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Title: Older MAME sets?
Post by: Hockeyboy on February 10, 2007, 07:39:48 am
Not sure if this is violating board rules here, but do some people keep older versions of romsets around for those people who are not going to buy the biggest & baddest computer out there?  A friend of mine is selling me (for about $5) a PIII 1GHz computer and I know it probably won't run MAME .112, will it? I'm betting I need to go back quite a few versions and get those romsets, but I don't even know how to go about that.

Can I ask for some direction or help, or not?
Title: Re: Older MAME sets?
Post by: sphetr2 on February 10, 2007, 08:53:40 am
Yes. You want to use this program called clrmamepro, which lets you rollback your sets to previous versions of mame. So first, you wanna download a complete romset (doesn't matter which version, as long as it's a version higher than the version of mame you're going to use). I can't tell you where specifically to get one, (so please don't --- saint).

Then use the tutorial here (http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/clrmameguide.htm). You might wanna back up your roms, because first time users can have trouble and accidentally mess them up or delete them. (Like I did  :D)
Title: Re: Older MAME sets?
Post by: MYX on February 10, 2007, 10:44:44 am
This is dangerously skating towards post hell.
Title: Re: Older MAME sets?
Post by: Texasmame on February 10, 2007, 03:58:17 pm
Yes. You want to use this program called clrmamepro, which lets you rollback your sets to previous versions of mame. So first, you wanna download a complete romset (doesn't matter which version, as long as it's a version higher than the version of mame you're going to use). I can't tell you where specifically to get one, (so please don't --- saint).

Then use the tutorial here (http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/clrmameguide.htm). You might wanna back up your roms, because first time users can have trouble and accidentally mess them up or delete them. (Like I did  :D)


How does this proggy differ from Romcenter or does it do the same thing?
Title: Re: Older MAME sets?
Post by: sphetr2 on February 10, 2007, 06:22:32 pm


How does this proggy differ from Romcenter or does it do the same thing?

You are correct, it does the same thing. Clrmamepro may have more features or something, but I think Romcenter is easier to use. I probably should have suggested that one instead.  :D

(so please don't --- saint).

Sorry about that. I've seen other times in the forum where people have posted that you can get roms from these sources, and none have been censored. I thought that a generic source would be okay. I guess not. I'm sorry. Won't happen again.
Title: Re: Older MAME sets?
Post by: freckleface on February 10, 2007, 09:54:24 pm
They were probably missed.  I thought everyone assumed in these cases that the person asking had a set.  If not, obviously they're hosed....unless they're your buddy, and then what ya all talk about amongst yourselves is your business.  Pretty simple.