Game Name : MAME4ALL preview version with FULL ROMs Company : N/A System : Sega Dreamcast Disc ID : N/A Discs : 1 Packed : WinRAR Dump Date : 29 Apr 2006 Genre : Arcade emulator Format : CDI (Disk Juggler) Compatible : No known problems, verified on PAL (also with RGB cable)-see below for limitations in usability! Selfboot : Yes Size : 223 MB (compressed) / 270 MB (uncompressed) Extras : N/A Welcome to Maddog's 11th release for DCForums! After quite some time, I am back with something many of you will definitely like! This is the recent 25 Apr 2006 MAME4ALL preview version released by Chui at http://chui.dcemu.co.uk/index.html, including all 3 flavors (Aged, Classic and Gold) and all roms. Everything in ONE selfboot disc for your convenience! :) If you don't know what MAME is, you probably have been living in a cave for the past 10 years. Google for it :P Special notes: I think I have made a perfect romset, as this version of MAME requires. Of course, I am not able to test every single game, but I have booted about 100 of my personal favorites without any indication of a missing roms problem. Please post at the forums if any game comes up with a rom error so I can fix it at next release! Be warned that NOT EVERYTHING RUNS PERFECTLY. There are several limitations because of the DC's speed, the early core version of MAME used and the early alpha status of this emulator. Still, you WILL be able to play several of your past favorites decently on your DC. IMHO the biggest problem currently is the fixed 320x240 resolution MAME4ALL uses, this causes many games to not fit properly on screen, esp vertically oriented ones. Looking forward to a version which will allow setting other resolutions or at least uses a fixed 400x300, this will fit many more games nicely! Meanwhile, MAJOR kudos go to **CHUI** for releasing a very promising emulator. Even at first attempt it is already the best MAME available for the Dreamcast! Quick info so you don't have to search around: -pushing the analog stick briefly LEFT pauses the game, keeping it more to the LEFT returns to game selection. -pushing the analog stick RIGHT inserts coin. -real hardware only, not working on Chankast. To save the n00b questions: -You can burn it with Disc Juggler (native format) or Alcohol 120%. -This is NOT a native Dreamcast game! CHUI, the Dreamcast emu-god came up with this version. Since it is marked as a preview, regard it as early alpha and don't come crying if your favorite game doesn't work/is slow/has glitches/whatever, unless you can also provide the needed fixes to the released source code... -The problems on display etc are NOT a bad burn, they are emulation limitations due to the unfinished emulator being used to run this. Since many games work decently to great, why do you care anyway? :P -There are no known compatibility problems. I've personally verified it works on PAL and that it is burnable with Alcohol. I am not able to test on NTSC, there shouldn't be a problem AFAIK. -If you want another one soon, do your seeding properly! If I can do it for every torrent I leech on a 16K max upload line (SUXX), so can you! ***WARNING, the image is made with selfboot inducer and won't read properly on a PC drive. If you wish to reburn/rerip the thing sometime, KEEP THE ORIGINAL .CDI file!!!*** Enjoy! To my knowledge it's the first complete MAME4ALL DC torrent anywhere on the net. Any feedback appreciated! :) Maddog My DCF releases --------------- ***lost in the mists of time*** 2) Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Vol. 2 USA-BELOKK 3) Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1 JAP-ECHELON 4) Super Puzzle Fighter II X for matching service JAP-EURASIA (re-rip/requested) 5) Crash Bandicoot 2-Cortex Strikes Back USA-TREB (requested) 6) Strider 2 USA-TREB (requested quite some time ago) 7) Strikers 1945 II JAP-TREB 8) Pop 'N Music 2 JAP-EURASIA (re-rip/requested some time ago) 9) Sonic 10th Anniversary Bonus Audio CD (requested) 10) Gradius Deluxe Pack JAP (special SATURN seed-a-thon release) 11) MAME4ALL preview SELFBOOT with FULL ROMS (special Maddog compiled for DCF)