> > Could someone please explain the benefit of using this combined build over the > "old" > > way of using a separate MAME\MESS build? Please & thank you > > What would you think are the benefit? > One compile, one executable.. two emulator's worth of content in one package. Quite a > few people who use MAME already use MESS - so combining them makes sense, saves > configuration time and should satisfy anyone who would want such an option.
well, you can have both emus in the same directory and copy mame.ini into mess.ini, and voila' you get the same benefit. which is why I still don't buy this merged build as the miraculous event that some people claim it is...
but to each his own: there is no harm in having an additional choice.