The quickest quick start guide on the net for M.A.M.E.32. It is M.A.M.E.32 for dummies: This is a 529kb pdf file.

Please read this entire page before you start any downloading.

There are only links to internet sites where you get the appropriate files you need to run your games. This is a site for people who have recently found M.A.M.E. but are not sure how to use it. This is not a site for experienced users. This site also does not go into great detail about M.A.M.E.. It was only designed to help new users to find the files they need and how to use them. When visiting other sites make sure you read any copyright notices. Especially before you start to download ROMS. Remember this site is really only here for the *NEW* people who have just discovered mame and are having a hard time figuring out how to get started. The best thing to do is read through this site and if you have any additional questions. Please visit the sites listed on here like mame, mame32, and mameworld. After you have learned how to use the program their sites will go into more detail on the finer points of emulation. A big plus is they all have message boards on their sites where most your questions will get answered.

First of all before you get started you will need to make a few downloads.

This is the link to your first download site. MAME32. After you arrive at the page, click on the link next to • Program and associated support files. After you have downloaded the file. Extract the zip file. Double click on the mame32.exe to open the program. In order to play the games you will need the roms. check out the links below or if some of these are off line Google for them

ROM SITES

1. Rom Hustler
2. Doh Games
3. Rom World
4. RomNation
(DO NOT UNZIP) your rom files.

Additional files you may need or want

Mame info
History
Mame Icons
Artwork
Samples

M.A.M.E.32 directory (sub-directories) screen shot

Inside your mame32 folder should look something like this. All of the folders on top are (sub-directories) of mame32. Place all your files in the appropriate sub-directory. Artwork, Cabinets, Flyers, Icons, Marquees, Roms, Samples, Snap. You will see other folders too. These folders such as (hi, cfg) mame will write a file to these folders. hi is for high score not all games yet support this. cfg is your configuration. Also in this screen shot you can see where to put your other files (mameinfo and history). If you decide to download them.

Starting M.A.M.E.32 for the first time

Once the program is loaded press the (F5) key to do a refresh this will find the games that you have installed. Simply double click on your game of choice to start. Once the game has loaded it may tell you a few differnet things and say click O.K. to continue. you can spell out O.K. or you can just use the left and right arrow keys. For Williams games you will need to press (F2) to get the game to finish loading up. You will only have to do this once. Whenever you download and install new games you will need to do a refresh so the emulator will recognize the games. simply press (F5) to do this. One thing to keep in mind is all of the games are going to show up but the roms for the games are not installed. If you double click on a game that is not there a window will open up and tell you that you are missing certain files to play the game.