P2-Start can be configured as quick menu button: Options > Control Settings > P2-Start Button

 TAB into MAME settings or on the fly resolution change (comma and dot keys) is only possible if pinHP menu is not in childproof mode.

 Bugfix: Shudown dialog - 'Cancel' works again.

 Bugfix: Some game menu filters (clone, orientation) did not work correctly.

 Updated game engine to AdvanceMAME 5.0
 Added MAME Cocktail Mode option, works for games that support it via DIP switches.
 Updated game info database for filtering and grouping. Many thanks to 'Brik' for his support!

 Bugfix: Language settings other than <us> could cause trouble with Jamma switch test or pinHP menu navigation.

 Updated game engine to AdvanceMAME 4.0
 AdvanceMAME Release notes
 Bugfix: Screen mode 'Upside Down' handling. Dialog boxes are also upside down now.

 Default test for possibly stuck switches during boot (Jamma only).
 Loop preview videos: Options > Game Menu Settings > Loop Videos

 Updated game engine to AdvanceMAME 3.10

 Updated boot files. The SD card was no longer recognized due to changed hardware in recently produced Pi3/Pi4 Raspberries.
 Complete rewrite of Pi2Jamma/Pi2SCART auto detection.
 Test option to manually check controls or detect possibly stuck switches. Options > Control Settings > Jamma Switch Test
 Jamma buttons 4/5/6 are now disabled by default. If required, you need to activate them in Options > Control Settings > Enable Buttons 4-6
 Updated lots of game resolution settings.
 Added an online update option for game resolution settings. Over time, when you restore your settings from a backup, all game resolution settings would be overwritten from the backup as well. Keep always up to date and use the most recent optimized settings.
 Attn. developers: USB relays (e.g. to switch illuminated buttons from a custom script) can now be controlled with the 'usbrelay' command. See https://github.com/darrylb123/usbrelay
 Bugfix: Restore would crash with no files in the backup directory.

 Shutdown countdown can be deactivated. Set "shutdown_dialog=N" in rpi2jamma/config.ini
 Minor bug fixes.

 P2-Start button can be configured to shut down the system.
 5 seconds countdown with cancel option during system shutdown.
 Slightly extended time between coin-up and game start with "Auto insert coin" option. Certain games would not accept a too fast sequence.

 Annoyance fix: "Back" button works in pinHP system menus now as well (Pi2Jamma only).

 Auto insert coin when start button ist pressed: Options > Mame Settings > Auto Insert Coin
 Boot directly into game list: Options > System Settings > Boot into Game List
 Added new filter: Dial control games (paddle/spinner).

 Added runscript-boot option.
 Added GPIO switching examples, to illuminate buttons depending on game.
 See examples in /root/scripts/custom.
 Quadro users: There is no more hard coded GPIO pin defined.
Set e.g. autorotate_gpio=26 in config.ini (-1 to disable switching).
 Added options to alarm mail configuration (rpi2jamma/.mail/config.ini):
SHUTDOWN=Y # Shutdown system after alarm
ALWAYS=Y # Alarm and possible shutdown also during MAME game
 Added games filter database (_database.csv) to backup/restore for easier access to correct wrong information.

 Clone P1 & P2 joysticks/buttons: Options > Control Settings (Jamma only).
 Minor bug fixes.

 Updated website info in "About" dialog: www.pinhp-image.com

 Minor, minor, minor bug fix. Well ... not even a bug, really. Honestly, I simply wanted to release a 4th birthday version 

 Added "Delete Game" option to "P2-Start Button" behaviour.
 Added "Show Deleted Games" to Game Menu Settings.

 Support for Quadro cabinets with rotatable monitors. Requires hardware modifications. See this thread (German language forum): https://www.arcadezentrum.com/forum/board/index.php?thread/28556-pi-am-jumbo-quadro
 MAME errors (e. g. messages about missing files), flashing on the screen briefly, are now logged to "rpi2jamma/_MAME_ERROR" on the USB stick for easier debugging.

