Mame Arcade Knowledge Base
Mame arcade? i want a good mame emulator for my pc but I want an .exe file any links or files?
How does a MAME (arcade) emulator work? I have other emulators and it seems like the MAME (arcade) emulator is different from all the rest. My other emulators are downloaded then each rom is downloaded separately, but all of the MAME (arcade) emulators downloaded are preloaded with roms and unplayable. Can anybody help me figure out how to make these roms work? Why is the MAME emulator different from the rest?
Do any company sell arcade ROM packages for MAME? Hi, I need help I'm putting together a MAME arcade machine, and I want to know if theres any company out there that packages 4000+ games on a CD/DVD. Yes I'm aware of the two websites ROM Nation and ROM world but I rather buy them all at one?
How do I get arcade games to run off MAME? I downloaded M.A.M.E. and a couple roms, how in the world does this thing run? I've run other emulators like Nestopia and Zsnes, so I sorta know how it works. Am I needing something else to run arcade games off MAME?
Problems with my MAME arcade gaming machine? The problems first started when I was playing a game and the screen would just go crazy and give me an error message. I would turn it off and go to something else. Then when I returned to play, I turned it on and it would start the process of booting up but the screen would scroll (move upwards and then start at the bottom again). Then it would go to a blank white screen. I have to unplug it to turn it off because ctrl/alt/delete didn't even work. When I turned it back on I tried to start it in safe mode. I could tell that the black with white letters was on the screen but the screen was going crazy (moving all over the place to fast you couldn't read anything.) I got it into safe mode but all a saw was a bunch of different locations (for lack of a better work) that all said /driver/blahblahblah at the end. What is going on with my machine. It is broken for good or is it fixable?
Want to convert MAME system arcade cabinet to a regular arcade cabinet? I have a MAME system arcade cabinet but it always freezes or the screen goes out when I'm in the middle of a game for no reason. I would like to convert the cabinet to hold NBA Jams. Any suggestions? Is it or is it something I would be able to do myself? It is a 4 player cabinet It already has a monitor It was never a regular arcade cabinet it was at one time a working MAME arcade cabinet
MAME arcade emulator - legal source for ROMs? MAME is a program that lets you play old arcade games on your computer. It emulates the old hardware and uses the original ROMs included with them. Is there any way to legally purchase copies of these ROMs for use with MAME?
Where can I purchase Mame Arcade Roms? GameTap is full of it... I hate it! I don't like there selection of games, and it's to limited. So what are some really good websites to purchase and download Mame Arcade Roms?
Mame arcade emulator I have downloaded MAME arcade emulator. An di have downloaded some games, but i have no idea how to play them, when i try to click on mame, it says no games found. anyone know how to play roms on mame? i would be most gratefull
Where i can download legally arcade games with a mame? If you can tell me a site to have an emulator and all of its games. I would prefer Mame 32 but if you have something better just tell it! Also, you know were i can download music without P2P client and to be legally!
Arcade Machine using MAME as main software? i was wondering if i could make my P3 cpu into an arcade machine using the MAME software, i am currently researching on how to make an Arcade Cabinet. just wanted to know if the feeling is still the same even though it runs on a computer. [joysticks will be used for the game]. and is it cheap to actually produce this kind of machine? Thanks in advance!
Mame Arcade cabinet project? I built an arcade machine to specifically run mame (loads of classic arcade games). Thing is, it's got to go! need the room! Basically it's a hand built upright arcade machine, stained in teak with gold dragons down each side. 2 player with happ compatition joysticks and six buttons each, ideal for street fighter games. Has a selection of other buttons including 1 and 2 player start, credit, pause, exit, shutdown... This is an ideal starter if you want your own arcade machine. All the wiring is complete to all buttons along with pcb controler which plugs into usb on pc, marquee light and speakers are there. Just needs a pc in it and a 21" or above tv or monitor, and 1 more support beam. i'm letting it go for £100 but needs collecting as is heavy as hell! So not really a question as such, but thought i'd ask before it goes on ebay in about a week.
mame arcade setup? can anyone give any advice on how or what type of computer is compatable with the front ends for the roms? I plan to put this in an arcade cabinet with an tv monitor with an s-video on the back. In addition to the two player joysticks, I also want to have a trackball, a spinner, and 1 joystick mounted sideways for the game Q-bert. Is there a restrictor plate that I can use for Q-bert, so that I don't have to mount an extra joystick just for that one game? I am a newbie to the mame type of arcade systems. Websites that have good illustrations of how to hook up the accessories would be nice to. Thanks in advance
how do i convert a whole arcade game to mame roms or emulator? this game i want to convert is called EZ2DJ and i think it runs on Windows. Its a Korean Music game Similar to Beatmania but its Korean and they stopped making them because it was illegal to copy another copmanies projact for example like Beatmania Konami. I will buy the whole arcade and want to convert it to a playable game on PC
Can I build my own arcade cabinet for mame games.? I'd like to know can i build my own arcade cabinets for downloaded mame games to open my own arcade.Is it against the law, to download and sale the roms. And if that's against the law. Can I do the same thing but not charge for the games in my place of business. For example if I opened up a restaurants can I place the games in there so the costumer could play them for free and not charge them to play. Is this against to law.
