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MAME 0.246 Complete: CHDs 593GB + ROMs 72GB + EXTRAs 64GB + Quick Tutorial / How to Guide
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Updated 2022-07-31
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There are too many outdated torrents and information, and the CHDs torrent generated by archive.org has garbage padding files and only has files up to 0-9A-C.
I am tired of it and I know you are too, so here are the latest.
I am tired of it and I know you are too, so here are the latest.
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2022-07-31 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.246
2022-06-30 - CHDs + ROMs to 0.245
2022-06-20 - EXTRAs to 0.244
2022-05-25 - ROMs to 0.244
Magnet links:
CHDs Full 0.246 (Merged, 593.2GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e4ee37ea57542ff57730809dc52f99115891165e&dn=MAME%200.246%20CHDs%20(merged)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
CHDs Update 0.245 to 0.246 (Merged, 4.23GB torrent):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:04a1eb6164189c0693ad9ccfdf64093664aec5f2&dn=MAME%20-%20Update%20CHDs%20(v0.245%20to%20v0.246)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:04a1eb6164189c0693ad9ccfdf64093664aec5f2&dn=MAME%20-%20Update%20CHDs%20(v0.245%20to%20v0.246)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Full 0.246 (Merged, 71.55GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:84f838b03b591eb738a0ef2616c8a4796c7bc9e9&dn=MAME%200.246%20ROMs%20(merged)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Update 0.245 to 0.246 (Merged, 64.2MB torrent):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:de5693b09bf287023b85e8e17086efb5c8611e21&dn=MAME%20-%20Update%20ROMs%20(v0.245%20to%20v0.246)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:de5693b09bf287023b85e8e17086efb5c8611e21&dn=MAME%20-%20Update%20ROMs%20(v0.245%20to%20v0.246)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
EXTRAs Full 0.244 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc, 64.37GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:cbe0dccd569bf07c1e22aba98d715451b62537d8&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
EXTRAs Update 0.242 to 0.244 (250.6MB):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:df90364d6b2d80badfa1905c9fb0d3aac0697264&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
.torrent files:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:cbe0dccd569bf07c1e22aba98d715451b62537d8&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
EXTRAs Update 0.242 to 0.244 (250.6MB):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:df90364d6b2d80badfa1905c9fb0d3aac0697264&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
.torrent files:
CHDs Full 0.246 (Merged, 593.2GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.246%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%20Full%20593.2GB.torrent
CHDs Update 0.245 to 0.246 (Merged, 4.23GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.246%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%200.245%20to%200.246%20Update%204.23GB.torrent
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.246%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%200.245%20to%200.246%20Update%204.23GB.torrent
ROMs Full 0.246 (Merged, 71.55GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.246%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%20Full%2071.55GB.torrent
ROMs Update 0.245 to 0.246 (Merged, 64.2MB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.246%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%200.245%20to%200.246%20Update%2064.2MB.torrent
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.246%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%200.245%20to%200.246%20Update%2064.2MB.torrent
EXTRAs Full 0.244 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc) (64.37GB torrent, 50+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.244%20EXTRAs%20%28artwork%2Ccheats%2Csnap%2Ctitles%2Cmanuals%2Cetc%29%20Full%2064.37GB.torrent
EXTRAs Update 0.242 to 0.244 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc) (250.6MB torrent, 50+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.244%20EXTRAs%20%28artwork%2Ccheats%2Csnap%2Ctitles%2Cmanuals%2Cetc%29%200.242%20to%200.244%20Update%20250.6MB.torrent
Individual files download (ROMs + CHDs + EXTRAs):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete
Tracker with the most seeds (100+):
http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.244%20EXTRAs%20%28artwork%2Ccheats%2Csnap%2Ctitles%2Cmanuals%2Cetc%29%20Full%2064.37GB.torrent
EXTRAs Update 0.242 to 0.244 (artwork/cheats/snap/titles/manuals/etc) (250.6MB torrent, 50+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.244%20EXTRAs%20%28artwork%2Ccheats%2Csnap%2Ctitles%2Cmanuals%2Cetc%29%200.242%20to%200.244%20Update%20250.6MB.torrent
Individual files download (ROMs + CHDs + EXTRAs):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete
Tracker with the most seeds (100+):
http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
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QUICK HOW TO GUIDE (Guide updated 2022-06-20):
QUICK HOW TO GUIDE (Guide updated 2022-06-20):
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STEP 1 - Basics
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1) Download and install MAME ( https://www.mamedev.org/ )
2) Know that:
a) MAME considers CHD files as ROM files, CHDs are often just bigger ROMs.
