Should I update my M.A.M.E version?

[Apollo]

I'm still using version .86b and my romset is .86 and I'm pretty happy with the games I play and the performance. I'm just wondering if I should update? Am I missing out on something I don't know about?.
I see a lot of BYOACers that stick with older versions that they know work for the games they like (classics etc) and I see a lot of users that use much more recent versions and even those who update all the time.
I pretty much won't be play anything more recent than say Metal Slug 3 (2000) and most of the games I play are pre 1990. My PC id reasonably high spec 1.6GHz, plenty of RAM etc.
 

[spacies]

Mate,

I use 0.81!

I do have 114 now though. They arrived yesterday.

If you want a set lemme know and I will send them to you.
Only roms, no chds.

 

[TOK]

.99 is the best version for me. The Golden Tee games are in there, and Robotron's speed is fixed, and has the old hisccore.dat support.

[danny_galaga]

0.78 here (",) just wish raiden 2 was supported...

[Buddabing]

Some questions:

Do you use hiscore.dat?
Do you like to use the artwork system?
Do you like Golden Tee games?

If none of these is true, keep your old version.

[Moose13]

I was using .113 then .114. I noticed slowdown in some of the games (NBA Jam, MK3). I went back to .99 and everythign works great. That was the 1st version for Golden Tee, so I wanted to keep that.
There's only one game that I can't get to work right now on .99 - Rampage, and it's my kids favorites (worked on .114). I don't know why is will not work. It goes to the OK screen then hangs for a second then exits. I audit the roms and it says OK, but doesn't run. Anyone else have this problem?