what is and where to get the best mame to play shmups.

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:15 pm

figure ill try getting the latest mame for time being, what is the best version to use that has tate option, just bought a new laptop to test out mame on. where do i go to download mame games also by the way. thanks all

ktownhero · Post by **ktownhero** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:39 pm

google is your friend

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:53 pm

what is the best version to use that has tate option

Depends on the game. You should be safe w/ the latest version.

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:20 pm

thanks but the question is which website. if i google i still gotta choose and have no clue where to start, whats the latest mame? u guys have a main site u guys get mame versions or mame games from?

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:34 am

What's your OS? Assuming you use Windows, get MAME32.

kong · Post by **kong** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:43 am

Asking where to get roms is usually frowned upon. As far as mame is concerned I'd say check out the aforementioned mame32 or http://wolfmame.marpirc.net/ and download wolfmameplus version 099.

Mameplus used to be excellent but it's no longer updated.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:44 am

You know...I've always wondered WHY it was frowned upon...nobody ever explains that part.

Some forums let you ask, others don't...what's up with that?

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:12 am

Blade wrote:You know...I've always wondered WHY it was frowned upon...nobody ever explains that part.

Some forums let you ask, others don't...what's up with that?

It's usually a legal liability thing. Please don't ask for ROMs or a thread will have to get locked.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:49 am

What about asking for help on how to run mame? I'm terrible with IT, command prompt is a mystery to me.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:15 am

Diabollokus wrote:What about asking for help on how to run mame? I'm terrible with IT, command prompt is a mystery to me.

I haven't used MAME in ages, but there are several GUIs out there so you don't have to deal with the command line.

agony · Post by **agony** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:10 am

SDLMame > *

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:02 pm

Blade wrote:You know...I've always wondered WHY it was frowned upon...

b/c almost all of them are illegal.

seattlexc · Post by **seattlexc** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:41 am

I've been meaning to ask this question for a while, does anyone know what versions of mame work with save states. I have the newest version of mame, and none of the games I've tried have allowed me to create a save state. They say error or somthing like that.

I've searched the forum before for info on this, but the only solution I could find is to us an older version of mame. Does anyone know where I can get ahold of an older version of mame. I've tried looking for a while, but I've had no luck. Thanks for any info.

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:14 am

seattlexc wrote:I've been meaning to ask this question for a while, does anyone know what versions of mame work with save states. I have the newest version of mame, and none of the games I've tried have allowed me to create a save state. They say error or somthing like that.

I've searched the forum before for info on this, but the only solution I could find is to us an older version of mame. Does anyone know where I can get ahold of an older version of mame. I've tried looking for a while, but I've had no luck. Thanks for any info.

.99 works fine with save states. I forget if that's the last one before they changed it or not.

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:05 am

Diabollokus wrote:What about asking for help on how to run mame? I'm terrible with IT, command prompt is a mystery to me.

There are entire websites dedicated to answering these sorts of questions:

http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/

As mentioned, Google is your friend. There are dozens of websites containing thousands of man hours of easy to read documentation. Starting there would be much more sensible than asking someone to explain it all over again in a niche forum.

seattlexc · Post by **seattlexc** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:37 am

Does anyone know where I can get mame verison .99 (or earlier)? I've tried looking, but no luck for me.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:06 am

The quest to run mame on my laptop continues! Cheers Elvis, I actually think that link is all I needed!

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:45 pm

seattlexc wrote:Does anyone know where I can get mame verison .99 (or earlier)? I've tried looking, but no luck for me.

http://www.joymonkey.com/main/index.php ... s.090To099

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:45 pm

seattlexc wrote:Does anyone know where I can get mame verison .99 (or earlier)? I've tried looking, but no luck for me.

You didn't try stormwatch's link? He linked to the old mame 32 page with version 0.62. The current link for mame 32 is http://mame32qa.classicgaming.gamespy.com

ktownhero · Post by **ktownhero** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:55 pm

agony wrote:SDLMame > *

Is that a linux version? I run Ubuntu on my main desktop, and I've been trying to get other mames to work and I can't. Xmame/gxmame I can't ever get to be true fullscreen, and advancemame I can't get to even run.