> Does MAME or MAME 32 support the original arcade version of Skate or Die??? I
> can't find it anywhere.

AFAIK, Skate of Die is only for home computers and the NES. Maybe you're thinking of 720°, which says "Skate or Die!" if you spend too much time on the street. It's emulated in MAME.

> also now that http://www.mame.dk is down, are there any really good Roms sites?
> (I need to backup games that I already own of course.

None that I know of, at least no reliable ones.

We're in the middle of nowhere... just wide open empty desert... nothing around for miles... would be a great place to dump eFront...