 Added group and filter options: Horizontal/Vertical games.

 Added option to run AdvanceMENU and AdvanceMESS (Options > System Settings > AdvanceMENU frontend). If you want to use it instead of the classic pinHP interface, you should know why and how to configure it.

 Bugfix: Manually setting Coin-Up to "5" inside MAME would delete and reset all MAME settings.
 Bugfix: Changing autostart settings would cause game menu to display oversized logos, under certain circumstances, until next reboot.

 Added option to directly boot into last game that was played: Options > System Settings > Autostart Last Game
 Alarm Mail: Added option to send a start mail not only with each boot, but in regular intervals (e. g. every 7 days).

 Some game filter fine tuning

 Lots of options to filter and group games by genre, manufacturer, system and more. Options > Filter Games and Options > Group Games for actual filtering. Options > Filter Settings to select even more filter values: Select your favourites out of a list of 390 manufacturers, 29 genres and 10 game systems.
 Game menu overhauled. It has grown and grown over the years and got a more logic structure now.

 New online update: System Settings Menu > Online Tools > Check for Update > Game settings. Over time, some files like the games definition file or MAME configuration file were updated (e. g. to add new game resolutions, mouse/spinner support, …). Whenever you restored your settings from a backup after a system update, all those new features were gone. Now you can always check for a "Game settings" update, to include the latest recommended settings. IMPORTANT: Before any change, the update system will ask for confirmation. There is no risk of losing customized settings.
 Faster than ever menu generation. The message "Generating game menu" has been disabled.

 Support for MAME save states. "Player1-Start & Joystick left" saves the current game state to the USB stick, "Player1-Start & Joystick right" loads it.
 Minor bug fixes

 System boot: No more Linux login message flashing before the boot screen.
 Clean autostart game boot: Boot right into a game, without any sign of emulation (no pinHP boot screen).
 Added screensaver: Run a random game from favourites list.
 Added option to backup favourites settings (System Settings Menu > Game Settings > Backup Fav. Menu). This makes it possible to update the game list template and restore favourites from the backup (System Settings Menu > Game Settings > Restore Fav. Menu). An updated template file, fixing some game names and including joystick 4-8-way information, is available as separate download (included in the full image).
 Updated, optimized and almost complete sets of game preview logos, marquees and videos are available as separate downloads (logos and marquees are included in the full image).
 Theme settings are now bound to the screen orientation.

 Customize pinHP menu text size, color and alignment: System Settings Menu > Screen Settings
 Select to display either logos or marquees in game selection menu (logo files are placed in "rpi2jamma/logos", marquees in "rpi2jamma/marquees"): System Settings Menu > Game Menu
 Additional video screensaver: Play favourite videos only.
 Monitor Test Card: Flip through eight different test images.

 For ServoStik users: Joystick parameter can now be set from the menu: Options > Set Games 4-8-Way
 Select individual game menu text color: System Settings Menu > Screen Settings > Text Color

 Added support for Ultimarc® ServoStik (switchable 4-8-way Arcade joystick)

 Run an external file, placed in the ‘rpi2jamma’ base directory, from the menu (System Settings Menu > System Settings > Run External File). Attn. developers: Since a child process does not have access to its parent’s variables, the current pinHP variables are dumped into /tmp/pinhp_variables right before running the external file, making it possible to grep the values. The other way round, if you need to change pinHP variables, you can declare them in /tmp/external_vars. The main script sources this file right after executing the custom script/program.

 Maintenance update: Automatically disable custom folders option in System Settings Menu if no ROM subfolders are found, bringing back traditional 1/2/3 line menu selection options.

 Maintenance update, enabling to read custom parameters from _games.template.
 Added a fully working example script to /root/scripts/custom, demonstrating to read a custom parameter and switch relays via GPIO pins accordingly.

