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Important notes:
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- users of EmuLoader v4.7.2 or newer should place nplayers.ini in "<frontend>\ini_files\" subdirectory.
- users of AtomicFE MUST use NPlayers32 (Multiplayer.ini) and NOT NPlayers(.ini).
- users of 3D Arcade have to place nplayers.ini in the "utilities" folder.
- GNOME Video Arcade frontend supports NPlayers since v0.6.6.

Changes in this release:
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- updated to MAME 0.148.

Purpose:
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Have you ever been sitting there with three friends staring at your computer screen where your favourite MAME frontend lies wondering which game to play knowing you need a game that support four players simultaneous play? After many unsuccessful attempts at finding this damn game, you give up and say: let's watch another anime!

Well thanks to this file, you won't say that anymore!

Nplayers.ini is based on TriggerFin's catver.ini (http://www.mameworld.net/catlist/) and works the same way really, but where catver provides categories and versions, nplayers tells for each game how many players are supported. So in your favourite MAME frontend, you just have to look at the appropriate column to know if you can play this game with your four friend at the same time. Look at the "Usage" section for more info on how it works.

Archive content:
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nplayers.ini  --- ini file containing column data.
docs\nplayers.txt --- this file containing notes about the ini files.

Usage:
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Just extract this archive with full path to your MAME frontend directory.

A new column will be filled in your frontend with values looking like these:

BIOS --- BIOS (obviously not playable).
Device --- specific device rom (can be an Audio DSP, I/O chip, etc... not a game).
LaserDisc --- this is a laserdisc player rom (useless).
Pinball --- this is a pinball rom (useless for now).
??? --- the game is unplayable.
1P   --- you can only play alone.
2P alt --- you can play alternatively with a friend knowing you won't be at the same time on the screen. Typical 2P alt games are early 80's games like Pac-Man, pool games and golf games.
2P sim --- you are together on the screen playing either in cooperative or in versus mode. Typical 2P sim games are puzzle games like Tetris or Columns.

There are also 3P, 4P, 6P, 8P and 9P games. Typical 4P alt games are bowling games.

Entries can be a combination:
4P alt / 2P sim --- This means that this game allows 4 players to take part in a game where only 2 players at the time are on the screen. Olympic and some bowling games work like this.

When you're with 2 friends, just sort the "Players" column, and you'll have all 3P games grouped. Just make your choice.

Game notes:
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As MAME is in a constant beta (unfinished) state, some games input aren't supported the way they should and a game that can be played by 4 players at the arcade, can be played by only one player on your computer due to some MAME bugs.

Here are some notes regarding games that haven't fully supported multiplayers mode.
So when the value in the players column seems inexact, look at this file before submitting a correction.

Battle Zone (cocktail):
   This version is supposed to be 2P but cocktail mode isn't supported
   properly: 2P score is never incremented and after player 1 is game over, he
   restarts with infinite lives!

Escape Kids (Asia, 4 Players):
   3P and 4P start buttons aren't mapped. To make 4P simultaneous play possible,
   go to "7. MODE SET" in test mode (F2) and change "START BUTTONS" to "OFF (NO
   START BUTTON)" then "EXIT" two times. Now use Coin 3 and Coin 4 in game to
   enable 3th and 4th players.

Laser Strixx 2:
   This may (or may not) be a 2 players game but 2P controls aren't mapped anyway.

Libero Grande:
   This game is supposed to feature 2P simultaneous play (through link-up?) but
   MAME only supports 1P games.

Mach Breakers (Japan):
   This is a 4 player game but at time of writing, MAME neither support 3P nor
   4P inputs and except Coins, inputs don't work in game.

Super Bar:
   Supposedly a 2P alt game but P2 turn never comes in MAME.

Super Volley ball (Tourvision PCE bootleg):
   2P game but 2P controls aren't mapped in MAME.

Versus Net Soccer:
   This game is supposed to support 4 player gameplay (across two monitors).
   Unfortunately, only P1 and P2 can join the game in MAME.

