Hey all,
This is just for testing purposes, but if you like to live on the cutting edge, I’m making available the beta/pre-release/testing release of PiMAME 0.5!
It’s based off the PiMAME 0.3 image, with the Uploader file size limit set to 200MB, and the Snapshot artwork in AdvMENU.
Let me know if you have any issues with it!
-Shea
Hey all,
My new Tankstick arrived today, courtesy of XGaming.com. They have asked me to test it and get it running on the Raspberry Pi. I only had a couple minutes to play with it, but I made a little unboxing video for everyone:
Size comparison of the Pi versus a Tankstick:
This thing has some heft to it! With the few minutes I got to use it, I notice why some users of the Raspberry Pi are having difficulties making it work right. It’s nothing wrong with the device, but with the way some of the software interprets the inputs. I have a couple of hunches and ideas on how to fix it, which I hope to get to within the next week.
PiMAME 0.5 is also coming along nicely. I’m reverting back to the 0.3 stack and just adding some minor modifications. That should be released on Friday.
-Shea
Hey all,
I have the latest AdvanceMENU, AdvanceMESS, and AdvanceMAME versions compiled and turned into .debs for your installing pleasure.
sudo dpkg --force-overwrite -i advancemame_1.2-1_armhf.debsudo dpkg --force-overwrite -i advancemenu_2.6-1_armhf.debsudo dpkg --force-overwrite -i advancemess_0.102.0.1-1_armhf.debThe reason dpkg requires force install is because the Advance* projects compile a lot of the same helper binaries, like advj and advc. When dpkg tries to install the next package, it sees it has already installed something with the same name, and freaks out.
Doing a force install tells it to overwrite and continue, making everything work. I don’t recommend using force install for everyday installs, but I know it works for these.
I was very surprised when I was contacted by X Gaming this week. They are sending me one of their really cool looking X Arcade tank sticks to test out with the Raspberry Pi and various emulators. A couple people have posted on the Raspberry Pi forums and on my blog asking if this stick works, so hopefully I will have an answer for everyone very soon.
I’m looking forward to everyone’s feedback on the new .deb files. Let me know if something is messed up, doesn’t install for you, or is just wonky. Also let me know if it does work, because that’s good to hear as well 🙂
Have a great weekend!
-Shea
Update: I have received numerous reports that this version is much slower than the previous one. I am reverting back to the previous Raspbian for PiMAME 0.5. That should fix the speed issues. The new release will be up this week. Thank you for all the feedback.
Hey All,
I am pleased to announce PiMAME 0.4 is now available for download.
PiMAME is now built around the 2012-12-16 version of Raspbian.
AdvanceMAME 1.2 and AdvanceMENU 2.6 are installed.
PulseAudio has been removed.
Snapshots of supported games are loaded and will appear in AdvanceMENU.
The ROM uploader file size limit has been increased from 2MB to 200MB.
I recommend users exit out of AdvanceMENU at some point and run:
sudo raspi-config
Overclocking the Pi from raspi-config greatly increases the performance of AdvanceMAME. You are also able to expand the filesystem to fill up the rest of your SD Card.
I am looking forward to all questions, comments, and suggestions! Have a great week.
-Shea
Hey All,
I received a pleasant surprise this weekend. A new version of AdvanceMAME and AdvanceMENU was released by the author. I am currently compiling it and testing it out. It is still based on MAME 0.106.
This is going to push back the PiMAME 0.4 release as I want to incorporate these new binaries into it.
You can find the sources here: http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/index.html
Hey all,
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2013 🙂
On Monday Element14 will have more Raspberry Pi’s in stock. Get your credit cards ready. I will also be taking my first graduate course that same day. I am very happy and looking forward to working on my masters degree.
I now have a USB gamepad and I’m going to work on getting that setup. I’m currently working on PiMAME 0.4 and hope to have it released this weekend. I am incorporating as many fixes and improvements as I can. I really appreciate your feedback.
In other Pi news, teh_orph has posted new information about his XWindows accelerated drivers for the Pi. I am looking forward to trying them out. They are FAR from finished, but this is a great step forward.
Have a great weekend!
-Shea
Hey All,
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is what I assume to be the last post of 2012. Might as well end it with a bang 🙂
I have been watching Ted (Waterbury) work on this project for the past few months, and the work is nothing short of incredible.
I hope everyone has a great new year. May 2013 bring you joy, happiness, and success.
-Shea
Happy Holidays Everyone!
I wish everyone a happy and a healthy.
To celebrate the holidays I am proud to present the release of PiMAME 0.3
Features:
To access the web front end just type the IP address that is displayed in AdvMENU into your web browser. You should be presented with a screen similar to this:
From there you can upload and access PiMAME’s file system. Make sure you upload your files into the ROMs directory and then restart AdvMENU.
Enjoy!
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please feel to let me know!
-Shea
Happy Friday everyone!
I just got back from seeing Wreck-It Ralph and here’s my verdict: Go see it right now. Not only was it a great story, it was a great homage to the entire gaming industry.
Today I also got an iPad Mini. I have an iPhone 4S and love it. At work I use an iPad 3 and have found it to be too big and bulky. This iPad Mini is amazing. It’s light, has a great screen, and fits my hand(s) perfectly. I’m even typing this whole post on the mini right now. So far it’s totally worth it.
I got AdvanceMESS compiled with sound but I have yet to test it. I have an issue where check install doesn’t like installing both mame and mess because they have some of the same executables (advcfg, etc.). If anyone knows much about Debian package creation I would love some help and advice.
Have a great weekend!
Hey All,
I have an updated set of AdvanceMAME debs. This time there is sound, and a lot of the stupid tricks I had to do to compile have been resolved. It ended up being a libsdl issue and an older version of GCC.
Please uninstall the older .deb by entering this command:
If you want to compile AdvanceMAME yourself, make sure you install libsdl1.2-dev and gcc-4.7. After that make sure to do export CC=gcc-4.7 and export CXX=g++-4.7 on the command line. Then type ./configure, then make.