New MAME

[RetroBorg]

I just downloaded a new version of MAME and some games no longer work!  

You've seen this happen to you before, right?  

Is there a site I can goto that will let me know what roms have changed in the latest release?  

[SirPeale]

From release to release there is a 'whatsnew.txt' file that details what is new.  But a major list?  I don't think so.

Best way to fix your ROMset is with ClrMAME

[Tiger-Heli]

I just downloaded a new version of MAME and some games no longer work!  

You've seen this happen to you before, right?  

Is there a site I can goto that will let me know what roms have changed in the latest release?  

Best site is http://mamerominfo.retrogames.com/ , but it's currently only up to v0.80.

Otherwise, maybe http://www.mameworld.net/maws/srch.php?since=155&by=ver&order=desc&mode=report&special=newchanged

[RetroBorg]

Thanks for the help guys, I'm going to have to download ClrMAME I guess, hopefully it's easy to use.

[Tiger-Heli]

Thanks for the help guys, I'm going to have to download ClrMAME I guess, hopefully it's easy to use.

That's your best bet.  It's not too terribly bad, but you might want to check http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/clrmameguide.htm

[Thenasty]

Thanks for the help guys, I'm going to have to download ClrMAME I guess, hopefully it's easy to use.

But don't expect Clrmame to make the ROMS for you if the ROMS are missing. You obviously have to DOWNLOAD them.

[GamingGreg]

Okay, I'm a newbie also when it comes to CLRmamepro.  I've got a similar scenario.  I have a v.78 ROM which works with MAME.78, however when I try to run it with Analog+MAME.79, it complains of missing files in the zip.  I'm assuming all I would need is a newer BIOS rom file(s), which it can then use to rebuild the existing ROM.  Is that how it works? (At least in the majority of cases)  Otherwise it seems pointless to use CLRmamepro, if you have to download a new ROM anyway.

[Tiger-Heli]

Okay, I'm a newbie also when it comes to CLRmamepro.  I've got a similar scenario.  I have a v.78 ROM which works with MAME.78, however when I try to run it with Analog+MAME.79, it complains of missing files in the zip.  I'm assuming all I would need is a newer BIOS rom file(s), which it can then use to rebuild the existing ROM.  Is that how it works? (At least in the majority of cases)  Otherwise it seems pointless to use CLRmamepro, if you have to download a new ROM anyway.

No, it's probably the game rom file, not the bios rom file that's bad.

The point of running CLRmamepro is that you can sit back and then say "Well, these 20 games changed so I better download the new roms for them"  Rather than playing through 4000 games and "Yep, this one works", "Nope, this one doesn't, wonder if they changed the ROM or if the driver is broken in this MAME revision???"

[SirPeale]

ClrMAME is the bees knees.  It scans your ROMsets, and if the name of the ROM has changed, it will change it for you (if you want it to).  

It can also create a list of what ROMs you need, and save that list to a fix.dat file, so you can get someone to post JUST the ROMs you need to fix your set.

It can verify if your CHDs are correct.  Although it can't fix them (yet!)

[GamingGreg]

Tiger-Heli,  Thanks for clearing that up for me.  It was never clear as to exactly how it "Fixed" things.  I guess it can "fix" some things, but I'm guessing in the majority of cases, it just tells you that the ROM has a problem (changed ROM).  So I'm not sure that it gives you a lot more info than running MAME with the -verifyroms or -verifysets switch.  Is that right? or am I still missing something?

[SirPeale]

After you get the ROMs that you need (don't confuse ROMs with ROMsets) you can merge those right into your existing sets using ClrMAME.

It's a very powerful program.  I don't know what I'd do without it (besides go slowly mad)