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Hi Jason, running version 5.0.0.2 and so far it looks good. But if I try to play a game on any platform. I get this error popup.

Hi folks. I went and got myself Chrome plated and now the Upload Attachments box is showing the Drag and Drop Files here so things look like they are working. Now that I can finally use this, I haven't got anything to upload LOL Many thanks for all your help and patience with me on this issue.

Just 2 more platform images. Acorn Electron http://i58.tinypic.com/qmz1w3.jpg Acorn Archimedes (revised) http://i62.tinypic.com/34ihdmu.jpg

Hi Jason. I just don't know what to say to this gift. This was really not necessary. You see all us folk are just happy and privileged to be using LaunchBox and helping one another on the forum when we can. But thank you very much and thank you for the awesome experience that is LaunchBox.

Hi bd000 I'm using IE9 with no script blocking. System is Vista 32 SP2. Hi Jason. Clicking Add Files (plus everything else) but no response. Situation critical SOS

Final Burn Alpha seems to be like virtually all Arcade emulators, Mame excepted, that work fine in their own GUIs, but have issues with external frontends like LaunchBox. I can get FBA to work with LaunchBox (launches the game) when it's used as an application with the game as a parameter (image 1). But be prepared for several seconds of intense flashing before the game screen appears. It reports an invalid path when used in Emulation mode (image 2). There was an issue with WinKawaks some time ago where the Emulator GUI opened but no game loaded, and the solution was to either go with the application route or use bd000's great little script. I'm not too sure if we're looking at a similar issue here. But why not check out this script and see if it is suitable or can be modified to work, but remember that FBA can handle way more systems than the 3 supported by WinKawaks. At the moment. This works. http://i.imgur.com/jiHaV1T.png This doesn't. http://i.imgur.com/k5HsVha.png Note: Image paths are just examples for my computer and are relative to the folder where LaunchBox app is.

Many thanks bd000 and Jason for your replies. I've tried all I can but don't know how to upload using "https://www.launchbox-app.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-image-" Also regarding the Upload Attachments, I can get nothing to happen in the Select Files/Add Files window region. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, or maybe I just don't know what I'm doing heheh.

You don't realise how hard this is until you decide to have a go yourself, trying to come up with something that's not going to sound obscure, highbrow, nerdy or just nonsense later on. Mind you it may not be too pressing at the moment, as the new mode will be launched from inside LaunchBox, but when it eventually goes standalone as the new LaunchBox then the name will play a big role in advertising it and attracting users. When that happens the new name might work better if the LaunchBox bit was retired. Anyway here goes with my 2 cents worth. LaunchBox MaxView LaunchBox GamesRoom LaunchBox Arena LaunchBox Stadium LaunchBox GAMMA (Games And Multi Media App) I'm beginning to see why Mr Gates and Old Man Google hire pros for this.

Hi bd000 Here's a few not on your list. All 3 computer images and the Arc logo are PD. The rest is your's truly on Paint.NET. Acorn Archimedes http://i.imgur.com/Qt7RoqX.jpg BBC Micro http://i.imgur.com/WKkd0Hy.jpg Colour Genie http://i.imgur.com/6VUvZ8U.jpg

I've looked at image uploads which have the following property and would love to know how it's done. "https://www.launchbox-app.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-image-" And any help with how to use the upload attachments feature would be most welcome too. I'm all at sea with this. Been using Imgur, but don't like how it puts a link to it's site on.

Hi Jason. This is a really exciting direction in which you're taking LaunchBox. The layout looks great, not too cluttered, and I really like the image thumbnails suggested by bd000. Maybe these could be scrollable and active in that clicking one would bring up the full size screenshot in a window or full screen depending on your configuration. http://i.imgur.com/HY81bBQ.jpg The Play, Open Folder etc sidebar on the left could be expanded to link to other game related things like the game manual. The only thing I'm not too keen on is the alphabet ladder for quick game navigation. While the idea is great, it looks out of place and takes from the overall look. Definitely needs to be hid in it's current form. The alphabet could also be horizontal at screen bottom, or in a checkerboard style popup. I can't wait for this development to appear - it's like waiting for Christmas!

