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pizzaman
08-30-2006, 12:03 AM
Well as many of you know MAME runs on a DOS thingy( which I'm not too experienced with ). To start a game on it, you have to open a command window and type mame gamename. I found a CD with a ship load of Arcade games... all of them put together with a menu. This is the screenshot of the menu:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4518/untitledpc5.png

I was wondering how I could add more games to it. I extracted the CD and tried, but it failed. I got an error message, so I'm stuck.

Now I know that I haven't given much information on it, but it's because I'm not too good with either MAME or DOS stuff, so if you guys need info, then just hollar.
Fierce Deity
08-30-2006, 12:13 AM
CD ROM. ROM meaning Read Only memory, wouldn't that mean you can't edit it without the orginal codes they used to export it?
pizzaman
08-30-2006, 12:47 AM
CD ROM. ROM meaning Read Only memory, wouldn't that mean you can't edit it without the orginal codes they used to export it?
I extracted what was on the CD into a file. Then I inserted a ROM in the ROM folder, and put in a blank screenshot, but it said that there was an error. Now this was probably going to happen, and I wasn't surprised. I think I have to edit something to insert the games in, but what?



P.S. Don't you have a copy of this CD?
DarthBrady
09-01-2006, 11:23 PM
How big is the CD? can you send it to me? I may play around with it a little see what I can com up with.
pizzaman
09-02-2006, 09:36 AM
How big is the CD? can you send it to me? I may play around with it a little see what I can com up with.
Heck Yes I can! IDK if I should here though... it has over 1000 arcade games. Is that against the rules or not?
pizzaman
09-04-2006, 10:26 PM
Did you find anything out yet, DarthBrady?
DarthBrady
09-05-2006, 09:00 AM
Did you find anything out yet, DarthBrady?

NO,sorry, Havent had any time yet. But Soon, I promise! ;)
DarthBrady
09-05-2006, 09:08 AM
Well, Pizzaman, I think I'm screwed out of the deal here, unless you can send me links to the thing.

I went to get it from the address you send me, and its' gone! :shocked:
See for your self bro:
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/4058/rapiddeleteyo4.png (http://imageshack.us)
pizzaman
09-05-2006, 04:09 PM
Well, Pizzaman, I think I'm screwed out of the deal here, unless you can send me links to the thing.

I went to get it from the address you send me, and its' gone! :shocked:
See for your self bro:
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/4058/rapiddeleteyo4.png (http://imageshack.us)
Hmmm, well did you try the megaupload links? Those are the ones I used when I downloaded it( Even though it was a couple of months ago. ).
DarthBrady
09-05-2006, 05:04 PM
Hmmm, well did you try the megaupload links? Those are the ones I used when I downloaded it( Even though it was a couple of months ago. ).

funny, there were only rapidshare links there when I got to it. I'll check again, see if i missed something....

***EDIT***

OK, I went back, and found the megaupload links. And guess what.. They are down too!!

See for yourself:
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7545/rapiddeletezt5.png (http://imageshack.us)
pizzaman
09-05-2006, 05:17 PM
Those fatties! Well is it okay if I upload everything except for the roms and the screenshots? Those are what take up all the space anyways.
DarthBrady
09-05-2006, 06:21 PM
Those fatties! Well is it okay if I upload everything except for the roms and the screenshots? Those are what take up all the space anyways.

well.. keep in mind I lost all my mame roms when I had to restore my pc a while back. :(

so your best bet is all or nothing.
pizzaman
09-05-2006, 06:26 PM
Ah crap. Oh well, I'll try to upload it. I'll upload 250 mb a day. So in three days, you should be set.