[RESOLVED] How do I save high scores in MAME 64

Supposedly this is addressed in the Retrobat 6.0 betas, but I'm not sure how to fix this.

The problem is that exiting from MAME64 back to Retrobat using select and start means that MAME64 remembers NOTHING.

The only way to get MAME64 to remember any settings changes, high scores, or anything else is to use the escape key on the keyboard.

The rub is that I'm trying to set this up in a MAME cabinet and will not have access to a keyboard, only the controllers. There does not appear to be a way to exit MAME 64 using a controller button, only the Retrobat button combo.

Is there any way to exit from MAME64 using a controller and keep at least the high scores?

The obvious fix would be to use a Libretro MAME emulator, but MAME64 is the only program that seems to handle cocktail scaling modes correctly. Whole other nightmare.

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https://retrobat.forumgaming.fr/t1361-hey-guys-say-hello

I posted a question and so far the only response I got was letting me know that I had not said "hello" yet, so HELLO.

Hello,
V6 will send ESC to quit MAME instead of killing the process.

thisisjay wrote:I posted a question and so far the only response I got was letting me know that I had not said "hello" yet, so HELLO.

yes, because these are the rules of this forum and also in the real world

tartifless wrote:Hello,
V6 will send ESC to quit MAME instead of killing the process.

Is there a way to enable this behavior?

Pressing start+select results in nothing being saved. Only pressing ESC on the keyboard enables MAME64 to save anything.

Yes there is:
open the file \RetroBat\emulationstation\.emulationstation\es_padtokey.cfg

And replace all the MAME section with the following code:

Code:

    <app name="mame">
        <input name="hotkey start" code="KEY_ESC"/>
    </app>
    <app name="mame32">
        <input name="hotkey start" code="KEY_ESC"/>
    </app>
    <app name="mame64">
        <input name="hotkey start" code="KEY_ESC"/>
    </app>

Looks like the issue has been resolved in V6. Just tried it and exiting with START+SELECT does result in the high scores and everything else being saved.