## Art & Support Files

Mame32's flexible GUI framework allows for some beautiful customization; including font color, icons, screenshot art, and background images. The official site for these files is Mame32QA. The following files are used for this customization.

Icons.zip : This file contains icons for every game in Mame32 and the folder view on the far left. Place it in the \mame32\icons folder, it can remain zipped to save slack HD space but the zip file must be named icons.zip.

Snap.zip : These are a series of files that contain in-game screenshots of every parent game in Mame32. Download the packs and extract their contents into the \mame32\snap directory or combine their *.png contents into one large snap.zip file.

Titles.zip : This file can provide support for screenshots showing the titles of the game in Mame32, place in \titles directory.

Marquees.zip : This file can provide support for the marquee images that appear on the top of arcade machines, place in \marquees directory..

Cpanel.zip : This file can provide support for the images of arcade control panels, place in \cpanel directory..

Bkground.zip : This file contains numerous images that are used as the background for the Mame32 GUI [beneath the game list, behind the screenshot/folder areas]. Download this file and extract its contents into the \mame32\bkground directory. Choose a background image in the Options menu. To have it rotated randomly on Mame32 launch, toggle the checkbox in the Options • Interface Options menu.

Flyers.zip : This file can provide support for the original flyers sent to arcade operators, exhorting them to buy the games, place in \flyers directory.

Cabinets.zip : These are a series of files that contain images of the actual physical arcade machines themselves. Download the packs and extract their contents into the \mame32\cabinets directory or combine their *.png contents into one large cabinets.zip.

History.dat : This file contains the original game’s designer’s names, and assorted trivia. Place this file in the \mame32 folder alongside Mame32.exe. It will display if the history art tab is toggled, or if the history tab is not selected, it will display beneath snapshots.

2006-07-30 08:58 PM -0700 / john iv