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NoahsMyBro
01-17-2006, 10:00 AM
I'm trying to get Marvel Super Heroes to run in MAMED, on a Dreamcast.

I've gone to digita.mame.net for my copy of MAMED, and burned a CD-R with version .37b15.5, including all game-lists.

I found the ROM msh.zip (about 19.2Mb) & mshu.zip (about 1.2Mb), and, with 3 other roms (dkongjr, bbakraid, esprade) burned a second CD with a <ROMS> directory containing the zipped ROM files.

Seeing a note at digita.mame.net about some games requiring an older MAMED, I tried burning a copy of MAMED .37b6.5 .

With either version I see the same results:
1) I start the Dreamcast with the MAMED disc in the drive.
2) I select the gamelist for the game I'm trying to play.
3) The disc spins and the screen goes black for a couple of seconds.
4) I get a menu with 2 choices: EXIT, or RESCAN.
5) I remove the MAMED disc, insert the ROMs disc, and hit RESCAN.
6) The disc spins up, and a second later I see a menu with EXIT, RESCAN, and the ROM filenames of the ROMs on the disc that are included in the gamelist I chose.
7) I choose a ROM, and the screen simply blinks and stays on the menu.

Can any of you that are proficient with MAMED see what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Steve

Flack
01-18-2006, 08:28 PM
Does just this one game not work, or does no game work? That would narrow down whether it's your program or the rom. I know most consoles simply don't have the RAM to run the bigger roms.

NE146
01-18-2006, 09:57 PM
Not to mention Mame for the Dreamcast sucks. Good luck getting anything aside from Pacman & it's variants to run.

NoahsMyBro
01-19-2006, 10:53 AM
I've only tried the 4 ROMs I list in the original post. I see the same exact results with each of them.

NE146
01-19-2006, 01:50 PM
I've only tried the 4 ROMs I list in the original post. I see the same exact results with each of them.

Again, about the only roms i've seen work with DC Mame is Pacman/Puckman and it's variants (like Crush Roller, etc.). Try those.