Awesome video! This could easily be the definitive "go to" video for the ALP community to mod their ALPs. Love the written guide, too (I'm old school.) Hope to see both updated in the future. Might want to think about adding a section on how to format the drive for those that want to have this and their Zacc games on a single drive.
Thank you so much Jeremy, I'll definitely be adding more to the guide so a section to do that makes sense. Very good point that some may just want everything on one stick. I appreciate you watching and your comments!
I am glad you used the regular addon mode under byog. I prefer this over coinopsX and addonX. You don’t need to be online and it isn’t as glitchy as coinopsX. Once you have the UCE files you can easily just drag and drop on the fat32 formatted usb drive. No need to partition like with flash drive X.
@@FloriDUH_JBot you have 3 options to play your own games. Addon, addonX and CoinopsX. CoinopsX has the coinops visual game wheel and nice UI. It is buggy though on at games. I prefer either addonX or regular addon. The main difference is that you don’t need to be logged in to arcadenet to play games on addon. You also don’t need to partition your usb drive like you do with addonx and CoinopsX. You just need to drag and drop the UCE files on a fat32 formatted usb drive and that is it. So my recommendation is to try all the options and see what you like. If you just care about playing the games and don’t need a flashy interface then used regular addon. Also it will prepare you for the day atgames shut down their servers. CoinopsX and addonX won’t work without being online.
Thanks for the in-depth explanation. Exactly what I needed to know. I'm relatively new to the AtGames ecosystem, and my ALP has been DOA since it was delivered almost 3 weeks ago. Nothing to do but plot and plan for whenever my new mobo gets here. I didn't see much detailed info about AddOnX vs AddOn anywhere online (a little bit on a Fans of saUCE reddit post.)
@@FloriDUH_JBot yeah no one really talks about regular addon anymore. Once you have the UCE rom files you can use whatever option you want. Back in the day regular addon was the only way to play your own games. Now you have these 3 choices. At games wants you using using the flash drive X apps so you have to be connected online to their ecosystem. I prefer to have an offline option that isn’t dependent on arcadenet. Addon is just easier. Just drag and drop on the usb stick any no fuss. Keep one drive that is formatted for coinopsX and flash driveX and have another usb stick just loaded with regular addon games. That is what I do. Just in case the servers go down.
Thank you Mr. Kong, I greatly appreciate it! For anyone reading this, please also check out the KRU review of this machine here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp/#More_ALP_Reviews . He provides some excellent insight and moding ideas. @Kongs-R-Us If you need a place to publish articles, e-mail me at wagnerstechtalk@gmail.com and perhaps I can publish any work you want on my website. I'd love to grow the guides section and it's always best to do so as a team! Giving you credit for any submissions, of course.
@@WagnersTechTalk thanks for adding my review to your website! I feel honored to be listed next to the other content creators you added. appreciate you! and definitely sounds intriguing to add written tutorials on some my mods. I've never gone down that route, but if I do I'll definitely consider having you host them!
Most welcome, happy to add it and enjoyed your review! No pressure whatsoever on the guides. I'll be adding more, but would love to host from other content creators that are interested. Of course adding any videos, links, channels, etc. to supplement their work (author would own the content, I would just host it until such time as they requested it removed). The more quality content there, the better for everyone. Depending on the type of video, sometimes written guides with links make the most sense for more complicated projects.
Good video Wagner. I’m glad you made the point that the “fill” is not the correct aspect and it’s stretched which isn’t right. One of the key things from my wallcade build was the fact that I made those custom bezels for the vertical games so they could stay in the correct aspect and not have the black borders. Also , you can play horizontal games too on that screen as well , it’s just a small display area. Lastly , I’m not sure if you noticed , but that Mame core does not support sample wav audio sound bytes that are missing from mame2003 games like Galaga, DK , space invaders , Etc. Did you hear the ship Crash in Galaga when you died? When I did my UCE I had to used a special core and add the sample wav files for Those games.
Thank you Rex, I really appreciate your reply! I did mention the sample issue here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp/#Bring_your_own_Games_BYOG I tried a number of things, including adding the .wav files to the archive before packaging and it didn't work. What core worked for you, do you recall? I'll test it here too and update the guide. Thanks again! ps. If you want, you can e-mail me at wagnerstechtalk@gmail.com if it's easier.
