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[Noah Fentz]

I just PM'ed this to a member, and I thought it may be helpful to anyone having a little trouble finding ROMs ...

For finding all ROMs to a game ...

Simply click the Search button at the top right corner of any page on this site and enter the name of the table, e.g. 'White Water'.

The result will be every file related to that table in our Downloads Section.

Download and SAVE (do not unzip) each ROM to the roms folder of the VPinMAME directory.



If you want to find a specific ROM ...

Load the table in VP and open the script. I hit CTRL-F and enter 'gamename' in the search field. This will take you to the part of the script that contains the ROM information ...

CODE

With Controller
        .GameName="goldbalc"
        .SplashInfoLine="Bally GoldBall (1983) Table by Inkochnito"
        .HandleKeyboard=0
        .ShowTitle=1
        .ShowDMDOnly=1
        .hidden=1
        .ShowFrame=0
        .SetDisplayPosition 10,10,GetPlayerHWnd
        On Error Resume Next
            .Run',GetPlayerHWnd
            If Err Then MsgBox Err.Description
        On Error Goto 0
    End With

In the code above, you'll see --- > .GameName="goldbalc"

The red highlight is the ROM name. Enter that in the 'search downloads' portion of the Search at the top, right corner of the site, and you'll find the exact ROM you need.

[TheMcD]

Will this work for parent/child ROMs? Read: If gamename calls for a child ROM, how does one know what the parent ROM is?

The McD

[Sabbat]

cool idea but seems like it would take longer then just downloaded every revision real fast.

One ROM that is totally out of place though Noah that I think some people are having problems finding is BOP's Roms. I know Rascal couldn't find it. Its not Under the B's for Bride, its not under the T's for The Machine, it's under the M's for "Machine: Bride of Pinbot, The"

[Noah Fentz]

@ TheMcD - This is for finding specific ROMs. I still suggest downloading every ROM for any particular game. I'll update the first post to be more comprehensive, thanks. I just quickly posted my exact PM.

@ Sabbat - I can fix that in a jiffy.

[Sabbat]

@ Sabbat - I can fix that in a jiffy.

Cool

[yogiholzer]

This tutorial is still valid: http://www.vpforums....u...ail&f_id=25

You just have to replace the older version numbers with the actual ones. A 64bit version is also available.

You can build merged, split and non-merged rom sets, convert between, or just scan/test/fix your roms.

[destruk]

Will this work for parent/child ROMs? Read: If gamename calls for a child ROM, how does one know what the parent ROM is?

The McD

We have full sets here McD - so our roms don't use or need 'parent sets'.

cool idea but seems like it would take longer then just downloaded every revision real fast.

One ROM that is totally out of place though Noah that I think some people are having problems finding is BOP's Roms. I know Rascal couldn't find it. Its not Under the B's for Bride, its not under the T's for The Machine, it's under the M's for "Machine: Bride of Pinbot, The"

If you search by rom name it always finds it.

[mwong168]

Not sure if this will help anyone but I keep track of all the tables in my cab in an excel sheet so I know if I am missing an instruction card, uvp or preview video. I also have a column for the rom file name

