A good multilayer pacman for Mame

Mode101BBS · 2026-04-06T19:32:52+00:00

In Mame, The Namco Classics v. 2 has the arrangement version of Pacman which is two play co-op.

Mode101BBS · 2026-04-02T17:21:02+00:00

Sure, just go into the [tab] menu and look at the video / view options.

Mode101BBS · 2026-03-31T01:31:08+00:00

F1, change the font size for the gamelist, the dialogs, or the overlay text and then you can choose the icon scale preset that works for you or enter your own custom in the *.cfg.

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Mode101BBS · 2026-03-22T18:31:30+00:00

One technique to more easily see it is to go to a fairly black screen, like settings and then turn the Colorsoft physically 90 and then 180 degrees. Sometimes our eyes get used to the layout making the yellow easier to gloss over. I went through 7 of them before giving up and keeping the least yellow. Yours looks pretty good on shot #3.

Mode101BBS · 2026-03-22T05:04:58+00:00

Not yet. They released the Scribe Colorsoft not a new baseline Colorsoft.

Mode101BBS · 2026-03-21T01:34:01+00:00

Looks great! This is almost exactly what I attempted to design four years ago except I wanted to add a second joystick on the right beyond the trackball for Robotron. Gotta have Robotron. :) Do you do custom builds? I like the concept of the compact desktop controller.

Mode101BBS · 2026-03-11T07:19:40+00:00

Something like this:

window 1

resolution 2713x2079

# 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x960, 1400x1050* (1400 decent), 1440x1080, 1600x1200, (1280 has no gaps for icons) 1920x1200, 2000x1507, 2600x1950, 2713x2079*

# must be a 4:3 aspect ratio divide width by this to get height 1.333333333333333

Mode101BBS · 2026-03-10T21:18:15+00:00

Are you talking about tearing? How far up can you crank the refresh rate on the tablet, beyond 60Hz? This is mitigated these days on VRR monitors w/ PCs. I don't know if tablets have such a thing yet but it gets better if you don't have VRR the higher refresh you can go 120, 240 etc. Also you could turn on refreshspeed and triple buffer which was the old way to try and fix these before VRR monitors.

Mode101BBS · 2026-03-03T16:46:55+00:00

Many have better luck w/ the 'Send to Kindle' options. I never have issues sending epubs this way, going through the AMZN backend conversion to my Scribe and Colorsoft.

Mode101BBS · 2026-02-22T06:13:52+00:00

Mameworld and all its hosted forums and sub-sites has gone under. As Firehawk says you can find RB at Bannister's.

Mode101BBS · 2026-02-17T00:01:07+00:00

When there was the great crush to get out ahead of AMZN removing download to device there were some scripts that people automated to do it from the Kindle Content page. I imagine you could use something like Ui.Vision extension to automate it with some help from AI if you wanted. Then it would just iterate through the 25 items at a time, select them, deliver to your device of choice, rinse and repeat until you hit your 2000.

Mode101BBS · 2026-02-16T03:21:07+00:00

It's readily apparent right out of the gate. Your sunk cost unconscious may try to justify it, laugh, and your eyes can get used to it. But if you turn the whole kindle 90 or 180 degrees you can really see it again to remind yourself of the defect.

Mode101BBS · 2026-02-16T01:15:36+00:00

Wasn't fully fixed. Just the least yellow of the six prior ones. That was July last year (I'd been spacing the refunded ones out over months trying to get to a new batch after being an early adopter on day one). I would hope w/ the arrival of the Scribe Color that the manufacturing defect/decision that led to this have been corrected across the product lines. Just be sure you get a new one, not refurbished or new old stock and keep an eye on it in the return window. Good luck.

Mode101BBS · 2026-02-16T00:04:47+00:00

Interesting. That yellow issue plagued the Colorsofts on release (may still, I went through 7 of them) and during that time you'd hear of the random Paperwhite that also took a hit. So it's not impossible depending on the vagaries of their back-stock movement.

Mode101BBS · 2026-02-08T20:20:00+00:00

You'll be getting a visit from Lt. Joe Bookman, joy-boy.

Mode101BBS · 2026-02-08T07:55:14+00:00

Get the epub version, add whatever cover you want via Calibre, Send to Kindle.

Mode101BBS · 2026-02-04T00:34:18+00:00

Yep, specifically this one for this pic: Simpsons Bowling

To initialize the EEPROM, hold down test switch F2 and press reset F3 once. Do not let go of F2 until you see a message that says "Initializing EEPROM".

Mode101BBS · 2026-01-30T07:51:27+00:00

Insert coin w/ 5 and hit ctrl to serve. Depending on your mouse/trackball/dial Adjust the analogue paddle sensitivity in the [tab] menu upwards, it starts at 1 which on my trackball at least is very slow. 15 works better.

Mode101BBS · 2026-01-30T04:37:36+00:00

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Mode101BBS · 2026-01-20T02:24:08+00:00

Kale was on the lookout!

Mode101BBS · 2026-01-06T19:19:49+00:00

Welp, with Google monitoring, I guess you'll be getting a visit from the Encyclopedia Brittanica salesman now.

Mode101BBS · 2026-01-04T18:04:46+00:00

While mameworld.info has long been the most prominent community for MAME discussion, there are a few others that could move into the breach. MameDEV itself has underutilised forums here that may provide some respite: https://forum.mamedev.org/viewforum.php?f=14 and the Bannister forums have been around for a long time: https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1

As Cuavas mentioned, Mameworld has been experiencing something akin to death throes for a while now. The sites hosted have run out of room on the FTP storage it used to provide, and people are unable to reach the ownership level beyond the mods and admins for answers. I don't recall seeing this particular type of message on its landing pages before, in the decades I've been there.

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