b) MAME doesn't care where you put the CHDs or ROMs as long as all ROMs/CHDs directories are added to the rom path configuration.
c) That means you can set MAME's ROM directories to the torrent download directory, and update MAME's database while ROMs/CHDs are being downloaded one by one, you can also pick which ROMs to download first, read how to do this below.
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STEP 2 - Download the ROMs and CHDs
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1) Install and run qBittorrent ( https://www.qbittorrent.org/ )
2) In qBittorrent, click [open url] or [add magnet link], a box will pop up.
3) Paste into the box some magnet links from above, one line per link, the link looks like [magnet:?xt=urn:btih:xxxxxxxxxxxxx...], paste the whole line, if you have just started, you want to add the links [CHDs 0.xxx Full (Merged...)] and [ROMs 0.xxx Full (Merged...)].
4) Click [Download] or [OK] to close the box.
5) You should now see in the qBittorent [Transfers] tab there are two torrents being added, [MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] and [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)].
6) It'll take a minute or two to download the torrent metadata, when the torrent line turns green, it means it's downloading and you can proceed to [STEP 3]. If nothing happens, try manually add a torrent tracker to each torrent, so that qBittorrent knows what peers/seeds to download from, do this by:
a) From qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, select one of the torent ([MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] or [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)])
b) Click the [Trackers] tab (between [General] and [Peers])
c) Right click anywhere in the tracker list for a pop-up menu
d) Click [Add a new tracker...], a box [List of trackers to add] will pop up.
e) Paste the following tracker URL into the box and press [OK]: http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
f) You should now see [http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce] in the tracker list, watch the [Peers] and [Seeds] column, there should be more than 100.
g) Do this once for the ROMs torrent and once for the CHDs torrent.
7) Continue to the next step while the torrents are downloading.
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STEP 3 - Find out where the ROMs/CHDs .zip files are downloaded to
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There are 2 paths: The ROMs (70+GB) and The CHDs (500+GB). Do these steps to find both:
1) In qBittorrent: In the [Transfers] tab, right click the torrent name [MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] or [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)], you should see a small pop-up menu.
2) Left click [Open destination folder], a file manager should pop up.
3) In the file manager, look at the directory location ('directory' is also called 'folder' in windows).
4) Do it once for the ROMs and once for the CHDs, remember these 2 directories for the next step.
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STEP 4 - Add BOTH ROMs and CHDs directories to MAME
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Set MAME's ROMs directory to the two directories qBittorrent is downloading to:
1) Go to MAME's main screen (restart MAME if not sure)
2) Double click [Configure Options]
3) Double click [Configure Directories]
4) Double click [ROMs]
5) Double click [Add Folder]
6) Browse the directory tree using the [UP/DOWN/ENTER] key to select the correct directory (remembered from previous step).
7) Once you have found the final correct directory, just highlighting it is not enough, you must press [Enter] to enter it first, otherwise you'll just set the parent directory instead.
8) Once INSIDE the correct directory, press the [TAB] key on your keyboard to set the directory in MAME.
9) Double click [Return to Previous Menu]
10) Double click [Save Configuration]
11) Do this once for the ROMs directory and once for the CHDs directory. You need to add both directories , most ROMs don't require CHDs to work, but some do.
12) If you are also downloading the partial update torrents (e.g. MAME - Update ROMs v0.2xx to v0.2xx), then you also need to add the update torrent's download directory by repeating step 1 to 10.