<Table Name> <ROM filename>
250cc ind250cc
Airborne abv106
Ali ali
Alien Poker alpok_b6
Alien Star alienstr
Amazing Spiderman spidermn7
Amazon Hunt amazonh
Attack from Mars afm_113b
Attack Revenge from Mars afm_113b
Austin Powers austin
Back to the Future bttf_a20, bttf_a27
Baby Pacman babypac
Bad Cats bcats_l5
Barbwire barbwire
Barracora barra_l1
Batman btmn_101
Beat the Clock beatclck
Big Game biggame
Big Guns bguns_l8
Black Knight 2000 bk2k_l4
Black Knight bk_l4
Black Pyramid blakpyra
Blackout blkou_l1
Black Belt blackblt
Black Jack blackjck
Black Rose br_l4
Bone Busters bonebstr
Bow and Arrow bowarrow
Brave Team brvteam
Bullseye bullseye
Cactus Canyon cc_13
Centaur centaur
Checkpoint ckpt_a17
Cirqus Voltaire cv_14
Comet comet_l4
Congo congo_21
Creature from the Black Lagoon cftbl_l4
Cue Ball Wizard cueball
Cyclone cycl_l5
Diner diner_l4
Dirty Harry dh_lx2
Dolly Parton dollyptb
Doctor Who dw_l2
Dr. Dude dd_l2
Dracula dracula
Dragon none
Eight Ball eightbl
Eight Ball Deluxe eballdlx
El Bueno el Feo y el Malo eldorado
Elvira and the Party Monsters eatpm_l4
Elvis elvis
F-14 Tomcat f14_l1
Fathom fathom
Fireball fbclass
Firepower frpwr_l2
Fish Tales ft_l5
Flash Gordon flashgdn
Flight 2000 flight2k
Frankenstein frankst
Funhouse fh_l9
Galaxy galaxy
Gilligan's Island gi_l9
Godzilla godzilla
Golden Cue goldcue
Goldeneye gldneye
Gorgar grgar_l1
Grand Lizard grand_l4
Grand Prix gprix
Guns And Roses gnr_300
Harlem Globetrotters hglbtrtb
Harley Davidson hd_l3
High Speed hs_l4
Hurricane hurr_l2
Indiana Jones The Pinball Adventure ij_l7
Iron Maiden ironmaid
Jackbot jb_10r
James Bond jamesb2
Jokerz! jokerz_l6
Judge Dredd jd_l7
Jurassic Park jupk_501, jupk_513
Kings of Steel kosteel
KISS kissb
La Retata hs_l4
Lady Death none
Lethal Weapon 3 lw3_208
Lightning lightnin
Lost World lostwrld
Mars Attack none
Mata Hari matahari
Medieval Madness mm_109c
Medusa medusa
Mephisto none
Miss World none
Monopoly monopoly
Monster Bash mb_10
Mousin Around mousn_l4
Mr. and Mrs. Pacman m_mpac
Nascar nascar
NBA Fastbreak nbaf_31
Nine Ball nineball
Nitro Ground Shaker ngndshkr
No Fear nf_23x
No Good Gofers ngg_13
Party Animal prtyanim
Pharaoh pharo_l2
Pinbot pb_l5
Pink Panther pnkpnthr
Playboy 35th Anniversairy play_a24
Playboy playboy
Police Force polic_l4
Power Play pwerplay
Radical radcl_p3
Rapid Vienna none
Rescue 911 rescu911
Ripley's Believe It or Not ripleys
Road Kings rdkng_l4
Road Runner roadrunr
Robocop robo_a34
Rocky and Bullwinkle rab_130
Roller Coaster Tycoon rctycn
Rolling Stones rollstob
Royal Flush rflshdlx
Royal Flush Deluxe rflshdlx
Royal Flush Supreme rflshdlx
Scared Stiff ss_15
Seawitch seawitch
Secret Service ssvc_a26
Silverball Mania slbmania, slbmanib
Solar Ride solaride
Sorcerer sorcr_l1
South Park sprk_103, sprk_090
Space Invaders spaceinv
Space Rider spcrider
Space Shuttle sshtl_l7
Spectrum spectru4
Spiderman none
Star Trek startrekb
Star Trek The Next Generation sttng_l7
Star Wars stwr_a14
Starship Troopers startrp
Strange Science strngsci
Strikes and Spares Night Mod stk_sprs
Strikes and Spares stk_sprs
Super Mario Bros smb3
Supergirl none
Superman Vs Ali ali
Tales from the Crypt tftc_303
Tales of the Arabian Nights Night Mod totan_14
Tales of the Arabian Nights totan_14
Taxi taxi_l4
Tee'd Off teedoff3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tmnt_104
Terminator 2 Judgement Day t2_l8
Terminator 2 Judgement Day Night Mod t2_l8
Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines term3
The Addams Family taf_l7
The Flintstones Night Mod fs_lx5
The Flintstones fs_lx5
The Getaway High Speed II gw_l5
The Lord of the Rings lotr
The Machine Bride of Pinbot bop_l7
The Party Zone pz_f4
The Phantom Of The Opera poto_a32
The Shadow ts_lx5
The Simpsons simp_a27
The Simpsons Pinball Party Night Mod simpprty
The Simpsons Pinball Party simpprty
The Sopranos sopranos
The Three Stooges none
The Time Machine tmac_a24
The Twilight Zone Night Mod tz_92
The Twilight Zone tz_92
Theatre of Magic tom_13
Theatre of Magic Night Mod tom_13
Tommy The Pinball Wizard tomy_400
Triple Strike tstrk_l1
Truck Stop trucksp3
Twister twst_405
Wipeout wipeout
Who Dunnit wd_12
World Cup Soccer wcs_l2
WWF Royal Rumble wwfr_103
Xenon xenon

Mike

Edited by mwong168, 07 October 2010 - 09:19 PM.

[yogiholzer]

This tutorial is still valid: http://www.vpforums....u...ail&f_id=25

You just have to replace the older version numbers with the actual ones. A 64bit version is also available.

You can build merged, split and non-merged rom sets, convert between, or just scan/test/fix your roms.

The "How to use clrmamepro to build, rebuild, complete, clear, ... full, merged, split vpm rom sets" tutorial is gone now. Sorry.

[tvipers2]

Thank you mwong168 for the list.... That helped me find what i was looking for.

[bumgahdna]

I've also noticed in a lot of table's codes that the initial rom variable is cGameName, then set to .GameName in the Controller structure.  Sometimes it's a constant at the beginning of the code, and sometimes it's defined just before its first use.

[stoj]

Just in case anyone is still interested, I've implemented the 'extract ROM name' logic from the table script into the ClrVpin application.  Which means there's no need to run open VPX and manually inspect the script.

 

It'll handle the variants discussed above (.GameName, cGameName, etc).. and also has some special handling for tables that are known not to support ROMs such as EMs, PMs, and SSs without ROM support.

 

It's available here on the forum post or via github.  Also, it can be run via CLI if you'd prefer to go sans-GUI.

 

Enjoy.