Toadofsky Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I'm not going to ask where to find roms, I know that's frowned upon of course. But I wanted to ask if any of you have experience with MAME and what version you use, and if you know of any places that provide good guidance on running games. Any help is much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I'm not going to ask where to find roms, I know that's frowned upon of course. But I wanted to ask if any of you have experience with MAME and what version you use, and if you know of any places that provide good guidance on running games. Any help is much appreciated. All the time. It's the only way I can get my X-Men Vs Street Fighter fix. Especially since the ps1 version was complete shit. As for what version, I think it's MAME UI64. Running games is very easy, just make sure you have the parent file. For example, a lot of the capcom fighters, the Euro version is the parent file and all other versions are just drivers. So people will download the North American version and can't understand why it won't run. It's because they don't have the parent file as well. EDIT: And if you wanna run Neo-Geo stuff, you have to have the Neo-Geo bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadofsky Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 I was using the latest version of MAME, guess I should use MAMEUI 64 if it's easier. I was reading that about the parent files and whatnot. But what's this with the BIOS? What do I do with it? I have a number of BIOS "files" that are for specific Arcade machines, do they need to go into the rom folder as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I have MAME UIFX32, to get my Taito shmup fix. At least until I spring for Taito Legends 2 for the PS2 (waiting on my next paycheck, lol). From what i understand, all you need is to get the .zip file (as said, the 'parent' file)- don't worry about the bios or anything like that (then again, UIFX32 doesn't have a folder for bios)- you just need to get the MAME ROM (google should suffice) and put it in the ROM folder. However, MAME is EXTRAORDINARILY finicky and picky- it's annoying in that regard. Some ROM files won't work, and some are incredibly picky as to WHICH zip file is the REAL parent ROM. You have to go by trial and error, and looking around online is your safest bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilhead Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I was using the latest version of MAME, guess I should use MAMEUI 64 if it's easier. I was reading that about the parent files and whatnot. But what's this with the BIOS? What do I do with it? I have a number of BIOS "files" that are for specific Arcade machines, do they need to go into the rom folder as well? The BIOS files are only needed to play NeoGeo games. Otherwise each regular arcade ROM should be self-contained. Definitely go for a version of MAME with a UI, as it makes things a lot easier. There are some really slick looking front-ends as well, but they aren't really necessary. MAME can be a pain to set up at first (monitor settings, mapping controllers, etc) but once you get used to it, it's great. I never use console emulation any more because I always prefer playing on the original hardware, but unless you are some kind of fanatic collector who drops thousands on obscure arcade boards there's no practical way other than MAME that you'd get a chance to play some of these games. Eventually I'll get around to building a MAME cabinet for my house. This guy has some great designs. I'd love a WeeCade or NanoCade. http://www.koenigs.dk/mame/eng/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level 99 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I've been using MAME since I got the X-Arcade Tankstick. I absolutely adore this thing. As for running MAME, some games besides NeoGeo DO need bios, but they are found in separate zips/dirs I believe. Since the NeoGeo one is shared by numerous games, it is separated (and I'm fairly sure that's how it works for others). As for what MAME to use, I've found the best looking and most stable builds to be from MAMEMPlus! GUI. Although definitely questionable because they do some extra acceleration I think, it definitely has work the best consistently through my use. That goes without saying that it has a much easier config menu for a gui, and lots of things come preconfigured such as controller type. If you're looking to REALLY set up a cabinet, definitely look into frontends so that you don't need a keyboard tray out every time you want to switch games, pause, or mess with the controls. Since my stick has a trackball, I've been tinkering with Hyperspin from time to time. Only problem with these frontends is that some of them don't support more than the stock MAME flavor as a root program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I've been using MAME since I got the X-Arcade Tankstick. I absolutely adore this thing. Random aside, Stevo's joystick is amazing. On topic: I'm running MAME32 Plus! Plus! and it works fine for me. I run Kawaks when I'm using GGPO to play Street Fighter online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloGamer Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 X-Arcades are pretty terrible from what I heard. Input lag, cheap parts, and terrible button placement are among the common complaints I've seen. If you're gonna spend that much on a controller, might as well get something decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychowolf Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I use Mame version 1.33 every version after refuses to play all of the roms in my library I would suggest a place to go for rom's but due to the rules i shall stay quiet about that. My version 1.33 can play most of the capcom fighters (marvelvs,xmenvs, etc) and can almost play tekkan 3 perfectly (the sound echos and some graphics glitches aside) My suggestion is if you want to use mame get emuloader for a menu so you dont have to deal with mames not that easy to navigate menu. And i you want to use version 1.33 just shop around for roms till you find a site which work, and normally most will work from that site. Good luck with getting a mame program to work all roms. I'm still looking for a working rom of jurrasic park the lost world, if you find one that works let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.B. Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I have MAME UIFX32, to get my Taito shmup fix. Shmupmame. For the rest of your shmupping fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Mandrake Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I needed to bump this in case I don't get a reply from the devs. I just downloaded MAME 1.44 and ran the self-extracting exe, in an attempt to get it up and running for my own entertainment... but I seem to be lacking any executable file. I even ran a search on my entire computer for mame.exe and came up with absolutely nothing. Any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level 99 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Make sure you didn't get one of the SRC downloads by mistake. Edit: Shmupmame.For the rest of your shmupping fix. I love you forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Mandrake Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Make sure you didn't get one of the SRC downloads by mistake. I might as well ask just out of cat-slaughtering curiosity (apologies to any cats who might be reading) - how can I be sure? I downloaded it from the developers' official website... On a similar subject, for those who emulate, what in your opinions are currently the best ems for NES, Super NES, TurboGrafX and Sega systems? (If this is a touchy/forbidden question, feel free to ignore me and please limit flames and trolling to a minimum.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychowolf Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 be sure to get mame1.44b not mame1.44s the binary version has the program needed ive come across this issue before, i'm trying to make a arcade machine when i move out (which could be years from now due to financial issues) and all i need is a new pc and the space to build a arcade machine http://mamedev.org/downloader.php?file=releases/mame0144b.exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level 99 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I might as well ask just out of cat-slaughtering curiosity (apologies to any cats who might be reading) - how can I be sure? I downloaded it from the developers' official website...On a similar subject, for those who emulate, what in your opinions are currently the best ems for NES, Super NES, TurboGrafX and Sega systems? (If this is a touchy/forbidden question, feel free to ignore me and please limit flames and trolling to a minimum.) You can be sure by going back to the download site and seeing which one you clicked. The one with the executable is called the "binary" version. This has many alternative names throughout the dev community: compiled, executable, release, etc. The other version is the source code, which is basically the raw programming used to create the executable and dependent files. Due to how computers are designed, many languages do not allow direct code execution on a CPU. They are High Level Languages, and computers only understand machine code (this is probably not 100% correct but for sake of our purpose, consider it so). So source code is for people to tinker and make changes on their own and then compile it, which ain't what yer doing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.B. Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I love you forever tilde~ opinions are currently the best ems for NES, Super NES, TurboGrafX and Sega systems? (If this is a touchy/forbidden question, feel free to ignore me and please limit flames and trolling to a minimum.) No it is not taboo but your question was not sufficiently off-topic. Please do better next time. Nestopia haven't tried others as ZSNES has always met my needs a dead parrot Kega There's also this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Mandrake Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I've been using FCE Ultra and ZSNES. The only problem I have had with ZSNES is that I couldn't get the BS Zelda games to run on it for love or money. SNES9x fixed that. I'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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