xbox and mame

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:53 pm

i never got into modding the xbox... but from what I understand doesn't it run mame perfectly?

what all would i need to do in order to have an xbox that runs mame?

also.. odd question i know but would I HAVE to store the roms on the hard drive or could i load them from a CD-Rom?

Tychom · Post by **Tychom** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:25 pm

In my experience it certainly isnt perfect, the strikers games for instance are a jerky mess. Cave games however have been fairly solid from what i've seen. The only issue i've had is getting rid of background tearing (i'm sure there's a sync option somewhere though).

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:09 pm

Don't use MAME for Cave games, use FBA XXX which also runs Neo Geo, CPS1/2 games near perfectly. I also run most of my roms straight from DVDs as I haven't bothered with the HDD upgrade.

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:42 am

so those emulators run better with the xbox? well cave games anyway..

can someone descride how i'd get them to run or point me to a website/faq ect to get the info?

antron · Post by **antron** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:40 pm

you should be able to find modding info through google, but i will try to give you some facts.

the standard xbox only has 64M of ram, this cuts out some games in MAMEoX.

once the box is modded, running software is just a matter of FTPing the files over. to do this you need an alternative dashboard.

or you can run staight from a disc (the disc must be made with an xbox disc image tool on your pc, like qwix)

an xbox made before March 11, 2004 can have its bios reflashed.
any xbox can be "softmodded". softmods can be undone by software, leaving you with an xbrick.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:17 pm

theevilfunkster wrote:Don't use MAME for Cave games, use FBA XXX

It should be noted, at least at one point in the release cycle (no idea how it is now) FBA XXX had substantially more input lag than MAMEOX, including in key titles such as ESP Ra.De

simian raticus · Post by **simian raticus** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:46 pm

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:25 pm

Anyone know the best verision of xbox mame for a regular 64 ram xbox?

I messed around with mameox on my modded x-box a couple years ago and I'm curious to see if progress has been made on arcade/Cave emulation. A quick google search reveals that the original developers abandoned mameox in 2004 but I guess others have picked up the gauntlet.

antron · Post by **antron** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:48 pm

Wanderer wrote:Anyone know the best verision of xbox mame for a regular 64 ram xbox?

try MAMEoX128 Plus 05.05.2006 (i haven't yet)
http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?name= ... 05.05.2006
(free reg req, you can find it other places too)

It will run with 64M too. (with virtual memory if needed)