I want MAME on my Sony PSP

[gearguy]

It wasn't, for Sonic Mega Collection SEGA actually used GENS code and MegaDrive roms to get the games onto PS2.

[oldsage]

It wasn't, for Sonic Mega Collection SEGA actually used GENS code and MegaDrive roms to get the games onto PS2.

Are you sure about that? That doesn't sound like something a huge game company would do...
Not questioning you're knowledge though, don't get me wrong... I'm no SEGA expert...

[gearguy]

I'm not sure that they used GENS, but they did use an emulator, could have been PGEN.
The reason Sonic CD wasn't on Mega Collection Plus was that they had trouble getting the Mega CD audio to emulate correctly on PS2.

[oldsage]

Sweet! Any volunteers yet for porting Mame to PSP? There must be someone skillful enough in here...

[ChadTower]

Ironically enough, I am.  Unfortunately I see no reason for doing it.

[oldsage]

Ironically enough, I am.

[ChadTower]

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Given the real purpose of mame... give me one reason, that is true to the original purpose, that justifies a PSP port.

[oldsage]

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Given the real purpose of mame... give me one reason, that is true to the original purpose, that justifies a PSP port.

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I don't like you, you're mean...
j/k...

But seriously, given the real purpose of mame... Give me one reason, that is true to the original purpose, that justifies creating an arcade cabinet running mame... Think about that...
Mames original purpose was archiving, correct? Do you see anybody (MAME devs aside) using it for that purpose???
People use it to play games, not to archive the games so that they won't be lost with time...
So yeah, i don't see any reason that is true to the original purpose of mame, to port it to the PSP, but i also don't see any reason true to the original purpose of mame, for building mame cabs... And besides, what arcade freak wouldn't want to play mame on his PSP??? I wanna play Metal Slug when i go on vacation in a few weeks, i wanna play Robotron when I'm on the plane, i wanna play Neo Drift Out Challenge when I'm waiting in the gate...
I want mame on my PSP!

[ChadTower]

So yeah, i don't see any reason that is true to the original purpose of mame, to port it to the PSP, but i also don't see any reason true to the original purpose of mame, for building mame cabs...

I haven't built a MAME cab either.

[oldsage]

So yeah, i don't see any reason that is true to the original purpose of mame, to port it to the PSP, but i also don't see any reason true to the original purpose of mame, for building mame cabs...

I haven't built a MAME cab either.

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Ok... I give up, obviously nothing would convince you about this...

[ChadTower]

It's true... not really because of the reasons I've stated, though.  Mostly because I don't plan on buying a PSP.

[oldsage]

It's true... not really because of the reasons I've stated, though.

[ChadTower]

Wow.  Thanks for saying that.  I'm actually not rich and don't have a ton of cabs.  I have 6, 4 of which are not working and under repair...

[oldsage]

Wow.

[triplebud]

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Given the real purpose of mame... give me one reason, that is true to the original purpose, that justifies a PSP port.

Not to be a jerk or anything but how would you know what the intended purpose of MAME is? I'm trying to create a nes emulator with one of my friends at work. the prog itself is fine but the psp is bugged and we only have one to work with. either way I'm doing this cause i enjoy playing Nintendo games on the go. when i release it to the public the "intended purpose" is going to say a lot different. not only for legal reasons but not everyone will use it the same way I wanted it for. some might put their own games on it. some might use it just like i do.

If you listen to a song on the radio and get something personal out of it would you stop listening to it because the creator of the song had a different intended meaning?
don't

[ChadTower]

Not to be a jerk or anything but how would you know what the intended purpose of MAME is?

I actually read the license, the readmes, and the development logs.  Not to mention that the authors have stated the purpose about 4500 freakin times.

[triplebud]

i understand that but do you not think they would have to put those reasons everywhere to keep mad arcade companies from finding ANY way to shut them down or file a lawsuit?

