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Re: Using the same MAME rom for more than one game
09/30/14 03:23 AM


> > Thanks for all the discussion - I didn't know if anyone would even discuss my
> > question. I'm using Hyperspin (MAME only), and I'd like the user to be able to pick
> > from either Video Pinball or Rugby as two separate choices on the wheel.
>
> It's possible to do what you want and at the moment, I'm trying to figure out the
> easiest way to accomplish what you want.
>
> Here's the entry for videopin
> http://pastebin.com/L3w0U6jS
>
> You could create a dummy entry in the mame.xml with everything identical except a
> different description field.
>
> Then assuming your on HyperLaunch 3 with access to HyperLaunchHQ, create a custom
> entry something like this
>
> http://imgur.com/29Z1CuO
>
> I'm not sure if you can specify a different artwork path on the command line, but I
> don't see why it wouldn't work.
>
> If that happens to fail then the other option would be to have 2 MAME selections on
> your wheel. Setup a MAME2 (which would be the same process as adding another system)
> and use a different MAME path the contains the different artwork.
>
> You can use a different defaulted MAME theme to get distinction between both of them.
>
> From there your MAME2 could just have the 1 game on the wheel or you could compose a
> favorites listing and play around with it
>
> Best of Luck!

Thanks, I feel like I'm getting closer. I set up another MAME folder (MAME2) but now my problem is I want both Video Pinball and Rugby to be visible in the same "favorites" wheel but obviously both roms have the same name if you will. Maybe this is turning out to be a Hyperspin-specific question.







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