MAME Arcade Games NEW Easy Set Up With LaunchBox
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- MAME just got a whole lot easier with new a feature recently added LaunchBox you can now import a full arcade MAME set!
You will be playing your favorite old-school arcade games in no time with this easy to follow MAME tutorial.
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Great tutorial. Helped me set my old classics. Lots of tutorials in this channel and all works like a charm. I'm extremely happy revisiting some memories.
Thank you, worked perfectly on my Star Wars Arcade Trilogy Mod Arcade 1 up, using Big Box to organize my games, kids love it. Really love your videos, very well done, clear and concise.
Thanks! One of the easiest to follow tutorials I've ever seen. Thanks for explaining it in a way that doesn't assume we know some steps along the way and tells it all.
I've had mixed results with MAME over the years, but after watching this I'm going to try again.
So glad I got LaunchBox when I did!
Thank you! I spent two days trying to add Mame to a different system I already have. I just couldn’t sort it out. Followed this tutorial and had everything importing in less than half an hour. Tomorrow morning I set up the dolphin bar and start with the pew pew. You are a legend! Thank you.
Thanks ETA PRIME! Your videos always are so helpful. I've built many RetroPie setups for friends and family with your videos! And now looks like I can finally set LaunchBox on my PC. Will be perfect for my arcade build I'm working on! Thank you!
I'm diving into emulation and this was perfect, wasn't aware of launchbox but it seems like the best option for pc emulation. Thank you!
Downloading this! Free for now, but I'll be getting the paid version soon!
Great video as always, thanks Prime!😎🤙
I have searched on CZcams for tutorials for setting up MAME successfully, could hardly find anything, until I found this link. What an excellent video, explained clearly every step of the way. This is how it should be done.
Same
Thank you for providing this. Really great information and tutorial.
Love your tutorials! Thanks!
What a lovely video with excellent and clear commentary! I'm only slightly anxious that it won't work or something will be wrong after it imports the games and meta data, but I'll find out in the morning... Thanks so much
This is perfect for my new Arcade Stick!
Awesome video!!!! Thanks
Great video. Easy to follow and well done.
Thank you for the vid and guide.
I followed your steps and everything works great. Thank you Prime!!!
What are the best video settings for this version of MAME?
Cheers!!!!
Awesome
I will follow the instructions!!!
My bank account isn't happy, but you continue to provide golden content. My wife doesn't approve me watching your channel anymore...God bless my lunch break at work 👍
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OH THE DRAMA!!!
vous êtes le Best dans votre domaine,j'adore vos vidéos instructives.god bless you
Ah, the number of quarters I dumped into that teenage mutant ninja turtles arcade game growing up!
Cowabunga dude...
Great video been thinking about finally building a full arcade but not sure if I should go with launch box or hyperspin!
Some versions of mame seem to come with various video filtering options. I recently set up mameui 64-bit version of 0.201 and there don't seem to be many options. Games seemed a little blurry or too 'smoothed', well it's because in the direct3d section 'Use Bilinear filtering' was automatically checked. As soon as I unchecked that and started a game again, I got my preferred 'sharp' pixels.
Thank you very helpful
Lots of folks (myself included) waiting to see tutorials from you on how to update their romsts (0.196 to 0.197, etc.), as well as how to take a romset like this 62 gb version you're using and just keep 100-200 games to play & be able to delete the rest from thier computer to save a lot of space...
Clrmamepro or Romlister. Lots of guides out there already.
what about the ROMS :) Nintendo took care of shutting down the big sites.
@@Hrbl. could you link some videos perhaps?
Great video, thanks.
You are the best hands down
Thank you! Seriously
Gracias! los subtitulos generados automaticamente funcionan bastante bien y el tutorial es exelente, acabo de hacer todos los pasos y solo falta que termine de descargar las imagenes y por lo que veo va a tardar muchas horas, saludos desde la Localidad de Llavallol, Partido de Lomas de Zamora, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This is pretty awesome! One day I will buy the lifetime license.
Can you please review the Athlon 200GE when it comes out later this month?
Your videos are the best!
The ROM set was 62GB, what is the total space taken up after the screenshot, etc. download?
