Hello cuavas

Thanks for the input.

I was just wondering if anyone had any interest in a MAME JSON REST API (with more functionality) that was all.

Cheers

Hello

Don't know if this would be any use or interest to anybody?

API: https://api.spludlow.net
Swagger: https://mame.spludlow.co.uk/swagger-ui
Source: https://github.com/sam-ludlow/mame-api

Still needs some more work to make it useful.

Just wanted to do something in node.js for the lolz.

Cheers

I honestly thought "username" was an AI bot designed to test peoples patience.

I was quiet impressed how much it had learnt about games.

Thought it had been switched off...

Just genuinely curious about why people like it so much. I personally could never stand MAME. It's a fair question. I'm not on the MAME team by the way. Anyone would have to admit its not "easy" to set your ROMs up. Do it manually or pick some ROM manager, you still got to get the ROMs wh...

I've knocked together a machine filter in JS.

https://mame.spludlow.co.uk/MachineFilter.aspx

Hopefully it will enable people to find machines with particular features they are looking for.

Cheers

Hello,

Find attached. I used SHA1 to identify the file then got the length.

The machine roms are all bang on.

They all have bigger sizes that what is on record, so maybe over dumped, would the machine only ever load the start so it would not break anything?

Cheers.

I've made available for download the MAME databases (machine & software) in various formats.

https://mame.spludlow.co.uk/Data.aspx

I'd love to know if anyone finds this useful, or has other data related requirements?

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Find machines on what input controls they have.

https://mame.spludlow.co.uk/Input.aspx

Cheers.

OK thanks for the answer.

Cheers

I've noticed the following software lists (in the hash directory) don't have a any reference from a machine. 3do_m2 3DO M2 CD-ROMs advantage NorthStar Advantage diskettes bml3_flop Hitachi Basic Master Level 3 disk images gba_ereader Nintendo Game Boy Advance (e-cards) gtfore Incredible Technologies...