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HopeHoops

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2. 98SE is the best platform for MAME. It's kind of quirky (at best) on Vista.
Fri Dec 9, 2011, 11:53 AM
Dec 2011

Some of the ROMs will only run on 95. I've got everything back to 3.11 on one machine or another.

I am. I have have an x-arcade tankstick to play Mame on my pc. n/t FSogol Dec 2011 #1
98SE is the best platform for MAME. It's kind of quirky (at best) on Vista. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #2
I keep my rom set current and don't have any problems on XP. n/t FSogol Dec 2011 #7
Do NOT post it in a public forum, but just where the hell do you get the ROMs now? HopeHoops Dec 2011 #9
They are not contraband. They have been widely avaiable for the last 15+ years. n/t FSogol Dec 2011 #16
I know. Most of mine are older than that. But I have updated some since. The sites keep getting.. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #17
Sites that sell them are shutdown. The developers of Mame FSogol Dec 2011 #19
I got it for Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ohio Joe Dec 2011 #3
I'm more the Space Invaders and Berzerk sort. Frenzy is my favorite, but it won't run on anything. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #4
My favorites are: Robotron, Frenzy, Besersk, Vanguard, Tempest, Defender, Bosconian, FSogol Dec 2011 #10
Tempest is worthless without a dial. You need a joystick for the others. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #13
I have an x-arcade tankstick. It has the double joysticks for Robotron and a trackball FSogol Dec 2011 #15
Your files are probably from different versions than the emulator. FSogol Dec 2011 #11
Most of them are ten years old or more. They have been difficult to locate. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #12
See below FSogol Dec 2011 #14
That's 1/10th of one of my external drives (of which I have many). HopeHoops Dec 2011 #18
Frenzy really is an awesome game. Systematic Chaos Dec 2011 #26
When it was in the arcade, I regularly got up into the white bouncy walls (can't shoot through those HopeHoops Dec 2011 #27
I never got much beyond 150k at Centipede. LOVED Millipede also. Systematic Chaos Dec 2011 #28
Is Super Pac-Man the one with the Lego block maze on the second level? HopeHoops Dec 2011 #29
The Lego maze one is PacMania, which I forgot to list. Systematic Chaos Dec 2011 #30
I've got the newest version. My ROM sets are out of date. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #31
Funny story from an old game - King Authur type thing. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #5
heh, One of my favorites Ohio Joe Dec 2011 #6
You can't be a D&D fan without thinking about shit like that. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #8
Same here Hayabusa Dec 2011 #24
I still play Angband once in a while... SidDithers Dec 2011 #20
I must admit, sadly that I have become a visual junkie Rex Dec 2011 #21
Skyrim renews my faith in the place beautiful visuals have in games Occulus Dec 2011 #22
Big time. Does anyone know the best control setup for Defender? Mayberry Machiavelli Dec 2011 #23
I've been out of it for a while. RexDart Dec 2011 #25
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