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
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 All!!!!
I am off work until the New Year!! I think I’m going to sleep until Sunday 🙂
First things first. Happy Holidays and an early Happy New Year to all my readers. All of you have been awesome. Thank you for all the comments.
PiMAME Updates
I have used up over 100GB of bandwidth in a week. That’s AWESOME. I have never used so much bandwidth ever, yet alone in a week. Luckily I have generous bandwidth allotments between my two hosts, so hopefully I won’t have to scramble for mirrors again.
Expect PiMAME updates over the weekend. I am doing a lot to it. The next update should be great.
Photoshoot
We had a secret santa in my department, and my co-worker was given a really cool light box since he is a freelance photographer. He did a little photo shoot of my DeskCade units.
-Shea
Hello All,
Happy beginning of the holidays. Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday… To all my friends here in the US, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I spent some great time with my family. To all my friends in other countries, I hope you are having a wonderful week 🙂
Raspberry Pi Camera
The Raspberry Pi Foundation today released the first video of the Raspberry Pi Camera. It looks like it’s going to be an awesome piece of kit. $25, 1080p video, 5MP pictures. I cannot wait to order one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8N7kgtL0-Ts#!
Wii U
So I was able to purchase a Wii U Deluxe set during Black Friday. I was not expecting to come home with one. I was really just driving around looking at the lines. Toys ‘R Us had opened at 8, it was 8:20, and the line was short, so I decided to go in. I went to the back of the store, where the electronics section was, and asked if they had any Wii U’s in stock. I was completely shocked to be given a ticket for a deluxe model. My fiancee didn’t believe it either. 2 hours later (yay, waiting in line to pay) and I’ve got this thing hooked up.
The first thing it needed to do was download a huge update. It took about 2 hours to download and install. After that, it was smooth sailing. The system is awesome. The gamepad is not just a gimmick, it works amazingly well. It acts as a universal remote for my TV and my Cable box. It’s much faster to browse the cable guide using the Dpad than using the remote itself. Netflix is better on the Wii U than on the Xbox 360. To be able to select from the queue on the gamepad, watch it on the TV, or press a button and switch the stream straight to the game pad is so cool. It’s seamless.
Nintendoland is this consoles version of Wii Sports and Wii Play combined. You can use the Gamepad to play the games in single player mode, but to use 2 player you need to use Wiimotes. It’s nice they kept backwards compatibility. The ninja minigame is a lot of fun.
I also purchased New Super Mario Bros. U. The game is gorgeous in hi-def. The multiplayer mode can be a relationship killer though. Just warning you! The game plays like all the other NSMB games, but that’s a good thing. It’s great fun 🙂
Spark Fun Free Shipping
For Cybermonday, Spark Fun will be doing free shipping! Happy Hacking!
Megacynics DeskCade
To anyone who hasn’t read the webcomic Megacynics, you should start. It’s a great comic, Ash and Steve are cool people. I recently made a DeskCade for them. This time I tried it out of Acrylic. It took less time, but cost a bit more in raw material. I’m really happy with the look of it though. I have to find a better materials supplier.
Ornaments
I’ve also started making some ornaments on the laser cutter. I’m thinking of starting an Etsy store for them. I’m taking requests, so leave a comment!
Take care all!
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.