Neo-Geo problems

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"Adam T. Smith" <adamsmith@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
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> Hi all.
>
> I've recently been encountering a problem with Neo-Geo games, more
> specifically SNK fighters. They will play ok for a while then
> suddenly quit on me. It happens in all 3 garou rom sets and also in
> several King of Fighters. I'm using MAME32 0.94u1 (also tried
> MAME32Plus 0.94u1 pentium build, same deal) on XP, 512 RAM, 3.2 P4,
> Soundblaster Live, Geforce 3 and X-Arcade.
>
> I don't recall if this happens with anything other than Neo-Geo games,
> and from the few tests I did not all Neo-Geo games were affected, just
> the few SNK fighters I tried. It's bloody annoying and I haven't been
> able to find any mention of this problem on mametesters or the
> mame32qa sites and their respective forums. Oh yeah, this has been
> happening since at least 0.93 too.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I know this isn't a message board but I'm still having this problem, so...
^bump^

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* Adam T Smith wrote in alt.games.mame:
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:01:25 +1200, "Adam T. Smith"
><adamsmith@paradise.net.nz> wrote:

>|"Adam T. Smith" <adamsmith@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
>|news:44bf9a8.0503081724.2f201a78@posting.google.com...
>|> Hi all.
>|>
>|> I've recently been encountering a problem with Neo-Geo games, more
>|> specifically SNK fighters. They will play ok for a while then
>|> suddenly quit on me. It happens in all 3 garou rom sets and also in
>|> several King of Fighters. I'm using MAME32 0.94u1 (also tried
>|> MAME32Plus 0.94u1 pentium build, same deal) on XP, 512 RAM, 3.2 P4,
>|> Soundblaster Live, Geforce 3 and X-Arcade.
>|>
>|> I don't recall if this happens with anything other than Neo-Geo games,
>|> and from the few tests I did not all Neo-Geo games were affected, just
>|> the few SNK fighters I tried. It's bloody annoying and I haven't been
>|> able to find any mention of this problem on mametesters or the
>|> mame32qa sites and their respective forums. Oh yeah, this has been
>|> happening since at least 0.93 too.
>|>
>|> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>|
>|I know this isn't a message board but I'm still having this problem, so...
>|^bump^

> Still happening in 0.96 and I still haven't found any helpful
> information =(

Have you run CLRMAME on your set? Make sure you have all the proper
ROMs. Worth a shot if you havent.
--
David
Quod licet Iovi non licet bovi.
(What Jove may do, is not permitted to a cow.)

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On Sat, 07 May 2005 12:29:53 GMT, SINNER
<99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> wrote:

|* Adam T Smith wrote in alt.games.mame:
|> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:01:25 +1200, "Adam T. Smith"
|><adamsmith@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
|
|>|"Adam T. Smith" <adamsmith@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
|>|news:44bf9a8.0503081724.2f201a78@posting.google.com...
|>|> Hi all.
|>|>
|>|> I've recently been encountering a problem with Neo-Geo games, more
|>|> specifically SNK fighters. They will play ok for a while then
|>|> suddenly quit on me. It happens in all 3 garou rom sets and also in
|>|> several King of Fighters. I'm using MAME32 0.94u1 (also tried
|>|> MAME32Plus 0.94u1 pentium build, same deal) on XP, 512 RAM, 3.2 P4,
|>|> Soundblaster Live, Geforce 3 and X-Arcade.
|>|>
|>|> I don't recall if this happens with anything other than Neo-Geo games,
|>|> and from the few tests I did not all Neo-Geo games were affected, just
|>|> the few SNK fighters I tried. It's bloody annoying and I haven't been
|>|> able to find any mention of this problem on mametesters or the
|>|> mame32qa sites and their respective forums. Oh yeah, this has been
|>|> happening since at least 0.93 too.
|>|>
|>|> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|>|
|>|I know this isn't a message board but I'm still having this problem, so...
|>|^bump^
|
|> Still happening in 0.96 and I still haven't found any helpful
|> information =(
|
|Have you run CLRMAME on your set? Make sure you have all the proper
|ROMs. Worth a shot if you havent.

Yeah, usually do it with each release to see what needs downloading
and fixing, so it's not that. Thanks for the help anyway.