WolfgangMahler

If anyone is trying to do this, I ended making a second platform with a duplicate of all the games. The playlist is then filtered by platform. It works but requires duplicating all the game metadata. I was able to speed it along by manually copying all the image files so it doesn't need to download them again.

I used two copies of MAME one specifically for cocktail games. I then wrote a little program to read the MAME xml file and generate cfg files with the cocktail mode set if available. Then you can use "Launch With" to use the cocktail mode or go in set that to default emulator for the cocktail games. I put the code that makes the cfg files on github so anyone can use it: https://github.com/wolfgangmahler/mamecocktail Added note: If you're using a three sided cabinet like mine, the mame.ini will need the autorol or autolol option to rotate the vertical games

It seems like the UI could be made more user friendly if I could set a "Launch With..." default based on the playlist. For example the same game in the regular landscape mode or the cocktail mode based on which playlist they launch from. This is a special case for three sided cocktail cabinets but could probably be used in other situations.