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Title: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: unclet on January 30, 2006, 08:12:58 pm: The complete MameV103 is about 47Gigs worth of game data. The CHDs take up most of the space of course. I do not want to transfer all the CHD files to my game computer if they can not be played of my 3Ghz computer.

Now, I know people hesitate answering the question of "what CHD games can be played on a 3Ghz computer", because depending on the effort of overclocking, underclocking, changing frame rates, using derivative Mame builds, etc.... then various games can be played on various people's computers .... so it is really hard to answer.

.... so a simpler question (which I hope gets answered) is ..... which of the CHD games can be played on a 3Ghz computer while maintaining the default settings in official Mame v103?

This will let me know which CHDs I should copy over to my game computer to help me conserve space .....

Here is the list of CHD games for Mamev103:

** I will mark the games in BOLD which should be playable and strikethrough those which are not playable.

a51site4
area51
area51mx
area51t
biofreak
blitz
blitz2k
blitz99
bm1stmix
bm2ndmix
bm4thmix
bm5thmix
bm6thmix
bmcompm2
bmcompmx
bmcorerm
bmdct
btchamp
calspeda
calspeed
carnevil
cartfury
cryptklr
gauntd24
gauntdl
gauntl12
gauntleg
hmcompm2
hyperath
hyprdriv
jdredd
jdreddb
jojo
jojoba
kdeadeye
kinst
kinst2
mace
macea
maxforce
nagano98
nbanfl
nbashowt
pbball96
primrag2
qdrmfgp
qdrmfgp2
roadburn
sf2049
sfiii
sfiii2
sfiii3
sfish2
~~sfru2049~~
sfrush
sfrushrk
simpbowl
susume
tenthdeg
vaportrp
vaportrx
vcircle
warfa
wargods
warzard
weddingr
wg3dh
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: javeryh on January 31, 2006, 10:31:40 am: Killer Instinct will work. That's the only CHD games I've tried so far so that's all the help I can give at the moment...
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: gamer4ever745 on January 31, 2006, 10:45:03 am: sfrush2049 is a pain that is for sure!
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: JoyMonkey on January 31, 2006, 10:48:58 am: Off the top of my head I'd say...
Area51, MaxForce, Killer Instinct, Killer Instinct 2, Hyper Athlete

I haven't tried a lot of them in a long time, but I know those ones were playable on a 1.4ghz machine back in the 0.80somehing days.
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: Havok on August 31, 2006, 09:56:15 am: Bumping this topic, but applicable to the latest version of Mame. Any other opinions? I have never bothered with the CHD's before, but was thinking I would like to re-visit that. I am running a Sempron 3300+ and was wondering if anyone else has had any positive experience with some of the CHD games...
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: jelwell on August 31, 2006, 02:58:15 pm: The NFL Blitz series will not work, without a doubt:
blitz
blitz2k
blitz99

I play simpbowl on my machine and it's closer to 2GHz.

Borrowing from mame.net's msg board: (http://www.mame.net/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showpost.pl?Board=mamegeneral&Number=187650&page=&view=&mode=threaded&sb=#Post187650)
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Examples of games with CHDs that will run full-speed on your system:
- Area 51
- Maximum Force
- Vicious Circle
- All Beatmania games
- Crypt Killer
- All Konami GV games
- Killer Instinct 1 & 2

Examples of games with CHDs that will not run full-speed on your system or anyone's system:
- Wayne Gretzky's hockey
- San Francisco Rush
- California Speed
- Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
- Bio Freaks
- Any NFL Blitz games
- CarnEvil
- Gauntlet Legends
- War: Final Assault
- Vapor TRX

Joseph Elwell.
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: Havok on August 31, 2006, 04:46:18 pm: Thanks for the reply. Anyone else?

Man, I'd really love to get the Gauntlet games going. Time to look into liquid nitrogen cooling for my cabinet so I can overclock it.

Hmmmm.. How close can I get to 0 degrees Kelvin?

:D
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: ahofle on August 31, 2006, 04:54:21 pm: If you don't get the liquid nitrogen working, Gauntlet works great on the PSX (and ePSXe emulator). Seems pretty much just like the arcade version too, although I'm no expert on that game.
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: Banacek on August 31, 2006, 05:51:16 pm: You might as well get rid of those CPS3 games off your list. Can't play them anyway...
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: NickG on September 01, 2006, 07:56:53 am: You might as well use a console for those Gauntlet Games...cheaper than setting up an LN2 cooling rig, yet 100% FPS and 100% working.
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: Czapala on September 01, 2006, 08:56:25 am: Quote from: Banacek on August 31, 2006, 05:51:16 pm
You might as well get rid of those CPS3 games off your list. Can't play them anyway...

Umm which ones were CPS3 games?
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: daywane on September 01, 2006, 10:56:23 am: Man I am playing with old versions of Mame
I did not even know Gauntlets were Mamed
Dream cast playes gauntlet legends GREAT

PS2 playes Gauntlet seven sorrows great also
Wish I could help on the CHD's , I never installed any. I just have them for later down the road when PCs catch up...
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: Greywolf on September 01, 2006, 02:59:03 pm: Quote from: Czapala on September 01, 2006, 08:56:25 am
Quote from: Banacek on August 31, 2006, 05:51:16 pm
You might as well get rid of those CPS3 games off your list. Can't play them anyway...

Umm which ones were CPS3 games?

jojo
jojoba
sfiii
sfiii2
sfiii3
warzard
Title: Re: Help me conserve space from non-playable CHD games
Post by: SirPeale on September 01, 2006, 07:14:10 pm: California Speed might actually work. It's similar to the Cruis'n series, which will run with some tweaks.