Where can I find what hardware works with what game?

[cbmeeks]

I know this has been asked three hundred trillion times but I can't seem to find it.

What I would like to know is if someone has created a FAQ or something that basically says what hardware is needed for each game in MAME.

For example:

Game (Minimum Specs):
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PacMan (486, 32MB Ram)
Metal Slug (Pentium 3, 500MHz)

etc.

I just got a free P3 733 128MB Ram and ATI Radeon 7000 with Composite out and was wondering what would run great with it.

Thanks!

cbmeeks

[pointdablame]

There is no FAQ (to my knowledge) like that... plus it would be very cumbersome to look through all the games in MAME IMHO.

The best advice I can give you after seeing this question so many times, is focus on a few versions of MAME.

If you have a very old system, most people would recommend using Vantage.  I'd say anything under 300mhz or so... someone running it please chime in and fix this, I've never personally used a much older system.  You might be able to run MAME .36 on a system like this also (??)

In the 500mhz to 1ghz range, a lot of people seem to recommend .36 or .55   .36 and .55 seem to have been pretty significant releases, so they are mentioned a lot.

For your system, i would put MAME .55 on it.  I have a 900mhz bartop downstairs that runs .55 and almost every game runs perfect.  There are only a few trouble games in .55 (MK I think?) but I just deleted those games after reading they might cause trouble, and after I tested them myself.

There haven't been a ton of good games added in since .55 IMHO, so you really won't be missing out on much.  Hope that helps.