@@WagnersTechTalk I’ll send you the core. I actually got the core from Glen . It was mame2003samplesupport or something like that. It was not a verified core from Atgames though. I asked Atgames to provide some other Mame cores that are tested and approved to use with the Legends but they didn’t have anything other than the one mame2003 they support. I was going to try to load some Libretro and other Mame cores from the pi but I don’t know if they would have worked and I didn’t want to waste the time.
I did this and it worked! Thanks for the video. Question-- If later I got a At Games arcade machine (not pinball) would it work to just plug the USB stick into the extra slot and pull up in 'add on' ?
Hi Mathew, yes it would work on any Legends Device. I also have a video and guide here for CoinOpsX which is great for vertical games: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv . For arcade (horizontal), may want to use this guide wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx . Basically, these are the "bulk upload" methods as they have a bunch of games.
Thanks for the video, Do you have to map the buttons every time you play a MAME game on ALP or just the first time you play each game ? Maybe a stupid question but figured I’d ask.
Definitely not a stupid question, sorry if I didn't explain that well. You only have to configure the buttons once for each game and the mappings will be saved to the .UCE file (won't have to re-map the next time you play the game). Hope this helps!
Thanks for the great video and links. I got Galaga to work on my ALP and I'm 75% happy. If you know how to get it to do a two player game and can pass along that information I would be 110% happy because I can have my lifelong buddy Tony come over and we can recreate our epic Galaga battles from the mid 1980's. TIA
Very welcome, thanks for checking it out! I've heard, but haven't tested, if you connect an Xbox 360 controller you can use one of the buttons there to start a 2-player game. I currently use the WOPR w/Cheese build for vertical games on the ALP, got a guide here if interested: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv . Lots more games and great artwork that look sharp on the ALP.
Hello Friend, can you tell me if this Tutorial also appliesvto the AT 4K Legends Pinball ? If not, any Mane Tutorial on AT 4K Pinball available yet ? TY
No tutorials to the 4KP Arcade games just yet. There is a piece called RetroPlayer that will be receiving an update soon, until then, I wouldn't spend much time on it at the moment (button mapping is going to be hit-miss, mostly miss). Once it's working well, I'll have either a video, guide or both to help with it.
HI I just followed your video on adding the MAME games on my atgames pinball. BUT, when i click on the games in the "menu", the screen flickers black and doesnt start the game. What could be doing that?
This is a very old video. Since then, I created another video that explains how to use CoinOpsX instead, you may find this more to your liking: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv .
Hello, first of all very good video to get great games to play again on this system. Question so i got them to work just fine until an update, now they just says loading then goes back to the lists of roms. Please help i tried reformatting and pasting them in but no luck. thanks
It's honestly been awhile, if I recall correctly it is possible but I think I had to map the 2p start button on the connected controller. The ALP isn't the best machine for 2p gaming, for that you may want to look at the Legends Ultimate.
Hello, I followed your Tutorial on the MAME Arcade Games. when I added it to my ALP machine it shows the art work, it's only when I try to download the game, it doesn't upload. it seem to try but then goes back to the art work. Can you help? thank you, mike
It's the end of 2023, so I don't know if there were some changes to firmware for ALP, but these instructions do not work for me as far as getting the games to run. I get a "loading..." message then it kicks me back out to the AddOn screen with my games boxes listed. I figured maybe one ROM was no good, but I tried with 6 different games. All exhibit the same thing. One thing I was wondering, these ROM zip files are pretty small, less than 20k. How can a game run properly with such tiny files? Only 1 files has any .bin files in it. What am I doing wrong?
This video is a little old, today I combined both the Flash Drive X partition and CoinOpsX on a single USB drive and install CoinOpsX. For more info on how to do that, please see this: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx
How well do landscape aspect MAME games work on the vertical display? I have been trying to find examples on these to decide if upgrading the controller panel will be worth it.
Landscape games will play, but they will be in the center of the screen. You can briefly see a horizontal game being played here: ua-cam.com/video/SrjGXAvLtnA/v-deo.html
I kept my Zaccaria tables on a 256GB stick and put these games (MAME 2003/.uce) on a 2nd 32GB FAT32 USB stick. That way, I could easily tinker/add games without removing the Zaccaria games and having to mount/unmount it. You can see that in my 1st Legends Pinball video. More info here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp Hope that helps.
Should be the left nudge button (white) to bring up the mame menu. Also, there was a new firmware update yesterday (I've not applied it yet), will be updating later today. I do know there were some enhancements going in to improve the integration to the Arcade Control Panel.
