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I know, but the others were still active weren’t they?

So can we discuss these emulators in any detail at all ? can we post the various issues so the author knows and can fix them and then somehow share the fix off the forum or does this kill all discussion of that sort and all this has to go underground. As the MVFME website is still up they obviously haven’t gone after the emulator or its authors.

Are all emulators affected by this or just some ? For instance, if someone wanted to release an emulator for one of the currently unemulated fruit machine boards is that banned too ? I assume there's been some sort of approach from a manufacturer or is it a case of just playing safe ?

Advert says they're on DES encryption so you'd have to implement the CCTALK protocol (single wire serial) with all the relevant note recycler commands together with DES encryption etc. It can definitely be done if you've the time and want to put in the effort. Maybe they can be put into another mode with the relevant manufacture software ?

The uln2803 transistor array is to handle the led voltage and current. The micro controller is 3.3v at low current, the drivers allow you to use 12v lamps/leds at up to 500ma. you could do an input to keyboard converter but there are a really cheap ones already available so not worth it unless you want some specific like the pulsed validator you mentioned elsewhere.

@dudesehope you don’t mind me asking but earlier in the thread you’d looked at getting this printed online. Is that what did ? and, if so, who did you use and was the quality good ? thanks

Fantastic, wasn’t expecting such a fast response. Thanks reg

Really liking this. as you asked for suggestions… would it be possible to select the next page of games by swiping the screen left and swiping right for the previous screen instead pressing the left/right arrows ?

Have you looked at GPC Arcade Kiosk on this site ? very simple to use for MFME, just point it to the exe and layout folder, scan and add the games and that’s it. Really easy.

Thanks Reg, that's great. I've been using the video playback option and while the majority play fine I do have some which play without audio. The problem videos have multiple audio streams, usually A52(AC3) Surround, A52(AC3) stereo and DTS surround. Maybe it doesn't know which stream to play ? Probably be easier for me to remove a couple of the streams.

This is looking good. Two new emulators and a new frontend, brilliant. I've not tried it on a portrait monitor yet but looking good in landscape mode. I had one glitch and that was when selecting the search option the bottom row of the keyboard was off the screen. The only way I could correct it was to exit the frontend and re-enter. Not been able to repeat it. Would it be possible to return to the same page that you launched a game from after you quit a game and return to the menu ? ATM if you launch a game from page 6 it always returns to page 1. Great work, I've no idea how you'd even approach a project like this.

Great project, I’m really tempted but I’ve a couple of questions… how long does it take to 3d print everything and how much print material is required ? - I don’t have a 3d printer but a mate can print it for me in return for beer tokens. How stressed is the NUC when running the most demanding games (either MFME or MVFME) ? Does it handle everything with ease ? Looking forward to seeing the release of the front end. Thanks

Just wondered if this will run using WINE on Linux ?

Great work, it’s always nice to see something new. I’ve not played any of these games before or paid any attention to them so it’ll be interesting to see what they’re about.

I managed to get some sort of list of Adder4 games and most are Belgian with the odd USA, Swiss and UK game. I'm told there are a lot of Belgian games on Adder5 too, more than on Adder4. They don't appear to have been dumped though , possibly something to do with not been able to read the flash without building an adapter Adder4 games - no dumps for most of these Cop The Lot (UK) (Dumped) Pay Slots Belgian Draw Poker Belgian Crazy Dice Belgian Skill Dice (Dumped) USA Match Play Belgian Dice Runner Swiss Skill Slots Belgian Crazy Pyramid Belgian Super Dice Belgian Open The Box I actually enjoyed playing the Belgian games, at least there was some degree of player interaction, unlike Dutch and Spanish games

I managed to find Skill Dice which is Adder 4 but that's all The problem with Adder5 is you can read the sound roms but you need the update files for the game as the flash memory can't be read without making an adapter BFM/BFG made loads of this type of game for Belgium, hopefully they'll turn up at some point in the future.

Hi, I wondered if Bell Fruit Belgian Dice Spinner/Slots style games have been dumped and emulated at all ? I think they were probably Adder5 ? I’ve not been able to find anything, not even roms so I guess not?

I stumbled upon this thread a while ago and as there hadn't been an update I thought I'd have a play. Two versions, the first knocked up on a bit of old prototype board, the second buying the driver chips on a board already and just soldering the boards together. Did a bit of simple Arduino programming and I've a fully working pacdrive look-a-like Protoype board You could buy the driver chips already on a board and solder the boards together... Running the official Ultimarc test software... Cost of parts from Aliexpress including delivery....less than £5 per board ! This is only a pacdrive look-a-like but you could do an i-pac for similar cost but it'd be a bit more difficult as there are only 18 inputs on the board so you'd have to add a couple of chips to get more for all the buttons.

Thanks for the replies, I actually emailed Ultimarc last night and they replied this morning so even though the website is a bit poor I can't fault the response time.

In what way is it rubbish ? Any photos ? Unless the TV is processing the input it should look the same as a 4K pc monitor. What's the actual resolution of the TV, is it true 4K - 4096 * 2160 ? Or is it the fact that the original layout resolution is too low to be shown that large ?

Following this with interest. I like how incredibly neat and tidy it is. In your first post you mentioned the pacdrive special is available with id1 or id2, can you tell me where you get them from ? The Ultimarc website only shows the id1 special.

Is there any fruit machine technology with sufficient games on it to make it worth the effort in trying to emulate ? Other than Scorp6 of course.

I didn’t realise old tech was still in use. What about BFG stuff such as Scorpion 6? Doesn’t MAME take the approach that games over 3 years old are a fair target but stay away from anything newer?

Are there enough mpu6 mechanical machines to warrant the time and effort it'd take to emulate it ? Are there many update files available and any info/schematics for the board itself ?

Where are the faults ?, I can't see/hear them