AdvanceCD had one big problem - it couldn't save settings between runs. I tried AdvanceMAME for DOS and had decent success but I still prefer original MAME. I ended up regressing back to MAME 0.86b. For some reason, later releases were very, very slow to start (about 45 seconds vs. 5 seconds for 0.86b).
I also tried out a dozen or so front-ends. I decided on another classic: MAME Cocktail Frontend by Mike Billings. There are flashier front-ends out there, but this one works the best with my combination of hardware and software.
Next, to get the games setup!
1 comments:
Still scratching my head over AdvanceMAME and AdvanceMENU. The thing is, prior to MAME .107, games and art were indexed slightly different.
I know the current release of AdvanceMAME runs fine in the VIA EPIA 5000 because AdvanceCD works perfectly. I get garbled results with AdvanceMENU under WinME - it sets my video card at a refresh rate that my monitor can't support (despite setting the VIDEO_OPTION_CLOCK in the .rc file).
I'm beginning to think about building up a Linux boot that supports AdvanceMAME. Evidently, it's pretty minimal and I already have one on AdvanceCD. I just need to break it out of it's compressed cell.
That is, AdvanceCD decompresses the Linux OS onto a RAM drive and boots from there. I don't need that behavior and I want AdvanceMAME to save it's config files for each game.
Post a Comment