🎯 ATTRACT MODE for BigBox: Auto Play N' Quit (No Plugins, No Hassle!)

Sick of staring at a frozen BigBox playlist? Wanna transform your arcade setup into a living, breathing arcade cabinet that automatically cycles through games like a pro?

Look no further. This lean AutoHotkey script brings ATTRACT MODE to BigBox, no complicated setups, no bloat.

What does it do?

• 🚀 Launches a game from any BigBox playlist or platform (The one that's opened)

• ⏳ Waits a solid 5 minutes letting the game’s demo/attract mode run

• 🛑 Closes the emulator cleanly (using Alt+F4 + forced process kill if needed)

• 🎯 Brings BigBox back to the front, then scrolls randomly down 2 to 8 games in your list

• 🔄 Launches the next game and repeats forever, hands-free, stress-free

• 🎮 Supports all vertical scrolling themes only (vertical = essential for proper down-arrow navigation)

• 🛑 Exit anytime by pressing Joy8 (Start button) or the ESC key

Why is this awesome?

• You get a ATTRACT MODE, cycling games without lifting a finger

• Works out of the box with your existing BigBox setup, zero complicated plugins

• Customizable ProcessList.txt lets you kill any stubborn emulators or apps that refuse to close

• Perfect for cabinets, game rooms, shows, or that “cool factor” when your rig is idle

⚠️ Note:

Your BigBox theme must be vertically scrolling. If you're using a horizontal wheel or grid layout, the Down-arrow navigation won’t behave properly.
You MUST download either the ZIP or the two loose files, the AHK and the TXT, and they can be placed anywhere, but MUST BE in the same folder.

🔧 ProcessList.txt

Just add any emulator or game launcher that needs force-closing to ProcessList.txt separated by pipes, like so:
retroarch|mame|duckstation|pcsx2
 

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