(Posting again with pictures - sorry first self-post on here *face-palm*)
Anyone here still playing Golden Tee Fore! 2006 Complete on MAME?
I built my own arcade board and play it all the time, but I hate that the server side of it is non-existent now. So naturally I started thinking… “I wonder if a small community league would work?”
Attached a few pictures for the other nerds out there. Eventually I’d like to make a hardwood version, but this has been great for now.
Anyway — nothing official at first... no ROMs/CHDs/BIOS files being shared initially, just a league/leaderboard setup for people who already have their own MAME install.
To start, I’d keep it simple: weekly course, post your score, upload a screenshot, leaderboard gets updated, and maybe do a weekly recap post.
If it actually gets a following and people trust the setup/community, I’d eventually like to release optional files/tools that run alongside MAME. The goal would be to show the current league leaderboard in-game, pull event info from the league site, and eventually auto-upload completed round scores.
I’d cover the cloud hosting/database costs at first. If it ever grew enough that hosting became a real expense, I might ask for a couple bucks from new members to help keep it running, but the goal would be to keep it cheap and community-friendly.
So early on, nobody would need to download anything. Manual screenshot submissions would still work. The helper/overlay stuff would only come later if there’s enough interest and people actually want it.
I’m mostly trying to see if this is worth building before I sink time into it.
Would anyone here join a weekly Golden Tee Fore! 2006 MAME league?
Also open to format ideas — weekly tournaments, season standings, handicaps, team stuff, whatever sounds fun. I’m also not sure how many other people out there have a similar setup, so curious to hear.
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