Mameox Rom Set

[HyruleHero]

Just installed a MAME emulator on my original Xbox. I installed Mameox, I found a ROM set off a website. For the most part a lot of the ROMs work ok but there are a lot of ones that don't, especially any Midway game like MK or NBA Jam for instance. Most 80s games work flawlessly but there are still a lot of ROMs with issues. Does anyone know of any good ROM sets I can download that might work better? Thanks in advance!

[Jorpho]

I haven't heard of any such problem recently, but there used to be a big problem with ROM compatibility changing between different versions of MAME. Sometimes the emulation for a particular machine would be changed slightly and the layout of the ROM files would also be adjusted, or a new, additional ROM on the arcade board would be dumped and included for enhanced compatibility.

So, you should either search for a ROM set that corresponds to your particular version of Mameox, or search for a newer version of Mameox. It's also possible that someone has created a tool for the specific purpose of adjusting the ROM files to make them compatible.

[PreZZ]

Try coinops 7 instead, it comes with roms and has better compatibility and still supported

[Az]

Can't speak for NBA Jam but MK stutters and skips in all versions of Xbox MAME except for the very first one, MAME-X Beta. It plays MK1 almost flawlessly. For MK2 and on you're better off with the crappy emulation on the Midway Arcade Treasures discs.

A lot of Capcom and SNK stuff is better played under Final Burn than MAME also.

[Nz17]

HyruleHero, no ROM talk here please. As per the forum FAQ:

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