what is no-nag and also what would be considered a normal version of mame?
"Nag" screens are the info that MAME displays when you launch the game.
- On most games, MAME just asks you to move the joystick left then right to continue.
- On some games, there may be warnings that the emulation is not working right yet.
MAME Devs hate the "no-nag" versions that bypass these info screens because noobs submit bogus/repeat bugfixes like "Simpsons Bowling sound is messed up." which they would have known if they had seen the warning screens.
If you download MAME from the MAMEDev.org site, it will be the baseline "vanilla" version -- newest release
here or older releases
here.
i know the romset was listed as .161 but i guess that could be false. is there a way to identify for sure?
It probably is 0.161, but it might be incomplete. (deleted non-working games or clones)
Assuming that it is a complete set, here are two quick-and-dirty tests that should confirm.
The "
What's New" for v0.161 mentions that "Stadium Cross (World, alt)" was added as a new clone.
- If the ROMset contains the file "scrossa.zip", it is v0.161 or newer.
The "
What's New" for v0.162 mentions that "Contra (US / Asia, set 3)" was added as a new clone.
- If the ROMset contains the file "contrae.zip", it is v0.162 or newer.
Scott