Corrections:
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When you see an error, please report it to nomax@arcadebelgium.be, you'll of course be credited.

License:
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

Support:
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NPlayers.ini is supported by:

3D Arcade (fe) --- http://www.mameworld.info/3darcade/
Arcade.exe (fe) --- http://www.zophar.net/frontends/mame/arcade-exe.html
arcadeHITS datObase (ws) --- http://www.arcadehits.net/datObase/
Arcademul (ws) --- http://arcademul.pachanka.com/
ArcadEPIC (fe) --- http://arcadepic.mameworld.info/
CPWizard (to) --- http://www.headsoft.com.au/index.php?category=cpwizard
EasyMame (fe) --- http://easymame.mameworld.info/
EmuLoader (fe) --- http://emuloader.mameworld.info/
GameEx (fe) --- http://www.gameex.net/
GNOME Video Arcade (fe) --- http://mbarnes.github.com/gnome-video-arcade/
GoMAME (fe) --- http://www.bryantrecording.com/gomame.php
ListGen (to) --- http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com/listgen/
Loemu (fe) --- http://loemu.pegueroles.com/
MaLa (fe) --- http://malafe.net/
MAME Classic (fe) --- http://mameclassic.mameworld.info/
MAMEData (to) --- http://www.mamedata.com/
MAWS (ws) --- http://maws.mameworld.info/
mGalaxy (fe) --- http://www.mgalaxy.com/
Progetto EMMA (ws) --- http://www.progettoemma.net/
QuickPlay (fe) --- http://sourceforge.net/projects/quickplay/
ROMLister (to) --- http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/
SMFE (fe) --- http://www.sivann.gr/software/smfe/
ultrastyle (fe) --- http://ultrastyle.mameworld.info/

Multiplayer.ini is supported by MameUI and compatibles including (but not limited to):

AtomicFE (fe) --- http://www.atomicfe.com/
Madda's Mame UI --- http://web.tiscali.it/velmadda/
MAME32Hp4 --- http://www.hawq.dsl.pipex.com/mame32Hp4.htm
MAMEData (to) --- http://www.mamedata.com/
MAME eXTended --- http://www.mamext.net/
MAMELOAD TNG (fe) --- http://mameload.mameworld.info/
MAME Plus! --- http://mameplus.sourceforge.net/
MAME Plus! eXTended --- http://www.emulab.it/page_emus.php
MameUI32 --- http://www.mameui.info/
MameUI64 --- http://www.mameui.info/
MAMEUIFX32 --- http://mame32fx.altervista.org/

(fe) = MAME frontend / (to) = tool / (ws) = website

 If you want to add nplayers.ini support to your frontend/website/whatever, please contact us at the above e-mail address if you have any question or just to notify us you added support for this ini file in your product. We would be happy to help you if needed...

Website:
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Check http://nplayers.arcadebelgium.be/ for the latest version of nplayers.ini.
For news about "the real thing", visit http://www.arcadebelgium.be/.

Credits:
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Nomax --- nplayers.ini building + old school gfx and text (website).
Sophie --- sprite ripping, HTML code and new school gfx rework (website).
Taito --- All original graphics used for the website are copyrighted by them.

Bug reports:
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Thanks to Cutebutwrong, BSR, Andrea Petrucci, Daniel Lopez, Mr. Do & Mike McGovern.

Thanks:
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Sophie for helping me with the website.
Ciro for being the first to support this file (in EmuLoader).
Cutebutwrong for his Perl scripts and enthusiasm.
Stefano Bastian and Damiens Robert for offering their help for the big rename.
all frontend makers who support this file.
you for reading this.

