Can't get any games to run.

[Chris2]

Right now, I'm trying to get Gauntlet to run on Mame 0.115, but no matter what I try typing into the command line, nothing works. So far, I've gotten this as my command:


C:\Documents and Settings\Christopher Deliz.CHRIS>desktop\mame gauntlet


whenever I attempt this, however, Mame boots, then tells me that none of the rom files are found, despite all of them being present in Mame's rom folder. All the folders that came with Mame have been extracted to one main folder, with all of the Gauntlet rom data files being stored in the 'Roms' folder. The Mame build is Mame 0.115, and the rom is Gauntlet(rev 14). Any advice at all?

[SirPeale]

do mame -rp C:\Documents and Settings\Christopher Deliz.CHRIS>desktop\mame\roms\ gauntlet and see what you get.

[shorthair]

What I've found is that I have to get to the directory first. For example, mine always starts in C:\documents and settings, so I have to change directories, which is usually [cd C:my documents\games\mame], press enter, then type [mame (game name)] and press enter.

[SirPeale]

Oh  yeah, make sure you actually *have* a mame.ini file.  IIRC with .115 if you do

mame -cc

it generates a file 'mame' not 'mame.ini' and you'll have to append the '.ini' manually.

[Chris2]

^Ah. That must be the issue. Anyone know how to create one? I try the createconfig command but get nothing. I'm trying the command
...\desktop\Mame\mame Gauntlet [-createconfig]

but to no avail.

[Justin Z]

Just type "mame createconfig" -- don't throw gauntlet in there.

[Chris2]

Tried that, but I only got a list of the games whose names were most like the phrase createconfig.

[severdhed]

it has to be

mame -createconfig

[SirPeale]

Or if you don't want to type all that:

mame -cc

Much like I mentioned above.

[mcfreak]

Try moving it from your desktop to c:\mame...  That long path could be screwing you up.