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STEP 5 - Decide on what ROMs to download and how often do you run audits in MAME
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Now that the ROMs/CHDs are downloading and the correct MAME directories are configured, you need to run audit in MAME to find the new ROMs/CHDS.
During the audit, MAME will scan all the .zip files in the configured ROMs/CHDs directories, and then update MAME's internal database, newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs will then show up in the [Available] section in MAME.
Depending on your goal and available time/bandwidth, you have 3 options:
1) Slow + Complete:
Wait for all ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded and update MAME database once (this takes much longer to see the ROMs from MAME because the file pieces are downloaded randomly across all files); or
2) Quick:
You only select a few favorite ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded, then update MAME database. You do this by going to qBittorrent, in [Transfers] tab left click a torrent (ROMs or CHDs), click the [Content] Tab, Tick/Untick ROMs/CHDs to download/not download (e.g. only tick 1941.zip, everything else unticked); or
3) Quick + Complete (Recommended):
You select all ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded, but you also enable 'Download in sequential order', so that all ROMs/CHDs will be downloaded one by one. Set your favorite ROMs/CHDs .zip to 'Maximum' priority so your favorite ROMs/CHDs will be downloaded first. Update MAME database once in a while after a new bunch of ROMs/CHDs are downloaded. You get the best of both worlds. Do this by:
a) Configure qBittorrent to download .zip files one by one:
In qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, right click a torrent, then select [torrent options...], then tick [Download in sequential order] and click [OK]. Do this once for the ROMs torrent and once for the CHDs torrent.
b) Configure qBittorrent to download your favorite ROMs first:
In qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, left click a torrent (ROMs or CHDs), click the [Content] tab, find your favorite ROM/CHD file (e.g. 1941.zip) and click on [Normal] in the Download Priority column, it'll pop up a selection of [Do not download/Normal/High/Maximum], select [Maximum]. Do this to EACH ROM/CHD .zip file you want to complete download first. (e.g. 1941.zip is on 'Maximum' priority while everything else is on 'Normal' priority)
This combination downloads ALL ROMs/CHDs sequentially one by one, and lets you to play your favorite ROMs first while the rest are downloading.
Each time one or a bunch of the ROM/CHD .zip reaches 100% download, you can goto MAME and audit the download directories, it'll add the new ROMs to the [Availabe] section, which brings us to the next step (audit ROMs/CHDs directories).
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STEP 6 - Audit the ROMs/CHDs directories and update the MAME database
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1) (In MAME window) Click the magnifying glass and select [Audit media for all XXXXX machines]
2) Wait for MAME to audit all ROMs and CHDs directories
3) The newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs will now show up in the [Available] section.
4) For subsequent audits, select [Audit media for X machines marked unavailable] instead in step 1, this skips the known ROMs and reduces audit time.
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STEP 7 (optional) - Install MAME Extras
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You can add extras such as game title screenshots (titles), game play screenshots (snaps), cheats, etc to your MAME installation, you have two options:
1) The hard way:
This method is too complex and time consuming for the average MAME user, and is only recommended for those determined to chase after the absolute latest, for everyone else, wait a while for the new version of EXTRAs torrent to be released (see 'The easy way' below).
Download and install each extras component manually and set up your own perfect MAME, e.g. visit https://www.progettosnaps.net/snapshots/ and download [Snap > Full-Set 0.240 (pS_snap_full_240.zip)] and [Titles > Full-Set 0.240 (pS_titles_full_240.zip)] and the smaller 0.24x update packages. Decompress the snap zip, find the directory with 40000 .png files, move all the .png to MAME's [snap] directory. Decompress the titles zip, find the directory with 40000 .png files, move all the .png to MAME's [titles] directory. snap and title .png files have the exact same filename, don't mix them up. Get the cheat.zip from ( http://cheat.retrogames.com/mame_downloads.htm ), decompress it to MAME's cheat directory. You can also manually download and install the latest cabinet/flyers/manuals/etc.