 Support for optional custom scripts, to be run before/after a MAME game starts, or during system shutdown. See the example scripts inside /root/scripts/custom.
 BIOS files (e.g. neogeo.zip) for most games are now included und located in a dedicated bios_advmame folder
 Fav. Games are now also available when custom folders are activated.
 Fav. Games handling improved.

 Fine tuning and bug fixes of the new 15MAY21 subfolders feature. Switch it on or off: System Settings Menu > Game Menu Settings > Custom Folders).

 Subfolders inside the ROM directory are now accepted and will show up in the menu. Individual display names can be set with the ".title" file inside each directory. Write the name into the file and nothing else. Names preceded by a "." (dot) will hide the directory completely, making it inaccessible from the menu. Names preceded by a "#" (hash sign) will show a blank line in the menu, but leave it accessible.

 Get new game resolutions by online update (System Settings Menu > Online Tools > Check for Update.
 System automatically creates complete folder structure on empty USB stick if required. No more need to copy anything from the zipped distribution.

 Change time zone (System Settings Menu > System Settings > Set Time Zone).

 Installed alternate update server with automatic fallback.
 Wi-Fi credentials are now included in backups.
 A bug, not remembering the current number of multiple MAME configurations after restoring from a very old backup, was fixed.

 Bugfix: config.ini file could become corrupt if it was manually edited with a DOS/Windows editor, caused by different format of line endings than files created on Linux (CR/LF vs. LF).

 Added option to show button layout before game start (System Settings Menu > Mame Settings > Display Button Layout.
 Bugfix: Menu screen was shifted to the right by 8 pixels (Jamma only), caused by the latest Linux system update.
 Minor bug fixes.

 Fresh Linux install from scratch. The previous system was still based on an old image from the very beginning of Pi2Jamma, with lots of leftover clutter.
 Rewrite of the game menu generation routine. 90 % speed up. Game menu list containing 6.000 games typically generates within a second now.
 Improved favourites editing: Add a game to the Fav. Games menu, cursor stays in place at the next game in the list.
 Obsolete "restore" folder on the USB stick. It caused confusion. The "Restore Settings" function now restores directly from the "backup" folder.
 Selectable keyboard layout (de/us/fr).
 Added support for NTFS formatted USB sticks.
 Automatic Wi-Fi connect at boot.
 Automatic email alarm: Did you ever leave your game room for "just a minute" and forgot to come back before the next weekend? Receive an email that the system is still up and running after a specified amount of time. To be configured inside rpi2jamma/.mail on the USB stick.

 Bugfix: When "Player2-Start" is defined to change screen orientation (System Settings Menu > System Settings > P2-Start), pinHP menu now stays at the same line from where orientation change was activated

 Bugfix: System would crash when changing game menu lines (System Settings Menu > Game Menu Settings)

 Customizable menu text (System Settings Menu > Language Settings)
 More text customization possible with new language.ini file (inside rpi2jamma directory on USB stick or DATA partition)
 Customizable idle screensaver time (System Settings Menu > System Settings) and MAME idle exit time (System Settings Menu > Mame Settings)

 Maintenance update

Included in 12DEC20 full image only, not via online update:
 Refined AdvanceMAME modelines (game resolution definitions)
 Changed default game controls (Insert coin: Player1-Start & Joystick up, Exit game:Player1-Start & Player1-Button1)

 Select from up to three different saved MAME configurations

 Bugfix: Gamepad controls did not work with backup/restore dialog

 Bugfix: SSH login for user "pinhp" was denied

 Improved gamepad support: No more keyboard required except for entering a Wi-Fi key for the first time. Dialog boxes (OK / Cancel, item selection) work with the gamepad now.
 On popular demand: Although the use of a USB stick is still recommended, the data partition on the SD card can now be expanded to its maximum size from the menu.
 Just a gimmick: Select the date to be set when the system boots. There is no hardware clock in a Raspberry Pi, so the system date will always be wrong unless there is an Internet connection. Select between image date, last shutdown date or a custom date.

