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o1s1n

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Which build/branch of MAME are you all using?

From what I remember reading, the "official" MAME team has turned into a bunch of antagonistic nerds who'll break hundreds of games if it makes something run 1% more "authentic".

As Enternow said before though, isn't the point of MAME to emulate and document arcade hardware rather than to run games?

If the guys want to focus on that aspect of it, fair play to them. At least someone is. There are plenty of other ways of playing roms.

I hung onto a pretty old version of MAME32k which seems to run everything I throw at it..not sure of the version number. It must be from about 5+ years ago.

Myrddin

Jebus I forgot you were using an lcd screen jaybles. Get whichever card you wish in that case

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

As Enternow said before though, isn't the point of MAME to emulate and document arcade hardware rather than to run games?

If the guys want to focus on that aspect of it, fair play to them. At least someone is. There are plenty of other ways of playing roms.

I hung onto a pretty old version of MAME32k which seems to run everything I throw at it..not sure of the version number. It must be from about 5+ years ago.

The end result is documentation, playing of the roms is only a side effect. Up as far as CPS2 stuff, anything i've done in Mame has been perfect (exclusing 3d of course). I don't really see why people take such issue with it, if you wannt use a different emu, well, em...do There's plenty of excellent ones which will take advantage od 3d card etc & provide a better playable experience.

Optimus Prime

Im only really interested in one that will play all the games, is there a better one out there than mame that will do this? I have most games running i want to at the minute, but theres still one or two i cant get going.

o1s1n

I've found that if a game doesn't work with MAME, it's probably more to do with you having an incompatibility issue between the emulator version and the romset rather than the emulator itself being broken.

Myrddin

keithgeo wrote: »

Im only really interested in one that will play all the games, is there a better one out there than mame that will do this? I have most games running i want to at the minute, but theres still one or two i cant get going.

There should be, what are the games you have trouble with?

Optimus Prime

A lot of the 3d games run slower than normal for some reason, but the main issues i have is trying to get 2 player versions of 4 player games working if that makes sense, eg the simpsons, turtles, sunset riders. the 4 players work but the 2 player version dont.

Sunsetriders is a paticular pain in the you know what, it works directly from mame but from the frontend (maximus arcade) it wont launch unless its the 4 player version.

o1s1n

Could you not just play the 4 player version and not insert coins/press start for players 3&4?

Seems like the obvious solution!

Optimus Prime

haha i know but i like playing as the Mexican Lad!

and no one likes playing as marge or lisa!

Myrddin

EnterNow wrote: »

There should be, what are the games you have trouble with?

I had the exact same issue with Sunset Riders on my cab & The Simpsons believe it or not. Only the 4 player version would load. I fixed it in the end by making Hyperspin launch the 2 player version. What I did was create a "Favourites" genre in Hyperspin (I think, this was ages ago), & adding all my favourite games into it (2p versions of the above etc). I could then switch between the master games list, for browsing unplayed games etc, & my favourites, which once I like a game I'll add it in there.

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Could you not just play the 4 player version and not insert coins/press start for players 3&4?

Seems like the obvious solution!

That didn't work in my case, as the coin mech would only add credits for certain characters. I guess I could have make a shift function for p3/p4 credits, but I was tired. Lazy too.

Optimus Prime

Yeh its like the coin mech on the 4 player has 4 coin inserts, so you can only start a game with 1 or 2 player not 3 or 4.

I tried what you said there, creating a favorites, the game still doesnt launch though just a black screen when i start the two player version. works perfect from mame itself though!! frustrating!

Myrddin

keithgeo wrote: »

Yeh its like the coin mech on the 4 player has 4 coin inserts, so you can only start a game with 1 or 2 player not 3 or 4.

I tried what you said there, creating a favorites, the game still doesnt launch though just a black screen when i start the two player version. works perfect from mame itself though!! frustrating!

Bear with me till I send that query down to long term memory retrieval there is 100% a solution, but my mind is slow these days :pac:

Myrddin

What version of Hyperspin are you using Keith?

Optimus Prime

Not using hyperspin im using Maximus Arcade on it, so could be a different issue related to the front end.

Myrddin

keithgeo wrote: »

Not using hyperspin im using Maximus Arcade on it, so could be a different issue related to the front end.

Ah I see, well on that frontend, what determines what enteres a game into the favourites genre? Is it a button combo or do you manually add it to a config file?

Optimus Prime

when you are scrolling down the list of games, the full list, you press F6 (i think) to add it to a list, a window pops up with the different lists you have setup ie favourites and you just hit enter on it and its added.

Myrddin

keithgeo wrote: »

when you are scrolling down the list of games, the full list, you press F6 (i think) to add it to a list, a window pops up with the different lists you have setup ie favourites and you just hit enter on it and its added.

Have a poke around the programmes install directory for a txt file that's storing where your favourites are. It should be clearly marked, whatever the name of the 4 player Sunset Riders is remove it, & manually type in the name of the 2p one. i might have done something similar, can't really remember

Optimus Prime

Cheers ill give it a go later and see if i can find it.

memoli

do they send parts to USA other than ireland ?

K.O.Kiki

memoli wrote: »

do they send parts to USA other than ireland ?

If you're in USA, I would recommend you use LizardLick.com or FocusAttack.com instead.