Yes it's great to actually play some games in between playing with LaunchBox heheh. I've always liked to have 2 games on the go so I can switch when I get a bit brain-lagged with one of them. At the moment I'm playing Citadel and a sort of enhanced Quake. Citadel is an old arcade adventure game (1985) which I'm playing under emulation. Once I time-machine my mind back to the 8-bit graphics era I find this game great fun to play. It has a large world to explore, many puzzles to solve, lots of enemies to evade or defeat and for me it's the cat's pyjamas. http://i.imgur.com/WTCD3u2.jpg And when I'm stuck or just Citadeled out, I turn to Lord Havoc's Quake. Hard to describe this, sort of a mod of the original MS-DOS game, using a custom Windows based engine to give way nicer graphics, textures, lighting and much much more. http://i.imgur.com/K5gNUYS.jpg

Hi Wattoo. There is a workaround but only if you have the Premium version. Select Spacing from the Options menu and set the "Game Text Lines to Show" to 0.

Hi Kriven. I use XPadder too and it works fine from the Additional Apps feature. Not sure how similar the JoyToKey command line is, but here's a couple of snaps showing the two Additional Apps to launch an XPadder game profile before a game and then close the Profiler when the game is quit. The /M switch just minimises XPadder to the tray, and the /C switch closes XPadder if it's detected as running. Start XPadder Additional App http://i.imgur.com/ODAVCTD.png Stop XPadder Additional App http://i.imgur.com/zLzd6XF.png

Many thanks Jason.

Hi Jason I have a few requests/suggestions for adding to the Game Details flyout box/right sidebar pane. A new field to enter and show the emulator (where applicable) used by the game, because sometimes a Platform might use more than one emulator and it's easy to forget but nice to know which emulator is assigned to a game. Two situations for me: My Arcade platform uses 4 emulators (Mame, Kawaks, Dice and Zinc) for different arcade games. My Playstation platform games use either the ePSXe or pSXfin emulator depending on the game. A new field to enter and show the input modes accepted by the game - Keyboard, Mouse, Controller (native), Controller (profiled), etc. An option to hide the always shown items such as Portable, Play Count etc. Otherwise, no problems with 4.7 and looking forward to the next version.

I don't know a lot about these games, other than they seem to be PC based - sort of like a customised PC inside an arcade cab. I think they use a built-in version of XP or Linux and a really top-end graphics card. I've seen reports of some people getting them to work with some success using ArcadePC Loader. Other than that I'm all in the dark. Sorry.

Here is how to get Zinc up and running. Download these two files (you'll find them on The Emulator Zone website). Zinc 1.1 emulator (zinc11-win32.zip). OpenGL and D3D renderers 1.2 plugin (d3d-ogl12.zip). Unzip the emulator. Unzip the renderers plugin. Inside this are 2 folders with D3D and OpenGL versions of the Zinc renderer. They have the same filename but are different. Decide which version of the renderer.znc file you want to use and copy it into the root of your Zinc emulator folder. Copy the renderer.cfg file into the root of your Zinc emulator folder. Overwrite the existing file when asked. Now get your games. Remember that most will need a bios file, and clones will need the parent rom. Game and bios roms all go in the emulator's roms folder - leave them zipped. And this is what my Zinc emulator folder looks like. I renamed it to Zinc11 http://i.imgur.com/nx0b0Ft.png The games will run in a 640x480 window. You can edit the renderer.cfg file to enable full-screen, among other things. With the above basic install, all you need in the command line parameters is the game's number. By the way, the Zinc games list on the Emulator Zone is for Zinc 1.0 and is out of date for Zinc 1.1.

