
MAME Player for Windows Xp/2000/98SE
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MAME Frontend for use with the official command-line version of MAME.

Written by Darren G. Vir
sjr_seh@hotmail.com
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sjr_seh/

MAME: www.mamedev.org


Introduction
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MAME Player is designed for the official command-line version of MAME.

I have attempted to make some dialogues look and feel similar to that of 
MAME32 and MAME32 Plus!, but have also added my own/user ideas.

MAME Player does not create a long command-line; it reads from your existing 
MAME ini file which will be created if not found.

All code is written in Visual Basic 6, and was written by myself. API
functions taken from www.allapi.net and other sites. Some icons were taken 
from MAME32 and MAME32 Plus! source. Various tool tip text taken from MAME's
documents.



Installing
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Unzip the archive to a new folder or your MAME folder.
Overwrite all files of a previously installed MAME Player if asked.

If you get a COMCTL32.OCX missing message, you can get it from:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sjr_seh/comctl32ocx.zip

You can put this file in the Windows system folder, or in the same folder as 
MAME Player. If your Windows isn't allowing the ocx to auto register, you may 
need to type the following at the command prompt in the same folder as the ocx:

regsvr32 COMCTL32.OCX 


Usage
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Run mp.exe and an Open dialogue will popup so you can select your MAME 
executable, then the game list will generate. Please do NOT block mame if
your firewall asks. Change paths/directories if needed via Options. All 
sets will be rescanned if a ROM/CHD path is changed. You can refresh the 
set list anytime by selecting Tools...Verify All Sets. 

If you want to use the pictures feature then the pictures (.png) need to be 
unzipped. Set the path via Options...Paths/Directories.

Put history.dat in your MAME folder if you want to use that.

If you want to use a favorites.ini from mame32/mame32 plus!, then rename it 
to mp_fav.dat, renaming your existing mp_fav.dat if necessary.

If you want to hide a column, just resize it to 0 width.

The joystick select feature, allows you to select and play a game via a 
joystick/pad. Button 1 = play. Buttons 2 and 3 = move up and down the list.




Uninstalling
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Delete the following files: 
mp.exe (program)
mp.ini (settings)
mp.dat (database)
mp.txt (documentation)

You might want to keep mp_fav.dat if upgrading, or plan on using MAME Player
again.


Thanks
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_Spekkio_, keferen, smoke-x, emodel caravane and any others I missed.
Also thanks to darkfalz who kindly gave me the code to his tinyFE, 
from which I got some ideas.

Any bugs, suggestions etc. welcome. Email: (sjr_seh@hotmail.com). 