You can find much more information and ask this question here: www.reddit.com/r/FansOfsaUCE You'll get a lot more responses and insight there regarding emulator cores available.
@@WagnersTechTalk Thanks for the info. Good stuff here. I am currently attempting to do a firmware dump via serial so that I can hopefully modify the ALP root image to add Samba and ssh servers (VLC could be very useful too). The downloadable one is useless, as it is pw protected.
When I go to BYOG/AddOn/ all the games I build per your instructions show up on the screen. When I highlight on and press start, the screen blinks and then an overlay screen says loading, then screen blinks again and it goes back to the screen showing all the games without starting. I just installed the arcade control panel and all the games on ArcadeNet work fine. What am I missing here?
Hi Bruce, the last time I tried this method was several months ago. Perhaps something has changed since then that I'm not aware of. However, see if this method is of interest to you: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx . It's what I'm using today to play Arcade games on the ALU & ALP.
@@WagnersTechTalk I'm interested in anything that works, Jon...lol. Thank you, I'll look at you suggestion, next. I'm slowly, but surely learning all this stuff and having a ball doing it. My weekend project is going to tackle the VIBS and computer hookup so I can play the billion virtual games and pup packs that I have.
A few guides to help you with your weekend fun: wagnerstechtalk.com/alpfx3/ wagnerstechtalk.com/alpbi/ wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx/ (already mentioned) If interested in FX3, I would start with that one (a little easier), just make sure you request the cabinet code soon (takes a day or two to get). When going to VPX/FP, you'll want to use the JoyToKey profile shown there (replace the one I provide for FX3 only). Reason is, the FX3 JoyToKey profile makes it super easy, no configuration in FX3 for button mapping. However, for Baller Installer, you will have to re-map two buttons (for nudge) within FX3. It's all explained above. Hope it helps you get there faster!
@@WagnersTechTalk The good news is, I got coinops working. The bad news is that after installing the VIBS,my ALP wouldn't boot up. The legends pinball lit above the back box, but no boot. I thought I had really screwed things up, but when I disassembled and took it back to original, it worked fine. So maybe I was shorting it somehow. I had two ribbon cables and tried both. Maybe I'm just not ready for prime time :) Any ideas. Jon? I watched Kong's/BDubs video on positioning of ribbon cables on new production model and that may be the answer.
It's probably because you might not have caught the Addendum video here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp/#Video_Installation There was a mistake in the first video that was corrected in the Addendum. Likely the cause of the problem and yep that was mentioned by Bee&PDubs also, actually I think they identified it as an issue first.
Hi Jeffrey, this video was to show how to package the games so they can be played via the AddOn option. I'll be doing more with bezels / coinopsx in upcoming videos.
The cores themselves are packaged into the .UCE file itself. Only one core may be associated with the game so it's not like in RetroPie where you can change the core easily. You basically have to rebuild the .UCE file to change the core.
Sorry it took me a little bit to get back to you. Try pressing down on the controller and Start at the same time to insert a credit. I tried it with DK (using CoinOpsX) and it worked. There is a great video by PDubs on how to setup CoinOpsX here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp/#Tutorials
@@EdStaniszewski Awesome, I added a Troubleshooting section to the MAME guide to help others (or if I forget) lol wagnerstechtalk.com/alpmame/#Troubleshooting
I used this process last year and have been using .uce files on a thumb drive since. They stopped working after the tablea last update. Anyone else have this issue?
You may find this guide more helpful, the method shown in this video works (it's an old video) but this is what I use today: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv/
@@WagnersTechTalk Thanks for the quick reply! I found out they can be downloaded from the Libretro buildbot's Linux folders since .so is the Linux file extension for the emulation cores.
Last time I used this tool was some time ago, it worked fine at the time. I now use CoinOpsX (Vertical) on the ALP. You may be interested in this as well: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv
Am I the only one confused as to how you "download" the mame file but instead save it to the computer. That doesn't download it just save the zip as a 1kb file.
You basically have to create a .csv (comma-separated file) in the format described here: github.com/FalkensMaze1983/ultimate_addon/tree/master/AddOn_tool
No, this is an older video for Arcade (MAME) games. If interested in that, I'd recommend the WOPR/w Cheese Vertical CoinOpsX build. If you're interested in connecting a PC/Steam Deck to your ALP, you can find guides on all of that here: wagnerstechtalk.com/guides/#AtGames
Seems the update has eliminated this ability. Makes this video and website mute and out of date. Hopefully ATL will bring it back but doubtful. With popularity come greed. Ask Sony and Microsoft, all thier games require subscription
Awesome video! This could easily be the definitive "go to" video for the ALP community to mod their ALPs. Love the written guide, too (I'm old school.) Hope to see both updated in the future.