Help needed - MAME arcade emulator - What is the executable file name to launch MAME..? .. .. I've been trying to install MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) to run classic arcade games on my PC.. I've downloaded and unzipped the MAME file, but can't get it to run.. At the Windows CMD prompt, I type "mame suprloco" (where suprloco' is the name of the arcade game I want to run), but Windows responds with a message saying :- "mame is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file" Where have I gone wrong.? Does anyone know the name of executable file that will launch MAME.? Yes, I did download MAME from the MAME official website.. Yes, I have downloaded and unzipped 'Super Locomotive' from the net.. I have folders and files for both MAME and Super Locomotive (suprloco), but cannot get it to run.. I must have missed something, somewhere... Any ideas, anyone.? .. ..
Building a MAME arcade, need tips? Well i came across a dell dimension 2400 the other day which i later figured i want to try to make a MAME arcade machine (yeah, big jump i get it, take things slow) just a few tips i need i've looked into the X-Arcade joysticks and is wondering if dual joystick: http://www.xgaming.com/store/arcade-joysticks-and-game-controllers/product/x-arcade-dual-joystick/ or shelling out a little more for this one http://www.xgaming.com/store/arcade-joysticks-and-game-controllers/product/x-arcade-tankstick-includes-usb-cables/ or if there's a better one to use. and what is the best looking frontend for the MAME emulator (*that would suit the function i want it to) after a night of sleep deprivation and research, i've pretty much decided to go with MALA frontend and trackball tankstick, still gladly accepting advice though
How to build a stand up mame arcade machine with real arcade controls and use a playstation 3 with Linux? How to build a stand up mame arcade machine with real arcade controls and use a playstation 3 with Linux? i have a jamma police trainer showcase cab stand up i would like to turn into a mame machine i'd like to use a ps3 phat running Linux (i dont know what one is best either yellow dog?) i want to be able to play all ps3 game with a keyboard and mouse as well as mame and other emulators while in linux mode with standard arcade controls and a trackball as the mouse and using the original cga monitor i dont know if it can be done or what i would need to build this is a few of the thing i have found but not sure if it would work together or not http://cgi.ebay.com/XIM-All-In-One-mouse-keyboard-adapter-for-PS3_W0QQitemZ160403362129QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2558c91151 could i use this with a usb based keyboard encoder and usb track ball for both ps3 and linux mame? and a PSX AV to Arcade Monitor/Speaker Adapter from ultimarc or the jpac adapter and a jpac Or http://www.ultimarc.com/psx.html or a combo of the the xim and other ultimarc parts or what ever is easiest has anyone done a bulid like this or any other ideas
Need help with instructions for MAME arcade machine.? I need very specific step by step instructions. I don't know how I connect the keyboard to the controls. I need specific materials including wires or monitors. What exactly are emulators? Are they downloadable (if so how?) or do you have to buy them?(If so where and what do you do with them) I need to know what softwares I need on the computer and how to install them. And lastly how do I make it so that it goes directly to the game screen when turned on. THANKS!
Question about mame arcade games on my comp? I had copied all of my mame roms from my old computer onto cd's and now I am trying to move the mame roms (that are zip archive files?) onto my new computer. When i open the archived files in win ace and export them to my game folder on my computer it showes all of the mame roms. But when i click on one of the roms to play the game it says it cant find a program to run the rom?.. is there some kind of emulator or something els i should be doing to make these games play? I havent ever actually got to play these games. please help if anyone has knowledge... i may even buy you a pizza! :)
Help building Mame arcade cabinet? Hey everyone, im trying to convert my JAMMA / capcom arcade cabinet into a MAME cab. I already installed and mounted a computer inside and connected a J-PAC ( http://www.ultimarc.com/jpac.html ) to the controls etc. now my question is, since the video display in the cab is chopped up and has black lines will http://www.ultimarc.com/avgainf.html (arcade VGA) fix this problem? ALSO, the bottom row of button for player 1 and player 2 no longer work! how would i go about fixing this? all the top butttons, start, and joysticks work fine. i have no clue what to look for, everythings plugged in and no wires are ripped. if anyone can help me with ANYTHING please please leave me a comment. thanks!
