[Tutorial] How to Play MAME Roms in Windows
This tutorial is dedicated to underground user Wolf13. Without his request, this tutorial would not have been written.
Revisions:
4-7-09: Added youtube videos for XP and Vista.
1-31-10: Removed youtube video links so I can redo them. Added a new screenshot to clarify putting the ROM into the roms folder.
I was looking at this other thread, where I showed the game ending for the Arcade classic X-men 4 players. I noticed a commentor asking how does one play this game on the computer, which made me create today’s tutorial.
Check out this super easy tutorial, that will have you playing any kind of MAME roms on your computer! Today’s tutorial will only outline how to play the classic X-Men 4 player rom on your computer, but go ahead and feel free to explore with other roms. Technically, you can expand this tutorial to go play SNES, NES, N64, and even Sega Genesis. If you really need that tutorial, please leave a comment so I know! Thanks!
Assumptions:
1) You know how to use a computer.
2) You have an unzipping program. Get and install WinRar at www.rarlabs.com or get free utility 7Zip at www.7-zip.org.
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Tutorial:
1) Go to www.romnation.net They have a great selection for roms. To play MAME roms, you will need the emulator first. Get it here. Type in the verification code and download that emulator, it is about 7 MB.
2) Now you need a game. The X-Men Mame rom is located here.
3) Unzip your Mame emulator into its own folder on the desktop, or anywhere else you choose. Take the game you just downloaded from step 2, and proceed to cut and paste that entire archived file into the roms folder, located inside your Mame32v103. Then click on the Mame32 icon to launch the program.
Below is a screenshot of what the content of the roms folder looks like. I literally put the xmen.zip file into the roms folder.
4) Go to File -> Audit all games. This command will now search your roms folder and see what games are available. Press ok when the audit is complete, and now notice that you see X-Men is in the main menu. (click thumbnail to enlarge)
5) Double click the first line there for X-Men, and Zing! The game loads! Press tab to bring up the configuration menu. Go to “Input (for this game)” and there you can configure your controls. From the start, number 5 is your “Player 1 coin”, and left control, left alt, and spacebar are your action buttons. As usual, the arrow keys move your player around. Have fun!
Now get your ass in gear and play this old school game! Don’t stop there, I highly recommend getting the Simpsons arcade game too. Enjoy! - Versatile1 for the win.
Posted on December 17, 2007, in Emulators, Entertainment, Gaming, roms, Tutorials and tagged MAME, Mame32v103, Romnation.net, roms, X-men. Bookmark the permalink. 243 Comments.
The problem is when I audit all game, all the game that I have downloaded are incorrect
what’s the problem ?
Try romnation.net and try a game like x-men 4 player.
same problem, im tryna get king of fighters but it wont find it in my roms folder
Let’s start simple. Get the x-men, and do what my screenshot says. Once that works, then let’s focus on other games.
hey man,
can it work with king of fighters or not??
If you got the ROM, then yes.
i need some help on some games for example simpsons and a boxing game thus far i start playing them and then it flips/rotates the screen 90 degrees any idea how to stop this happening??????
I think your action buttons are Left CTRL and Left ALT, which causing problem during play. Change these actions buttons by pressing TAB button during game.
Hope this will resolve the problem
i keep getting an error stating required rom or chd images is missing…ive downloaded the roms from your link, put it in the correct folder, then run MAME, when i press enter to select that game, thats what it says.
Xmen right? How can you fail?
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