It would be great if these emulator collections could download all the missing BIOS and ROMs automatically.
oh, dude that would be to cool. i use 4 versions of mame to play all my games i want to and have chd and bios files loaded in them all. do they transfer over to launchbox automatically when u upload mame??
@@leebrandon3842 launchbox is just a frontend, your existing files don't need to be copied
Great video. How does it work if there are more than two action buttons. For instance Defender? Appreciate your work
Great video as always ETA, as it seems recommended to skip some games when setting up Mame, and the Mame games filenames seem well known, would it be possible to have a cleanup feature after setup to delete games that are not being used with launchbox.
So this is something I’m looking into now. A simple bat file might be able to weed out all the unused games but finding one or making one might be a pain
@@ETAPRIME a feature like this would be highly appriciated to save disk space. A option to delete al roms from disks which aren't used in launchbox.
This is an amazing guide, so clear, simple and not rushed! So glad I subscribed to you recently, greatly appreciate your videos. Keep it up!
P.s. if you have time to answer, do you know if you can use a Pandora box as just a controller only? As I want to use Launchbox etc for my emulation on windows and the Pandora box as the controller. Just don't want to buy one if you can't use it solely as a controller.
To anyone having the problem where you see the "Initializing" screen and nothing happens, make sure you put your roms exactly where ETA tells you. inside the "roms" folder inside the mame emulator folder.
This is great, thanks for the video, so wanted to find an easy to use frontend to make setup easy. Does this work the same for different emulators too, playstation for example?
pretty much
Worked great!!!! Thanks for the video. One question though if you want to add a single rom to the already inputted folder how do you go about adding that?
Can you do a MAME Advance setup guide. Modifying the mame.config file to change things like using port audio, using hlsl, bfgx, mame bezels, etc.
Love the tutorials. Thanks for all the hard work.
Will you be doing a tutorial on how to set up Technoparrot on launch box? And what computer specs will be needed to run Technoparrot roms with out issues? I currently have the emulator on a 2 TB external seagate drive with a few roms. A couple of games run good but the games I wanted to play I am having issues with. Aliens Extinction seems to be on fast forward loop.
I'm so confused, does it default to all those games it has to scrape? When I select a folder with ROMs in it that only have a handful, it shows hundreds on the list..
Great video, you even answered my question about where to place CHD's.
One quick question about custom themes. I'm running Launchbox on Win10 and many of the theme files are automatically blocked.
Is there an easy work around this instead of manually unblocking each file?
Thank you for your help and contribution to the scene!
@ETA PRIME
Thanks for the tutorial, I can finally play Arcade games on my laptop. How do I get rid of unused games to save some hard disk space?
Awesome video Mr Prime. Could you please do a guide on how to set up Mame games that require CHD’s?
Corey Winiata I have the same question. Did you find anything Corey?
Great video as always, Because it is so easy to import, is there a way to export roms lists? I'm looking for an easy way to make collection rom lists for mame (i.e. SF Collection) to be used on other frontend platforms
Great and easy explanations! Thank you so much! Will buy the premium box as soon as I have my cab finished...
I followed your pass retropie video and made my arcade possible thanks to you. I always wanted a PC version but it seems difficult for me won't even know where to start I don't do any gaming on PC and due to having two kids I have no room for a tower. But I really want to play all Mortal Kombat ,killer instinct and Virtua Fighter's with no issues. Is there a mini computer/ affordable alternative would like to use the same joysticks I have for the retropie USB
I've just followed your great tutorial and while waiting for everything to download I have purchased a launchbox premium account. Is there a simple way of creating the playlists after importing everything? The option I wanted to do so was greyed out first time around due to having a free version of launchbox.
Thank you for the amazing video, as usual. One question though: what is the point in using MAME when you can use Retroarch with the MAME core. It seems to be a much better solution as you can then use all the Retroarch features. No?
Not all cores are as good as the standalone emulators and that's the case here
Hi ETA Prime. Thank you for the best videos on the subject. I have a question about how to undo mistakes in Inputting my joystick (a HORI VEWLIX arcade stick). I do your typical tab, General Input, and mapping of my controller buttons. But I made a mistake on the button assigning. I find it impossible to undo the mistake. I try to reassign it but it just wants to add the previous button assigned with the new button. So I try to delete the rom and redeploy the rom in the folder. It keeps insisting on that button that I had mistakenly assigned. Is there a way just to start all over and return the default buttons, so I can do it over again?
hey man, thank you so much for this tutorial. but i still cant play other roms like punisher , alien vs. predator and capt america and the avengers. even if i DL all thir rom versions. please help...
