Where to find NeoMame?

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Where is the best site to get the latest NeoMame emulator?   I was told this would run NeoGeoCD and NeoGeoMVS(NeoGeoArcade) games ... is this true?  If so, does NeoGeoMame require the CD be mounted before playing or can is read the ISO image directly?

[jcrouse]

Why not use Nebula? I think you already ask about this, but I forget.

John

[JoyMonkey]

I thought NeoMame was just an illegal build of Mame with everything except NeoGeo games removed and the newer games enabled.

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JoyMonkey
I was told NeoMame could play NeoGeoCDs but was not sure ....

jcrouse
I started playing around with Nebula.  I mounted the CD with Daemon Tools no problem, then started Nebula.  The game screen seems to start up (or maybe it is just Nebula starting), but then Nebula crashes.   Not sure why.   I am using WinXP SP2 (3.00Ghz, 1 GigRam) machine

Thought I would simply try another emulator in case another gives me less trouble.

[Dizzle]

Mameworld.net has links for the other Mame builds.  I used it yesterday to check out NeomamePlus... couldn't get it to recognize my roms, but then again, I didn't really put much effort into it.

[unclet]

I guess I am more interested in it getting to play the NeoGeoCD games.

Am I correct in assuming that the NeoGeoSNK (aka: NeoGeoMVS) games are all included in Mame, so setting up an emulator to run Mame as well as NeoGeoSNK games would be simply duplicating effort?

[Dizzle]

I guess I am more interested in it getting to play the NeoGeoCD games.

Am I correct in assuming that the NeoGeoSNK (aka: NeoGeoMVS) games are all included in Mame, so setting up an emulator to run Mame as well as NeoGeoSNK games would be simply duplicating effort?

I'm not sure about that.. maybe someone else can shed more light on it.  I thought there were still a few MVS games that were not included in MAME, but then again, I think the last few updates changed that.  Let me know if you get everything working properly -- I might take another shot at it.
 

[Howard_Casto]

To avoid confusion I'll chime in (considering I'm one of the few people who were actually around when neomame was active). 


NeoMame was just that.. mame with ONLY the neogeo driver enabled.  No extra games, no unlocked extra games that mame didn't yet support, nothing.

As much as I would like to give you an explanation of why this totally useless build was ever created, I can't give you one.   Probably the same reason cps2 mame was created.  (So people who just couldn't wait one mame version for a game to be added could get it up and running early.)

Neomame plus is another animal.  It would be considered an "illegal" build as it did unlock games. 

As of now, all neogeo games are in mame save a few homebrew games you shouldn't bother with.  The only reason you'd run a dedicated neogeo emulator at this point is if your machine couldn't handle running the games in mame, which is unlikely. 

Neogeo cd games imho are essentially worthless.  There are maybe 2-3 games that are cd exclusive, one of which is a sampler cd the other of which sucks, all of which are in Japanese and require the ability to read said language to be enjoyable.  Don't get me wrong some neogeo games have special "home version" modes, but they are generally a lame variant of the regular arcade mode.  It's just not worth it. 

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Exactly the response I was expecting and wanted to verify...... thank you Howard!