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Re: A list of arcade-only romsets.
09/04/19 02:38 AM
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> > Note that the 'ismechanical' filter only applies to screenless games e.g. > mechanical > > reel slots, British style fruit machines, pinball machines and games which only use > > lights for output (including LEDs and 7-segment displays), but not video poker, > video > > slot machines or mahjong, since these games normally use regular old arcade machine > > hardware, usually a generation or two behind the arcade games because it's cheaper > to > > manufacture. > > > > I believe however that there is also a 'casino' filter (whether or not it's in MAME > > and/or the frontend in question) > > It really should apply to games with inputs based on mechanical devices too, where > there are actual moving parts. Games with moving cabinets (where the game can read > the position to limit movement eg. AfterBurner) and force feedback wheels (that the > game can set to a position and read back eg. GTI Club which even tests that on > startup) really need tagging as mechanical too. Basically it should be used for 2-way > cases, where a device is under the control of the system, but where there are > external factors (device being used as a user controller input etc.) that mean it > isn't in a guaranteed state. > > I'd actually argue that the majority of the Fruit Machines should *not* carry the > flag, as the 'mechanical' element is purely an output device. You could replace the > logic on the PCB with a sub-board that processed the positional commands and digital > display to show the reels and the game logic / behaviour would not change at all as > it's unidirectional. > > If we're talking single direction mechanical then even things like regular joysticks > and coin mechs are 'mehcanical' and in that case you'd end up tagging everything.
Yeah, it's easy to go overboard with the flags - the games with payout/ticket hardware (gambling or not) could easily fall under mechanical just because a mechanical coin hopper can spit out coins (or tokens), or the game can produce redemption tickets upon completion (World Class Bowling can be configured like that).
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