Community Plugins

Extends MaLa's built-in wav support. Play random wavs from a folder on various events, or specific wav files when switching emulators and game lists. Great for voice callouts saying the emulator name when you switch to it.

Automatically switches your joystick between 8-way, 4-way and 2-way based on what the selected game used. Requires hardware modification to your joystick to physically switch it.

Powerful LED control plugin for LEDWiz hardware. Light buttons in any RGB colour, animate on game select, show game-specific controls, flash on events, attract mode animations, support for up to 16 LEDWiz controllers. No .NET required.

Fixes a bug where MaLa sometimes loses Windows focus. C runtime files go in the MaLa directory on some systems and in the plugins directory on others.

Launch shortcuts when MaLa starts. Essential if you have MaLa set as your Windows shell but still need background apps to start on boot.

Comprehensive LED plugin supporting LEDWiz and PAC-Drive controllers. Light active/inactive controls for MaLa and MAME, RGB colour support per game, blink and speak controls on pause, flash start buttons when credits available. Extensive customisation.

Plays a siren sound when selecting a mature-rated game. A fun addition for family-shared cabinets.

Display text on serial displays like a BetaBrite or serial LCD. Supports two displays simultaneously. Loads Silver .lcd files. Shows current menu, game name and other MaLa data as you scroll. Custom text for screensaver and startup events.

Automatically rotates your monitor when MaLa switches between horizontal and vertical games. Originally written for the Jumbo Quadro cab. Full documentation including hardware layout available at the download link.

Text-to-speech plugin. Speaks on MaLa start (custom text), game launch (says the game name), MaLa quit, and button function callouts (FIRE, BOMB etc). Requires Windows Speech API.

Serial communication plugin. Use startcom_config.exe to configure. Includes comdlg32.ocx — register with regsvr32 if needed. Free for public use.

Automatically applies UltraStik map files (.ugc) before a game starts and restores after exit. Maps by game name for MAME and by emulator name for others. Includes installer. Supports default.ugc fallback map. Clones don't need their own maps.