Roms for linux

[m3rlin]

Hi! Where can i find roms for linux??
I have a cd full of roms, but it i use it in windows (mame32), i have xmame installed in linux, i try to decompress a rom from the cd and play it, but when i decompress it appears 3 files and not one of them works i do like this xmame <*.rom>
What could be the problem here?
Or it must be a rom for the linux?
Thanks!!!

[Jomboni]

Nobody will tell you where to find illegal software here.

But... if you already have some the same roms will work under linux.

If I recall, mame has 2 ways of detecting games:

1. a zipped rom file in the /roms directory.
2. an unzipped rom file in the /roms/*game title* directory.

That's in Windows, and it should be something similar for linux. I haven't tried it though.

[bwkaz]

Find the xmamerc file (it should be in ~/.xmame/). Open it in your favorite editor, and take note of the rompath. If there is no rompath, I believe the default is either your home directory or the current directory, but I think you compile that into the code. Anyway, put the .zip file somewhere in the rompath, and just do this: xmame.x11 <zip file name, without the .zip extension>.

If you wanted to play pacman.zip, you'd do this: xmame.x11 pacman

The .x11 executes the X11 (X-windows) version of xmame. There are also OpenGL (.xgl), SDL (.sdl), etc. versions.

[ 27 November 2001: Message edited by: bwkaz ]

[uriah.k]

Yep, roms are roms. No special
dos, windoze, or linux ones.
Stupid mame. All the games for it
I saw looked cool, but it never works.

[postman]

I had a problem with my ROMs running as well.
If you are running gnome, the xMAME frontend grustibus (http://grustibus.sourceforge.net/) makes things a great deal easier.

Incidently, because you have ROMs, it is obvious you own the original code. In doing so entitles you to the ROMs which are available at mame.dk

[m3rlin]

i will try that bwkaz. Thanks ppl, you have been helpfull!!
:)