Just about to build my first PC mainly for emulation so my question is how do you figure out or what are some determining factors to make sure your downloading safe files and stuff
Thanks for making all these great tutorials, they have helpen me a lot!
I do have a question though about importing mame into launchbox, mame updates every month, games are updated and game are moved from non-working to working. What is the best way/correct way to update your mame set within launchbox? Do I remove all within LB and then do a fresh new import of just re-import over the existing import? And if you do a fresh new import is there a way to keep/backup the list of games you favourited or will you have to find a those games again and add them to favourites all over again? Thanks
It's the less satisfying answers.
Great video ETA PRIME.
I have started building an arcade machine and I was going use Hyperspin for the front end but have run into screen tearing issues on some games. The odd part is the games will run fine directly out of MAME but start to tear in Hyperspin. One game I am having an issue with is Ninja Turtles, I was thinking switching the front end to BigBox but now I see the same screen tear occuring in Ninja Turtles at the 13:08 mark in your video. Do you know of a way to correct this?
Please bring back the what's new / change log for new Launchbox releases!!
Your videos are the best, Can i get a heart
(heart! heart!) :D
Ayyyyy you got a heart 😀
Just completed this tutorial and still works great however, I was unable to get any CPS-3 games going... any chance you can walk us through that part? Pretty much any other game I tested works fine though.
Great video tutorial! Very well explained!
HI i have a question regarding the Mame Wizards "Skip games" setting. Is there a way to add these seperately afterwards through the wizard in case i feel like i shouldnt have chosen to skip them ?
For example the prototypes one might actually be good to have as i have noticed over the years that some prototype games for SNES/NES roms are actually very playable and enjoyable. For now though i do want to go with the recommended setting of skipping all of these choices.
I've just read that Frontends may not detect clones if you use a merged set? Is that true for LaunchBox? should i get a split set instead? I just downloaded a merged set a few days ago and scanning it now. (not sure how i would know either?)
MAME settings in Launchbox vid please :)
What I did is to add my Mame emulator to run already tested games working with that version and It worked! As import brings many games my handpicked set does not have or that I will not be playing
Hey Prime
Thanks for the tutorial very easy to follow it’s a great interface.
I have an issue with some games that will not start from launch box.All ROMs I down loaded are working in MAME but when I launch some through launch box screen goes to initialising for a couple of seconds then goes back to launch box main screen.
I have reinstall MAME and launch box but still same issue any ideas?
also got a few roms in and when i try starting them, loading reaches about 90% and then stops.
@@peppercock wouldn't waste your time with it
Just made the discovery after cussing this thing that I needed to choose refresh images after downloading them.
I can’t get the videos to work for any themes. Do I have to download them separately?
I need help please. I'm very new to all this. I follow the instructions and it worked just fine. Accept for some games, I double click them to start but it quickly opens up and closes right away. How can I fix that?
*Except
I hope you do or create a feature
easy syouryuuken (ryu/ken)
easy hadouken
in other games like The King of Fighters - games
if i dont get the subscription or the premium version.. i cant do the attract mode?
Your split rom set is about 62 gigs. Once all the importing is done (including all art and videos) how much space does your mame set and all imported files take up? Just wondering because I'm putting together an emulation pc to stick inside a cabinet and was pricing SSDs. Thanks for your content. It is extremely helpful and entertaining.
please can you make a tutorial for how to set CRT mask emulation and what is it the best on variuos lcd display and resolution ;)
I can't seem to add any new games to my mame after coming back to it about 6 months later. All the games i added previously work, now it seems like the roms aren't working anywhere.
yeah I am having the same issue
Scan for added roms 😊
Is there a launchbox addon so it can be used with an arcade cabinet? I don't want to add a mouse and keyboard to pick games etc.
What does show clones as a separate app do exactly?
If I currently have a mame rom set imported into my launchbox .Can I use the new feature with out worrying about adding doubles? Or should I completely remove all The current games and start fresh?
