Wrapping My Head Around Mame

[chrisdisregard]

Just got my Caanoo and I've been trying to figure out MAME on both it and my laptop. Where I'm getting confused is with version numbers. I've got MAME4ALL 2.5 and SDLMAME 0.141, am I right in assuming I'm going to need 2 different sets of ROMs? As I understand it each version of MAME is rather specific about what it will and won't run. How do you tell what version of a ROM you've got? (aside from downloading a giant 3gb set for a specific system ie. gp2x_wiz) Or what it will work with? Is there any way without just loading it up and having it fail on you? Are the BIOS ROMs as version specific as the game ROMs? I would assume so, but after a few hours searching google I seem to come up with a lot of download links, but not a lot of actual explanations of what works and why.

 

[chrisdisregard]

Nevermind, I think I've got it mostly sorted now.

 

[coldfish]

So. Can we Disregard, Chris?

/mirth.

 

[hardyx]

The version you need in MAME4ALL is detailed in the readme file included with the emulator. SDLMame is for PC or GP2X, I think.