This mameinfo.dat will allow the "Recommended Games" info box in MaLa actually show something. I figured since I spent all this time fixing this for myself, Id put it here for others.
I just did a mass-replace as talked about here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=71074.msg731384#msg731384I cant think of this affecting anything else, but so far I havent seen any problems.
-- Just found the board doesnt like split zips, so rename:
mameinfo1.zip to
mameinfo.z01mameinfo2.zip to
mameinfo.z02