Uncle Duke Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 Anyone know any REALLY good sites to get some classic roms for the MAME emulator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 http://www.mame.dk How often the simple solution eludes us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 http://www.romnation.net/ Not really as good as mame.dk, but they have other ROMs as well (including Jaguar)... and remember to activate Pop-Up stopper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 The best sources are the following. Usenet. For someone who needs complete sets, this is probably the best way to go as "complete" floods happen periodically, especially whenever there's a new release. Matter of fact there was just one a couple of days ago. Specifically, check alt.binaries.emulators.mame and alt.binaries.emulators.misc. Personally, my ISP's usenet service sucks, so I pay for a commercial service for 15 bucks a month (www.usenetserver.com). It's worth every penny.. and I have a hard time plunking down money for most everything. IRC. There are a couple of IRC channels out there specifically dealing w/ rom distribution via fserve bots. It's up to you to figure out which ones though. One place you could start? #Rareroms @ irc.zerofuzion.net Private FTP's. Unlike the first 2 options, this probably isn't readily available to most people.. but once you make some friends online, this is probably the best way for individual fills. Yeah it's cliquey, but if you're lucky enough to know people with complete sets, it's probably the easiest way to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 Isn't there or was there also something called Tombstones, which is a network of people who will burn a complete set of CDs for you for just the cost of postage and materials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kheffington Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 Isn't there or was there also something called Tombstones, which is a network of people who will burn a complete set of CDs for you for just the cost of postage and materials? Tombstone is gone, shutdown. But there is the same service, mostly same burners at http://freemameroms.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Http://www.classicgaming.com Has roms and good stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Good one, though they go thru Fileplanet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Fileplanet ... *DOH* I do believe they have a complete MAME Rom set at mame.dk ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 No...it was pointed out before that not all are available for d/l (like Alien Vs. Predator) Why...I dunno (?) Other CPS2 games are up, and it's certianly not the largest (not by a longshot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 What's the deal with www.mame.dk? Do you have to sign up for an account there to actually be able to access the ROMs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Yes, you need to be logged in to get the links to work. Signing up is free, but a couple of people have noticed an increase of spam in their inbox after doing so. Just use a hotmail or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Hey Nukey, what's your email address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 It used to be khowe@charter.net, since moving here I don't have one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Aw man, I was just kidding. The joke being that I'd use your email address to sign up on a bunch of spam bait web sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 No...it was pointed out before that not all are available for d/l (like Alien Vs. Predator)Why...I dunno (?) Other CPS2 games are up, and it's certianly not the largest (not by a longshot). Yes, you are right, my mistake. How many unique games does MAME emulate? I read somewhere that it's over 1500 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 That's open for debate, since you could argue that games with similar concepts are not unique (like LadyBug - PacMan). If you are referring to "non-clones", there is an "originals" tab in Mame32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Duke Posted May 24, 2003 Author Share Posted May 24, 2003 Thanks guys, I always knew about mame.dk but I never understood it and didnt know I had to sign up. But even after signing up I downloaded like 8 games and only 2 or 3 worked, they're always missing like one minor file or something, but hey, thats better odds then I was getting, so thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 You have to read the descriptions...if the Rom info page shows that a parent rom is needed, you need to download that for the game to work (since the version of the game you are downloading pulls some of it's info from that "parent" game). You also need to take care to download the version of the game that is made for your Mame version...mame.dk still carries changed romsets going back as far as version .35final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 Take a look at PacMan... The top line is the link for that version of the romset made to run with Mame versions .53 to .68 The next line is the version of the romset made for Mame versions .36final to .37b16 (.53 followed that version) But look at the next line...Puckman is listed as the parent rom. That means that no matter which of those two you had, you'll need to follow this link to get the romset that completes them. Some games will also have a seperate file for sound samples (.wav's) that go into the samples folder (keep it zipped just like the games). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 That's open for debate, since you could argue that games with similar concepts are not unique (like LadyBug - PacMan). If you are referring to "non-clones", there is an "originals" tab in Mame32. I was refering to "non-clones"... Oups, never noticed the originals tab in Mame32 ... let's see .... *tum de dum* ... 2142 games in 0.65 ... thx for the insight Nukey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 No...it was pointed out before that not all are available for d/l (like Alien Vs. Predator)Why...I dunno (?) Other CPS2 games are up, and it's certianly not the largest (not by a longshot). The rights aren't owned by capcom. The owner requested it's removal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Oh I forgot.. http://www.rareroms.net/ has good info. The tutorials are great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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