Thanks.. been looking for something auto sorting stuff.. all my roms in zip
I downloaded a 0.201 split set and got 648 folders with 96K files inside them (plus more folders inside them) instead of the 35K zip files like your listing or the the 35K zip files I have in my 0.191 non-merged set. What should I do? I could empty all of those folders using a one-liner cmd, but that doesn't seem like the way to go. BTW, the set I downloaded is called MAME 0.201 Software List ROMs (split). There was no set of just 'split'. Even the merged set said 'Software List ROMs' and there was no non-merged offering.
Thanks for the video ETA PRIME. I have an ASROCK a310 mini PC with an i5-8400 CPU. I installed Launchbox but unfortunately MAME isn’t working. It starts for 2 seconds and then shuts down. Anything you can help with would be appreciated. Thanks!
Can someone help with this? I was thinking about purchasing a LaunchBox license, but for some reason when I follow these instructions (exactly), LaunchBox doesn't add any new categories to the left menu (under platform). And all the ROMs I just added (took about two days to download all the data) are missing.
I added the MAME platform, and it still says "0" associated games. If this thing is this buggy I think I may just give it a skip.
Hi ETA Prime, I set it up exactly as you said, and imported a few games, have RetroArch as the emulator SNES. The game appears, but it does not play??
so what if you don't get the game you want how do you add that single file to what you already have
i have problems trying to play a game an error apper seys that need elevation , also when i was imported the mame games i reallized that only the covers of the games was imported and not the acctual games can uyou tell me why is that???
Great video and everything. Followed everything step by step. Only one problem is that the capcom games shut down after selecting them to play. What could be the cause of that?
That means it's the game is using the wrong core. Have to find another core to play that specific game
Have I missed something because once everything is imported the games will not open on my pc? Please help as I have imported and deleted many times, re-watched the video and still nothing
great vidoes brother. question...do my chd and bios files automatically transfer into launchbox when i upload my mame emulator. is there a way to load chd/bios directly into launchbox or u have to them in mame??? for example: cal speed and gauntlet legends require chd's and work perfectly in launchbox. then games like cruis'n usa/world don't work now when normally do. any thoughts?
are there any good packs of mame roms of light gun games and beat-them-ups?
I can't get it to work, by mistake i installed 0.201 ROMs with 212, i tried to find 0.212 ROMs and i can't find em anywhere.
We need something similar for retropie
Is it better to use actual MAME or use it thru Retroarch thru a core?
Do you have to have a contoller for these games ?? can you use mouse or configure something else ? do not have any but love this .
You can use mouse and keyboard
Mine has an issue where it will launch the incorrect revision for a game. For example, the 1942 from I have only have revision A, but launchbox only wants to launch revision B so I always get missing file errors. Why doesn't it see that I do not have any other revision?
So I know I only got five games and my ROMs folder but the final list showed over a hundred games in launch box, will I get those games after it's done downloading images?
I'm trying to set launchbox or something that has alot of arcade games on my raspberry pi 3. I'm making a arcade cabinet and idk how to put launchbox on my raspberry pi 3. Please help
Thanks for the video. I built my own cabinet and downloaded launch box and loaded MAME. But I am having an issue where my joysticks are switching between player 1 and player 2. Do you know how to assign the joystick and buttons so they don't swap? I have 2 separate encoders.
thanks for the video.. one question though... what about Software Lists in Mame? I use mameUI, but it only has 72 bios, no snes, no n64, no dc, no vgmplay, and a long etc. Does LB support SL? If so, how? My roms folder has a lot of subfolders (standard, neogeo_bios, dc, n64, taito, etc.). I'd appreciate if You made a more complex video-tutorial, using software lists on mame. Also what about samples&CHDs? Thanks a bunch!
I like to make the "roms" directory under the MAME directory be a symlink to the directory my BitTorrent client dropped all the ROMs into. Seems cleaner to me somehow.
How new are the games in this room set?? Are there any late 90's games in there?
what is the total memory of the MAME setup you are demonstrating? just so i know ahead of time how much space I need
do my roms need to be labeled the same version as mame?
What is better for an arcade cab, retropie or launchbox