2) The easy way (Recommended):
Get all the cabinet/cheats/manuals/snap/titles etc from a single [MAME Extras] torrent, it is not updated as regularly as MAME binary/ROMs/CHDs, but this way will save you a lot of work.
It doesn't matter if the MAME Extras are a few versions behind, the differences are minimal, you just see blank title/snap images on the newest ROMs, the rest works just fine. To add extras to your MAME, do this:
a) Download the [EXTRAs 0.xxx Full] torrent listed above, or
b) Copy the [EXTRAs 0.xxx Full] magnet link above (magnet:?xt=urn...)
c) In qBittorrent's window: If you downloaded the .torrent file, click [Open] and select the .torrent file then click [OK], if you copied the magnet link, click [Open URL], paste the link into the box then click [OK].
d) Set cheat.zip, snap.zip and titles.zip to [Maximum] priority in the [Content] tab if you want them to complete first.
e) Decompress the cheat.zip/titles.zip/snap.zip etc to MAME's root directory, it'll create the correct sub directories.
f) Restart MAME and check the result. If you don't see the cheat/title/snaps, double check that the decompressed directories and MAME directories configuration are the same, often the extra sub directories from the .zip aren't needed, so you move the files one parent directory above (\snap\snap to just \snap, \cheat\cheatxxxx to just \cheat).
g) To enable cheats:
i) (In MAME's main window) Click [Configure Options]
ii) Click [Miscellaneous Options]
iii) Set [Cheats] to [On]
iv) Click [Return to Previous Menu]
v) Click [Save Configuration]
vi) From now on when you are playing a ROM, press the [TAB] key and you should see [Cheat] in the menu.
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STEP 8 - Play and enjoy
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That's it, play your favorite ROMs and enjoy.
a) MAME considers CHD files as ROM files, CHDs are often just bigger ROMs.
b) MAME doesn't care where you put the CHDs or ROMs as long as all ROMs/CHDs directories are added to the rom path configuration.
c) That means you can set MAME's ROM directories to the torrent download directory, and update MAME's database while ROMs/CHDs are being downloaded one by one, you can also pick which ROMs to download first, read how to do this below.
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STEP 2 - Download the ROMs and CHDs
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1) Install and run qBittorrent ( https://www.qbittorrent.org/ )
2) In qBittorrent, click [open url] or [add magnet link], a box will pop up.
3) Paste into the box some magnet links from above, one line per link, the link looks like [magnet:?xt=urn:btih:xxxxxxxxxxxxx...], paste the whole line, if you have just started, you want to add the links [CHDs 0.xxx Full (Merged...)] and [ROMs 0.xxx Full (Merged...)].
4) Click [Download] or [OK] to close the box.
5) You should now see in the qBittorent [Transfers] tab there are two torrents being added, [MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] and [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)].
6) It'll take a minute or two to download the torrent metadata, when the torrent line turns green, it means it's downloading and you can proceed to [STEP 3]. If nothing happens, try manually add a torrent tracker to each torrent, so that qBittorrent knows what peers/seeds to download from, do this by:
a) From qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, select one of the torent ([MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] or [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)])
b) Click the [Trackers] tab (between [General] and [Peers])
c) Right click anywhere in the tracker list for a pop-up menu
d) Click [Add a new tracker...], a box [List of trackers to add] will pop up.
e) Paste the following tracker URL into the box and press [OK]: http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
f) You should now see [http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce] in the tracker list, watch the [Peers] and [Seeds] column, there should be more than 100.
g) Do this once for the ROMs torrent and once for the CHDs torrent.
7) Continue to the next step while the torrents are downloading.
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STEP 3 - Find out where the ROMs/CHDs .zip files are downloaded to
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There are 2 paths: The ROMs (70+GB) and The CHDs (500+GB). Do these steps to find both:
1) In qBittorrent: In the [Transfers] tab, right click the torrent name [MAME 0.2xx ROMs (merged)] or [MAME 0.2xx CHDs (merged)], you should see a small pop-up menu.
