I have a X-arcade that is about 9 years old. I want to add Golden Tee Fore! to the machine as it only has up to Golden Tee 2K. Can anyone help me with this? I am new to the Arcade machine world. Ant help would be appreciated.
It will be a lot of work.
1. You'll need to update to a newer version of MAME.
- GT Fore MAMEINFO.DAT entry from v0.152 (Dec. 2013)
THIS GAME DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY
The game lacks sound.
- Not sure which version of MAME fixed that.
2. Updating to a MAME version where GT Fore works will probably require a newer computer.
- Newer emulation is better, but requires more computing power.
3. In addition to the ROM files, there is a CHD file. (the game's hard drive)
- CHD format has changed several times, so you'll need to use the version of CHD that works with the updated version of MAME.
Best approach is to:
- Leave the current computer as-is and build a new one.
- First find a recent ROMset
and a corresponding CHD set that allows you to download individual CHDs.
(can't help you with this part because of
Rule 5)
-- Download the version of MAME or MAME variant (GroovyMAME, etc.) that matches the ROMset version.
- When you finish configuring the new one, swap computers and keep the old one as a backup.
Scott