Testing with MAME

[decle]

Hey Guys,

 

Newbie question and my powers of Google are failing me I'm afraid. Anyone know how you subvert the MAME "supported software" lists? Specifically, if I'm developing a ROM and I want to test it in MAME, is there a way to do this easily, without having to resort to a custom build, CRCs and all that pointless melarchy?

 

 

Cheers

 

decle

 

[mr_me]

I just ignore the mame software list and load the cartridge image file directly. If you are talking about Intellivision, mame doesn't understand .cfg files but it does understand .rom files. I think it assumes the mattel default memory map otherwise.

[decle]

I just ignore the mame software list and load the cartridge image file directly. If you are talking about Intellivision, mame doesn't understand .cfg files but it does understand .rom files. I think it assumes the mattel default memory map otherwise.

 

Gotcha, -cart to the rescue. As I said, newbie question. Although, strange it is missing from -showusage.

 

 

Cheers

[mr_me]

This is the command I use in windows.

 

mame64.exe -w -prescale 2 intvoice -cart %1

 

I'm assuming you're testing in different emulators. I found that mame has some compatibility issues with newer games and some old unreleased games. It even has issues with NASL Soccer.