History:
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2013-01-19 - v0.148 for MAME 0.148.
2012-09-22 - v0.147 for MAME 0.147.
2012-06-02 - v0.146 for MAME 0.146.
2012-02-07 - v0.145 for MAME 0.145.
2011-11-20 - v0.144 for MAME 0.144.
2011-06-30 - v0.143 for MAME 0.143.
2011-04-04 - v0.142 for MAME 0.142.
2011-01-01 - v0.141 for MAME 0.141.
2010-10-23 - v0.140 for MAME 0.140.
2010-08-01 - v0.139 for MAME 0.139.
2010-05-16 - v0.138 for MAME 0.138.
2010-03-14 - v0.137 for MAME 0.137.
2010-01-02 - v0.136 for MAME 0.136.
2009-11-02 - v0.135 for MAME 0.135.
2009-09-16 - v0.134 for MAME 0.134.
2009-07-22 - v0.133 for MAME 0.133.
2009-06-10 - v0.132 for MAME 0.132.
2009-04-25 - v0.131 for MAME 0.131.
2009-03-12 - v0.130 for MAME 0.130.
2009-01-05 - v0.129 for MAME 0.129.
2008-10-17 - v0.128 for MAME 0.128.
2008-08-20 - v0.127 for MAME 0.127.
2008-07-08 - v0.126 for MAME 0.126.
2008-05-06 - v0.125 for MAME 0.125.
2008-04-06 - v0.124 for MAME 0.124a.
2008-02-06 - v0.123 for MAME 0.123.
2007-12-19 - v0.122 for MAME 0.122.
2007-11-23 - v0.121 for MAME 0.121.
2007-10-20 - v0.120 for MAME 0.120.
2007-09-18 - v0.119a. Bijokko*, bowlrama, housemn*, quizmeku, spclaser, spcwarl.
2007-09-15 - v0.119 for MAME 0.119.
2007-08-08 - v0.118 for MAME 0.118.
2007-07-17 - v0.117 for MAME 0.117.
2007-06-13 - v0.116 for MAME 0.116.
2007-05-07 - v0.115 for MAME 0.115.
2007-04-12 - v0.114a for MAME 0.114. Cleanup release.
2007-04-03 - v0.114 for MAME 0.114.
2007-03-09 - v0.113 for MAME 0.113.
2007-02-08 - v0.112 for MAME 0.112.
2006-12-17 - v0.111 for MAME 0.111.
2006-11-19 - v0.110 for MAME 0.110. Escape Kids (Asia, 4P) is now 4P sim.
2006-10-09 - v0.109 for MAME 0.109.
2006-08-24 - v0.108 for MAME 0.108.
2006-07-27 - v0.107a. Corrected Double Dragon 3 (US and bootleg) entries.
2006-07-25 - v0.107 for MAME 0.107.
2006-05-31 - v0.106a. Extra Bases, Hard Head 2 & Tinkle Pit entries corrected.
2006-05-17 - v0.106 for MAME 0.106.
2006-04-09 - v0.105 for MAME 0.105.
2006-02-10 - v0.104a for MAME 0.104. Corrected KOF2003 entry.
2006-02-07 - v0.104 for MAME 0.104.
2006-01-02 - v0.103 for MAME 0.103.
2005-11-15 - v0.102 for MAME 0.102.
2005-10-12 - v0.101 for MAME 0.101.
2005-09-18 - v0.100 for MAME 0.100.
2005-08-08 - v0.99 for MAME 0.99.
2005-07-12 - v0.98 for MAME 0.98.
2005-06-09 - v0.97 for MAME 0.97.
2005-05-05 - v0.96 for MAME 0.96.
2005-03-30 - v0.95 for MAME 0.95.
2005-03-07 - v0.94 for MAME 0.94.
2005-03-03 - v0.93 for MAME 0.93.
2005-02-16 - v0.92 for MAME 0.92.
2005-02-01 - v0.91 for MAME 0.91.
2005-01-12 - v0.90a. Added some missing games, kicknrun & mexico86 are now 4P.
2005-01-07 - v0.90 for MAME 0.90.
2004-11-25 - v0.89 for MAME 0.89.
2004-10-31 - v0.88 for MAME 0.88.
2004-09-29 - v0.87a. Corrected misc. typos and Sprint 4 & 8 number of players.
2004-09-24 - v0.87 for MAME 0.87.
2004-09-15 - v0.86 for MAME 0.86.

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