how do you use mame and the roms to go with them because whenever i download a mame rom i don't get how to use

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Answer 1

Use MAME32 it is windows based and easy to use.

1) download MAME32 by clicking >>>http://www5.emu-zone.org/host/mameplus/download/mameplus_bin_gcc-0.115u1-20070517.7z

2) use 7Zip >>> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z442.exe to extract the MAME program to the directory of choice.

3) KEEP ANY ROMS IN THE ZIPPED FORM (DO NOT UNZIP ROMs, BIOS< OR CHD FILES JUST PLACE THEM IN THE ROMs FOLDER IN THE MAME DIRECTORY.

4) note you need the original rom(s) for newer versions of the game in most cases. some games need additional files besides just roms. some games need bios files and/or chd files.

MAME is a very nice program to use it has a learning curve, If you do a lot of reading it benefits you to find all the personal web pages devoted to the program.

Answer 2

Start by unziping the files for mame into a new folder. Then once you have the roms downloaded, unzip those into another new folder within the mame folder. Once you have your roms in that folder click on the mame program icon. When it starts click on the available games tab on the left then go to the menu and click refresh. It will list all the games that work and have been properly unzipped.