2) Left click [Open destination folder], a file manager should pop up.
3) In the file manager, look at the directory location ('directory' is also called 'folder' in windows).
4) Do it once for the ROMs and once for the CHDs, remember these 2 directories for the next step.
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STEP 4 - Add BOTH ROMs and CHDs directories to MAME
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Set MAME's ROMs directory to the two directories qBittorrent is downloading to:
1) Go to MAME's main screen (restart MAME if not sure)
2) Double click [Configure Options]
3) Double click [Configure Directories]
4) Double click [ROMs]
5) Double click [Add Folder]
6) Browse the directory tree using the [UP/DOWN/ENTER] key to select the correct directory (remembered from previous step).
7) Once you have found the final correct directory, just highlighting it is not enough, you must press [Enter] to enter it first, otherwise you'll just set the parent directory instead.
8) Once INSIDE the correct directory, press the [TAB] key on your keyboard to set the directory in MAME.
9) Double click [Return to Previous Menu]
10) Double click [Save Configuration]
11) Do this once for the ROMs directory and once for the CHDs directory. You need to add both directories , most ROMs don't require CHDs to work, but some do.
12) If you are also downloading the partial update torrents (e.g. MAME - Update ROMs v0.2xx to v0.2xx), then you also need to add the update torrent's download directory by repeating step 1 to 10.
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STEP 5 - Decide on what ROMs to download and how often do you run audits in MAME
================================================================================
Now that the ROMs/CHDs are downloading and the correct MAME directories are configured, you need to run audit in MAME to find the new ROMs/CHDS.
During the audit, MAME will scan all the .zip files in the configured ROMs/CHDs directories, and then update MAME's internal database, newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs will then show up in the [Available] section in MAME.
Depending on your goal and available time/bandwidth, you have 3 options:
1) Slow + Complete:
Wait for all ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded and update MAME database once (this takes much longer to see the ROMs from MAME because the file pieces are downloaded randomly across all files); or
2) Quick:
You only select a few favorite ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded, then update MAME database. You do this by going to qBittorrent, in [Transfers] tab left click a torrent (ROMs or CHDs), click the [Content] Tab, Tick/Untick ROMs/CHDs to download/not download (e.g. only tick 1941.zip, everything else unticked); or
3) Quick + Complete (Recommended):
You select all ROMs/CHDs to be downloaded, but you also enable 'Download in sequential order', so that all ROMs/CHDs will be downloaded one by one. Set your favorite ROMs/CHDs .zip to 'Maximum' priority so your favorite ROMs/CHDs will be downloaded first. Update MAME database once in a while after a new bunch of ROMs/CHDs are downloaded. You get the best of both worlds. Do this by:
a) Configure qBittorrent to download .zip files one by one:
In qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, right click a torrent, then select [torrent options...], then tick [Download in sequential order] and click [OK]. Do this once for the ROMs torrent and once for the CHDs torrent.
b) Configure qBittorrent to download your favorite ROMs first:
In qBittorrent [Transfers] tab, left click a torrent (ROMs or CHDs), click the [Content] tab, find your favorite ROM/CHD file (e.g. 1941.zip) and click on [Normal] in the Download Priority column, it'll pop up a selection of [Do not download/Normal/High/Maximum], select [Maximum]. Do this to EACH ROM/CHD .zip file you want to complete download first. (e.g. 1941.zip is on 'Maximum' priority while everything else is on 'Normal' priority)
This combination downloads ALL ROMs/CHDs sequentially one by one, and lets you to play your favorite ROMs first while the rest are downloading.
Each time one or a bunch of the ROM/CHD .zip reaches 100% download, you can goto MAME and audit the download directories, it'll add the new ROMs to the [Availabe] section, which brings us to the next step (audit ROMs/CHDs directories).
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STEP 6 - Audit the ROMs/CHDs directories and update the MAME database
================================================================================
1) (In MAME window) Click the magnifying glass and select [Audit media for all XXXXX machines]
2) Wait for MAME to audit all ROMs and CHDs directories
3) The newly downloaded ROMs/CHDs will now show up in the [Available] section.