I'm not trying to be mean. I just want you to take a look at the bigger picture. what harm could there be from creating an emulator for the psp that has not already been done by mame or any other emulator?

emulator or not. I have no intention on going out and buying a NES game. If nintendo gave the rights to a company to produce a NES emulator for the psp, i would be at the store in a heartbeat. hell they could even sell me roms. i cant tell you how many arcade classics disks or carts ive bought for other systems, but not all the games i want or love are offered. some of the companies are out of business and only one person has the rights. I'd like to play a certain game before i die. If the only machine I can find is out in California and I live in NY... you know what i mean.

[ChadTower]

Been in this argument, come back to us when you are older and understand the world a little more.

[triplebud]

Been in this argument, come back to us when you are older and understand the world a little more.

and more mature like you, right? I'll be sure to ftp and post the link to the psp emulator in this forum.

[ChadTower]

I don't doubt that someone will make it.  Someone always does.

[triplebud]

yeah, me. way to change the subject. so...

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Given the real purpose of mame... give me one reason, that is true to the original purpose, that justifies a PSP port.

you start a conversation you know you're going to be bored of then piss on the new poster when you either don't know what, or have nothing, to say.

[Pieman2004]

whoa triplebud, chill out there man. Not only would he not do that but I don't honestly believe you have a playable emulator made for the psp. Im sure he stopped arguing with you because he saw it was going nowhere. Just let it be.

[ChadTower]

Seriously, I've just HAD this conversation in excruciating depth in three other threads.  I'm not doing it again.

[Samstag]

Apparently it's now a reality.  Or at least a start.

That was quick.  Now if only they'd figure out a way to make these homebrews work on the US units.

[Otraotaku]

man, do i hate how much res, they lose on that screen...   

Apparently it's now a reality. Or at least a start.

That was quick. Now if only they'd figure out a way to make these homebrews work on the US units.

[lcddream]

found this http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?s=50e87039e1c748ca46784f9e9f8feb81&threadid=6723

use at your own risk idon't own a psp and i haven't tried it.....for all i know it could be a virus

[skim36]

Here is a link to a faq off of psphackers.  All the emulators one could ask for......now stop bickering....lol

http://www.psphacker.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2323

Yes, they have an exploit for ver. 1.50

[Santoro]

pspmame.

http://www.geocities.jp/pspmame/

My six month estimate was pretty close....

[elvis]

pspmame.

http://www.geocities.jp/pspmame/

My six month estimate was pretty close....

Has anyone verified this?  I'm not seeing any photos, nor heard of anyone getting this to work yet.  It's early days of course.

[TOK]

Verified that MAME runs on the PSP you mean?

If so, yes it does. I have MAME running on my version 1.5 PSP.
Currently you can't do the mod on any version after mine (1.51, 1.52 or 2.0). MAME supports a very limited set of games, but many have goofed up sound or don't run at the correct speed (even with the PSP overclocked to 333mhz). It's OK for select Golden Era games.

Where I found the PSP to shine is in Genesis and NES emulation. The old 8 bit NES games look great on the small PSP screen and nearly everything I've tried has worked. Genesis runs nice too, but there are a few more issues than with NES. I also have SNES emulator on my machine, but many of them run a bit too slow at the moment, even clocked at 333mhz.

[elvis]

SNES was notoriously complex to emulate quickly on low-end processors due to the number of things that it does at the same time.  While the genesis essentially had one relatively simple (even if it was much quicker) CPU, the SNES has several which must all interact together.

Are you able to do any MAME benchmarking on the PSP?  I'd love to see some figures on game framerates.  Also, what compile tools are people using to build homebrew binaries on PSP?  And is there much room for further optimisation?  I have no idea about that side of PSP development.

[TOK]

Not that I'm aware of, Elvis. You can access the regular MAME "Tab" menu while running the ROM and you have some additional configuration options from the ROM list screen (clock speed, 22/44khz sound rate, vsynch and some screen stretch options).

If someone knows of a way to do it, I'd be happy to post some numbers for various ROM's at different clock speeds. I even googled a bit for the info, but didn't come up with anything.