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Author Topic: Which emulator works best for SMS, 32X with MAMEwah??  (Read 1094 times)

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Which emulator works best for SMS, 32X with MAMEwah??
« on: September 18, 2003, 02:10:41 pm »
I am just wondering what works best with these roms when using MAMEwah as a frontend?  I tried MekaW for SMS, but it said that I needed an audio32W.dll file and I dont know where I would find that.  I also tried FreezeSMS--it works fine, but when launching a game from MAMEwah, the menu automatically comes up in which you have to use the mouse to push play to actually play the rom.  I want to be able to launch the rom directly from MAMEwah.  Any other options for SMS?
Anyone know where/how to get MekaW to work?

Also, with the 32X roms, can Gens be used to play 32X roms?  Is this recommended?  Is there another emulator recommended for playing the 32X games?

Thanks.

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Re:Which emulator works best for SMS, 32X with MAMEwah??
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2003, 06:33:47 pm »
Gens works fine w/ 32x roms.

I use mekaW for SMS/Gamegear.  It was rather annoying to configure, but I had no problems with the audio.  Try downloading it again from this site:

http://www.smspower.org/meka/

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Re:Which emulator works best for SMS, 32X with MAMEwah??
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2003, 11:04:14 am »
Thanks for the reply.  I tried downloading MekaW from the link given, and this time it works with no problems :)
Thanks.  However, with MekaW, I cant seem to get it to load the rom at fullscreen.  I found the option and checked it, but it still doesnt just load the rom at full screen.  Also, I am using with MAMAwah and Cave's skins, so I just want to be able to load the game from the frontend skin and have the game appear at full screen.  I dont want the menu system of MekaW to appear (although it does look fairly nice).  Is there a way to just load the game without going to the loading screen?  And load the game at full screen immediately?

Also, with Gens loading 32X roms, I get a rely saying 32X bios not found.  I downloaded the bios files, but now not sure where to put them or how to get Gens to recognize the bios files.  Any types or hints on what to do with the bios files and how to get Gens to load the 32X roms?

Thanks for all the help.   Much appreciated.

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Re:Which emulator works best for SMS, 32X with MAMEwah??
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2003, 11:10:02 am »
You can get mekaw to load full screen right away - it does it on my cab.  Unfortunately, I forgot what options I checked to make this happen, but it is possible!  Keep on fiddling with it.  I have not found a way to bypass the gui yet.  I just use my trackball to close it.  

You need to point gens to the 32x bios file.  To do this go to the Options > bios menu.