4) For subsequent audits, select [Audit media for X machines marked unavailable] instead in step 1, this skips the known ROMs and reduces audit time.
================================================================================
STEP 7 (optional) - Install MAME Extras
================================================================================
You can add extras such as game title screenshots (titles), game play screenshots (snaps), cheats, etc to your MAME installation, you have two options:
1) The hard way:
This method is too complex and time consuming for the average MAME user, and is only recommended for those determined to chase after the absolute latest, for everyone else, wait a while for the new version of EXTRAs torrent to be released (see 'The easy way' below).
Download and install each extras component manually and set up your own perfect MAME, e.g. visit https://www.progettosnaps.net/snapshots/ and download [Snap > Full-Set 0.240 (pS_snap_full_240.zip)] and [Titles > Full-Set 0.240 (pS_titles_full_240.zip)] and the smaller 0.24x update packages. Decompress the snap zip, find the directory with 40000 .png files, move all the .png to MAME's [snap] directory. Decompress the titles zip, find the directory with 40000 .png files, move all the .png to MAME's [titles] directory. snap and title .png files have the exact same filename, don't mix them up. Get the cheat.zip from ( http://cheat.retrogames.com/mame_downloads.htm ), decompress it to MAME's cheat directory. You can also manually download and install the latest cabinet/flyers/manuals/etc.
2) The easy way (Recommended):
Get all the cabinet/cheats/manuals/snap/titles etc from a single [MAME Extras] torrent, it is not updated as regularly as MAME binary/ROMs/CHDs, but this way will save you a lot of work.
It doesn't matter if the MAME Extras are a few versions behind, the differences are minimal, you just see blank title/snap images on the newest ROMs, the rest works just fine. To add extras to your MAME, do this:
a) Download the [EXTRAs 0.xxx Full] torrent listed above, or
b) Copy the [EXTRAs 0.xxx Full] magnet link above (magnet:?xt=urn...)
c) In qBittorrent's window: If you downloaded the .torrent file, click [Open] and select the .torrent file then click [OK], if you copied the magnet link, click [Open URL], paste the link into the box then click [OK].
d) Set cheat.zip, snap.zip and titles.zip to [Maximum] priority in the [Content] tab if you want them to complete first.
e) Decompress the cheat.zip/titles.zip/snap.zip etc to MAME's root directory, it'll create the correct sub directories.
f) Restart MAME and check the result. If you don't see the cheat/title/snaps, double check that the decompressed directories and MAME directories configuration are the same, often the extra sub directories from the .zip aren't needed, so you move the files one parent directory above (\snap\snap to just \snap, \cheat\cheatxxxx to just \cheat).
g) To enable cheats:
i) (In MAME's main window) Click [Configure Options]
ii) Click [Miscellaneous Options]
iii) Set [Cheats] to [On]
iv) Click [Return to Previous Menu]
v) Click [Save Configuration]
vi) From now on when you are playing a ROM, press the [TAB] key and you should see [Cheat] in the menu.
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STEP 8 - Play and enjoy
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That's it, play your favorite ROMs and enjoy.
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Credits to pleasuredome for the magnet links, it also has a lot of other MAME data sets:
https://pleasuredome.github.io/pleasuredome/mame/
Guide by Rompacker:
https://archive.org/details/@rompacker
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Reviews
Reviewer:
Olddantrucker
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July 13, 2022
Subject: Actually has CHD files in proper folders!
Subject: Actually has CHD files in proper folders!
Rare to have a version that is properly labeled ready for MAME. Jdownloder is a lot more friendly with this version just stick it in the MAME roms folder wherever you have it.
Then you have your individual folders for CHD files as MAME looks at that.
The other uploader is a rude a-hole unless your an alt left. You shouldn't have to be alt anything!
Then you have your individual folders for CHD files as MAME looks at that.
The other uploader is a rude a-hole unless your an alt left. You shouldn't have to be alt anything!
