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Mysterioii:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 26, 2012, 12:49:35 am ---Run an old mame version.
Install .55 and watch it run like a dream.
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Just curious as to whether .55 was a number just pulled out of the air, or if that particular version is seen by the community as a 'sweet spot' for good compatibility with most old-school games before the mame team added something that started bloating it up and demanding more resources...
paigeoliver:
It is a sweet spot number. No major noticeable bugs in that version. The hardware requirements are very low (will run almost everything with a 500 mhz processor with few exceptions). By the time this version came around the new games being added mostly consisted of obscure titles and bloat. Sure you will miss a few things compared to running the latest and greatest, but for the most part you wouldn't notice you were missing anything unless you looked at a list of games side by side.
--- Quote from: Mysterioii on June 28, 2012, 02:07:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 26, 2012, 12:49:35 am ---Run an old mame version.
Install .55 and watch it run like a dream.
--- End quote ---
Just curious as to whether .55 was a number just pulled out of the air, or if that particular version is seen by the community as a 'sweet spot' for good compatibility with most old-school games before the mame team added something that started bloating it up and demanding more resources...
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gonzalma:
The same question and solution can be found in this thread:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=111834.msg1283116#msg1283116
Since I am going to be running MAME on a 10yr XP computer, I would like to say a thank you for the advice of running .55
Mysterioii:
Thanks, that's interesting, I'll have to check that out. I guess my next question would be would one need to track down the actual .55 romset or would it play nice pointed at the latest (limiting the front end to only show what was supported in .55 of course)... They've occasionally reorganized things regarding rom dependencies and possibly naming, haven't they?
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 28, 2012, 08:20:31 pm ---It is a sweet spot number. No major noticeable bugs in that version. The hardware requirements are very low (will run almost everything with a 500 mhz processor with few exceptions). By the time this version came around the new games being added mostly consisted of obscure titles and bloat. Sure you will miss a few things compared to running the latest and greatest, but for the most part you wouldn't notice you were missing anything unless you looked at a list of games side by side.
--- Quote from: Mysterioii on June 28, 2012, 02:07:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 26, 2012, 12:49:35 am ---Run an old mame version.
Install .55 and watch it run like a dream.
--- End quote ---
Just curious as to whether .55 was a number just pulled out of the air, or if that particular version is seen by the community as a 'sweet spot' for good compatibility with most old-school games before the mame team added something that started bloating it up and demanding more resources...
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paigeoliver:
Yes, you would have to track down the .55 romset (or something close), which isn't nearly as difficult as you would think it would be. Most of them haven't actually changed since then, but enough of them have that it would be easier to start from scratch.
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