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MAME History.xml Viewer 1.0.0

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About This File

This plugin has been replaced with the MAMEdatsViewer plugin.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

See here for the new and improved all-in-one plugin here:

 

 

View game specific history from MAME's history.xml

Inspired from MAME's built in feature in the main UI and via their in-game Tab menu

 

Prerequisites

  • Requires LaunchBox 13.3 or newer
  • MAME or MAMEui set as the game(s) emulator
  • "history.xml"  (download it from https://www.arcade-history.com/)
    • MAME users:  Place the file in the "history" subfolder of your MAME emulator.
      • i.e.  D:\Emulators\MAME\history\history.xml
    • MAMEui users: Place the file in the "dats" subfolder of your MAME emulator.
      • i.e.  D:\Emulators\MAMEui\dats\history.xml

Currently only available in LaunchBox (not BigBox)


Installing

  • Download and then open the plugin file using 7zip.
    • if you don't use 7zip, first unblock the file (Right click, select Properties, and click Unblock) then open it as you normally would.
  • Extract the main folder from inside the zip file into ..\LaunchBox\Plugins\
    • i.e. D:\LaunchBox\Plugins\MAMEhistoryXml\ 
  • Start LaunchBox


Using
Right-click on a game and select View MAME History.


Updating history.xml
When loading the plugin, it will check your local version of history.xml against what's available on https://www.arcade-history.com/.
If a newer version is available, you will be given the option to Update your local copy.
    Updating will attempt to download and then replace your existing file.


As always, all thoughts, views, opinions, suggestions, comments and accolades are welcome. 😎
 

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2 hours ago, Joe35car said:

Awesome. Plugin badges? :)

@Joe35car  No. Because pretty much every MAME ROM will have something in history. (if not all of them)

I suppose you could create a custom badge that'd be something like: if the games emulator = "MAME" (or MAMEui if that's what you use), show the badge.  ;) 

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