Props on the new update! Great job! So far I haven't found any major issues. BTW +1 to XBMC on PiPlay

I'm not sure if this has been suggested before, but any thought on a favorites list. Perhaps a separate folder on the main menu to store a list to launch any game from any emulator. I apologize if this has already been posted.

@mcgufa - that will be coming. We are switching over to a localized database soon. When that happens, I plan on adding the ability to drag and drop images.

hey, that's pretty awesome. I imagine that it probably will. Thanks for the heads up on this one. I'll pass it along to Shea.

@SteveJ - yep. Just shoot him an email :D

haha, yeah. We might implement something like that in the future. I'm not exactly sure what it would take.

It would be nice to have an icon that's linked to Pandora. That way you could listen to some music while the PiPlay is idle on the menu...

- MSX Emulator
- WiiMote easy install option

I use my wiimote sometimes, for convenience.

@djwink, you can do that, just check the forums.

So, I am new here and maybe I have overlooked something, but I would like to see Atari 8 bit emulation. A system like the 65 XE, 800 XL, or similar. I would also like to see ps3 dual shock controller support. I am loving piplay. Keep up the great work.

I'd like the option of being able to add PicoDrive for Genesis since it supports 32x and SegaCD.

Also it would be neat if there was a way to map a save state or emulator/bios menu button to a extra controller button.

As a noob to piplay, the main issue I have is that I have no idea which roms will and won't work, and there are just so many clones etc. I therefore find a game I want and then copy the all the clones and roms I can find for that game and try each one till I get one that works. I then want to delete the others. Being able to delete within the mame list would be awesome, but failing that, at least being able to see the darned file name would help! Once it's scraped, there is no way I can see where I can actually see which file names match which description, and therefore I can't tell what to keep and what to delete. The only way I can do this is to copy the roms one at a time, test, delete, copy the next one etc. It takes so long! Might be my noobness and possibly there is another way to do this so please let me know. A list of good working roms for each emulator would be good too, then maybe I wouldn't need to do this process anyway?

I'm just setting up my Pi2 for this but to be honest after a few days spent just getting a couple of dozen working games set up I'm starting to think wiring a PC into the cabinet would be a lot easier, as the emulators seem to run a lot better (loads of games that don't work on the Pi seem to work OK using mame32 or 64 for example).

PiPlay is a great system though, and has loads of different emulators, so I'd like to try and stick with it if I can find a way of working a bit quicker finding working roms.

Does anyone have a recommended list for example that are tried and tested on advmame or mame4all?

Thanks so much, sounds perfect. I've also started using the ftp client instead which is much better, means I can add and delete files using the PC, whereas before I was copying the file using the web rom uploader, testing on the pi, then coming out of piplay and going into the rom folder and deleting, then exiting back into piplay again etc. And for now I just tell it NOT to scrape the folder, that way I just see the file names as a list.

I'll definitely take a look at the app you mention, I can't tell from the roms which are which so that will be very helpful.

Thanks for your reply @mholgatem.

My request is to add a facility to this website that holds and promotes the download/creation of templates to be used with PiPlay. Also a good tutorial on how to make a template would be really cool...

@visy My understanding (please correct me if I'm wrong) is that there is some tweaking to the code of the included emulators, but they are all not of them self completely written from scratch by @mholgatem or @ssilver2k2 . The Pi is older hardware that was limited in part by it's dated architecture, hence the older MAME versions with older rom support.

You can bet because of the Pi 2, with it's much faster processor and extra memory, that more emulator development will start or resume. They're barely scratching the surface of what it can handle. I recently stumbled upon a thread where someone got a decrypted rom set for Street Fighter 3, a CPS3 game, running on the Pi 2. That is incredible!

Hey guys
Your doing a great Job, i love your work.
It would be cool if it would be possible to install a coin Counter.
I`m building a Cocktail table and would like to use it as a piggy bank :-)
Greetings from Switzerland

@gamerdad09 thaks for your input, odered a electric coin couter at aliex....com for 20 Dollars.. Lets see if i can make it work ;)

Would be nice if you can get SDL / framebuffer and the PiTFT to play nicely together (vs having to use fbcopy).

I would like to have the Atari 2600 emulator back and a Nintendo 64 emulator.
cheers! Love pi play.

A one click/toggle method to get from pimame menu to x and then back to pimame menu would be convenient

I am New to Pi stuff and piplay and a bit presumptuous at times.

But I'd like to see something in the guy for display management. Rotation and ratio that not only configs the Pi but also the games. I have a display that rotates and would be nice to be able to make the most of it. Also controlling the upscale if we can. I'l rather clean square pixels over blurry ones.

AlsoUser theming could be interesting.

love to see the following in it
ms-dos (dosbox)
pc engine (not sure the name)
dreamcast (not sure if any emulator really works)
master system (OsmOse)
Game Gear (OsmOse)
minecraft (picraft)
apple 2 (not sure the name)
nintendo 64 (not sure the name)