All right, I have nearly exceeded my monthly 1TB download cap trying to download everything required to run MAME with a Hyperspin FE.
I'm hoping someone very familiar with the process can either provide a helpful and current link or can debug my attempts to set up my system. I'm okay keeping the machine on an older version if monthly updates are a pain, but I'd prefer to keep up with the latest release version if it's not too much trouble.
I understand that MAME is very picky with versions.
I downloaded the latest version of MAME (1.94b 64-bit), a set of ROMs (1.85 split), and ROM updates all the way up to the latest version. I'm not sure I understand how to use the updates - I extracted the zips into the ROM directory but the system wanted to overwrite fairly sizeable files with very small replacements. It didn't seem right to me and made me wonder if I'm doing something wrong.
I plan to use Hyperspin. I had some success installing it, updating, and configuring Rocketlauncher. (
I used this guide)
I understand what CHD files are but I haven't found a good way of updating them to the latest version. My download is at 200 gigs of 446 gigs for the 1.85 set.
I also downloaded a 1.85 set of video clips and extras to use in Hyperspin. I don't know how to update those to the latest version either. My video previews had sound but no video in Hyperspin - could it be a version issue?
From what I can see the ROMS, CHD, and Videos/Extras will total under 1TB. I also plan to also run modern games like DBZ Fighterz, so I'm hoping a 2TB drive will be sufficient for everything I want.