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systems:tvgames [2022/01/23 23:08] – tvgames has been renamed plugnplay lbrpdxsystems:tvgames [2026/03/27 10:24] (current) – ↷ Page name changed from systems:plugnplay to systems:tvgames wizzard
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-====== Plug and Play TV Games ======+====== Plug 'n' Play TV Games ======
  
 A system to represent all the various "TV Games" out there. These little machines were self-contained devices that, as the name implies, you plug into your TV and start playing. The device itself was usually the controller, but not always. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PneFC0y9eS8|Here's a cool video about them.]] A system to represent all the various "TV Games" out there. These little machines were self-contained devices that, as the name implies, you plug into your TV and start playing. The device itself was usually the controller, but not always. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PneFC0y9eS8|Here's a cool video about them.]]
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   * **Emulator:** [[#mame|MAME]]   * **Emulator:** [[#mame|MAME]]
-  * **Folder:** ''/userdata/roms/plugnplay''+  * **Folder:** ''/userdata/roms/tvgames'' (''/userdata/roms/plugnplay'' up to Batocera 42)
   * **Accepted ROM formats:** ''.zip'', ''.7z''   * **Accepted ROM formats:** ''.zip'', ''.7z''
  
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 ===== ROMs ===== ===== ROMs =====
  
-Place your TV Games ROMs in ''/userdata/roms/plugnplay''.+Place your TV Game ROMs in ''/userdata/roms/tvgames''.
  
 ===== Emulators ===== ===== Emulators =====
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 ===== Controls ===== ===== Controls =====
  
-Plug n Play TV game's controls were usually specific to the game itself. In general, the way MAME handles this is by simply numbering the buttons, incrementing them as needed, up to six standard buttons and a directional stick.+The TV Game's controls were usually specific to the game itself. In general, the way MAME handles this is by simply numbering the buttons, incrementing them as needed, up to six standard buttons and a directional stick.
  
 Here are the default TV Games's controls shown on a [[:configure_a_controller|Batocera Retropad]]: Here are the default TV Games's controls shown on a [[:configure_a_controller|Batocera Retropad]]:
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