MACMAME and installing/using ROMS

cb911 · May 15, 2002, 08:21 AM

ok, i've got macmame now, and i'm wondering if all the roms on the net are the same? can i just find any rom and use it in macmame? i don't need any special macmame roms do i?

iGav · May 15, 2002, 08:57 AM

Legal Bit:
Just remember you need to own the ROM's to use it with an emulator!!

Okay then, there are a couple of versions of macmame, I've found that not every ROM works, but most do.... Like Outrun.....

Just download the ROMs, don't decompress them though, and drop them directly into Macmame, hey presto.... instant retro fun!!

iGav · 03:56 PM

Outrun running on my TiBook...... oh they were the days..... Ferrari Testarossa, 50p sit down and drive..... I just loved Sega.....

MacMame is so cool.......

cb911 you sorted out some ROMs yet??

cb911 · May 18, 2002, 07:58 AM

thanks iGAV. so most ROMS should work? i can download ROMS that are in .zip files? anyway, i don't have any ROMS yet. i'm getting cable internet on Monday, hopefully. i should be able to queue heaps of stuff before i have to go to college.

is there any particular site that you have found has more macmame compatible roms than any other site?

barkmonster · May 18, 2002, 08:16 AM

I've be using it for years and we're a friendly bunch as long as you don't start crying about a PC version being out first or begging for roms, there's also a high score site that some of us (not me, I'm useless) use to compete with each other at various games.

One old game you have to try is "Solomon's Key" I don't remember it myself but I am only 24, It's one of the most addictive platform puzzle games I've ever played. Kind of like Mario meets boulderdash.

iGav · May 18, 2002, 08:44 AM

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Originally posted by cb911
thanks iGAV. so most ROMS should work? i can download ROMS that are in .zip files? anyway, i don't have any ROMS yet. i'm getting cable internet on Monday, hopefully. i should be able to queue heaps of stuff before i have to go to college.

is there any particular site that you have found has more macmame compatible roms than any other site?

Yep most ROMs should work, but you do get the odd one that doesn't..... that's the way it go's....

What's really cool about the ROM's though is that they are ultra small in file size, Outrun for instance is like 1.3Mb and that's one of the larger ones... so you'll be able to D/L loads of them on cable....., remember though you can't use ROM's that you don't own licenses too!!

I use www.retrogames.com for most stuff, there's alot of links there, game history that kind of thing!!

Enjoy!!

iGav · May 18, 2002, 08:49 AM

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i can download ROMS that are in .zip files?

Yep...... when you download them... DO NOT decompress them..... just drop the zip files in Macmame ROM folder......... hey presto!!

As far as I know all ROM's should work on Mac or PC, it's just that certain ones require a certain type of emulator, I guess that's why they don't alway's load, that said out of 100 ROM's that I have, maybe 4 don't work with my particular emulator version... so it's not that bigger problem!!

May 15, 2002, 08:21 AM	#1
cb911 macrumors 68040 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BrisVegas, Australia	MACMAME and installing/using ROMS ok, i've got macmame now, and i'm wondering if all the roms on the net are the same? can i just find any rom and use it in macmame? i don't need any special macmame roms do i? __________________ Thankyou Mr George Hotz for the 1.1.2 & 1.1.3 OTB iPhone unlock solution!

May 15, 2002, 02:12 PM	#3
iGav macrumors 601 Join Date: Mar 2002	Outrun baby..... Outrun running on my TiBook...... oh they were the days..... Ferrari Testarossa, 50p sit down and drive..... I just loved Sega..... MacMame is so cool....... cb911 you sorted out some ROMs yet?? Last edited by iGav : Feb 17, 2006 at 03:56 PM.

May 18, 2002, 07:58 AM	#4
cb911 Thread Starter macrumors 68040 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BrisVegas, Australia	thanks iGAV. so most ROMS should work? i can download ROMS that are in .zip files? anyway, i don't have any ROMS yet. i'm getting cable internet on Monday, hopefully. i should be able to queue heaps of stuff before i have to go to college. is there any particular site that you have found has more macmame compatible roms than any other site? __________________ Thankyou Mr George Hotz for the 1.1.2 & 1.1.3 OTB iPhone unlock solution!

May 18, 2002, 08:16 AM	#5
barkmonster macrumors 65816 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A northern village in the UK with 3 pubs and the best indian takeaway ever	Check out the MacMAME Messageboard I've be using it for years and we're a friendly bunch as long as you don't start crying about a PC version being out first or begging for roms, there's also a high score site that some of us (not me, I'm useless) use to compete with each other at various games. One old game you have to try is "Solomon's Key" I don't remember it myself but I am only 24, It's one of the most addictive platform puzzle games I've ever played. Kind of like Mario meets boulderdash.

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May 15, 2002, 08:57 AM	#2
iGav macrumors 601 Join Date: Mar 2002	Legal Bit: Just remember you need to own the ROM's to use it with an emulator!! Okay then, there are a couple of versions of macmame, I've found that not every ROM works, but most do.... Like Outrun..... Just download the ROMs, don't decompress them though, and drop them directly into Macmame, hey presto.... instant retro fun!!