anybody recommend a free site to d/l mame romset

A place where you can chat about anything that isn't to do with games!
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jonny5
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anybody recommend a free site to d/l mame romset

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doing a couple of mame cabs and i was hoping to grab the whole romset for them....

would prefer non- ratio enforced torrent sites

lmk
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forum rules wrote:Not for discussion:
• No ISO trading, ROM begging, […], copyright infringement, or assistance with any of these – for example warez FTP site details. It doesn't matter what is legal in your country, there are no exceptions to this rule – although discussion of emulation is not a problem.

• Don't post or link to offensive or illegal content.
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moozooh wrote:
forum rules wrote:Not for discussion:
• No ISO trading, ROM begging, […], copyright infringement, or assistance with any of these – for example warez FTP site details. It doesn't matter what is legal in your country, there are no exceptions to this rule – although discussion of emulation is not a problem.

• Don't post or link to offensive or illegal content.
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so its ok to discuss playing games on mame, but not where to get the set.....ummmm....ok....thats fucking stupid

whatever....lock this then
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jonny5 wrote:
moozooh wrote:
forum rules wrote:Not for discussion:
• No ISO trading, ROM begging, […], copyright infringement, or assistance with any of these – for example warez FTP site details. It doesn't matter what is legal in your country, there are no exceptions to this rule – although discussion of emulation is not a problem.

• Don't post or link to offensive or illegal content.
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so its ok to discuss playing games on mame, but not where to get the set.....ummmm....ok....thats fucking stupid

whatever....lock this then
Technically, you can back up your own personal roms from your board and use them in MAME. MAME itself is not illegal, downloading roms you don't own are. ;D
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ya..... i have sources for this stuff, and obviously i own every PCB ever made :wink: but i dont want to grab a 15 gig torrent from a ratio enforced site

if any kind soul would mind sending me a PM with any help it would be most appreciated
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The laws governing these sorts of things are fucking stupid, but hey, here we are.
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