So 0.37b5 Roms Are Compatible With MAME4all and MAME4iOS...?

[Rotgut]

When I grab 0.37b5 ver. MAME roms some work in MAME4all but not in MAME4iOS, others work in MAME4iOS but not in MAME4all.

I get the error message with a lot of these roms, in each ver. of the app. "Missing chd file... etc"

I'm really confused at this point. And it's not like this is my first journey into MAME either, I built/set up a cab years ago.

Can anyone clarify? And why are there two co-existing MAME apps for use with the iPad? Is one for older gen iPads...?

Thanks for any info.

[Rotgut]

Wow. Okay.

[PMJPlay]

MAME4iOS - Port of MAME 0.134u4 for iOS devices

iMAME4all is a iOS universal app done by David Valdeita (Seleuco), port of MAME 0.37b5 emulator by Nicola Salmoria & TEAM for all jailbroken iOS devices (iPad HD, iPhone 4G , iPod touch and older) and it is based on GP2X, WIZ MAME4ALL 2.5 by Franxis.

MAME4droid is a version of iMAME4all (iPhone, iPad) for Android, developed also by David Valdeita (Seleuco).

They emulates arcade games supported by original MAME 0.37b5 plus some additional games from newer MAME versions.

This version emulates over 2000 different romsets.

Please, try to understand that that with that amount of games, some will run better than others and some might not even run with iMAME4all. Please, don´t email me asking for a specific game to run.

Although the performance is very good with modern devices (all games I tested on iPad run practically perfect), owners of older devices should not expect a good performance; please turn off sound because that's very helpful.

After installing, place your MAME-titled zipped roms in /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all/roms (iMAME4all) or /sdcard/ROMs/MAME4all/roms (MAME4droid) folder.

MAME4droid & iMAME4all uses only '0.37b5', 'GP2X, WIZ 0.37b11 mame romset'. Use "clrmame.dat" file included in '/var/mobile/Media/ROMs/iMAME4all' or /sdcard '/ROMs/MAME4all/' to convert romsets from other MAME versions to the ones used by this version, using ClrMAME Pro utility.

iMAME4ll & MAME4droid will never have "save states" since it is based on a MAME version that does not support it.

[Rotgut]

Thank you for the info, Alzabo.

Years ago I tried using the ClrMAME utility and had a hard time understanding how to use it. Maybe the newer version will be easier for me to understand/use...?

[nicbel]

Hi guys, after jailbreaking my ipad running ios 7.0.6 i managed to get imame4all on it but i've no games/roms on it. I tried to import roms via iExplorer but i i can't find the path iMAME/Documents neither iMame4All appears in the app list.

More specifically on iexplorer the only related path i see is: MyIpad-->Media-->ROMs-->iMame4All-->roms BUT when i try dragging roms into this folder still the games don't load on the iMame4All application installed on the ipad....

Could anyone please help me with this? Id really appreciate and only asking for as looked anywhere and made countless attempts...


Thanks for any little tip you, it'd be greately helpful!