Need advice for putting MAME on new Mac

[FlightSuit]

Hi,

 

On my old Mac, I've got MAME OS X version 0.135 and the entire 32GB ROM set that was current a few years ago. I was glad to be able to find the whole ROM set in one place, because finally various obscure games that I wanted to play, such as Dazzler and Logger, actually worked.

 

Well, now I've got a Mac running OS X Mavericks, and I'd like to put MAME on it. I see that, apparently, the latest version of MAME OS X is still 0.135:

 

http://mameosx.sourceforge.net

 

Therefore, should I simply install that and transfer my 32GB ROM folder over to the new machine and not worry about any new developments that have occurred in recent years?

 

Or is there a newer, better MAME I should be using, along with a newer, better ROM set?

 

Your advice is much appreciated!

[Rex Dart]

Are there newer games you want to play? If not, stick with what works. That's how I deal with MAME, anyways.

[FlightSuit]

I've been out of the scene so long, I honestly don't know if there are any new games now working that didn't work beck when I downloaded that ROM set.

[Keatah]

look through the whats new and changelog files

[FlightSuit]

look through the whats new and changelog files

 

Where, exactly? Should I check them for MAME itself? I know MAME OS X is basically just a MAME front end, but if I install MAME OS X, which hasn't been updated since 2009, does that mean I don't get a version of MAME which is newer than that?

 

I really like the idea of not having to deal with the command line interface, so a front end is much preferred.

[FlightSuit]

Or are we talking about a change log file for the ROM set itself? If so, are people here allowed to post its download location, or is that against the rules? Last time, I recall getting the full 32GB collection from a bit torrent site that was just exclusively devoted to MAME, but I suspect somebody had to PM me the address, 'cause stuff that violates copyright is not posted here publicly.

 

(Please note that I am not asking anybody to violate copyright here!)

[goldenegg]

The version of Mame you linked to was an unsupported branch. What you need is SDLMame. You can either compile it yourself or download a binary from here:

 

http://sdlmame.lngn.net

 

You should then grab QMC2 for a front end.

 

http://qmc2.arcadehits.net/wordpress/

[Bakasama]

 

Where, exactly? Should I check them for MAME itself? I know MAME OS X is basically just a MAME front end, but if I install MAME OS X, which hasn't been updated since 2009, does that mean I don't get a version of MAME which is newer than that?

 

I really like the idea of not having to deal with the command line interface, so a front end is much preferred.

 

Actually MAME OS X just has a very basic frontend. QMC2 you can use QMC2 I think as a front end. For me there's is one good reason to keep using it. MAME OS X just takes much better screenshots than SDLMAME.