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Arcade games

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:58 pm
by terkio
Are you interested in Vintage arcade games ? 8)

Interested in, or using: Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator ( MAME ) http://mamedev.org/ ?

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:30 pm
by terkio
Download MAME from http://www.mamedev.org/release.html Pick: MAME 0.150 Windows command-line binaries.

Download games from Emuparadise http://www.emuparadise.me/
They call these games ROMs
You need M.A.M.E. Roms from http://www.emuparadise.me/M.A.M.E._-_Mu ... tor_ROMs/7
Download ROMs. They come in zip files, do not un zip.

Install MAME, put the ROMs in the roms directory of MAME, run MAME.

This is the easiest way to start, it is ok with few games. There are curently about 30 000 games available.

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:33 pm
by Gambit37
Yup, I played lots of Mame a few years ago. And in my youth I played most of the original arcade games. You might call it mis-spent. But those were fun times that allowed me escapism from the shitty times at home. I guess that's why I have fond memories of those low-res games.

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:10 am
by ebeneezergude
I absolutely love MAME and vintage video games. I have used MAME for years, and a whole load of old skool emulators also.....!

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:17 am
by Seriously Unserious
I've used MAME for the last couple of years, I've loved the chance to play some of my old arcade favorites.

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 5:06 pm
by terkio
What is your favorite games ?
Metal Slug 3, batman.

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:59 pm
by ebeneezergude
My personal favourites:

Galaga, Ladybug, Galaxian, Time Pilot, Gravitar, Tempest, Star Wars, Pac Man, 1942, Terra Cresta, R-Type, Loderunner, Xevious, Bubble Bobble, Moon Cresta, Ikari Warriors, Pole Position, Ghosts n' Goblins, Zero Wing, Super Hang-On, Outrun, Rainbow Islands, Venture, Sky Kid, New Zealand Story, Guantlet II.

Those were the days..... The old'uns are the best'uns!

(Probably forgot a few also...)

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:15 am
by Seriously Unserious
terkio wrote:What is your favorite games ?
Metal Slug 3, batman.
Mine were Double Dragon, Tiger Heli, Gauntlet, Hit The Ice, Arch Rivals, Jail Break, 1942, Bubble Bobble, Empire City and there's a few others but I just don't remember their names right now.

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:52 am
by terkio
Thanks a lot, guys.
This helps me to figure what's worth in the truck load of games I downloaded.
The full rom set MAME_0.149_ROMs is a 42.6 GB zip file containing 28 499 games. ( A 11 hours download ! ).

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 1:43 pm
by Chaos-Shaman
hard hat mac, aztec, bolo binary, olympics, sands of time, sargon, these games were for the apple, before atari i think.
i bought the extreme AMIGA classix dvd rom set, has like 5000 old amiga games on it, but having 28000 is just out of this world!

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:19 pm
by Gambit37
Awesome looking new Star Wars arcade game:
http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/13/69692 ... -just-very

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:06 am
by Chaos-Shaman
sometimes the simple platform games give me the most pleasure when having company. one day it will be hologames, and we'll feel it, maybe even come out with a bleeding nose lol

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:52 pm
by terkio
Last news.
For the vintage arcade of my son, we upgradeed to a newer PC, last Mame and roms with Mala as a front end.
The only difficulty was the sreen. A TV asking for a video composite from the PC, an old stuff not so easy to find from a not so old graphic board.
More fun work is ongoing with the "Mala" front end. The"Hyperspin" front end, might be better, who knows, we are too dumb to understand and use it.

Re: Arcade games

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:05 pm
by johnnystorm
That looks cool, there was a site that you could play NES and SNEs games, but it's been taken down unfortunately :/