Hi again whitoxx I take it you're having a problem with setting up the Application Path box. What goes in here is the path and name of the Zinc emulator exe file. Use the browse button to find your copy of ZiNc.exe and click to set it. I've posted a screenshot of a game as an example. http://i.imgur.com/NRDkc5z.png In my example I have my ZiNc emulator in the folder LaunchBox\Platforms\Zinc11 And in the Application Command-Line Parameters box I type the game's number. If you get setup like that and you still can't get ZiNc to work, then you may be missing something in your install of ZiNc. Maybe nothing happens, or ZiNc box opens and closes again quickly. Let me know and I'll do a post of how I installed my ZiNc. You may already have the list of games supported by Zinc version 1.1, but just in case you don't. I've added them here. The game number at the left is the command line value used to launch the game. 1 Star Gladiator (US 960627) [starglad, BIOS cpzn1] 2 Street Fighter EX (US 961219) [sfex, BIOS cpzn1] 3 Street Fighter EX (JP 961130) [sfexj, parent sfex, BIOS cpzn1] 4 Street Fighter EX (Boss Hack) [sfexbh, parent sfex, BIOS cpzn1] 5 Street Fighter EX Plus (US 970407) [sfexp, BIOS cpzn1] 6 Street Fighter EX Plus (US 970311) [sfexpu1, parent sfexp, BIOS cpzn1] 7 Street Fighter EX Plus (Boss Hack) [sfexpbh, parent sfexp, BIOS cpzn1] 8 Street Fighter EX 2 (US 980526) [sfex2, BIOS cpzn2] 9 Street Fighter EX 2 (Boss Hack) [sfex2bh, parent sfex2, BIOS cpzn2] 10 Street Fighter EX 2 PLUS (US 990611) [sfex2p, BIOS cpzn2] 11 Street Fighter EX 2 PLUS (JP 990611) [sfex2pj, parent sfex2p, BIOS cpzn2] 12 Street Fighter EX 2 PLUS (Boss Hack) [sfx2pbh, parent sfex2p, BIOS cpzn2] 13 Plasma Sword (US 980316) [plsmaswd, BIOS cpzn2] 14 Star Gladiator 2 (JP 980316) [stargld2, parent plsmaswd, BIOS cpzn2] 15 Rival Schools (ASIA 971117) [rvschola, parent rvschool, BIOS cpzn2] 16 Justice Gakuen (JP 991117) [jgakuen, parent rvschool, BIOS cpzn2] 17 Rival Schools (US 971117) [rvschool, BIOS cpzn2] 18 Strider Hiryu 2 (JP 991213) [shiryu2, parent strider2, BIOS cpzn2] 19 Strider 2 (ASIA 991213) [strider2, BIOS cpzn2] 20 Kikaioh (JP 980914) [kikaioh, parent techromn, BIOS cpzn2] 21 Tech Romancer (US 980914) [techromn, BIOS cpzn2] 22 Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (US 951124) [ts2, BIOS cpzn1] 23 Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (JP 951124) [ts2j, parent ts2, BIOS cpzn1] 24 Tetris The Grand Master (JP 980710) [tgmj, BIOS cpzn2] 25 Sonic Wings Limited (JP) [sncwgltd] 26 Beastorizer (US) *bootleg* [beastrzb, BIOS psarc95] 27 Beastorizer (US) [beastrzr, BIOS psarc95] 28 Bloody Roar 2 (JP) [bldyror2, BIOS psarc95] 29 Brave Blade (JP) [brvblade, BIOS tps] 30 Psychic Force (JP 2.4J) [psyforcj, parent psyforce, BIOS taitofx1] 31 Psychic Force (World 2.4O) [psyforce, BIOS taitofx1] 32 Psychic Force EX (JP 2.0J) [psyfrcex, parent psyforce, BIOS taitofx1] 33 Magical Date EX - sotsugyou kokuhaku daisakusen (JP 2.01J) [mgcldtex, BIOS taitofx1] 34 Raystorm (JP 2.05J) [raystorj, parent raystorm, BIOS taitofx1] 35 Raystorm (US 2.06A) [raystorm, BIOS taitofx1] 36 Fighters Impact A (JP 2.00J) [ftimpcta, BIOS taitofx1] 37 G-Darius (JP 2.01J) [gdarius, BIOS taitofx1] 38 G-Darius Ver.2 (JP 2.03J) [gdarius2, parent gdarius, BIOS taitofx1] 39 Dancing Eyes (JP) Ver. A [danceyes] 40 Xevious 3D/G (JP) Ver. A [xevi3dg] 41 Star Sweep (JP) Ver. A [starswep] 42 Kosodate Quiz My Angel 3 (JP) Ver. A [myangel3] 43 Tekken (JP) Ver. B [tekkenb, parent tekken] 44 Tekken (WORLD) Ver. B [tekkena, parent tekken] 45 Tekken (WORLD) Ver. C [tekken] 46 Tekken 2 (JP) Ver. B [tekken2a, parent tekken2] 47 Tekken 2 (World) Ver. A [tekken2b, parent tekken2] 48 Tekken 2 (World) Ver. B [tekken2] 49 Soul Edge (JP) SO3 Ver. A [souledga, parent souledge] 50 Soul Edge (JP) SO1 Ver. A [souledgb, parent souledge] 51 Soul Edge Ver. II (JP) SO4 Ver. C [souledge] 52 Dunk Mania (US) DM2 Ver. C [dunkmnia] 53 Dunk Mania (JP) DM1 Ver. C [dunkmnic, parent dunkmnia] 54 Prime Goal EX (JP) Ver. A [primglex] 55 Wedding Rhapsody (JP) Ver. JAA [weddingr, BIOS konamigv] 56 Hyper Athlete (JP) Ver. 1.00 [hyperath, BIOS konamigv] 57 Powerful Baseball 96 (JP) Ver. 1.03 [pbball96, BIOS konamigv] 58 Susume! Taisen Puzzle-Dama (JP) Ver. 1.20 [susume, BIOS konamigv] 59 Fighting Layer (JP) Ver. B [fgtlayer] 60 Ehrgeiz (US) Ver. A [ehrgeiz] 61 Tekken 3 (JP) Ver. A [tekken3] 62 Mr Driller (JP) Ver. A [mrdrillr] 63 Aqua Rush (JP) Ver. A [aquarush] 64 Paca Paca Passion (JP) Ver. A [pacapp] 65 Gallop Racer 3 (JP) [glpracr3, BIOS tps] 66 Shanghai Matekibuyuu (JP) [shngmtkb, BIOS tps] 67 Cool Boarders Arcade Jam (US) [cbaj, BIOS tps] 68 DOA (Boss Hack) [doappbh, parent doapp, BIOS tps] 69 Tondemo Crisis [tondemo, BIOS tps] 70 Monster Farm Jump (JP) [mfjump, BIOS tps] 71 Heaven's Gate [hvnsgate, BIOS atluspsx]

