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Re: question about MAME and device ROMs
08/28/15 04:46 AM
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> Hi,
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> Are device ROMs required to play MAME games? Can I play a MAME game without having
> any device ROMs?
It depends on the hardware that runs the game. I'm guessing by device ROMs you mean ROMs for things like expansion cards for an emulated computer, or for example the Sega32x expansion for the Sega Megadrive.
If your game runs on a computer or a game console and it requires an add-on device to be present, and the emulation of that device requires a certain ROM, then yes obviously you will need that particular Device ROM to run your game.
Unlike computers, most arcade platforms are "closed" systems with no provision for plugging in anything except controls and a monitor. So if you're talking about an arcade game you will probably not need any "device ROMs".
It's easy to check though because nothing has changed in this regard; if you try to run an arcade game or start the emulation of a computer or console and you don't have the required ROMs, then it will not run at all. I guess this is why your post got some offensive replies.
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