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Title: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on August 29, 2008, 03:39:31 pm: So I have some friends over last night and they're playing TMNT (Oceania 2-player) in MAME .127 and suddenly during the second level the game just resets on them outta nowhere. (Goes to the ROM check, just like a reset)

I have no shifted keys that would've caused this, but it turned them off from getting too involved in any games from that point and they walked away from the cabinet.

Anyone had this happen before? Is this a bug?
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: Ummon on August 30, 2008, 05:46:37 pm: Quote from: GinsuVictim on August 29, 2008, 03:39:31 pm

I have no shifted keys that would've caused this, but it turned them off from getting too involved in any games from that point and they walked away from the cabinet.

Um. Whahhn. Maybe it's just me today, but that's pretty funny. Carry on.
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on August 31, 2008, 11:57:45 am: Fail to see the humor, but alright, whatever...
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: daywane on August 31, 2008, 01:32:12 pm: is your Mame a modified version of Mame ? like fast Mame or EZ Mame?
some hacked versions of Mame have a reset in them that can be done with a few comb hits.

I would hate to have this happen to me also
weird that only the ROM reset and not Mame or PC :dunno
seems to me it has to be in Mame or the ROM.
Mame 99 is as high as I go.
have you played this game before or was this a first and your friends found a glitch for you.

I can not see this being a PC problem if only the ROM rest.

some how some one had to tell Mame to reset the ROM or a bug in that game seems the only choice to me
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on August 31, 2008, 03:50:37 pm: Official command line version of 127
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: daywane on August 31, 2008, 08:54:33 pm: Darn ... week ends suck.
I can not help you. Wish I could. after monday the best help will come
the best help , Do not log on on week ends.

family time. I also need help on a problem of my own...
give it a few days. you will find your answer soon.
wish I could help
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on September 01, 2008, 12:29:17 am: It's only a problem I've run into ONCE, so it might be a bug in MAME. I can't think of anything on my end that would cause such an issue. It's no big deal, considering it hasn't happened again.
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: Ummon on September 01, 2008, 05:30:02 pm: Quote from: GinsuVictim on August 31, 2008, 11:57:45 am
Fail to see the humor, but alright, whatever...

What's funny is how easily daunted they were - like rednecks around a fire and it went out. I don't mean that condescendingly, it just seems an apt analogy.
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on September 01, 2008, 11:05:24 pm: I have an image of faces going blank, shoulders shrugging, and people walking away. It's funny, but not when it's your machine they drove an hour to play.

Still, it's funny how quickly they moved on to the next shiny object. ;D
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: Ummon on September 03, 2008, 03:22:46 pm: Man, better hope they don't happen to read this. They may not come over anymore and break your machine.
Title: Re: Game suddenly reset in MAME. WTF?
Post by: Ginsu Victim on September 03, 2008, 04:00:53 pm: If they did, they'd be more understanding. Luckily, these forums would be more boring to them than C-Span.