Recently i found a site with LOTS of roms for differnt emulators, i came across an old game which i really enjoyed and decided to try and play it on my computer. thre game was Metal Slug 1 which i downloaded from here http://www.romnation.net/srv/download/rom/24004/mame/Metal-Slug-Super-Vehicle-001.html but afyter downloading and installing several emulators i couldnt eve get any of them to work, so i was wondering if some1 could point me in the right direction to an emulator that will play my game and one which is simple and easy to use.

 

 

 

thank you

 

 

 

Connelly

/me pulls connelly out of the forums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That was a close one! Any illegal/borderline illegal activities are sort of banned here :P

/me pulls connelly out of the forums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That was a close one! Any illegal/borderline illegal activities are sort of banned here :P

 

 

 

It's not illegal if he owns the original of the game.

 

 

 

I do assume you own the game?

 

 

 

This should help you: http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=485 ... t=emulator

/me pulls connelly out of the forums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That was a close one! Any illegal/borderline illegal activities are sort of banned here :P

 

 

 

It's not illegal if he owns the original of the game.

 

 

 

I do assume you own the game?

 

 

 

This should help you: http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=485 ... t=emulator

 

 

 

But if he's in the US

 

 

 

However, in the U.S. it has been illegal since 1983 for a user to create their own backups of video game ROMs.

 

 

 

Which would lead me to believe it's illegal to download them too

He's asking about an emulator, which is not illegal depending on how it was made/how it is used.

 

 

 

http://www.mame.net/

 

 

 

If this doesn't work for you, it's probably not the emulator.

 

 

 

Anyways, Runesmithie, maybe it's time to drop the bikeshedding?

i live in scotland =D and i have the arcade game in ym room but id much rather play it on my computer =p.

 

 

 

Nah the http://www.mame.net isnt quite practical for me it says i have to run a comand prompt to access the game, all a bit to technical for my im afraid =( any others guys?

 

 

 

Connelly

As I said, it doesn't sound like an emulator problem. Maybe instead of looking for an alternate emulator try to diagnose your problem?

 

 

 

MAME is actually an acronym for "Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator" so when you say you are looking for a good Mame emulator you are specifying Mame. Mame is an emulator for arcade games (The big ones that you put money in.)

 

 

 

As I said, if it doesn't work with Mame, I doubt switching will fix your problem. Try the asking on the Mame website forums or their IRC.

 

 

 

 

 

I've seen testimony on various websites saying that Metal Slug works for them on MAME. I'll even give it a go myself.

http://www.mame.gr/emunews/mame/neogeo.zi*

 

(replace * with p)

 

 

 

Download this and put it in the same directory as your mslug.zi*

 

It's the neogeo BIOS and you need it to play.

 

 

 

It works for me after I get the neogeo BIOS. :)

ok lol thanx for all your help youv been great but im quite dumb at computers and i dnt understand what i have to do :( sorry ... i downloaded that thing you gave me and placed it in the mslug.zi* file ... im not sure if thats right and if it is a dont know wat to do now

 

 

 

do i have to unzip these fils or use winrar on them?

You leave both of them in the .zip file.

 

 

 

I don't use Microsoft Windows, but I'll still try to throw something together for you.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Download http://mirrors.xmission.com/mame/main/m ... b_i686.ex*

 

(replace * with e)

 

 

 

2. Install it, it should ask you to extract it to a place. I suggest you make a folder on your desktop then browse to it and select it.

 

 

 

3. Inside that folder, the MAME files will be there. There will be a directory called 'roms.' in the folder you extracted it to.

 

 

 

4. Put the zip files (mslug.zi* and neogeo.zi*) inside of the roms folder. If you decide to get more roms, put them in there too.

 

 

 

5. You should see 'mamepp.ex*' in the folder you extracted it to. Right click it, and press go to 'Send to' and then click 'Desktop.'

 

 

 

6. You should have an icon on your desktop. Now right click it, go to properties, and it should have the path to mamepp.ex*

 

 

 

7, Add mslug to the end of it, so it should look something like this

 

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Desktop\Mame\mamepp.ex* mslug

 

 

 

8. Run it and enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

I haven't touched Windows for a while, so if you need any help beyond that feel free to help.

 

 

 

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