not a bad idea...

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: I wrestle with this one myself. I know how to play most the games but my kids and friends don't. I would really like to see an electronic solution as opposed to paper. I had been extracting info from KLOV.com into 1 page with screen shots and printing it in color and putting it in a binder, but my kids really didn't look at it so I stopped. : I did great *.png files that label the controls used for a particular game and gray out those not used. Using ArcadeOS I have the game screen shot load if you highlight a game. Then if you run the game the picture of the controls displays for about 5 seconds before the game starts. I also have the control picture show if you press Info in ArcadeOS, but other than me I have never seen any of my friends or kids press Game Info. : What I would like and am holding out for is the ability to use ArcadeOS somehow to display the game instructions. Heck, as I write this, I am thinking I may offer to compile a file similar to history.dat called instruct.dat that could be used either by MAME or front ends. I'll make a new post to see what folks think. : : Okay a buddy and I are re-doing the arcade cabinet that I have : : and we came across an idea. Each game is different, : : and each game has different buttons that do different things : : but what if we made a 3 by 5 card with all the information about : : the game....example : : -------------------------------------------------------------------- : : |Name:Raiden | : : |Clones:Raiden(Alternate Hardware, Raiden(Korea) | : : |Year:1990 Genre:Shooter Players:2(alternating) | : : |Manufacturer:Seibu Kahatsu Input:2 Joysticks 2 buttons each | : : |Instructions:Guide your ship, and fire at opposing ships, gain | : : |powerups along the way (blah blah) | : : |button 1:Fire shot button 2:fire bomb | : : |Game ranking:9 If you like this game try out: | : : | tiger heli, truxton, truxton II | : : |known bugs:music is inconsistent sometimes | : : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : : we would all help make these cards for each and every game, each of these : : 3 x 5 inch cards could be stored in a roledex of sorts, near or on your : : cabinet, so that if someone came up to your arcade cabinet, you could flip : : to one of the cards, and know instantly how to play the game.... : : or if you wanted to learn how to play a new game. : : this could be a word or wordperfect template, and eventually we would have : : all the MAME games, (until a new one comes out) : : I would love to hear feedback, and I guess if no one else would be intrested : : to help then I'll just do it for my arcade cabinet slowly, but I think we could : : all benefit here! Oh if you steal my idea, I don't care, just type up all those : : cards and let everyone use them, (a special thanks woud be nice!) : : : : thanx for your time...... : : Long live MAME!

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