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I use arch for my mame cab. It’s nice because it constantly updates mame to the latest (you should with your Roms as well) and only runs mame on boot. Very easy

I use arch for my mame cab. It’s nice because it constantly updates mame to the latest (you should with your Roms as well) and only runs mame on boot. Very easy to setup and maintain. I run it on some old quad core amd HP thin PC. Plays all non-3d games perfect. Also look into a Mister. Not a mame cab but tons of arcade games and consoles. That’s my “ass in seat” gaming rig.

b20000 5y ago
mister looks cool. is it as simple as buying the hardware, putting the ROMs on it and powering it up?
- mattl 5y ago
  Pretty much, yes. You run an updater script which pulls in all the stuff.
- flatiron 5y ago
  https://github.com/theypsilon/Update_All_MiSTer https://github.com/theypsilon/Update_All_MiSTer That will update it and download the mame Roms from archive.org. You will need a de-10 nano, sdram card, and a usb otg hub. I also have a Wi-Fi and a Bluetooth dongle. Works amazing. New PSX core is 90% there. Saturn is coming too, but no ETA
  - b20000 5y ago
    wow looks like this is the tits. will try this.
pizza234 5y ago
> it constantly updates mame to the latest (you should with your Roms as well) This is not necessarily a feature; actually I consider it an anti-feature, as one is forced to chase the romset versions (either download the full set, which nowadays is tens of GBs, or the diff, which I've never tried). If one actually plays games, and they play correctly, there's no value in upgrading the emulator and ROMs to new versions.
- ksherlock 5y ago
  Existing ROMs don't change (hey, they're *read-only*) unless it's a better dump or perhaps some subcomponent was previously emulated through high-level emulation. There's generally no need to do anything with ROMs but it is beneficial to update MAME.
  - pizza234 5y ago
    > Existing ROMs don't change I think this is not exact, as, if memory serves me well, I had breakages with existing romsets when upgrading MAME. While a romset itself may not change, another one may take the place of the default set, and the previous gets renamed, so it requires manual intervention. I used to play with MAME games - not hundreds, but I think a few tens, and the hassle of upgrading was never worth, with I think only one case where upgrade was required. So, YMMV. My suggestion for casual users is that if one has a given set of favourite ROMs, and they work, there's no reason to upgrade.
- flatiron 5y ago
  I see your point. My mame cab is also a mame BitTorrent sharer. So not only am I preserving video games by playing and sharing them with friends and family I’m also doing it for the bigger goal. It also takes me ~5 minutes per month to update.

b20000 5y ago

mister looks cool. is it as simple as buying the hardware, putting the ROMs on it and powering it up?

mattl 5y ago
Pretty much, yes. You run an updater script which pulls in all the stuff.
flatiron 5y ago
https://github.com/theypsilon/Update_All_MiSTer https://github.com/theypsilon/Update_All_MiSTer That will update it and download the mame Roms from archive.org. You will need a de-10 nano, sdram card, and a usb otg hub. I also have a Wi-Fi and a Bluetooth dongle. Works amazing. New PSX core is 90% there. Saturn is coming too, but no ETA
- b20000 5y ago
  wow looks like this is the tits. will try this.

pizza234 5y ago

> it constantly updates mame to the latest (you should with your Roms as well) This is not necessarily a feature; actually I consider it an anti-feature, as one is forced to chase the romset versions (either download the full set, which nowadays is tens of GBs, or the diff, which I've never tried). If one actually plays games, and they play correctly, there's no value in upgrading the emulator and ROMs to new versions.

ksherlock 5y ago
Existing ROMs don't change (hey, they're *read-only*) unless it's a better dump or perhaps some subcomponent was previously emulated through high-level emulation. There's generally no need to do anything with ROMs but it is beneficial to update MAME.
- pizza234 5y ago
  > Existing ROMs don't change I think this is not exact, as, if memory serves me well, I had breakages with existing romsets when upgrading MAME. While a romset itself may not change, another one may take the place of the default set, and the previous gets renamed, so it requires manual intervention. I used to play with MAME games - not hundreds, but I think a few tens, and the hassle of upgrading was never worth, with I think only one case where upgrade was required. So, YMMV. My suggestion for casual users is that if one has a given set of favourite ROMs, and they work, there's no reason to upgrade.
flatiron 5y ago
I see your point. My mame cab is also a mame BitTorrent sharer. So not only am I preserving video games by playing and sharing them with friends and family I’m also doing it for the bigger goal. It also takes me ~5 minutes per month to update.