Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games

[unclet]

The complete MameV103 is about 47Gigs worth of game data.   The CHDs take up most of the space of course.   I do not want to transfer all the CHD files to my game computer if they can not be played of my 3Ghz computer.   

Now, I know people hesitate answering the question of "what CHD games can be played on a 3Ghz computer", because depending on the effort of overclocking, underclocking, changing frame rates, using derivative Mame builds, etc.... then various games can be played on various people's computers .... so it is really hard to answer.

.... so a simpler question (which I hope gets answered) is ..... which of the CHD games can be played on a 3Ghz computer while maintaining the default settings in official Mame v103? 

This will let me know which CHDs I should copy over to my game computer to help me conserve space .....

Here is the list of CHD games for Mamev103:

** I will mark the games in BOLD which should be playable and strikethrough those which are not playable.

a51site4
area51 
area51mx
area51t
biofreak
blitz   
blitz2k
blitz99
bm1stmix
bm2ndmix
bm4thmix
bm5thmix
bm6thmix
bmcompm2
bmcompmx
bmcorerm
bmdct   
btchamp
calspeda
calspeed
carnevil
cartfury
cryptklr
gauntd24
gauntdl
gauntl12
gauntleg
hmcompm2
hyperath
hyprdriv
jdredd 
jdreddb
jojo   
jojoba 
kdeadeye
kinst   
kinst2 
mace   
macea   
maxforce
nagano98
nbanfl 
nbashowt
pbball96
primrag2
qdrmfgp
qdrmfgp2
roadburn
sf2049 
sfiii   
sfiii2 
sfiii3 
sfish2 
sfru2049
sfrush 
sfrushrk
simpbowl
susume 
tenthdeg
vaportrp
vaportrx
vcircle
warfa   
wargods
warzard
weddingr
wg3dh   

[javeryh]

Killer Instinct will work.  That's the only CHD games I've tried so far so that's all the help I can give at the moment...

[gamer4ever745]

sfrush2049 is a pain that is for sure!

[JoyMonkey]

Off the top of my head I'd say...
Area51, MaxForce, Killer Instinct, Killer Instinct 2, Hyper Athlete

I haven't tried a lot of them in a long time, but I know those ones were playable on a 1.4ghz machine back in the 0.80somehing days.

[Havok]

Bumping this topic, but applicable to the latest version of Mame. Any other opinions? I have never bothered with the CHD's before, but was thinking I would like to re-visit that. I am running a Sempron 3300+ and was wondering if anyone else has had any positive experience with some of the CHD games...

[jelwell]

The NFL Blitz series will not work, without a doubt:
blitz   
blitz2k
blitz99


I play simpbowl on my machine and it's closer to 2GHz.

Borrowing from mame.net's msg board:

Examples of games with CHDs that will run full-speed on your system:
- Area 51
- Maximum Force
- Vicious Circle
- All Beatmania games
- Crypt Killer
- All Konami GV games
- Killer Instinct 1 & 2

Examples of games with CHDs that will not run full-speed on your system or anyone's system:
- Wayne Gretzky's hockey
- San Francisco Rush
- California Speed
- Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
- Bio Freaks
- Any NFL Blitz games
- CarnEvil
- Gauntlet Legends
- War: Final Assault
- Vapor TRX

Joseph Elwell.

[Havok]

Thanks for the reply. Anyone else?

Man, I'd really love to get the Gauntlet games going. Time to look into liquid nitrogen cooling for my cabinet so I can overclock it.

Hmmmm.. How close can I get to 0 degrees Kelvin?

 

[ahofle]

If you don't get the liquid nitrogen working, Gauntlet works great on the PSX (and ePSXe emulator).  Seems pretty much just like the arcade version too, although I'm no expert on that game.

[Banacek]

You might as well get rid of those CPS3 games off your list. Can't play them anyway...

[NickG]

You might as well use a console for those Gauntlet Games...cheaper than setting up an LN2 cooling rig, yet 100% FPS and 100% working.

[Czapala]

You might as well get rid of those CPS3 games off your list. Can't play them anyway...

Umm which ones were CPS3 games?

[daywane]

Man I am playing with old versions of Mame
I did not even know Gauntlets were Mamed
Dream cast playes gauntlet legends GREAT

PS2 playes Gauntlet seven sorrows great also
Wish I could help on the CHD's , I never installed any. I just have them for later down the road when PCs catch up...

[Greywolf]

You might as well get rid of those CPS3 games off your list. Can't play them anyway...

Umm which ones were CPS3 games?

jojo   
jojoba 
sfiii   
sfiii2 
sfiii3 
warzard

[SirPeale]

California Speed might actually work.  It's similar to the Cruis'n series, which will run with some tweaks.