannot enter the startup menu. Maybe this only happens with "no save render path".

By the way:
I also tried to overclock my iPhone 3G for a faster Mame, but it was totally useless, I had the same framerates as before, so I went back to normal. So, we 3G users are a bit left out in the rain..... :-((((((

Still a great emulator!!!!
Keep up the great work!
Bern

Seleuco

08-31-2010, 12:08 PM

romeodelta

08-31-2010, 12:58 PM

New package is up on Cydia now!

silcharde

08-31-2010, 02:56 PM

I cant get "Street Hoop" to work, I somehow fixed it with clrmpro and still, I'm missing two files, any suggestions ?

biobern

08-31-2010, 04:45 PM

Thanks Seleuco!

Vector crashes and keystroke problems are fixed in V1.2 final (downloaded from Cydia). Great!
Btw. Bodo and everybody: Space Invaders has correct colors now. :-)

One thing I think is very funny:
Framerate with wiimote is much higher than when you use touch controls:
Crazy Kong on my iPhone3G (during play, no save rendering, smooth, fullscreen): 58-60fps with wiimote, 30-40fps with touch controls.
How comes?

I think i'll build a little Arcade cabinet for iPhone and wiimote like Bodo did. :-)
Thanks again Seleuco and keep up the great work!
Bern

bodobear

08-31-2010, 06:25 PM

Seleuco

08-31-2010, 07:07 PM

Seleuco, I just updated imame on my iphone4 and ipad and the new version works great ! I still can´t believe it´s real ! :)
What do you think about the Wii Classic controller ? I´ve got mine for my birthday today and really like it. It would be the perfect controller for imame.

You rock !
Bodo

Good news. I have already working Wii Classic. It was easy... it is very well documented...

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wiimote

i Plan to support only Wii Classic dpad,,, it has nosense analog controls since mame4all version it is working with digital input...

I think it is more interesting support 4 wiimotes or classics...

romeodelta

08-31-2010, 07:15 PM

If you could at least let us map the stick directions to digital buttons we could use them for dual stick games like Robotron for example.

Rasterico

08-31-2010, 07:18 PM

Good news. I have already working Wii Classic. It was easy... it is very well documented...

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wiimote

i Plan to support only Wii Classic dpad,,, it has nosense analog controls since mame4all version it is working with digital input...

I think it is more interesting support 4 wiimotes or classics...

Excellent news, I ordered one from Amazon yesterday!

Just in case anyone needs convincing of how good this emulator is, heres a little video I filmed on my iPhone 4!

BBFmlZUxT8s

Rasterico

08-31-2010, 07:30 PM

If you could at least let us map the stick directions to digital buttons we could use them for dual stick games like Robotron for example.

Ive had no trouble mapping buttons through the Mame options screen (I just use the "input for this game" option).

romeodelta

08-31-2010, 07:37 PM

Ive had no trouble mapping buttons through the Mame options screen (I just use the "input for this game" option).

Thats great but I would guess that you have not been able to map any buttons to the sticks on the Classic Controller.

Rasterico

08-31-2010, 07:52 PM

Thats great but I would guess that you have not been able to map any buttons to the sticks on the Classic Controller.

Well I've not got my classic controller yet as I only ordered it yesterday so you are correct! Hopfully though it'll be the same process as mapping buttons though?

JCat

08-31-2010, 08:57 PM

Great news - I hope at some point the analog sticks on the classic will be mappable . I think a lot of people in the mame community use them over over the dpad, and use the dpad as extra buttons. The analog sticks are so much more comfortable to move around with. Either way, you create the magic., so I'm grateful for what we've gotten.

romeodelta

09-01-2010, 04:51 AM

Well I've not got my classic controller yet as I only ordered it yesterday so you are correct! Hopfully though it'll be the same process as mapping buttons though?

Only if Seleuco adds support for it, which I was humbly begging for him to do ;)

Rasterico

09-01-2010, 05:09 AM

Only if Seleuco adds support for it, which I was humbly begging for him to do ;)

Well hopefully it will be an easy process and he'll consider it, if not at least we'll have support for a fantastic controller with enough buttons to cater for any game :)

crunc

09-01-2010, 08:25 AM

This emu is pretty great! The only problem with it is that using it with a Wii Remote, what do I do with my iPhone? I need a stand for it now. :)

Is there a version of Donkey Kong that works with this emu? There's a lot of games I've tried that show stuff missing, such as Donkey Kong.

bodobear

09-01-2010, 09:03 AM

shadeone

09-01-2010, 10:50 AM

there´s also a list of all supported games.

I have all the games i want working correctly, but i would like to see this list...

the link was probably posted before, im just blind haha

shade

Seleuco

09-01-2010, 01:31 PM

If you could at least let us map the stick directions to digital buttons we could use them for dual stick games like Robotron for example.

i'll try to map digital buttons A/B/X/Y to one stick ¿Left or right stick?.... other stick U/D/L/R, DPAD U/D/L/R.. that way it would be possible remap in MAME menu wiiclassic sticks

ROBOTRON is mapped this way right now...

I have two wiimotes working also... more is possible... (but no connected to MAME itself yet)

but i will take a while... i have to writte some cleaner code... next week maybe it will be avalaible...

Just in case anyone needs convincing of how good this emulator is, heres a little video I filmed on my iPhone 4!

Great... fantastic game also :)

Rasterico

09-01-2010, 01:50 PM

i'll try to map digital buttons A/B/X/Y to one stick ¿Left or right stick?.... other stick U/D/L/R, DPAD U/D/L/R.. that way it would be possible remap in MAME menu wiiclassic sticks

ROBOTRON is mapped this way right now...

I have two wiimotes working also... more is possible... (but no connected to MAME itself yet)

but i will take a while... i have to writte some cleaner code... next week maybe it will be avalaible...

Great... fantastic game also :)

My vote would be for you to map the buttons to the right stick as the left side of a control pad is always for movement rather than actions, I presume that you would leave the A/B/X/Y buttons mapped to the regular buttons at the same time as the right stick similar to how you described the up down left right of the dpad and left stick as this would be the best option I feel.