MAME OS X for Mac

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• works fine

  natenateNovember 25, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Works acceptably on Leopard. Note that this comes with no ROMs whatsoever. They must be downloaded separately and extracted into ~/Library/Application Support/MAMEOSX/ROMs

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• Just plain doesn't work...

  risc1November 16, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />After a few minutes my iMac had audited my ROM collection, only to come back and report 0 ROMs as good... that pretty much sums it up for me... oh well back to MAME on Windows for me.

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• Needs New Wireless Keyboard Support

  Rod1976November 10, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />The new Apple (aluminum) Wireless Keyboard is not supported and I had to connect an old one in order to play. Outside of that small hiccup it works fine and definitely takes me back to my youth. A few mini bugs, but other than that a great free app thanks!

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• Super buggy, needs a ton of work

  jeffwentworth2002September 16, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Sorry, but I installed this today, and it doesn't work with a single ROM. When I first ran it, Mame OS X spent about 6 hours auditing all of my ROMs (all in .zip format and living in an old MacMame directory). At the end of the audit, none of the ROMS were listed as good. Clearly that is wrong since all the ROMs run find in old versions of MacMame and PC versions of Mame. Furthermore, attempting to run any of the games under Mame OS X results in a total crash of Mame OS X with it telling me to view the log window and then quitting! I think I'll suffer under MacMame for a while longer. With all of its imperfections, at least it can load and play the games. The same can't be said for Mame OS X.

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• Still needs work

  RaultSeptember 2, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />On first run, like the previous comment, it tries to validate your ROM files and seems like it goes through its entire internal list even if you don't have all of them. I killed it after 40 min. and it was only up to "C". I ended up scrolling to the games I wanted to play, selecting their names, and validating just those, just so I could play it. But, c'mon, 5 hours isn't really useable. Once in the games, I noticed a few more graphic artifacts than on MacMAME (esp. in vector games) but seemed to play well otherwise. Coming out of games, a lot of 'unexpected quits'. Definitely looking promising, but I'll stick with MacMAME for now.

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• MAME is back!!!!!

  VladimusSeptember 2, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This is an excellent replacement for MacMAME, which was getting quite buggy in its most recent releases. This version of MAME is much faster, the options are easy to configure, the video modes are excellent, and tons of other little enhancements makes for a great release. Minor caveat: it does seem to take a while to load (5 hours on my Dual 2GHz G5) on the first run. But after that, this runs smoother than just about any other emulator I've ever seen. A must download for any emulator fan.

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