Tuesday 13 September 2011

MAME4Droid documentation

So the features I found were not undocumented, they can be found in the Wiki section here.  It just hasn't been updated yet to mention MAME4droid.  The controls are as follows:

- Virtual pad: Movement in pad, mouse and analog control of the four players.
- Buttons B,X,A,Y,L,R: Buttons A,B,C,D,E,F.
- Button SELECT (1): Insert credits (UP+SELECT = 2P credits, RIGHT+SELECT = 3P credits, DOWN+SELECT = 4P credits).
- Button START (2): start (UP+START = 2P start, RIGHT+START = 3P start, DOWN+START = 4P start).
- Button L1+R1: Pause.
- Buttons L2: Exit to selection menu to select another game.
- Buttons L1+START simultaneously: Show profiler.
- Buttons START+SELECT simultaneously: Access to the MAME menu.
- Button R2: Open help & global options.
NOTE: To type OK when MAME requires it, press LEFT and then RIGHT.

On another note, there does appear to be a 'cheat.dat' file that is installed with MAME4droid.  I'm not sure if it is not functioning, or that the games I've tried are not covered by the cheat file.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 September 2011 at 09:22

    Don't forget that this is based on an 11-year-old version of MAME, and so probably an 11-year-old cheats.dat as well. You might be able to bring in a cheats.dat from a later MAME version if the format didn't change much.

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  2. Unknown26 October 2016 at 15:42

    I have the latest mame4droid on my android tv box. When i get to the main menu and highlight a game then click a button it gives me a menu with settings. How doni just launch the game? I am using a game pad and can go through all the menus. Just can't start a game. Start button on controller also brings up the same menu.

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  3. Kristian30 October 2016 at 08:32

    I have the exactly same problem af Jake. Anyone, how do we start a game?

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  4. Unknown15 November 2016 at 19:18

    Kristian, I got mine working. Go into mame4droid settings, then external input then define keys. I went through and remapped buttons a, b, x ,y to their respective buttons. Then at the game selection i was able to use b to start the game. To type ok you need to press dpad left then right.

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    1. Unknown23 December 2017 at 15:44

      Jake - I am having the same issue and may be a stupid question but how do I access the mame4driod settings? Thanks very much.

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    2. Breno9 June 2019 at 07:04

      Perfect! Thank you very much!!!

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  5. Unknown26 February 2017 at 05:48

    Hello! An information:I've installed mame4droid on my mini pc android, but when I push SELECT + START, I cannot enter In dip switches set up! Please somebody help me! Thanks

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