I think that's fair enough - hasn't this kind of thing been going on for some time? I swear I remember people complaining about older games not running as well as they once did years and years ago. In other words, as development gets more sophisticated (or in Mame terms, better emulation) then you eat more cycles..... (generally).
Eventually people either a) Catch up on the hardware front; b) Keep an older copy of Mame and ROM's on their hard disk.
The second option is the one I've chosen to follow. I have a "rock solid" older release that plays all the major games I love very well, and today I'm putting .164 on.
The only downside is keeping two sets of ROMS - the older set and the newer set.
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