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Newbie to mame, need help


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The official MAME emulator is available from http://mamedev.org/release.html and one thing to note in regards to MAME is that roms will be different and may / may not work depending on the version of mame you have. Its quite common for a game that was working to suddenly not be working in the next MAME update so just be aware of this.

 

Also there are many different emulators personally for a no frills one I like MAME UI as it has a 64 bit optomised client, but there's all the flashy front ends you can get which add movies and pictures such as HyperSpin but the video files take up quite a lot of room.

 

The roms themselves take up about 42 gig for the latest set, and then add another 225 gb for CHD files which are compressed videos / audio for games that required cd / dvd / laser disc media. You only need the CHD files though if you want to play the games that need them and without a decent spec pc they will run slow / poorly if they work at all.

 

Not sure on the legality of posting links to roms so if a mod / admin wants to remove this link then go ahead but you can get them from http://www.pleasuredome.org.uk/torrents.php?category=10, just note that this is a torrent site and you will have to register and ideally keep a good ratio.

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I also recommend trying to get access to underground-gamer. It is hands down the best ROM torrent site out there. It literally has every game for every system ever made.

 

Great but you need to have a decent upload ratio

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Great but you need to have a decent upload ratio

 

Exactly.

 

Ratio sites are good in theory but bad in practice. Any n00bs don't have a hope in hell unless you have something to seed that everyone wants.

 

Brad

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Its not that hard to get your ratio up on UG if you really want to, im pretty sure the minimum share ratio is only 0.3 before demotion anyway. You could wait for a golden torrent weekend or free leech and take advantage of the 200% Upload rate and the free downloading of popular torrents. If you really want large files fast donate and become VIP. Everyone was new there at some point..
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