Best Mame Games For Wiz?

[chickendung]

Seeing as MAME4All is the most downloaded app in the archive, I thought it would be worth it to look into playing some MAME games for once. However, I do not know which ones are most enjoyable, and If I did, I wouldn't be sure if they would work well on the Wiz. A short list of games you enjoy and work well would be great!

Also, do Neo-Geo Arcade games like Metal Slug run under MAME4All, or do I need a separate emulator?

Thanks!

 

[DurTahar]

All I have to say is get Ghosts n Goblins and/or Ghouls n Ghosts. Both run excellently on the Wiz and you'll probably never beat them so you don't really need any other games, right?

 

[DaveC]

Seeing as MAME4All is the most downloaded app in the archive, I thought it would be worth it to look into playing some MAME games for once. However, I do not know which ones are most enjoyable, and If I did, I wouldn't be sure if they would work well on the Wiz. A short list of games you enjoy and work well would be great!

Also, do Neo-Geo Arcade games like Metal Slug run under MAME4All, or do I need a separate emulator?

Thanks!

What is "best" is entirely based on what you like so that is a hard question. Some may be older and like Ms.Pacman while others may have played SFII in the arcade and like that best.

Yes some NeoGeo games run under MAME. I wouldn't use MAME to run those though. It is slower and the bigger ROMs don't work due to memory use. Use FBA for MVS games and NeoCD for CD stuff.

 

[christo930]

Seeing as MAME4All is the most downloaded app in the archive, I thought it would be worth it to look into playing some MAME games for once. However, I do not know which ones are most enjoyable, and If I did, I wouldn't be sure if they would work well on the Wiz. A short list of games you enjoy and work well would be great!

Also, do Neo-Geo Arcade games like Metal Slug run under MAME4All, or do I need a separate emulator?

Thanks!

I personally recommend Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, Son Son, Pooyan, Frogger, super basketball, tag team wrestling, mat mania/exciting hour, Metal Slug, Mr. Do! and Mr. Do! run run. There should be something in there you like.

EDIT: I really wish someone would add save states to Mame. That would be awesome, maybe I could finally finish some of these games.

 

[iprice]

The first game I played on MAME4ALL was my all time fave coin-op - RoboCop. I wasn't disappointed. "Thankyou for your co-operation"

 

[chickendung]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give those games a try.

 

[crookedmouth]

For me a perfect emulated portable version of Joust is like heaven.

Robotron 2024 is also near perfect and the Wiz controls are perfect. For this I also like Space Dungeon. Wish Smash TV worked better under MAME.

I also play a ton of Asteroids and Gravitar. Gravitar is awesome but tough as nails.

 

[WarmFluffyUK]

I like I, Robot!

it was one of the first ever 3D games and great fun to play!

 

[haribo]

I would recommend:-

nemesis(gradius 1,3),vulcan venture(gradius 2),salamander,r-type,hellfire, - for space shoot-em ups.

outrun,chase hq,pole position 1 or 2,road blasters - for drivin.

bubble bobble,rainbow islands,strider,wonder boy,ghosts'n goblins,ghouls'n ghosts,dragon buster - for platform.

commando,ikari warriors,space harrier(slow ish)star wars,empire strikes back - for shoot-em ups.

track n field,hyper sports,marble madness,gauntlet,blood bros,world cop 90(slight sound prob),tehkan world cup - various other games.

There are other classics that i missed out that work great if i were to list them all i might aswell of copied and paste the gamelist file. :rolleyes:

Enjoy

 

[chickendung]

I would recommend:-

nemesis(gradius 1,3),vulcan venture(gradius 2),salamander,r-type,hellfire, - for space shoot-em ups.

outrun,chase hq,pole position 1 or 2,road blasters - for drivin.

bubble bobble,rainbow islands,strider,wonder boy,ghosts'n goblins,ghouls'n ghosts,dragon buster - for platform.

commando,ikari warriors,space harrier(slow ish)star wars,empire strikes back - for shoot-em ups.

track n field,hyper sports,marble madness,gauntlet,blood bros,world cop 90(slight sound prob),tehkan world cup - various other games.

There are other classics that i missed out that work great if i were to list them all i might aswell of copied and paste the gamelist file. :rolleyes:

Enjoy

Great list! I'll see if I can get my hands on those roms.

 

[chickendung]

MAME roms are fail EVERYWHERE!

Every game I try it says files are missing. Why do people bother uploading roms if no one can play them?

 

[DurTahar]

I'm pretty sure it has to do with the version of MAME in question. Some roms work with some versions of MAME and some don't. It's not a problem with the rom per-se, it's more to do with some roms not being compatible with the version of MAME on the wiz.

 

[haribo]

There is more than one version of a rom, keep searching and check out the gamelist.txt file that has all the info you need

stick to that and you cannot go wrong.

 

[ZeroCorpse]

My oddball arcade favorites, in case anyone cares.

Mappy
Champion Wrestler
Bagman (it's super-hard!)
Mat Mania
Discs of Tron
Sinistar
Crazy Climber
Qix
Phoenix
Mr. Do!
Magic Sword

This is, of course, along with the standards like Galaga, Ms. Pac-Man, Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, etc.

 

[haribo]

Discs of Tron
Qix
Phoenix
Mr. Do!

These are a good shout, the rest of them i never got into unfortunately.

Some more "oddball" games i will mention

moon cresta, galaxians, defender, gorf and spy hunter(the loud grunt it made every time a coin was inserted you could hear it at the other end of the arcade and it was a big ass arcade aswell) Pure quality

 

[DurTahar]

If you're into trivia you should check out Fax. It takes a little longer than I would like on the Wiz but I seem to remember it running just fine. Keep in mind some of the trivia is outdated but most of the questions aren't time sensitive. In fact I like the entertainment category better outdated, because I know more trivia about old stuff than I do new

 

[chickendung]

Thanks for all the replies but I am having some trouble with the emulator. How do I go back to the game selection screen when I have started a game? If I press L+R+Menu it freezes on a black screen and I have to reboot.

 

[haribo]

Does it do this on all games you play????