I just finished putting together a Mame cabinet (details here
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=105421.0) and just having some issues with Mala/Mame configuration now.
Many of the games I have will not run. When I select the game in Mala, it looks like it's starts to run (I see a flash of the DOS command-line window pop up), but this quickly closes without an error message and returns to the Mala front end screen.
Here was the installation process I went through:
- Download and install latest version of Mame
- move ROMs into ROM folder
- move BIOS files into ROM folder
- create Mame .ini
- add contver, history, and control ini's
- download and install Mala / run Mala first-time setup
- tweak controls for in Mame config to work with X-arcade stick
Pretty straightforward... anyone else experience an issue like this? Examples of games that work and don't work:
Works:
Ms Pac-Man
Donkey Kong
Mortal Kombat II
Metal Slug 3
No worky:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (tried 3 versions)
Marvel vs Capcom
Galaga
Mortal Kombat III

Also, not sure if this is related but all of the BIOS's show up in the games list in Mala... thought that was weird but maybe this is expected behavior since the BIOS's can load by themselves for test mode?
Thanks for the help...
-Umgar