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pointdablame:

--- Quote from: destructor on April 07, 2006, 06:38:22 am --- If you use older versions some roms will be not compatible.

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That's not true at all.  It's actually more likely that you'd have problems WITH 105 unless you are just starting to use MAME.  You'll need to upgrade or downgrade your romsets regardless.  If he got 105 roms and version 105, then yes you are right.... but if he's using anything else, he'll have to either upgrade to 105 or downgrade to whatever version he wants using ClrMamePro or similar
destructor:

--- Quote from: pointdablame on April 07, 2006, 10:09:46 am ---
--- Quote from: destructor on April 07, 2006, 06:38:22 am --- If you use older versions some roms will be not compatible.

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That's not true at all.  It's actually more likely that you'd have problems WITH 105 unless you are just starting to use MAME.  You'll need to upgrade or downgrade your romsets regardless.  If he got 105 roms and version 105, then yes you are right.... but if he's using anything else, he'll have to either upgrade to 105 or downgrade to whatever version he wants using ClrMamePro or similar

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Then try to run Shinobi on MAME37b14. Good luck if you find correct rom or downgrade it. You can manually only chceng rom files there.
I know what I say. Currently I have installed over 20 different MAME version on hard disc (from 33 to 105, and all version on CD) and I know which problems are with older MAME versions.
pointdablame:

--- Quote from: destructor on April 09, 2006, 10:52:43 am ---
Then try to run Shinobi on MAME37b14. Good luck if you find correct rom or downgrade it. You can manually only chceng rom files there.
I know what I say. Currently I have installed over 20 different MAME version on hard disc (from 33 to 105, and all version on CD) and I know which problems are with older MAME versions.

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wow, don't get your panties all in a bunch.  You're not the only person that has installed multiple MAME versions on a hard drive... you want a medal?

I think I have a v36 versions of Shinobi and it's probalby fine if its known to play well on that version.  It's not really that big of a deal to downgrade or upgrade roms unless you are jumping a large number of versions.  Going from 105 to 36 would be tough, I agree... but that's not what I'm talking about.

It's not my fault you can't find the right files to run a game, or you don't have the right romsets.  That doesn't mean it wont work.  And regardless, that has absolutely ZERO to do with the argument at hand.  The question is what is the fastest MAME build... and if you take a game that runs on 2 versions of MAME, you will find that many, many times... the older version will run the game faster.  Do some FPS test on games on v36, v55, and v105.  Only choose games that work fine on all 3 versions, then let me know what you find out.

I'll save you the trouble... you'll find out that the older versions run the game faster.  Now that may be because they aren't as "perfectly emulated" as they could be... but from a gameplay standpoint, they are noticeably faster, and will run better on older PC systems.

Maybe you should do some more testing before you proclaim you "know which problems are with older MAME versions"   :blah: :banghead:
Brad:
You can also get some better performance using CPU optimised Mame Builds. Try the flavours here and see how you go:

http://redump.emubase.de/mame.php

Also if you have an AMD CPU try our new SSE optimised build which has some substantial speed increases for some games here:

http://www.emuchrist.org/

Brad
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