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Mame Update .71 to 106
Unkis17:
Hey all, I'm back in the mame scene after almost 3 yrs happy. I sold my mame box as we moved and it was easier to sell it then move it. I got approval to build another and I'm excited to get back into it.
I'm looking into some of the new hardware (IE UltraStik) as well as the updated software. I was running .71 very happily with Mamewah. I took the time to DL 106 and now it seems most of my roms don't work anymore!
My question is should I upgrade to 106? I play alot of the classics so the ability to play new roms isn't too big a deal for me. Has MAME made some great upgrades since or is it more work on rom compatability? I ordered in the UltraStik and am playing with doing MAME through an entire joysitck (IE no I-PAC needed) and I have now taken control of using Ctrlr files, but that is about as technical as I have gotten. Any cool features I should be taking advantage of? I plan on adding a trackball (and opti-pac I guess) cause I can't live without MISSILE and TEMPTEST.
Thanks in advance, Unkis
Quarters:
If you play mainly classics there is no reason to upgrade MAME. Game loading speed will be much slower. Personaly I pick the earliest verson of MAME with all the features that I want, then run a full new rom collection though clrmame pro to downgrade the roms to that version.
Unkis17:
Sorry a bit confused. Game loading will be slow in a new version or the old? I noticed in my old .71 version the exe is only like 4 megs with a full set and in the 106 the exe is like 34 megs.
Havok:
They are no longer compressing the executable, so running the actual Mame.exe file will be faster: the computer will not have to uncompress the file, and then execute.
As as far getting the latest, wait until .107 comes out - they are still sorting out a bunch of bugs in the latest release, where they added a ton of new feaures. Check out the Release Notes.
You should also check out GroovyGameGear - they have a really cool lit trackball, and a high resolution spinner...
Buddabing:
I would say do not update to v0.106. If you are going to upgrade, go to v0.107 which will be coming out soon. Don't upgrade just for the sake of upgrading.