SparklePig78 Posted November 14, 2020 Posted November 14, 2020 I am setting up Mame with a romset I recently downloaded. I have tried many versions of Mame including the one specified on the website. Most of the games work fine, however, there are many that don't. Some of these include The Punisher, Marvel Vs. Capcom,, etc. Does anyone have any idea why they may not be working. I have tried everything I could find online.
gigapig Posted November 14, 2020 Posted November 14, 2020 Could you explain why they are not working? What happens, do you get an error, do you have the bios files, do you have a full ROM set?
SupraKarma Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 I think the most likely explanation is that the romset you downloaded is not the right romset for the version of mame you are trying to use it on. Mame is constantly being updated, and with every update, a large number of games cease to work/become broken, an over time, it's pretty substantia. If you use mameui64, you can audit all of your games to see which ones you have the correct roms for.
32assassin Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 this website does not recommend a specific set, it only lists the latest version of MAME as noted by the 2 previous posts your version of MAME must match the version of the roms you download. you need to speficy what type of roms you are downloading Split Sets or Merged Sets. as Rocketlauncher needs to be set up to launch the type of set you download.
SparklePig78 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/14/2020 at 10:21 AM, gigapig said: Could you explain why they are not working? What happens, do you get an error, do you have the bios files, do you have a full ROM set? I get a message saying Chd files are missing, and I haven’t downloaded any bios files.
Creezz67 Posted November 22, 2020 Posted November 22, 2020 8 hours ago, SparklePig78 said: I get a message saying Chd files are missing, and I haven’t downloaded any bios files. You have just answered your own question. Download the CHD's and the bios files for your MAME set and it will work.
SparklePig78 Posted November 22, 2020 Author Posted November 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Creezz67 said: You have just answered your own question. Download the CHD's and the bios files for your MAME set and it will work. I’ve seen some people say that, but I can’t seem to find any chd files or bios files. Do you know any good sites to download from, and what should I be searching for, because I can’t seem to find anything with the generic names “bios files” or “chd files”.
gigapig Posted November 22, 2020 Posted November 22, 2020 15 minutes ago, SparklePig78 said: I’ve seen some people say that, but I can’t seem to find any chd files or bios files. Do you know any good sites to download from, and what should I be searching for, because I can’t seem to find anything with the generic names “bios files” or “chd files”. Please do not ask for ROM locations as it is against our rules. However full mame ROM sets are quite easy to find. I think they are separate downloads, you will want the latest mame split set and the CHD set which may be between 600 to 700 gb.
SparklePig78 Posted November 24, 2020 Author Posted November 24, 2020 On 11/22/2020 at 8:58 AM, gigapig said: Please do not ask for ROM locations as it is against our rules. However full mame ROM sets are quite easy to find. I think they are separate downloads, you will want the latest mame split set and the CHD set which may be between 600 to 700 gb. Ok thank you, I think I have found a chd set. Btw, I wasn’t trying to ask for ROMs sorry.
gigapig Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 4 hours ago, SparklePig78 said: Ok thank you, I think I have found a chd set. Btw, I wasn’t trying to ask for ROMs sorry. No worries but it did seem like you were looking for links. Glad you found a set and hopefully they will work.
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