Could Use Some Help With MAME4iOS, MAME4all, iPAD + iCADE
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:18 pmHi, everyone. Just went Ultimate user... good to be here. Some info first. Using an iPAD 4th Gen, jailbroken and Cydia app as of last weekend. I have been an avid MAME fanatic for many years, built a MAME cab, etc so I am fairly competent with the way this works, how to get roms to run and so forth. I'm adding an iCADE soon. I also ordered new IL buttons from Ultimarc and a Sanwa ball top stick from Focus Attack, as I am doing a complete swap-out. I have been using iExplorer to drop roms into the iPad.
Having some aggravating issues.
so a few questions for anyone who might be able to help me out:
1) Which version of MAME for iOS should I be using with the iPAD and iCADE — MAME4all or MAME4iOS...? Why are there two versions co-existing?
2) My understanding is that I should be grabbing MAME 0.37b5 version roms to run on the iPad, correct?
3) Why do some roms appear lit up in the list in a MAME app and others do not? They come from the same "version" of MAME so I don't see why they would not be all "good to go"...?
4) One rom will "light up" in the list and run on MAME4all — but not "light up" and run in MAME4iOS — why?
5) Other than roms, do I need to download and place other files such as CHD files, BIOS files etc? If so, where do those go?
6) When I download a multi-pack of roms do I just drop that zipped pack into the folder or do I need to unzip it to reveal all the individual zipped roms and then drop those into the folder?
I'm confused. Any help is very, very much appreciated.
in advance!
Having some aggravating issues.
so a few questions for anyone who might be able to help me out:1) Which version of MAME for iOS should I be using with the iPAD and iCADE — MAME4all or MAME4iOS...? Why are there two versions co-existing?
2) My understanding is that I should be grabbing MAME 0.37b5 version roms to run on the iPad, correct?
3) Why do some roms appear lit up in the list in a MAME app and others do not? They come from the same "version" of MAME so I don't see why they would not be all "good to go"...?
4) One rom will "light up" in the list and run on MAME4all — but not "light up" and run in MAME4iOS — why?
5) Other than roms, do I need to download and place other files such as CHD files, BIOS files etc? If so, where do those go?
6) When I download a multi-pack of roms do I just drop that zipped pack into the folder or do I need to unzip it to reveal all the individual zipped roms and then drop those into the folder?
I'm confused. Any help is very, very much appreciated.
in advance!