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leapinlew:


--- Quote from: Arcane Arcade on June 20, 2006, 12:05:30 pm ---Success!!! .... well, sort of. I got the MAME program to work, but now I'm having problems with the only ROM I have at this point. I downloaded WWF WrestleFest from romnation.net.

God, I suck at this.

Could someone reccomend some good ROM sites, while I work out my lastest setback?

Also, I know I am VERY far off from this, but will other emulators work in a custom MAME cabinet?

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Being a noob is one thing. Being a noob who hasn't read the FAQ, or the rules, and wanting your hand held through something as complex as mame cabinets, roms, an mame32 is entirely something else.

What you  need to do is do a lot of reading. Not a little, and not just what other people are posting. There is a lot of trial and error with this hobby. Coming on the board and saying "Mame32 not working - help!" doesn't do us any good at all. Promoting illegal activing? Also not good! You can't come on here and ask for roms. It says it in the 3rd post thats a sticky. Check the FAQ and come back with some intelligent questions and I'd gladly help.

Call me an ogre if you want, but the method you are pursuing to become informed on this hobby is going to be much slower than actually doing some reading on your own.

CheffoJeffo:


--- Quote from: leapinlew on June 20, 2006, 01:57:46 pm ---Being a noob is one thing. Being a noob who hasn't read the FAQ, or the rules, and wanting your hand held through something as complex as mame cabinets, roms, an mame32 is entirely something else.

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Agreed.

Does that make me a daisy ?  >:D

Also read through the BYOAC Wiki.

Cheers.

MYX:

orge  ;)

Yup, No peaksay boutaay teh OMRays Oodday!

Bad BYOAC fu

Try to find a common game for starters make sure it works. Then try for the more obscure stuff.

As to leapiniew's remarks...Yup, there is a ton to read. Kiss yer family n kids goodbuy for a while and start to pour through the docs. Then you will be strong in the Fu.

shardian:

Yeah,
I've been reading anything and everything, messing around in software, buying loads of used crappy arcade stuff, all for the last few months.
After all of that, I am still a newb that knows next to nothing.  ;D
This means that you have a LONG way to go.
This hobby is my best friend and my mortal enemy at the same time.

A few tips from someone fresh in the game for a newb such as yourself:
Don't post a new thread about a very general question.
Always try several searches here and on google before posting new thread.
Don't get cocky and insult people whom you may need help from later on.

And lastly, (from personal experience) no matter how experienced you are on other forums, that don't mean jack on here. You are still a newb.

Arcane Arcade:

I've realized that I apparantly jumped the gun, if you will. And for that I'm sorry. I just got a little over excited aboutmy new found hobby. But in my defense, I did read the FAQ and the EasyEmu site. When I originally installed MAME32 nothing happened. Literally. I installed it, and there were no folders, no files, no MAME, no nothing. But I have sinced worked that problem out, thanks to the help of all of you. (I just want to say thank you to those of you who were nice enough to help me out)

Also .... I didn't think I was insulting anyone. I'm not sure how anything I said could be taken as an insult, but if someone does feel that I've insulted them, then I'm sorry for that too. And as far as my mentioning other boards (and the topic of this thread), that was just a joke. I was making fun of all the people who give the newbies ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- just because they're new.

So now I'm off to study up. I'll try not to bother anyone with questions like this unless I absolutely have to.

But one more thing before I go. I didn't know that you couldn't ask for ROMS here. That was my fault. I should have read the rules. Again, I just got a little over excited. But is it ok to ask about my virus conerns about downloading ROMs?

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