I never played The Mines of Terror, but I remember buying it's forerunner, Castle Quest, the Tomb Raider of it's day hehe (1985) on cassette. This excellent arcade adventure allowed you 4 lives and had no game save option. The armed guards looked like little toothbrushes holding upside-down match sticks. It had some very cunning puzzles to solve. The hardest I found was at the very beginning when you had to get the sword without the spider nailing you. It took me ages to figure that one out. Other puzzles I recall were escaping from prison and hoodwinking the Troll. It was all very new and exciting at the time. So 3 cheers for emulation, it's like beer only free!

My first dabble with home computers was on an Oric belonging to a friend. This was back in the 1980's when everyone seemed to be making them. I was hooked and after looking around for a bit I went with Acorn's BBC Model B Microcomputer. This was an 8-bit machine using the 6502 microprocessor and Acorn's own OS. It came with 32K of RAM, a really good version of BASIC, was as expandible as your dad's wallet allowed, and played games as well! The first game I bought (mail order from the UK) was Acornsoft's Snapper (a port of the arcade game Pac-Man). My early games were cassette based, but later on I added an external floppy drive. I also remember opening the machine up to fit an internal ROM/EPROM expansion board from ATPL and installing a number of 3rd party ROMS for languages, services and graphics. I gave the lot away (foolishly in hindsight) when I took up a post overseas. But thanks to the wonders of emulation, I'm able to live my 8-bit days all over again. I'm currently relearning BBC BASIC and Assembler in between working my way through Citadel. This game seems to be a lot more difficult now than when I played it in the 1980's. Back then I could build a mental image of the game world as I advanced. Now it's more like I've found the green/white key now where did I see that door. I'm putting this down to being out of practise and not an age thing!

Hi Hippyshake. That looks ok. All you need to do is click the blue bar under Associated Platform and type the name of the Platform for the Mame emulator. Then click OK.

I just noticed an issue with the Games Details flyout/sidebar box and wonder if anyone else is getting it. IF a game has an entry in the Publisher field but nothing in the Developer field then the publisher is not shown in the details flyout/sidebar. Adding an entry to the Developer field fixes the issue. And when the Developer box is reset to empty the issue reappears. The reverse (Developer entry present but no Publisher) does not cause this issue. I'm using the official 4.7 build.

Hi folks. LaunchBox site is back to normal for me. Also out of curiosity just downloaded the 4.7 setup. It took approx 5 seconds to download. By the way just noticed I'm an 8-bit processor heheh. The 8-bit games/computing era is my favourite!

I've also had problems with the site on and off for a couple of days but they seem to have settled down now. Sometimes opening the site was very slow and an a few occasions I got the 500 Internal Server Error.