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Author Topic: MAME or Kawaks?  (Read 1874 times)

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MAME or Kawaks?
« on: December 12, 2006, 02:37:28 am »
Would it be better to use Kawaks over MAME for CPS and NeoGeo titles? 

Kawaks does seem to run a little more smooth/faster though im not sure if its command line friendly or front end friendly. 

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Re: MAME or Kawaks?
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2006, 02:50:40 pm »
Kawaks also supports some games that Mame still does not.  Something to keep in mind.

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Re: MAME or Kawaks?
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2006, 10:59:59 am »
Kawaks also supports some games that Mame still does not.
Do you remember what games?

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Re: MAME or Kawaks?
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2006, 04:56:48 pm »
umm... off the top of my head, Samurai Showdown 5, Metal Slug 5, SVC Chaos.  I'll check later to see what else.

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Re: MAME or Kawaks?
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2006, 04:59:21 pm »
Shodown 5 definitely works in MAME, was playing last night.

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Re: MAME or Kawaks?
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2006, 02:30:22 am »
umm... off the top of my head, Samurai Showdown 5, Metal Slug 5, SVC Chaos.  I'll check later to see what else.
All these games works in MAME. I remember when theses games was in Kawaks only, but not now. Kawaks was updated very long time ago. You must read more news ;)