Might want to think about adding a section on how to format the drive for those that want to have this and their Zacc games on a single drive.
Thank you so much Jeremy, I'll definitely be adding more to the guide so a section to do that makes sense. Very good point that some may just want everything on one stick. I appreciate you watching and your comments!
I am glad you used the regular addon mode under byog. I prefer this over coinopsX and addonX. You don’t need to be online and it isn’t as glitchy as coinopsX. Once you have the UCE files you can easily just drag and drop on the fat32 formatted usb drive. No need to partition like with flash drive X.
What is the difference between addon mode under BYOG and AddOnX?
@@FloriDUH_JBot you have 3 options to play your own games. Addon, addonX and CoinopsX. CoinopsX has the coinops visual game wheel and nice UI. It is buggy though on at games. I prefer either addonX or regular addon. The main difference is that you don’t need to be logged in to arcadenet to play games on addon. You also don’t need to partition your usb drive like you do with addonx and CoinopsX. You just need to drag and drop the UCE files on a fat32 formatted usb drive and that is it. So my recommendation is to try all the options and see what you like. If you just care about playing the games and don’t need a flashy interface then used regular addon. Also it will prepare you for the day atgames shut down their servers. CoinopsX and addonX won’t work without being online.
Thanks for the in-depth explanation. Exactly what I needed to know. I'm relatively new to the AtGames ecosystem, and my ALP has been DOA since it was delivered almost 3 weeks ago. Nothing to do but plot and plan for whenever my new mobo gets here. I didn't see much detailed info about AddOnX vs AddOn anywhere online (a little bit on a Fans of saUCE reddit post.)
@@FloriDUH_JBot yeah no one really talks about regular addon anymore. Once you have the UCE rom files you can use whatever option you want. Back in the day regular addon was the only way to play your own games. Now you have these 3 choices. At games wants you using using the flash drive X apps so you have to be connected online to their ecosystem. I prefer to have an offline option that isn’t dependent on arcadenet. Addon is just easier. Just drag and drop on the usb stick any no fuss. Keep one drive that is formatted for coinopsX and flash driveX and have another usb stick just loaded with regular addon games. That is what I do. Just in case the servers go down.
Great video showing the basics! love your written tutorials and resources. thanks for all you do!
Thank you Mr. Kong, I greatly appreciate it! For anyone reading this, please also check out the KRU review of this machine here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp/#More_ALP_Reviews . He provides some excellent insight and moding ideas. @Kongs-R-Us If you need a place to publish articles, e-mail me at wagnerstechtalk@gmail.com and perhaps I can publish any work you want on my website. I'd love to grow the guides section and it's always best to do so as a team! Giving you credit for any submissions, of course.
@@WagnersTechTalk thanks for adding my review to your website! I feel honored to be listed next to the other content creators you added. appreciate you! and definitely sounds intriguing to add written tutorials on some my mods. I've never gone down that route, but if I do I'll definitely consider having you host them!
Most welcome, happy to add it and enjoyed your review! No pressure whatsoever on the guides. I'll be adding more, but would love to host from other content creators that are interested. Of course adding any videos, links, channels, etc. to supplement their work (author would own the content, I would just host it until such time as they requested it removed). The more quality content there, the better for everyone. Depending on the type of video, sometimes written guides with links make the most sense for more complicated projects.
Great video as always. We need that batch video
Much appreciated! I was going to wait to add it to my to-do list once someone asked about it, it's now on my list 😎
Hey, we are still waiting for the batch video 😉
Amazing color pallet. That must be fun.
It is an awesome machine!
PinMame is just a matter of time can't wait to put Gilligan's Island on here then childhood salvaged.
Looking forward to trying that out at some point too!
Love your logo …it’s mesmerizing
Thanks Al! Took a while to design it in a way that made sense.
Best video on this so far. Thank you!
