Some MAME roms don't work, names appear strange, etc.

[Momotombo]

Hey, I'm new to GameEx and I'm having problems with configuring MAME.

When I look at the list of games, their names show up as, for example, "mslug4" and "pacman" instead of "Metal Slug 4" and "Pac-Man". Looking at the list of other emulators, all the names appear perfectly fine.

Alongside this problem I can only play certain games. pacman doesn't work, yet superpacman does. Sunset Riders works as well, but galaga doesn't. It opens the emulator and then it closes and goes back to GameEx.

Finally, MAME doesn't seem to recognize my gamepad. It works in all the other emulators, but not MAME. I can play just fine with a keyboard, and the games are configured with their default settings which include gamepad buttons.

Everything else up to this point seems to work just fine. I just want arcade games to work, but I'm lost on how to get all of these problems fixed. Any help would be appreciated.

[fRequEnCy]

Hey, I'm new to GameEx and I'm having problems with configuring MAME.

When I look at the list of games, their names show up as, for example, "mslug4" and "pacman" instead of "Metal Slug 4" and "Pac-Man". Looking at the list of other emulators, all the names appear perfectly fine.

That's the way arcade roms are named. GameEx builds a list from the MAME executable and generates the name for you unless you have it setup as a standalone emulator or if it's for a different emulator other than MAME in which you would need to use either a database or map file. Please give more info on which emulator and how you have it setup.

Alongside this problem I can only play certain games. pacman doesn't work, yet superpacman does. Sunset Riders works as well, but galaga doesn't. It opens the emulator and then it closes and goes back to GameEx.

If only certain games are playing and focus is returning back to GameEx then that means there is a problem with the rom. Maybe your romset doesn't match your mame version? Best way to test this is to try running one of those games again in GameEx and then exiting. Then follow the directions oh "How to ask for Help" by Tempest. Try trouble shooting with runitgame.bat by following step 4B. This will show you the console window and you will be able to see the output of the window. Then if you need help then post those results here.

Finally, MAME doesn't seem to recognize my gamepad. It works in all the other emulators, but not MAME. I can play just fine with a keyboard, and the games are configured with their default settings which include gamepad buttons.

What type of gamepad is it? Have you set it up in MAME? Press TAB in a MAME game and a list of options will appear. Then navigate to Input (general) and setup your controls as needed for each player and each gui function.

Everything else up to this point seems to work just fine. I just want arcade games to work, but I'm lost on how to get all of these problems fixed. Any help would be appreciated.

Try the suggested and report back please.