ExtraMAME 6 - play thousands of old-school arcade games on your PC!

"EXTRA MAME" * README FILE * Version 6
Site: http://www.godlikedevelopers.com/
E-mail: support@wintools.net
CONTENTS:
1. What is "EXTRA MAME"?
2. System requirements:
3. Version history
4. License and distribution
5. Contacts
1. What is "Extra M.A.M.E."?
Q. - What is "Extra M.A.M.E."?
A. - "Extra M.A.M.E." is a small MS Windows compatible GUI wrapper
for M.A.M.E., the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator authored by Nicola
Salmoria and the MAME team. M.A.M.E. let's you play thousands of
old-school arcade games on your computer.
Q. - What makes "Extra M.A.M.E." better than other GUI wrappers for M.A.M.E.?
A. - "Extra M.A.M.E." is smaller and easier to use. It doesn't force you to
fuss with difficult configurations and it's compatible with all M.A.M.E
games.
Q. - How do I use "Extra M.A.M.E."? What additional files do I need?
A. - "Extra M.A.M.E." is easy to use, just follow these steps.
1. Download the latest version of "Extra M.A.M.E." from our
official site http://www.godlikedevelopers.com/ [Link]
2. Download the latest version of the Windows command line binaries of
M.A.M.E. from http://mamedev.org/release.html [Link]
3. Install "Extra M.A.M.E." into a folder of your choice.
For example: "C:ExtraMAME"
4. Install "Windows command line binaries of MAME" into
this folder as well: "C:ExtraMAME".
5. Run "Extra M.A.M.E.". It displays two lists, "supported" and
"available". The supported list displays the names of games that are
compatible with M.A.M.E. The available list displays the names of games
that are actually present on your system. After a fresh install, the
available list should be empty. You'll also need to download special
M.A.M.E. game files. These files are named "bios" files and "rom" files.
Q. - What are these "bios" files?
A. - These "bios" files enable MAME to emulate various kinds of game
hardware.
Q. - Where do I find these "bios" files?
A. - On the internet! These files are named
NEOGEO.ZIP, PGM.ZIP, CVS.ZIP, DECOCASS.ZIP and PLAYCH10.ZIP
You can find them using google. For example,
http://www.google.com/search?q=neogeo.zip+decocass.zip+mame+download [Link]
or press "Get BIOS" button in "All Another" tab of "Extra M.A.M.E.".
Save these files to the "roms" sub folder of the M.A.M.E. installation
directory. For example, "C:MAME
oms". Do not unpack these files.
Leave them zipped.
Aslo you can find BIOS-files there: http://www.idealtorrent.com/
http://www.idealtorrent.com/- the greatest file archive of the world!
Q. - Where do I find these "ROM"-files? What are they?
A. - On the internet! These "rom" files are the actual game files themselves.
For example, say you want to play the game "Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja"
1. Find this game in the "Supported" list of "Extra M.A.M.E.". Internal name
for game "Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja" is "baddudes". Name of "rom"-file is
"baddudes.zip".
2. Press "Get Game" button. It help you to find "baddudes.zip" file in
Internet.
3. Select a site from which to download 'baddudes.zip'. Save the file to
the "roms" sub folder of the M.A.M.E. installation directory. For
example, "C:MAME
oms". Do not unpack the file. Leave it zipped.
4. Use the "Extra M.A.M.E." "Refresh" button. The game should
appear on the "available" list. Double click on the name in "Available"
list or highlight it and press the play button.
Aslo you can find game files there: http://www.idealtorrent.com/
http://www.idealtorrent.com/- the greatest file archive of the world!
Q. - How to play the games?
A. - Run the game. Press "O" button and next press "K" button on your keybord if
game is asked you (OK). Please wait for game loading. You not forget that for
play the games in Arcade Machine you need to have coins? :) Press "5" button
for insert coin. Press "5" again and again, not feel greed. :)
Now press "1" button for one player and "2" button for two players. About
additional commands and hot keys read in "Manual" section of "Extra M.A.M.E.".
Q. - How to create Screen Shot for game?
A. - Press "F12" button in game. Don`t forget do it in any game. It help you for
work with "Extra M.A.M.E.".
Q. - Where can I find additional information about M.A.M.E.?
A. - The best source for information about M.A.M.E. is the official web site
for M.A.M.E. http://mamedev.org/devwiki/index.php?title=Frequently_Asked_Questions
2. System requirements:
OS Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2k/2k3/XP/VISTA
Minimum screen resolution 800x600
Pentium processor and above
16 Mb RAM
5 Mb free disk space
3. Version history
Version 6 (August 10, 2008)
+ MAME 0.126 compatible
+ code of statusbar was updated
+ gamelist.txt was updated
+ BIOS filese were added
+ lng-files were updated
Version 5.5 (February 25, 2008)
+ MAME 0.123u2 compatible
+ text files and links were updated
+ gamelist.txt was updated
+ minor changes of interface
+ lng-files were updated
Version 5.3 (December 21, 2007)
+ MAME 0122 compatible
+ Search Result dialog was added
+ gamelist.txt was updated
+ minor changes of interface
+ lng-files were updated
Version 5.0 (October 03, 2007)
+ MAME 0119 compatible
+ gamelist.txt was updated
+ Apply button code was updated
+ lng-files were updated
Version 4.8 (July 15, 2007)
+ MAME 0117 compatible
+ new type screen shots compatible
+ lng-files were updated
Version 4.7 (June 10, 2007)
+ MAME 0115 compatible
+ gamelist was updated
+ transparent interface
+ minor interface changes
+ lng-files were updated
Version 4.5 (March 20, 2007)
+ Splash Screen of program was updated
+ ClearType Fonts were added
+ VISTA compatible interface
+ lng-files were updated
Version 4.3 (February 12, 2007)
+ MAME 0112 compatible
+ program installer was changed
Version 4.2 (January 17, 2007)
+ MAME 0111 compatible
+ joystick enabled by default
Version 4.0 (December 07, 2006)
* fixed bug with main banner
+ MAME 0110b supported
+ joystick option was added
+ new gamelist.txt file
+ portuguese_br.lng was added
+ documentation was updated
Version 3.9 (September 07, 2006)
+ MAME 0108b supported
+ minor interface changes
+ new gamelist.txt file
+ documentation was updated
Version 3.7 (June 15, 2006)
* crash of All Games list was fixed
+ refresh algorithms were updated
+ minor interface changes
+ gamelist.txt was updated
+ documentation was updated
Version 3.0 (November 27, 2005)
+ M.A.M.E. 0.10X compatibility
+ Search button was added
+ main interface was updated
+ gamelist.txt added by default
+ five free games were added
+ txt-files were updated
+ lng-files were updated
Version 2.0 (August 07, 2005)
+ txt-files were updated
+ lng-files were updated
Version 1.9 (May 25, 2005)
+ "Description" for "All Another" list was added
+ description for any BIOS file
+ algorithm of enumerate files was changed
+ lng-files were updated
Version 1.7 (April 03, 2005)
+ main menu of program was updated
+ new points in menu was added
+ progress bar for Apply button was added
+ lng-files was updated
Version 1.5 (February 15, 2005)
+ WindowsXP theme support
+ multilanguage support
+ russian.lng was added
4. License and distribution
See license.txt.
5. Contacts
WinTools Software Engineering, Ltd.
Please don't hesitate to send your questions and suggestions
regarding WinTools.net to e-mail: support@wintools.net
Phone: + 375 29 7 231 337
Official web site: http://www.godlikedevelopers.com/