Why won't The Simpsons Arcade rom work on my pc MAME emulator? It downloads successfully but when I try to play it, it flashes and skips like an old-school nes game. Has this happened to anyone else? I am able to play other games on the MAME emulator so it must be the rom. But every time I download it, it does the same thing.
Should I take back my AMD Phenom X3 and get a Intel Core 2 Duo for mame arcade? I went to Fry's a few days ago and updated my mame arcade with a Phenom x3 core. I had an old AMD 3800 and almost all games ran. Now there are just a few with a little lag. NFL blitz, and Dance Dance Revolution. I was reading online that AMD is the worst to use for mame and the Intel Core 2 Duo was by far the best. All I want to know is it worth it to return what I have to Fry's and get the Intel Core 2 Duo? Is the core 2 duo going to make a difference?
arcade/mame emulation on gameboy advance? i bought a flash cartridge and i want to play arcade/mame roms on my gameboy advance using a emulator i need a working link to download a mame emulator for the gba. i mean putting arcade/mame roms onto gameboy flash cartridge and playing them on a gameboy advance console. NOT playing them on computer and it is NOT impossible to play pokemon roms on gba.
Help on a MAME arcade unit? If I was to build a M.A.M.E arcade unit would it be legal to put it in a shop to make profit even if you own the original games.
How To Re-wire a trackball from an old arcade machine to work on my p.c? I made a MAME arcade cabinet and bought everything I need for it. But I cant get the trackball to work. Everything else does. I looked on chat rooms before and saw people talking about cutting that wire and re-wire it to a mouse cord. I tried this and still nothing! I attached all the colors to the same color. Can you help me get it working? directions? pictures?
a good MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) that support .bin format? hey yall,does anyone know any good MAME(Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)that support also .bin format on it's roms?i've downloaded MAME (regular) 0.123 but i doesn't support .bin format it only supports .rom format.i tried so many mames but they won't work.does anyone know any good mame that supports .bin too?thanks yall.
MAME(Multi Arcade Machine Emulator) Problem? hey y'all.i have problem with loading game roms on every mame(multi arcade machine emulators).this is for example: i downloaded the Metal Slug 3 rom from www.romnation.com but while i load it in any mame i got these errors: sfix.sfx NOT FOUND sp-s2.sp1 NOT FOUND sm1.sm1 NOT FOUND 000-lo.lo NOT FOUND so the game didn't load,and i coudn't play it.i checked the website to see if anybody have the same problem but it seemed every one successfully loaded it with no problem and pretty much enjoyed it!!it happens whit almost every games i download for mame.what should i do?
MAME ARCADE ROM Question? I copied all kinds of mame roms onto a cd and want to copy them from the cd's onto my new computer. They are in zip archives? so i opened a archive in winace, then extracted those files into a folder on my desktop. It showes in that folder several roms. When i click the rom it says to select from a list of my programs to run it? how do you run these games? is there some kind of file for an emulator or something i should be looking for? please help
Make an Arcade machine MAME? Hello, i want to build some Arcade machines, mainly for resale to make some money off :). I have been messing around with some software and have found Mame as well as GameEx, Gameex i would need to pay for as it needs a serial to get rid of the Nag screen, where is mame is free. Mame does not look nice like GameEx does, is there Skins or anything like that, that you can put on Mame? If so were can i get them from, also how do i install them? Thanks Im selling the actual machine not roms, I know all about roms, and how people must own the actual rom. AleSmith your not helping, im asking information on the emulator. I am selling the body of the machine, the monitor incased, the computer system incase, no roms will be included, but i would like software that can play games people own and would like on there. Thanks OMG, 1. I am actually very tallented with woodwork and electronics, and if you dont believe me check out my custom computer case on youtube search in utube (Shadow213's case, almost done ) as well as (Computer Sound Activated Light ). 2. I dont want to sell the emulator or roms, im just building the cabnet installing the computer, monitor, ect..... I am just curious on the emulator for PERSONAL USE, and i would deffinatly reccoment one of the best MAME emulators to the person, are you saying that you would take the time and effort of building a sweet arcade machine and then not keep the first one for yourslef? Because i think that would be kind of stupid! Thanks everyone for no help at all. And the guy that said i couldnt even build a good one, stick it up your you know what!
