Technical issue with my first MAME

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I hope I'm posting this in the right place, but I wasn't sure where else to put it, so if this is wrong, I appologize.

I'm going to start building my first MAME system (I have a scrap cabinet and a desktop I don't use anymore, figured might as well put the two together).

I decided that, before I take the time to build it, I'd test getting a MAME emulator and putting ROMs on it. I got MAME 32 v. 103. The problem is, everytime I put a ROM in it (yes they're legal), they won't work. Out of all of the legal ones I've found, only one has worked. All the rest, for some reason, aren't working. Any suggestions?
 
You might also want to check over on the BYOAC forums (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/)- I think they do a lot more with MAME and might be able to help you more easily. I think what you probably need is a rom management tool that can automatically check the roms and make sure they are setup correctly for your version of MAME.
 
That forum caters to MAMEers... this one does not and tends to be not very friendly on that topic.
 
Stay away from MAME32 as well. You can feel free to PM if you want, I can assist with questions on rolling your own.

-STG
 
alrighty guys thanks for all your help I'll definitely check them out! Smalltown I added you on Yahoo, so if I have any questions I'll drop you a PM. Thanks everyone
 
from tc? I grew up there! lots of games have some common "bios" roms that go with the game but typically not included in the commonly distributed zip. If you run mame from the command line it will tell you why it failed to run, do a search for the rom's it lists and you'll find what you need.
 
www.byoac.com will be of great help.
You are using an old version of mame. Rom requirements for the same games change from version to version of mame. So you may be trying Roms that your old version of mame does not recognize. Pay attention to the dialog box that appears when the game you select does not start. That will show you exactly what roms are missing or are wrong.
 
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