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iMAME Problem ....

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:48 pm
by BoxMacSE30
I have "MAME4All" for iPad & it works wonderfully!

There's just one teeny, tiny thing ....
I have tried using both the iMAME & 0.37b5 versions of the arcade ROMs "Popeye" & "Space Invaders" but ALL FOUR ROMs don't work!!

Does anyone know where I can get W-O-R-K-I-N-G iMAME ROMs
of both "Popeye" & "Space Invaders"?

I will forever be in your debt! lol

Thanks so much in advance!

Re: iMAME Problem ....

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:13 am
by Hot Trout
You are hopefully in luck as I have just this week added a very rare MAME rom set this week.. MAME 0.106 set works with a lot of handheld emulators. Try them and see how you go.

http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/inde ... Mame-0.106

WOOT!

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 1:19 pm
by BoxMacSE30
You sound fairly confident that this might work, so I'm excited about that! lol
I'm kinda busy today -- Wednesday -- but I'll definately try it out tomorrow & let you know what happens.
THANK YOU!!

Quick question: In your sig, you give a link to play SNES roms on an iPad.
My heart almost jumped out of my chest when I saw that,
as DOSBox, iMAME & SNES9x are the only emulators I use & I already have the first 2 on iPad.
My question: The SNES9x emulator you link to -- is that for jailbroken iPads only?
I ask because I bought both DOSBox & iMAME in the App Store & I don't wanna jailbreak my iPad.

Good News/Bad News

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:27 pm
by BoxMacSE30
Well, I tried out both ROMs.

While "Space Invaders" works, the game I'm most interested in "Popeye", doesn't.
What else is new ....

Anyway, thanks again for your help!
I'll bookmark this page in case anyone else can come up with a WORKING "Popeye" iMAME/MAME4All ROM.

Cheerio! :)

Re: iMAME Problem ....

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:36 pm
by Hot Trout
Did you try downloading popeye from the many other mame sets we have. Might be worth trying that.

iMAME Problem ....

PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:10 pm
by BoxMacSE30
It couldn't hurt, you're right.

OK, I'll give that a try.

Letcha know how it turns out.

Some Days, You Get The Bear ....

PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 3:58 pm
by BoxMacSE30
Well, I chose not one, not two, not even three different MAME versions of
the arcade ROM "Popeye", but, in point of fact, I chose a whopping FIVE of them.

Yes, that's right -- NONE of them worked.
Three of them didn't even bother showing up on the iMAME menu.
And before anyone asks: yes, I went to MENU>OPTIONS>RESCAN ALL ROMs>OK
after load/deletion, even, of each of the nine different ROM versions.

What can I say?
Nine different ones in all & not a one worked.
I guess it's my destiny in this UniVerse not to play "Popeye" on my iPad 2.
Oh, well ....

I just wanna thank you, Hot Trout, for your help and, most of all,
your patience in this very trying matter. :)

Re: iMAME Problem ....

PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 4:32 pm
by Hot Trout
You are welcome, pity it wont work. Maybe someone else could try this out?

HELP!!

PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 6:01 pm
by BoxMacSE30
Yeah, like I say: I'm gonna keep this page bookmarked & check in everyday to see if
anyone can point me in the direction of a WORKING "Popeye" ROM for iMAME.

Thanks again, Hot Trout, for your assisstance!

iMAME Problem ....

PostPosted: Mon May 06, 2013 7:24 pm
by BoxMacSE30
Still nothing, huh?

Oh, well ....

Will keep checking periodically.

'Ta! :)