Viewing MARP scores in MAME

[mahlemiut]

From MAME 0.189, you'll be able to see the top MARP scores listed within MAME. It can be tested out by building MAME from the current source on github, if you want.

To use, you need to download the Top3 output from MARP - either save scores3.htm via your browser, or just download with a utility such as wget, and put it in your MAME folder. Then run MAME with the Data plugin enabled (it should be enabled by default), then you can view score listings in MAME's "External DAT View" menu.

[BeeJay]

Nice one! Well done to whomever added that support directly into Mame!!

[mahlemiut]

Carl is the one to thank for this.

[PP.]

What about update?
Top 3 may may change every day.

[BeeJay]

It's up to you to download the top 3 listing from Marp as often as you want to see the updates. You could download it every day if you want, or just once a week, or once a month, the choice is entirely yours.

Note, however, that the top 3 link on Marp is only rebuilt once per day, so that's as frequently as you can get score updates through that mechanism.

Cheers,
BeeJay.

[Cicca]

Very nice add !!!

[Kale]

You can write down a batch script that'll do automatically for you, for example by using wget:

https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/

[simpsons99]

wow that's very cool!

[Weehawk]

So if I give MAME the top 3 scores for all games at MARP, then for any given game it will give me the top 3 scores at MARP?

WHY WASN'T THIS DONE YEARS AGO?!?

[Barthax]

Very nice addition.