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SubjectRe: ROMs wont run Reply to this message
Posted byjjhughes
Posted on04/16/01 03:04 AM



> > I just downloaded MAMECE for my iPAQ and installed it however it won't run my
> > ROMs. If I download a zipped rom from the foreign sites out there they work
> but
> > my ROMs dont. My ROMS are unzipped. I know they are good ROMs because they
> work
> > with my PC based MAME for Windows version 0.33.
> > I tried zipping the ROMS myself but that didnt work. Also tried the folder
> > approach I used in my MAME for PC 0.33.
> > The MAMCE game does recognize the fact the games are there as they show in the
> > menu. But if I run them I just get a blank screen.
> > Something else odd is that my legit Midway pacman rom shows as "PuckMan" on
> the
> > menu.
> > Please assist.
> > Thx-Joe
> >
> The roms need to be zipped up into a single file (for each game). The names
> should be the same as those listed in Mame32 or Mame. One problem you might be
> having is that MameCE3 is based on MAME .36 Soruce Code. I know alot of changes
> took place from .33 to .36 both in the emulator and in the rom names (inside and
> out of the zip). You may need to download more recent rom files.
>
> As for the Puckman naming, do you have a merged romset or a single romset? If
> merged, it may be picking up the first one it sees in the driver series.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> -Techmaster
>
Is there a way to find out what rom names MAME is expecting and then just rename my ROMs accordingly? ROMs are very hard to find and download these days. I only have a few to try, PacMan, Phoenix, Asteroids, Battlezone, Galaga, and Galaxian.



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*ROMs wont run  jjhughes04/13/01 12:01 PM
.*Re: ROMs wont run  Tekhmaster04/15/01 01:29 PM
...Re: ROMs wont run  jjhughes04/16/01 03:04 AM