ExtraMAME - play thousands of old-school arcade games!

"EXTRA MAME" * README FILE * Version 4.2



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CONTENTS:



1. What is "EXTRA MAME"?

2. System requirements:

3. Version history

4. License and distribution

5. Contacts







1. What is "Extra M.A.M.E."?



Q. - What is "Extra M.A.M.E."?

A. - "Extra M.A.M.E." is a small MS Windows compatible GUI wrapper

for M.A.M.E., the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator authored by Nicola

Salmoria and the MAME team. M.A.M.E. let's you play thousands of

old-school arcade games on your computer.





Q. - What makes "Extra M.A.M.E." better than other GUI wrappers for M.A.M.E.?

A. - "Extra M.A.M.E." is smaller and easier to use. It doesn't force you to

fuss with difficult configurations and it's compatible with all M.A.M.E

games.





Q. - How do I use "Extra M.A.M.E."? What additional files do I need?

A. - "Extra M.A.M.E." is easy to use, just follow these steps.



1. Download the latest version of "Extra M.A.M.E." from our

official site http://www.godlikedevelopers.com/ [Link]



2. Download the latest version of the Windows command line version of

M.A.M.E. from http://www.mame.net/downmain.html [Link]



3. Install "Extra M.A.M.E." into a folder of your choice.

For example: "C:ExtraMAME"



4. Install "Windows command line version of MAME" into

this folder as well: "C:ExtraMAME".



5. Run "Extra M.A.M.E.". It displays two lists, "supported" and

"available". The supported list displays the names of games that are

compatible with M.A.M.E. The available list displays the names of games

that are actually present on your system. After a fresh install, the

available list should be empty. You'll also need to download special

M.A.M.E. game files. These files are named "bios" files and "rom" files.





Q. - What are these "bios" files?

A. - These "bios" files enable MAME to emulate various kinds of game

hardware.





Q. - Where do I find these "bios" files?

A. - On the internet! These files are named



NEOGEO.ZIP, PGM.ZIP, CVS.ZIP, DECOCASS.ZIP and PLAYCH10.ZIP



You can find them using google. For example,

http://www.google.com/search?q=neogeo.zip+decocass.zip+mame+download [Link]



or press "Get BIOS" button in "All Another" tab of "Extra M.A.M.E.".



Save these files to the "roms" sub folder of the M.A.M.E. installation

directory. For example, "C:MAMEroms". Do not unpack these files.

Leave them zipped.





Aslo you can find BIOS-files there: http://www.extratorrent.com/

http://www.extratorrent.com/- the greatest file archive of the world!





Q. - Where do I find these "ROM"-files? What are they?

A. - On the internet! These "rom" files are the actual game files themselves.

For example, say you want to play the game "Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja"



1. Find this game in the "Supported" list of "Extra M.A.M.E.". Internal name

for game "Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja" is "baddudes". Name of "rom"-file is

"baddudes.zip".



2. Press "Get Game" button. It help you to find "baddudes.zip" file in

Internet.



3. Select a site from which to download 'baddudes.zip'. Save the file to

the "roms" sub folder of the M.A.M.E. installation directory. For

example, "C:MAMEroms". Do not unpack the file. Leave it zipped.



4. Use the "Extra M.A.M.E." "Refresh" button. The game should

appear on the "available" list. Double click on the name in "Available"

list or highlight it and press the play button.





Aslo you can find game files there: http://www.extratorrent.com/

http://www.extratorrent.com/- the greatest file archive of the world!





Q. - How to play the games?

A. - Run the game. Press "O" button and next press "K" button on your keybord if

game is asked you (OK). Please wait for game loading. You not forget that for

play the games in Arcade Machine you need to have coins? :) Press "5" button

for insert coin. Press "5" again and again, not feel greed. :)

Now press "1" button for one player and "2" button for two players. About

additional commands and hot keys read in "Manual" section of "Extra M.A.M.E.".





Q. - How to create Screen Shot for game?

A. - Press "F12" button in game. Don`t forget do it in any game. It help you for

work with "Extra M.A.M.E.".





Q. - How do I set up my joystick in Extramame?

A. - Please visit http://www.mame.net/mamefaq.html page and check

"HOW DO I...?" section.





Q. - Where can I find additional information about M.A.M.E.?

A. - The best source for information about M.A.M.E. is the official web

site for M.A.M.E. http://www.mame.net/mamefaq.html








2. System requirements:

OS Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2k/2k3/XP

Minimum screen resolution 800x600

Pentium processor and above

16 Mb RAM

5 Mb free disk space







3. Version history





Version 4.2 (January 17, 2007)

+ MAME 0111 compatible

+ joystick enabled by default





Version 4.0 (December 07, 2006)

* fixed bug with main banner

+ MAME 0110b supported

+ joystick option was added

+ new gamelist.txt file

+ portuguese_br.lng was added

+ documentation was updated





Version 3.9 (September 07, 2006)

+ MAME 0108b supported

+ minor interface changes

+ new gamelist.txt file

+ documentation was updated





Version 3.7 (June 15, 2006)

* crash of All Games list was fixed

+ refresh algorithms were updated

+ minor interface changes

+ gamelist.txt was updated

+ documentation was updated





Version 3.0 (November 27, 2005)

+ M.A.M.E. 0.10X compatibility

+ Search button was added

+ main interface was updated

+ gamelist.txt added by default

+ five free games were added

+ txt-files were updated

+ lng-files were updated





Version 2.0 (August 07, 2005)

+ txt-files were updated

+ lng-files were updated





Version 1.9 (May 25, 2005)

+ "Description" for "All Another" list was added

+ description for any BIOS file

+ algorithm of enumerate files was changed

+ lng-files were updated





Version 1.7 (April 03, 2005)

+ main menu of program was updated

+ new points in menu was added

+ progress bar for Apply button was added

+ lng-files was updated





Version 1.5 (February 15, 2005)

+ WindowsXP theme support

+ multilanguage support

+ russian.lng was added







4. License and distribution



See license.txt.







5. Contacts



Official web site: http://www.godlikedevelopers.com/