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Mamewah runs slow - see Oct 22 post

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Chris:

--- Quote from: DemonBrew on April 22, 2005, 09:41:32 am ---Here's my setup: Win98SE, he latest command line Windows version of MAME (.95?), MAMEWAH front end. I'm only interested in playing 1980s classics. When starting a game from within MAMEWAH, it seems to take maybe a full minute before it actually loads the game (the actual ROM startup, checksums, etc - not even "playing" the game).

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What happens if you open a DOS prompt and start the game from the command line?

For those not familiar with the command line, enter the following two commands:

CD \MAME
MAME PACMAN

(This assumes MAME is in C:\MAME.

DemonBrew:

--- Quote from: Chris on April 22, 2005, 01:31:26 pm ---What happens if you open a DOS prompt and start the game from the command line?
Does it start quickly?
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SirPoonga:

--- Quote from: DemonBrew on April 22, 2005, 09:41:32 am ---and it seems *real* slow starting MAME.?

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You mean as mame is loading before the game starts?  With newer versions of mame I am not suprised.  I believe there are more checks mame does.  I think some can be turned off.

DemonBrew:
Dumb question: how easy is it to find MAME .71 or other older versions? Only reason I ask - I'm at work and we have the web filtered. It's a wonder this site isn't blocked. ~crosses fingers~

quarterback:

--- Quote from: DemonBrew on April 22, 2005, 01:46:41 pm ---Dumb question: how easy is it to find MAME .71 or other older versions? Only reason I ask - I'm at work and we have the web filtered. It's a wonder this site isn't blocked. ~crosses fingers~

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Easy to find older versions: http://www.mame.net/oldmame.html

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