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| ahofle:
--- Quote from: XyloSesame on October 30, 2007, 11:05:30 pm ---I've been hesitant to try a newer version of MAME with older ROMS as I didn't think it would be a true test. As I understand the development, ROMS are both added and modified with releases; if I used a newer version with older ROMS, wouldn't I miss out on the corrected/modified ROMS? There's a (very) good chance I've misunderstood how releases are handled; I guess I ought to visit the dev page again... --- End quote --- Sounds like you understand it pretty well. There will be a fairly large percentage of your old roms that do not pass the audit with a newer MAME version. So you will basically have to find an updated set. |
| XyloSesame:
--- Quote from: ahofle on October 30, 2007, 11:34:18 pm --- --- Quote from: XyloSesame on October 30, 2007, 11:05:30 pm ---I've been hesitant to try a newer version of MAME with older ROMS as I didn't think it would be a true test. As I understand the development, ROMS are both added and modified with releases; if I used a newer version with older ROMS, wouldn't I miss out on the corrected/modified ROMS? There's a (very) good chance I've misunderstood how releases are handled; I guess I ought to visit the dev page again... --- End quote --- Sounds like you understand it pretty well. There will be a fairly large percentage of your old roms that do not pass the audit with a newer MAME version. So you will basically have to find an updated set. --- End quote --- OK, thanks. My head was starting to spin. So if that is correct. in order to accurately test different builds of MAME, you would need at least some ROMS from that release, correct? And if I were to do a "real world" three-version MAME comparison, I'd pretty much need a full set of ROMS from each release I wished to test - if not a full set, at least most, if not all of the primary ROMS that interest me... |
| SGT:
I don't agree that there will be a large number that will not work with ANY newer version of Mame. A lot of your roms will work with versions newer than yours. Obviously when you start getting into versions above .100 then the amount of roms that have changed increase dramatically. However you do not need to get a full rom set for just testing purposes. You'll find enough roms that work which will allow you to make an educated guess on which Mame release is best for you. Once you decide upon a Mame version to change to, then get the full rom set for that version. That's just one man's opinion. |
| XyloSesame:
--- Quote from: SGT on October 31, 2007, 12:07:15 am ---I don't agree that there will be a large number that will not work with ANY newer version of Mame. A lot of your roms will work with versions newer than yours. Obviously when you start getting into versions above .100 then the amount of roms that have changed increase dramatically. However you do not need to get a full rom set for just testing purposes. You'll find enough roms that work which will allow you to make an educated guess on which Mame release is best for you. Once you decide upon a Mame version to change to, then get the full rom set for that version. That's just one man's opinion. --- End quote --- Thanks, that's what I was hoping. In effect, I'm trying to avoid reading the changelogs on every release as there are quite a few (esp from .62). Am I correct in the assumption that versions above .100 might actually show a slowdown in older machines rather than performance improvements? Does anyone know of significant improvements in specific ROMS that would warrant a PC upgrade? |
| Hoopz:
Golden Tee was added at .92 or pretty close to it. If that's important, I would say a version around there would be good. I used .94 for a couple of years and found everything to be good. My system in the cabinet is close to yours... P3 1.8 Ghz with 512 ram. SF3 came out recently too. The video code changed around .105 or so and that had a big affect. Tiger-Heli had a post awhile ago with the big changes (video, sound etc). There was a sound change I believe in the early .90s also. |
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