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How to Get Started with MAME in Windows - newbie perspective
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Yenome:
i dont know seems a lil too copy and paste to me.
benarcade:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on February 08, 2013, 06:01:58 am ---you need to click 'audit all games', for mame to refresh and 'see' your set of ROMs
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Yes -thanks. Or you can hit F5 to refresh. I like to audit, because it shows any potential problems with the ROMs.
benarcade:

--- Quote from: Yenome on February 08, 2013, 11:19:39 am ---seems a lil too copy and paste to me.

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I'll take that as a compliment.
Gray_Area:
I see Wiki above this thread......
RyoriNoTetsujin:
I think a "newbies' guide" to Mame usage is a great idea, but I have to agree with BadMouth in that it shouldn't necessarily be written by a "newb."

Don't take this the wrong way, I totally support you taking on what could be a really nice and HELPFUL project!  ;D (I've thought about doing it for some time now, just never took the time...) 

As it currently stands though, if I were a newbie, what I've read so far would probably only serve to confuse me further.  It's a bit like attempting to play a game of Chess before you've been told what all the pieces do, and how they move.  That's not to say that you have to explain every little detail and feature of Mame (or Mame32/MameUI for that matter) but Our Theoretical Newb could certainly use an understanding of the "cast of characters," so to speak.  (What's a ROM? What's a CHD? What's MAME? What's a Front-End? What's an .INI/.CFG file in this context? etc.)

Another big thing I'd suggest, is use some screen shots. Visual aids go a long way. You can upload (and then link to) your pics from this thread over in Project Announcements: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,103207.0.html


--- Quote from: Gray_Area on February 08, 2013, 04:31:58 pm ---I see Wiki above this thread......

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This is true, but the information the OP is going for isn't necessarily in the Wiki, at least not in a step-by-step, guide form. This is something that could certainly be put into the Wiki though, at some point - which is why it's worth a look at doing up right. With a clear understanding and methodology as your guide, you can avoid some of the "mistakes you haven't made yet" that BadMouth alluded to.

Do you have a longer-term plan for this guide, or did you just want to post up your initial experience?


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