Mame Roms Supported??

[Ricci]

Hi-

I just wondered what the current version of MAME is capable of supporting as far as roms. Currently, I am showing a little bit over 5100 on an older version, and it is running solid, but wondered if by upgrading I might be helping myself out or not. Since everything is working solid, I am a bit hesitant, but just wanted to see what others have to say on this matter. Thanks!

[eXo]

Hi-

I just wondered what the current version of MAME is capable of supporting as far as roms. Currently, I am showing a little bit over 5100 on an older version, and it is running solid, but wondered if by upgrading I might be helping myself out or not. Since everything is working solid, I am a bit hesitant, but just wanted to see what others have to say on this matter. Thanks!

If you update your mom you'll have to update your roms as well. Several roms have their name slightly changed or size changed with every update.

At mame's website you can find a listing of the changes within each version, including new games.

[Adultery]

The best way to make that happen is clrMAMEpro - which renames, reorganizes and deletes files within the zip you no longer need. It also maintains and corrects CHDs and checksums.

The other great thing about that is you can get it to give you a list of the sets you're missing when updates come out.

IMO, it's the best ROM manager available! Check it out.

To answer the question, I think MAME is up around 5700 cabinets now.

Hope that helps.