Arcade MAME? ok ive donloaded MAME but how do i play? it just says the whole thing like it's a console thing. how do i input a prompt to get it to play? please help i have already downloaded the x-men rom so how would i get it to play it would really help if someone would give me step by step tks
Want to convert arcade cabinet to MAME? Hello all. I have a full size arcade cabinet with working controls (although I want to change them) and monitor (has burn-in...will probably upgrade). I'd like some help on how to go about converting to MAME. I'm going to gut the insides and install a computer. I currently have a horizontal monitor, but may like to install a rotating one. I sure could use some help from the experts. I'm not very mechanical, but do know my way around a computer. I would like to play all of the old games, including, Galaga, Pac Man, Dragon's Lair, etc. I have heard that playing vertical screen games (such as Galaga and Pac Man) on horizontal screens make them look squished. Anyway, I live in Louisville, KY and would enjoy any input you may have. Thanks!!
Arcade Machine help needed (MAME)? I'm building an arcade machine and need a bit of help. In MAME, when I try to play a game like, Metal Slug 1 (Super Vehicle), I get a message saying that I am missing one or more chips (I forget which kind). Is it referring to the actual game, or my hardware? And once you answer that, can you tell me how to fix it? Thank you very much.
How to find Certain Mame roms (Rare ones?=/)? Uhh hey guys Ive been looking for this certain game called Gauntlet Dark Legacys for the MAME or Arcade rom All the ones ive been downloading dont work or are fakes Can anyone please help me or direct me where to find real roms? Thanks
MAME (multi arcade machine emulator) on Ps3? I am using a mac to do this (i do not own a linux or a windows). Is there any way to install the MAME onto the PS3 using a mac? i am trying to put a linux mame on my ps3 from my mac.
How do I install the MAME emulator? I have the latest MAME emulator software, but I don't know how to start it. I don't know where to put the software and the roms so it'll work. Can someone explain it all to me?
MAME? Whats an "easy to use" emulator? How do I load Roms? I played the arcade games a bit in the late 80's growing up and I really want to get the arcade version of Ninja Gaiden up and running. But I have not a clue as to how to go about using the MAME emulators. They are nothing like home console emulators like the nes. I only want to play that game so if there is a specific emulator that would work best, then thats all i need. PLEASE HELP!
What is the best MAME emulator? I was wondering what is the best MAME emulator out of all of them that plays fast. I wanna be able to play games like Spiderman,Final Fight,Captin Commando,Alien VS Predator and a bunch of outhers. Btw does if you can find one that supporst two joypads thats awesome.
how do you get the MAME emulator to see the roms.? Please tell me how with examples...i used to make a link with a shortcut but i forgot what to put in the shortcut target to point to MAME! help file says:Using the program---mame [name of the game to run] [options]For example:mame robby -nosound.Please explain like a child...where to put this,shortcuts,examples...please just give example. draged and dropped the MAME game on the mame.exe link and it worked? thats all i wanted to know. actually still want to know how to creat shortcut to mame.
MAME emulator for psp? 'm trying to put a MAME emulator on my psp, but every version I try to download shows up as corrupted data. Can anyone help me out?
MAME emulator on macs? ok i can download the MAME emulator on my macbook i just need to know how to play the games on it
How do I get an emulator to work for Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) games???? I have a mame emulator to play arcade games and it works fine. I tried doing a similar thing for a sega genesis emulator and didn't know what or how to do it to make it work so I gave up. Need some directions on what is the best Sega Genesis emulator I need to download and where I need to save the downloaded games once I have the emulator I need. Any advice would be great.
psp? mame???emulator? i have the mame emuloator in my psp 1.5 and i was wondering if someone could please tell me how to put the games? everytime i download a mame game it comes in many files how do i get it to work?
MAME (SNK emulator) help? somone please help me. I have mame 2 (SNK emulator) and I have the roms and everything, but i had a problem. I went to tab during a game, and i went to configure (general) and for the menu, i hit enter as if i was changing the key to get to the menu, then i accidently hit esc. and it said None. So no i cant pull out the menu. Is there a cache or something or some way to restore the settings?
How do I record a video in MAME? I just want to record me playing a game within the MAME emulator. How can I record it and export it to a good size for a YouTube upload?
Is there a way to record a gameplay video in mame32 emulator? Hi, for a flash movie I am working on, I would like to know how to record video footage from a game in the emulator Mame. I've tried Fraps and another screen recorder, but it doesn't seem to work. The game I am trying to record is The Punisher, which is an arcade game. Is there perhaps another emulator out there that works with screen-recording software? Thanks for the help
The best MAME Emulator? Anyone know which is the best. All the ones i have tried are too complicated. I need a good simple one
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