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Fritzy:
I apologize if this has been answered before but i couldnt figure out a good search term to find the answer for this.  What does it mean when the Roms have sets?

For example the game Zero Point in for mame in Mala has Set 1 and Set 2?  Do both names have to show in my gamelist or can i just show Set 2 and use it to load the game? Or do i have to load the game from Set 1?  Or is it just another way of stating Version 1 and Version 2 and i can just erase the Version 1 Rom?

Sorry about this question guys.  Finally getting around to building my first cabinet after finally completing my jukebox (god, i love salmonking and SKJukebox).  I will try not to flood you guys with too many newb questions.

Thanks for any help.

Fritzy

mccoy178:
Don't mean to derail this thread, but can anyone tell me where a good location for the "O" and "K" buttons on my control panel would be?  I can't play half of the games right now.

I heard through the grape vine that the wiki is a wonderful place to find answers to Mame's most difficult questions................... ;)
http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Main_Page

and if that doesn't answer your question, you could always try wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAME

Or Google:
www.google.com

FrizzleFried:
Nevermind the smartass comment above...except for the links which have a ton of info in them...

The different sets are different dumps of the same game.  Some are identical aside from perhaps the name of the "manufacturer",  some have their difficulty tweaked a little, etc.

Basically if you want to eliminate all the different sets,  create a gamelist with the CLONES removed.   You can do this a number of different ways,  in MALA you can create a gamelist minus clones in the gamelist editor I do believe (I am new with MALA so please forgive me).

vorghagen:

--- Quote from: mccoy178 on February 14, 2007, 08:18:00 pm ---Don't mean to derail this thread, but can anyone tell me where a good location for the "O" and "K" buttons on my control panel would be?  I can't play half of the games right now.

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You don't need them, I assume you're talking about the first screen to many games talking about copyright and type OK to continue. You can also just move the joystick left then right, or right then left. Just read the screen, it tells you.

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on February 14, 2007, 08:28:00 pm ---Basically if you want to eliminate all the different sets,  create a gamelist with the CLONES removed.   You can do this a number of different ways,  in MALA you can create a gamelist minus clones in the gamelist editor I do believe (I am new with MALA so please forgive me).

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Good luck playing pac-man.  ;)

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