is MAME worth it?

edub1030 · Post by **edub1030** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 10:18 am

i'd like to know if it's worth going thru all the trouble to burn MAME. i don't know what games run OK. i see a ton of "pd roms ":? available , but will MAME run them? is it worth the headache?

Moi · Post by **Moi** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:00 pm

i havent tried it myself. i cant find any roms....

edub1030 · Post by **edub1030** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:33 pm

i know where to get the "roms" at, but don't know if the games are too big to run on DC, or if just a small number of "roms" actually run. plus all the work of d/loading all the needed tools/files to put it all together to make it run

is it worth it? (i hope someone tells me it is)

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:57 pm

edub1030 wrote:i know where to get the "roms" at, but don't know if the games are too big to run on DC, or if just a small number of "roms" actually run. plus all the work of d/loading all the needed tools/files to put it all together to make it run is it worth it? (i hope someone tells me it is)

If you're mostly looking to play arcade games from pre 1990 or so: yes.

If you're mostly looking to play arcade games from post 1990 or so: possibly not.

edub1030 · Post by **edub1030** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:02 pm

yeah i'm not looking to emulate something that was out like last year, but say until the mid 90's, will it run? i'll sacrifice speed to play it.

edub1030 · Post by **edub1030** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:07 pm

yeah i'm not looking to emulate something that was out like last year, but say until the mid 90's, will it run? i'll sacrifice speed to play it. or do i have to look at the size of each rom to determine if it'll run or not.

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:14 pm

It all depends on a lot of different factors: you would be best off saying which specific game you are after and either checking if there has been a single game optimised release of it (? la TMNT) or get people to post their compatibility / speed results for you

edub1030 · Post by **edub1030** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:26 pm

cool. thanks for the advice. i love this forum!!!!