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Being from Sweden, I am a member of a really great community ( www.arkadtorget.se ) where you can get a lot of things new and second hand for great prices. Also they do group orders of stuff from Japan. This means buying Seimitsu and Sanwa parts directly from the factories. In my MAME cab though, I have an X-Arcade dual, so that's bought from them. And it's been very reliable. Emph

http://pages.suddenlink.net/aae/ Check it out! Emph

Great update, thanks a lot for all the hard work and enjoy the well deserved holidays! Emph

Funny stuff Brian! Q: How many men does it take to open a bottle of beer? A: None, it should be open when she brings it for you. Emph

Yes, the developer kinda overshot with MS2, that's why they released MSX... Emph

I think that using other emus than MAME, you can overclock Metal Slug 2 to actually be playable. Unlike my MVS cart that has biiiiig slowdowns. Which MAME of course emulates "perfectly". Emph

I would go with emumovies, because I don't think the torrent hosted here has been updated for about a year. Although, if the torrent consists of .mng/.mp3 files, it will look better (imho). Emph

Are you using a theme with a higher resolution than ArcadeVGA supports? Emph

Nice. Hantarex=Quality with a capital Q. Emph

So, this is just for screensaver, right? How about some transparancy on the black background? Or an option to set the background colour of the overlay so it can match your current theme? If using graphics, skinmakers could even created overlay graphics that match the themes? Emph

BIG THANKS! Emph

So, do you update every full cycle, like 0.118 -> 0.119? There are often rompacks like "0.118 to 0.119 updated roms only" floating around on the interwebs. Use ClrMAMEPro to update your current set using these packs. If you go from 0.106 to 0.119, you can use more than one rompack. It's a "drag'n'drop" operation, so you can just keep droppin' those roms 'til your hearts content. http://www.clrmame.com/faq.htm Emph

"Vanilla" MAME = The official MAME build from http://www.mamedev.com (I felt that calling it "Vanilla" confuses new users so I posted this) MAME32+ = An unofficial Windows32 build that has support for hacked roms and more from http://mameicons.free.fr/mame32p/ MAME32FX = Another unofficial Win32 build that has Hiscore support and more from http://mame32fx.altervista.org/ (features http://mame32fx.altervista.org/features.htm ) Emph

Great work Hoffman! Emph

This seems very nice: http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=4144 Emph

Try MAME 0.118u5 and use the new "-refreshspeed" function in your command line/mame.ini. You should loose the stuttering, but you might experience a slightly changed pitch for the sound of some games. Emph

The latest MAME builds has this cool new function that lets users with a monitor that can't handle 60 fps games run them either faster or slower. This will affect the pitch of the sound for that game, but at least you won't get the stutter. By default however, this is set to off Oh wait, hold the phone, there's a new build out now that has a command line function that automatically sets the best game speed for your screen: From http://www.mamedev.com : MAME 0.118u5 "There is also as promised a new parameter -refreshspeed which automatically adjusts the -speed of gameplay to keep it under your monitorâ??s refresh rate." I too miss the highscore support, but I think that you can use the gamestate saving for this. Emph

I would go for eBay. Probably someone is selling that right now. Emph

Spectacular! Emph

It's faster although not as "accurate" as MAME. And the controls are more responsive thus making the games more fun to play IMO. Emph

If you're looking for manuals and really can't find a torrent, I guess that www.crazykong.com or http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/ARCADE/ are good places for "manual" downloads. Also, you have a personal message. Emph

Nice work. I think the logo is dead sexy! Emph

So, how are these shown exactly? Are the in fact overlays that are positioned nicely over the .mng/.png for game previews, or what? Anyway, props to Tom as usual. Emph

Is any of the features optional? Like boot screen for instance, I already have a nice boot screen, so I don't want to change that. Emph

Cool, I guess some healthy competition is in it's place for InstantSheller. Emph