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Title: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: Daviea on November 03, 2009, 02:27:15 pm
Hey guys,

I am about to release the reproduction Star Wars yoke, but I wanted to personally test the yoke and the USB adapter with MAME before I send them out.  I've been trying to run Star Wars on MAMEUI32, but it's giving me some grief.  Each time I try to run the program with standard  SW ROM images, I get various file not found errors.  There's usually only one file missing.  Anyhow, I'm getting pretty tired of this, so I decided to suck it up and ask for help here on BYOAC.

I couldn't even get Paperboy or 720 to work under MAMEUI32.  I have all the ROMs... or, at least I think I do.  I give up.

I really need for someone to guide me.  I need exact instructions on which version of MAME to get, where to get it, where to get the exact files I need to run STAR WARS.  I saw that there is a command line version of MAME available.  Can this be used with any sort of GUI to make life easier for me?  I like the concept of MAMEUI32, but the fact that everything I try to run on it gives me file not found errors, I don't know if I want to keep going in that direction.....

Help?

Thanks,

Dave
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: Daviea on November 03, 2009, 02:41:28 pm
Update:

Well, I got SOME of my existing ROMs to work with MAMEUI32, but none that matter to me (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Firefox, Paperboy, etc).

I guess now all I need to do is find "complete" rom zips for those games?  Fun.

Dave
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: HaRuMaN on November 03, 2009, 02:53:05 pm
You aren't using the correct romset for that version of MAME.
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: Daviea on November 03, 2009, 02:58:53 pm
Hmmm...  I've got some digging to do, I suppose.

Dave
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: ArtMAME on November 03, 2009, 06:17:05 pm
Use The Force, Dave... help you it will.

Check email you must...
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: u_rebelscum on November 03, 2009, 07:38:23 pm
Maws (http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/) will tell you what versions the romsets changed.  Star Wars changed in 0.108u5, and paperboy change in 0.77, but there was some renaming in 0.133u1, for examples.
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: HaRuMaN on November 04, 2009, 08:13:38 am
<Force> These aren't the roms you are looking for... </Force>
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on November 04, 2009, 08:33:37 am
Dave, Use whatever version of mame worked with your roms to begin with.  Don't use the newest, or go and get the newest roms.   heres a link for older versions of mame......

http://mamedev.org/oldrel.html (http://mamedev.org/oldrel.html)

Can't wait for the YOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: ArtMAME on November 04, 2009, 11:04:35 am
Quote from: HarumaN on November 04, 2009, 08:13:38 am
<Force> These aren't the roms you are looking for... </Force>

<Force> He can go about his business... </Force>
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: mytymaus007 on November 04, 2009, 11:49:29 am
how did you make out Dave. Were you able to get the roms working
Title: Re: MAME and Reproduction Star Wars Yoke (Require Assistance Setting up MAME)
Post by: S0L on November 04, 2009, 04:40:49 pm
Hopefully you've got it working!

And... whilst I hate seeing this usually... This thread is worthless without pictures :P

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