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MAME on PC whats the lowest mgz and ram ..
janey:
also which one am i suppose to dnld ?/ the
Source OR Binary (Windows)
whats the difffrence betwween them ?????
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: janey on March 03, 2008, 08:50:24 pm ---i forgot to mention that i'm running xp on it.
Itried the .65 but i kept getting a quick Black screen and it would disappear..
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You don't run the standard version of MAME by double-clicking the MAME.EXE file. It is a command-line application. You can run it by opening CMD.EXE (or COMMAND.COM) and navigating to the directory that MAME.EXE is in, and as an example, if you wanted to play Asteroids, you would put the Asteroids ROM file (ASTEROID.ZIP) in the "ROMS" folder and type - MAME.EXE ASTEROID.ZIP and press enter.
There are various frontends for MAME which give you a GUI (graphical user interface) to make things more convenient. There is also a variant of MAME with an integrated GUI, formerly known as MAME32, but now known as MAMEUI. I don't know where to find older versions of those though.
--- Quote from: janey on March 03, 2008, 08:52:22 pm ---also which one am i suppose to dnld ?/ the
Source OR Binary (Windows)
whats the difffrence betwween them ?????
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You are supposed to download the binary. The source is for compiling your own build.
janey:
ohhh i see ... ok gonna try it now..
thanks
ps can you tell me which frontend would work best ???/
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: janey on March 03, 2008, 09:05:43 pm ---ps can you tell me which frontend would work best ???/
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I don't know. I just use MAME32/MAMEUI. Try here - http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Front-Ends
You can also try this—I have an old version of MAME32 that I've used for years (v.61) that I can host long enough for you to download it - http://maxim.skyphix.com/mame32v61b.zip
janey:
got it will try..
thanks again
and all
everyone here ..