Mame or similar on PPC

bopdude · 16-10-2004, 10:22

Hi all, I think this is in the right spot, after all its a pc allbeit a pocket one

Anyhoo here goes, I've been looking at installing some sort of emulator such as mame on my xda 2, after searching around on various forums I get conflicting reports, yes you can, no you can't type thing

So, does anyone have a games emulator on ppc or hand held, or anything similar to mame ? or can someone recommend a prog to do the same.

The reason for this is i'm starting long journeys again and looking for a bit of distraction, I have some games installed but to have something like m.a.m.e would be fantastic.

For those that don't know what m.a.m.e is, it's multiple arcade machine emulator, found here so what have you got and or recommend ??

TIA

PS, hey mods, how about a sub-forum in the computers and IT section for mobile devices, pda's / smartphones / etc etc ?? just a suggestion seeing as how there seem to be a lot of questions relating to phones and the like

ZrByte · 16-10-2004, 11:11

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Originally Posted by bopdude

Hi all, I think this is in the right spot, after all its a pc allbeit a pocket one

Anyhoo here goes, I've been looking at installing some sort of emulator such as mame on my xda 2, after searching around on various forums I get conflicting reports, yes you can, no you can't type thing

So, does anyone have a games emulator on ppc or hand held, or anything similar to mame ? or can someone recommend a prog to do the same.

The reason for this is i'm starting long journeys again and looking for a bit of distraction, I have some games installed but to have something like m.a.m.e would be fantastic.

For those that don't know what m.a.m.e is, it's multiple arcade machine emulator, found here so what have you got and or recommend ??

TIA

PS, hey mods, how about a sub-forum in the computers and IT section for mobile devices, pda's / smartphones / etc etc ?? just a suggestion seeing as how there seem to be a lot of questions relating to phones and the like

I dont know about something quite as grand as mame but you can get individual emulators for the ppc, I have a nes and a c64 one installed on mine right now.

bopdude · 16-10-2004, 11:14

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Originally Posted by ZrByte

I dont know about something quite as grand as mame but you can get individual emulators for the ppc, I have a nes and a c64 one installed on mine right now.

I have just managed to get mame installed, cant find the roms folder so its like a work in progress will let you know.
What games have you got on the c64 ??

Gareth · 16-10-2004, 11:16

For legal reasons, you don't get any Roms with the emulator. You're only supposed to have Roms that you legally own, ie you have the real aracde machine as well. Of course, you can download them from certain websites... but it's a bit naughty naughty if you don't have the original

bopdude · 16-10-2004, 11:20

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Originally Posted by Gareth

For legal reasons, you don't get any Roms with the emulator. You're only supposed to have Roms that you legally own, ie you have the real aracde machine as well. Of course, you can download them from certain websites... but it's a bit naughty naughty if you don't have the original

Yeah I know about the legal side, but i'm looking at getting a working version on a ppc

Gareth · 16-10-2004, 11:21

Heh, re-reading my post and the words pot, kettle and black spring to mind

bopdude · 16-10-2004, 11:22

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Originally Posted by Gareth

Heh, re-reading my post and the words pot, kettle and black spring to mind

lol

ZrByte · 16-10-2004, 13:21

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Originally Posted by bopdude

I have just managed to get mame installed, cant find the roms folder so its like a work in progress will let you know.
What games have you got on the c64 ??

I havent got any at the moment

put it on my Ipaq and havent been able to find a single ROM yet

. Got a few hundred for the nes though. Also got a load of Snes ones but havent tried a snes emulator yet.

bopdude · 18-10-2004, 04:15

Just a quick update, i've found a copy of mame that works on my xda, some of my roms work some dont

button mapping is proving to be a bit of a pain as the copy i've got is intended for a different pda ( dont know which, yet)

Anyhoo, i've got Donkey Kong Junior working ....ish and also Galxian and a few others, still early days but will let you know.