Very welcome and thank you! You may also find this video helpful: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv
Good video Wagner. I’m glad you made the point that the “fill” is not the correct aspect and it’s stretched which isn’t right. One of the key things from my wallcade build was the fact that I made those custom bezels for the vertical games so they could stay in the correct aspect and not have the black borders. Also , you can play horizontal games too on that screen as well , it’s just a small display area. Lastly , I’m not sure if you noticed , but that Mame core does not support sample wav audio sound bytes that are missing from mame2003 games like Galaga, DK , space invaders , Etc. Did you hear the ship Crash in Galaga when you died? When I did my UCE I had to used a special core and add the sample wav files for Those games.
Thank you Rex, I really appreciate your reply! I did mention the sample issue here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp/#Bring_your_own_Games_BYOG I tried a number of things, including adding the .wav files to the archive before packaging and it didn't work. What core worked for you, do you recall? I'll test it here too and update the guide. Thanks again! ps. If you want, you can e-mail me at wagnerstechtalk@gmail.com if it's easier.
@@WagnersTechTalk I’ll send you the core. I actually got the core from Glen . It was mame2003samplesupport or something like that. It was not a verified core from Atgames though. I asked Atgames to provide some other Mame cores that are tested and approved to use with the Legends but they didn’t have anything other than the one mame2003 they support. I was going to try to load some Libretro and other Mame cores from the pi but I don’t know if they would have worked and I didn’t want to waste the time.
Awesome, thank you Sir! I asked AtGames as well and came up with the same.
@@WagnersTechTalk So, for now, it's best just to go without those sounds?
I did this and it worked! Thanks for the video. Question-- If later I got a At Games arcade machine (not pinball) would it work to just plug the USB stick into the extra slot and pull up in 'add on' ?
Also, interested in bulk upload :)
Hi Mathew, yes it would work on any Legends Device. I also have a video and guide here for CoinOpsX which is great for vertical games: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv . For arcade (horizontal), may want to use this guide wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx . Basically, these are the "bulk upload" methods as they have a bunch of games.
Thanks for the video, Do you have to map the buttons every time you play a MAME game on ALP or just the first time you play each game ? Maybe a stupid question but figured I’d ask.
Definitely not a stupid question, sorry if I didn't explain that well. You only have to configure the buttons once for each game and the mappings will be saved to the .UCE file (won't have to re-map the next time you play the game). Hope this helps!
Thanks for the great video and links. I got Galaga to work on my ALP and I'm 75% happy. If you know how to get it to do a two player game and can pass along that information I would be 110% happy because I can have my lifelong buddy Tony come over and we can recreate our epic Galaga battles from the mid 1980's. TIA
Very welcome, thanks for checking it out! I've heard, but haven't tested, if you connect an Xbox 360 controller you can use one of the buttons there to start a 2-player game. I currently use the WOPR w/Cheese build for vertical games on the ALP, got a guide here if interested: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv . Lots more games and great artwork that look sharp on the ALP.
Neat! I just got my game today. I never knew using roms was an option. I just assumed the arcade games were pay to play.
Yes, you can add additional games another way is via CoinOpsX. You may find this interesting as well: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx/
Hello Friend, can you tell me if this Tutorial also appliesvto the AT 4K Legends Pinball ?
If not, any Mane Tutorial on AT 4K Pinball available yet ?
TY
No tutorials to the 4KP Arcade games just yet. There is a piece called RetroPlayer that will be receiving an update soon, until then, I wouldn't spend much time on it at the moment (button mapping is going to be hit-miss, mostly miss). Once it's working well, I'll have either a video, guide or both to help with it.
HI
I just followed your video on adding the MAME games on my atgames pinball. BUT, when i click on the games in the "menu", the screen flickers black and doesnt start the game. What could be doing that?
This is a very old video. Since then, I created another video that explains how to use CoinOpsX instead, you may find this more to your liking: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv .
Great job!
Thank you PDubs! For anyone reading this, please see PDubs review of the ALP here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp/#More_ALP_Reviews
Hello, first of all very good video to get great games to play again on this system. Question so i got them to work just fine until an update, now they just says loading then goes back to the lists of roms. Please help i tried reformatting and pasting them in but no luck. thanks
Any newd on the 4KP RetroPlayer update that would permit adding MaMe on AT 4K ?
There's no news as of right now.
Is it actually possible to play 2P games on the ALP utilzing two controllers?
It's honestly been awhile, if I recall correctly it is possible but I think I had to map the 2p start button on the connected controller. The ALP isn't the best machine for 2p gaming, for that you may want to look at the Legends Ultimate.