Reviewer:
rompacker
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June 30, 2022
Subject: MAME updated to 0.245
Subject: MAME updated to 0.245
This is a place holder for texts that should be in the title/description but they are not changed yet, due to:
1. archive.org gets stuck for days to update/derive/virus scan the files, task log message: [total task time: 3.0 days]
2. archive.org takes days to sync 700gb of files to primary server before new title/description can be saved, error message: [The item you are trying to edit cannot be retrieved from a "primary US node".]
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Message 2022-06-30:
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Updated CHDs + ROMs links to 0.245:
Magnet links:
CHDs Full 0.245 (Merged, 588.97GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d589f3d09792f500a8341e970c14fb16a3545c4a&dn=MAME%200.245%20CHDs%20(merged)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
CHDs Update 0.243 to 0.245 (Merged, 3.71GB torrent):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:8e931220ee808594375693b335d81b7f10233435&dn=MAME%20-%20Update%20CHDs%20(v0.243%20to%20v0.245)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Full 0.245 (Merged, 71.50GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7ef714d7b325b0b92278a421eb8558f0d9726ad4&dn=MAME%200.245%20ROMs%20(merged)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Update 0.244 to 0.245 (Merged, 1.27GB torrent):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:a510bf2ed83b62e30fa179ba4cd41be2e2b4bb5a&dn=MAME%20-%20Update%20ROMs%20(v0.244%20to%20v0.245)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
.torrent files:
CHDs Full 0.245 (Merged, 588.97GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.245%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%20Full%20588.97GB.torrent
CHDs Update 0.243 to 0.245 (Merged, 3.71GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.245%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%200.243%20to%200.245%20Update%203.71GB.torrent
ROMs Full 0.245 (Merged, 71.50GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.245%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%20Full%2071.50GB.torrent
ROMs Update 0.244 to 0.245 (Merged, 1.27GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.245%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%200.244%20to%200.245%20Update%201.27GB.torrent
1. archive.org gets stuck for days to update/derive/virus scan the files, task log message: [total task time: 3.0 days]
2. archive.org takes days to sync 700gb of files to primary server before new title/description can be saved, error message: [The item you are trying to edit cannot be retrieved from a "primary US node".]
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Message 2022-06-30:
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Updated CHDs + ROMs links to 0.245:
Magnet links:
CHDs Full 0.245 (Merged, 588.97GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d589f3d09792f500a8341e970c14fb16a3545c4a&dn=MAME%200.245%20CHDs%20(merged)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
CHDs Update 0.243 to 0.245 (Merged, 3.71GB torrent):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:8e931220ee808594375693b335d81b7f10233435&dn=MAME%20-%20Update%20CHDs%20(v0.243%20to%20v0.245)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Full 0.245 (Merged, 71.50GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7ef714d7b325b0b92278a421eb8558f0d9726ad4&dn=MAME%200.245%20ROMs%20(merged)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
ROMs Update 0.244 to 0.245 (Merged, 1.27GB torrent):
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:a510bf2ed83b62e30fa179ba4cd41be2e2b4bb5a&dn=MAME%20-%20Update%20ROMs%20(v0.244%20to%20v0.245)&tr=http://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337/announce
.torrent files:
CHDs Full 0.245 (Merged, 588.97GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.245%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%20Full%20588.97GB.torrent
CHDs Update 0.243 to 0.245 (Merged, 3.71GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.245%20CHDs%20%28merged%29%200.243%20to%200.245%20Update%203.71GB.torrent
ROMs Full 0.245 (Merged, 71.50GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.245%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%20Full%2071.50GB.torrent
ROMs Update 0.244 to 0.245 (Merged, 1.27GB torrent, 100+ seeds):
https://archive.org/download/mame-chds-roms-extras-complete/MAME%200.245%20ROMs%20%28merged%29%200.244%20to%200.245%20Update%201.27GB.torrent
Reviewer:
ArchiveUser1285cevw
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June 10, 2022
Subject: great job
Subject: great job
thanks
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