Well, first idea, add a custom splash screen.
I followed the instructions at https://yingtongli.me/blog/2016/12/21/splash.html
The splash screen appears correctly, works perfectly!
Then, I ran AdvanceMenu for the first time to create the default configuration:
advmenu
Got all the snapshots of the games from http://www.progettosnaps.net/snapshots/ and uploaded them to the PI at
/home/pi/.advance/snap/
After that, I wanted to remove the login prompt and execute AdvanceMame automatically after boot.
Ran again:
sudo raspy-config
and went to “3 Boot Options”->”B1 Desktop / CLI” ->”B2 Console Autologin” -> “Finish” -> OK
Then rebooted the RaspPI.
This disables the login prompt, and the RaspPI will login automatically as “pi” user.
Now, I wanted to configure the PI to automatically run a mame rom at boot, and after exiting the game, run AdvanceMENU.
Without the “sudo”, I ran:
nano .profile
and at the end of the file I added two lines:
advmame pacmania advmenu
This will open pac-mania rom at boot, and when you exit the game it will run AdvanceMENU.
To disable the MAME nag screen, I edited the file:
nano .advance/advmame.rc
found the line
misc_quiet no
and changed it to
misc_quiet yes
Everything working as expected.
After this I’ll post the controls settings and connections that fitted perfectly with AdvanceMAME and AdvanceMENU for the desired setup.
Best,