Hello,
I followed your Tutorial on the MAME Arcade Games. when I added it to my ALP machine it shows the art work, it's only when I try to download the game, it doesn't upload. it seem to try but then goes back to the art work. Can you help?
thank you,
mike
This is an older video, you may find this guide more useful: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv/
@WagnersTechTalk thank you. Will try it out. Been trying to get my Mame games on my ALP for a week and can't for some reason. :( hope this works 💪
It's the end of 2023, so I don't know if there were some changes to firmware for ALP, but these instructions do not work for me as far as getting the games to run. I get a "loading..." message then it kicks me back out to the AddOn screen with my games boxes listed. I figured maybe one ROM was no good, but I tried with 6 different games. All exhibit the same thing. One thing I was wondering, these ROM zip files are pretty small, less than 20k. How can a game run properly with such tiny files? Only 1 files has any .bin files in it. What am I doing wrong?
Yep, that's an old guide. This is what most of us are using currently, CoinOpsX: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx . May want to give that one a look.
Thanks, I'll give it a look. I thought CoinOpsX was going away, but I misread the email about Cloud BYOG going away.
There wouldn't by chance be an update download link to the boxart packs would there?
Not that I'm aware of at this time.
Can you keep both the USB flash drive and USB cable coming from computer connected to the ALP at the same time?
This video is a little old, today I combined both the Flash Drive X partition and CoinOpsX on a single USB drive and install CoinOpsX. For more info on how to do that, please see this: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx
How well do landscape aspect MAME games work on the vertical display? I have been trying to find examples on these to decide if upgrading the controller panel will be worth it.
Landscape games will play, but they will be in the center of the screen. You can briefly see a horizontal game being played here: ua-cam.com/video/SrjGXAvLtnA/v-deo.html
When you have Zarcaria Pinball tablles on Jumpdrive, AddOn X Games, and CoinOPS X Games, you gonna need at least 128 gig to be safe.
I kept my Zaccaria tables on a 256GB stick and put these games (MAME 2003/.uce) on a 2nd 32GB FAT32 USB stick. That way, I could easily tinker/add games without removing the Zaccaria games and having to mount/unmount it. You can see that in my 1st Legends Pinball video. More info here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp Hope that helps.
I can’t bring the menu to change the button mapping, is there something I’m missing? I’ve tried every button?
Should be the left nudge button (white) to bring up the mame menu. Also, there was a new firmware update yesterday (I've not applied it yet), will be updating later today. I do know there were some enhancements going in to improve the integration to the Arcade Control Panel.
Where can one obtain different mame emulator cores? The only one you provide is mame2003+. What about the mame2010 emulator core?
You can find much more information and ask this question here: www.reddit.com/r/FansOfsaUCE You'll get a lot more responses and insight there regarding emulator cores available.
@@WagnersTechTalk Thanks for the info. Good stuff here. I am currently attempting to do a firmware dump via serial so that I can hopefully modify the ALP root image to add Samba and ssh servers (VLC could be very useful too). The downloadable one is useless, as it is pw protected.
When I go to BYOG/AddOn/ all the games I build per your instructions show up on the screen. When I highlight on and press start, the screen blinks and then an overlay screen says loading, then screen blinks again and it goes back to the screen showing all the games without starting. I just installed the arcade control panel and all the games on ArcadeNet work fine. What am I missing here?
Hi Bruce, the last time I tried this method was several months ago. Perhaps something has changed since then that I'm not aware of. However, see if this method is of interest to you: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx . It's what I'm using today to play Arcade games on the ALU & ALP.
@@WagnersTechTalk I'm interested in anything that works, Jon...lol. Thank you, I'll look at you suggestion, next. I'm slowly, but surely learning all this stuff and having a ball doing it. My weekend project is going to tackle the VIBS and computer hookup so I can play the billion virtual games and pup packs that I have.
A few guides to help you with your weekend fun:
wagnerstechtalk.com/alpfx3/
wagnerstechtalk.com/alpbi/
wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx/ (already mentioned)
If interested in FX3, I would start with that one (a little easier), just make sure you request the cabinet code soon (takes a day or two to get). When going to VPX/FP, you'll want to use the JoyToKey profile shown there (replace the one I provide for FX3 only). Reason is, the FX3 JoyToKey profile makes it super easy, no configuration in FX3 for button mapping. However, for Baller Installer, you will have to re-map two buttons (for nudge) within FX3. It's all explained above. Hope it helps you get there faster!
