04223: PinMAME games description

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
04223	Documentation	Feature	Always	Feb 2, 2011, 03:27	Feb 3, 2011, 01:42

Tester	M.A.S.H.	View Status	Public	Platform
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS
Status [?]	Closed			Driver
Version	0.141u1	Fixed in Version		Build
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	04223: PinMAME games description
Description	Suggestion: Change description of all new PinMAME games to something like xxx-name (Pinball). All PlayChoice, Mega-Tech... have also this extention! 1942 (PlayChoice-10) After Burner (Mega-Tech, SMS based) Bio-hazard Battle (Mega Play) Bristles (Max-A-Flex) . . .
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No.07171 Tafoid Administrator Feb 2, 2011, 03:37	No.. I cannot see this making any sense whatsoever. The examples above are all cartridges or boards for a dedicated cabinet/main board. It might make more sense to change NEO GEO games to have a similar "NG_game" format.. Are you willing to do that? Pinballs are not multi-game/interchangeable games so you will not see anything like this done. I don't see what the big issue is - there is an "ismechanical" flag in the XML which takes are of all mechanical games at this point, including pinball, shuffle, redemption and even some coin droppers as well and a handful of others which were already in MAME. If you want to discuss this further, do it in a forum.
No.07172 Haze Senior Tester Feb 3, 2011, 01:42	please.. don't encourage him. I'd rather have abarawhatsit forcing his changes upon mamedev.

No.07171

Tafoid

Administrator

Feb 2, 2011, 03:37

No.. I cannot see this making any sense whatsoever.

The examples above are all cartridges or boards for a dedicated cabinet/main board. It might make more sense to change NEO GEO games to have a similar "NG_game" format.. Are you willing to do that?

Pinballs are not multi-game/interchangeable games so you will not see anything like this done. I don't see what the big issue is - there is an "ismechanical" flag in the XML which takes are of all mechanical games at this point, including pinball, shuffle, redemption and even some coin droppers as well and a handful of others which were already in MAME.

If you want to discuss this further, do it in a forum.

No.07172

Haze

Senior Tester

Feb 3, 2011, 01:42

please.. don't encourage him. I'd rather have abarawhatsit forcing his changes upon mamedev.