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I'm using RetroPie as my retro videogame at home(using Recalbox as for today, but I still have a sdcard with RetroPie for thinkering). Default emulator is lr-mame2003 and it is pretty well integrated with EmulationStation(the graphical frontend).

What I want to know is, and I found no tips at the documentation: Is there a way to create a credit limit per game reset to somehow "emulate" inside mame the continue behavior of cartidge games? I want to limit Sunset Riders to 3 credits per game reset for example.

Someone could ask "why not play the Snes/Genesis version of this game then?". Well, that is because we are doing a party with old friends from my childhood, and it will be more fun to play 4 players arcade version than just the 2 player video game version. And it will not be that fun if putting credits is an unlimited action.

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  • Why the tag libretro got removed? isn't this tag relevant? – user65252 Jul 4 '17 at 11:56
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    Yes it is relevant. Some of the configuration is done through libretro and the rest is done by command line passing arguments to the "core"(emulator) itself, or by editing the emulation config file. This will make people know that technology im using during emulation, and give better anwers. @DanmakuGrazer - I've made an edit to that tag, but i'm waiting it to be peer reviewed - It's some sort of "emulation centralizer" in a very simplistic way libretro.com/index.php/api – user65252 Jul 4 '17 at 12:17
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    Ok. Remove the tag if you will. But i still think it's as relevant as dolphin-emulator for example(if you really "don't care hot it's handled"), and libretro is not ONLY an API if you look at the broad scenario where is integrated with retroarch(and i have put that info on my tag edit). I'm just adding info on how i am emulatin: Not inside windows, not directly through a binary/emulator executable, but through libretro+retroarch configurations... – user65252 Jul 4 '17 at 12:39
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    Isn't the number of coins going to be dependent on the game rather than the emulator? – Powerlord Jul 17 '17 at 7:40
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    Well, that is something i dont care, if it's implemented at the emulator, ROM, script or memory injection :) – user65252 Jul 17 '17 at 20:25
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And it will not be that fun if putting credits is an unlimited action.

I had the same problem with my RetroPie cabinet. To solve this I devised a joystick system with an integrated credit counter. The system disables the insert coin buttons unless credits are available and includes a little challenge that must be won in order to obtain them. The challenge is the Simon Says electronic game created by Ralph Baer and Howard J. Morrison in 1978. As in the original Simon game there are several skill levels. The number of credits obtained when the game is won will depend on the selected skill level. You can see the project at hackster.io and github.com. You can also see a video demo at youtu.be. enter image description here

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    You sir, are a true hacker! Reading this answer made my day happier. Will I implement it? Maybe not, cause i'm using a simple RPI3 in a case paired with PS3 bluetooth controlers. But your solution is some of those who deserve the spotlights. I'll create a bounty and give it to you, marking your answer as the valid one. – user65252 Feb 22 '18 at 18:44
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No such feature exists, though I guess a skilled programmer could add something like that to the MAME source code. Since the purpose of MAME is to preserve the games in their original state, I doubt such a feature will ever be added to the official MAME release.

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  • Using mame you can increase the Credit rate per coin so, i thought someone could have implemented the "coin cap" or "credit cap" on the emulator... – user65252 Jul 17 '17 at 13:17
  • As far as I know, that's a feature of the individual game, and not so much a feature of MAME. If it was available in the original Arcade machine, it's generally available in MAME as well. – Pieter Hulshoff Jul 18 '17 at 13:39

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