> I'm using the latest mame64.exe [0.150] on Windows 7 and I'm encountering issues when > restoring a save state with Street Fighter II Japan 920312. > > The first time the state is restored the background music doesn't play and can take > up to 30 seconds before it kicks in. > > I've attached the save state which causes this issue.
I took the 0.150 mamedev.org produced binary and tried your save state, it would not even load. I made sure I used the set you mentioned (sf2jl) and started mame with:
mame64 sf2jl -state 1
MAME complains about an invalid header which means the save state was made with a different version of MAME or a version of 0.150 which has been adjusted in some way. I cannot reproduce. I tried a couple fights on my own and saved each one - they restored fine for me for me when I restarted MAME and when I loaded via F7.