 Support for Xbox one wireless dongle
 Additional screensavers: Random game / random videos
 At long last! A pinHP boot logo 🙂

 Remember last Wi-Fi profile / Quick connect

 USB gamepad handling
 Improved Pi2SCART auto detection

 Additional color themes (Rainbow / Vivid)
 MAME idle exit time now independent from screensaver
 Option to copy games from internal SD to USB

 Minor bugfix / hardware mode selection

 Bugfix: Screensaver types were not saved reliably
 Bugfix: Online update system
 Updated screensaver selection menu
 Check & set hardware mode (Jamma/SCART) from the menu
 "Snappier" menu navigation

 New "Online Tools" menu
 Online update patches

 Select from 7 different screensavers
 Change general game volume from system settings menu (Alsa mixer interface)

 Option to activate screensaver with P2-Start button
 Select P2-Start button behaviour from system settings menu
 Bugfix: MAME idle exit time is now synchronized with screensaver time

 Added "Silver" menu style

 Bugfix: A new line was added to config.ini on every system start
 Bugfix: If MAME brighness/gamma settings were changed manually inside advmame.rc, the entry was listed twice in the system settings menu.
 Bugfix: Preview video volume was not remembered after exit into shell

 Increased DATA partition size to 12 GB, 16 GB SD card required
 Added config.ini option to quickly switch screen orientation via "Player2-Start" button
 Added more default directory path entries, like "image" (for CHD files) or "memcard" to advmame.rc configuration file
 Bugfix: Pi2SCART mode was not initialized properly, causing possible system slowdown by constantly sending (invisible) keystrokes in the background

 Raspberry Pi 4 support
 Adapted design to display game marquees
 Marquee files are included in the package
 Automatic backup of highscores and MAME settings to USB stick
 Minor bug fixes

 Added Pi2SCART support
 Improved favourites selection, no more jumping out of menu
 Menu selector stays where it was when changing settings
 Menu navigation speed up
 Added "Are you sure?" dialogs for certain operations
 Installed RAM disk for /tmp folder, extending SD card life
 SSH login enabled. Username: pinhp / password: root

 Added and adjusted lots of resolution settings. 99 percent of the games should automatically run with close to perfect resolution and refresh rate settings now
 Added USB mouse/trackball/spinner support
 Added MAME free play option, works for games which support it via DIP switches
 Added uptime display in system menu
 Added system menu item: Exit into Linux shell
 Added a 2 seconds delay for preview videos (editable in config.ini)
 Reboot/Shutdown/Backup/Restore menu options can all be hidden individually
 *Hide Seettings Menu* does not require a reboot anymore
 Bugfix: Quickedit mode settings were not always remembered
 Bugfix: Preview videos settings were not always remembered

 Added a monitor test card for hardware screen calibration
 Bugfix: Arcade start with USB keyboard connected is enabled again

 Runs with just the SD card, USB stick is optional
 Includes 100 popular horizontal and vertical games

 Added preview video support

 Dedicated system settings menu with lots of new items to select
 Additional menu theme making better use of limited available screen space

 Auto activate screensaver
 Qick Edit Mode: Select games for favourites lists, changes are applied when leaving edit mode
 Hide status messages (e. g. game rom name) when starting games
 Bugfix: In vertical mode, when scrolling game list per page, one line was skipped

 AdvanceMAME 3.9 update
 Lots of new game resolution settings
 most vertical games should use almost perfect settings now
 Fixed annoyances: Press any key to exit screen saver or dialog boxes
 Minor bug fixes

 Improved menu navigation speed
 Bugfix: An "sRGB profile error" message was flashing in the terminal window under certain circumstances

 Enable/Disable MAME cheat option
 Enable/Disable artwork backdrop and overlay options
 Added screen mode "upside down"
 Minor bug fixes

 Edit favourites lists from the menu

 "Hidden feature": Access system configuration menu by clicking into empty lines three times

 First public release version