@@WagnersTechTalk The good news is, I got coinops working. The bad news is that after installing the VIBS,my ALP wouldn't boot up. The legends pinball lit above the back box, but no boot. I thought I had really screwed things up, but when I disassembled and took it back to original, it worked fine. So maybe I was shorting it somehow. I had two ribbon cables and tried both. Maybe I'm just not ready for prime time :) Any ideas. Jon? I watched Kong's/BDubs video on positioning of ribbon cables on new production model and that may be the answer.
It's probably because you might not have caught the Addendum video here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp/#Video_Installation There was a mistake in the first video that was corrected in the Addendum. Likely the cause of the problem and yep that was mentioned by Bee&PDubs also, actually I think they identified it as an issue first.
How can you add top and bottom bezels for these? Also will this work the same in coinopsx?
Hi Jeffrey, this video was to show how to package the games so they can be played via the AddOn option. I'll be doing more with bezels / coinopsx in upcoming videos.
@@WagnersTechTalk did this video ever come out?
@@ARival It did, you'll find it here: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv/
where do you go to get the games at?
You might be more interested in this guide: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv
can you add more mame cores like 2010 / 2012 like you can on retroipie
The cores themselves are packaged into the .UCE file itself. Only one core may be associated with the game so it's not like in RetroPie where you can change the core easily. You basically have to rebuild the .UCE file to change the core.
thanks
cant get box art do you have a different link
Hi Gilbert, long after this video was created I made this one, think it will be more helpful to you: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv
I can get all to work except Donkey Kong. How do you add credits for that game?
Sorry it took me a little bit to get back to you. Try pressing down on the controller and Start at the same time to insert a credit. I tried it with DK (using CoinOpsX) and it worked. There is a great video by PDubs on how to setup CoinOpsX here: wagnerstechtalk.com/alp/#Tutorials
@@WagnersTechTalk thanks it worked! start and down on joystick did it.
@@EdStaniszewski Awesome, I added a Troubleshooting section to the MAME guide to help others (or if I forget) lol wagnerstechtalk.com/alpmame/#Troubleshooting
Do high scores save on some of these games?
I primarily use CoinOpsX, they do there yes: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsx/
I used this process last year and have been using .uce files on a thumb drive since. They stopped working after the tablea last update. Anyone else have this issue?
Besides the Mame 2003 .so file, where do you get the other ones these days? I tried the Patton Plays guide but his link is dead.
You may find this guide more helpful, the method shown in this video works (it's an old video) but this is what I use today: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv/
@@WagnersTechTalk Thanks for the quick reply! I found out they can be downloaded from the Libretro buildbot's Linux folders since .so is the Linux file extension for the emulation cores.
I followed the directions and the games would say loading, but then wouldn't play :-(
Last time I used this tool was some time ago, it worked fine at the time. I now use CoinOpsX (Vertical) on the ALP. You may be interested in this as well: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv
@@WagnersTechTalk Thanks my issue was matching the proper core
Same problem
Am I the only one confused as to how you "download" the mame file but instead save it to the computer. That doesn't download it just save the zip as a 1kb file.
Does it save the high scores when changing from one game to another
Until a few firmware releases ago it used to, not today though.
@@WagnersTechTalk well that sucks. Would be hard to fix for them. It would just save a text file before closing app.
How do you use the batch create in the tool
You basically have to create a .csv (comma-separated file) in the format described here: github.com/FalkensMaze1983/ultimate_addon/tree/master/AddOn_tool
I thought you were going to add pinball tables.
No, this is an older video for Arcade (MAME) games. If interested in that, I'd recommend the WOPR/w Cheese Vertical CoinOpsX build. If you're interested in connecting a PC/Steam Deck to your ALP, you can find guides on all of that here: wagnerstechtalk.com/guides/#AtGames
This was awesome until AtGames updated my unit to 5.70 firmware. Now none of my games work. Anyone know how to make this work with the new firmware?
Same . . . came here looking for answers.
Seems the update has eliminated this ability. Makes this video and website mute and out of date. Hopefully ATL will bring it back but doubtful. With popularity come greed. Ask Sony and Microsoft, all thier games require subscription
I TRIED USING THE LINK ON YOUR SITE TO GET IMAGE FILES BUT I GOT 404'D sorry caps lock was on :D
See my guide for coinopsx, think you'll like it better.
Wow looks forking painful, Just connect a PC and done!
It can be, I don't disagree. However, you may find this method more to your liking: wagnerstechtalk.com/al-coinopsxv