> > > > > why the hell not... > > > > > > > > I was in the computer room at uni back in 1997 I think and saw someone playing > > > Ghosts > > > > 'n Goblins, and he told me he was using this thing called MAME to play a dump > of > > > the > > > > ROM. > > > > > > Story checks out. The first version of MAME to be released with Ghosts 'n Goblins > > > support was 0.22, albeit with no music support, and came out in May 1997. > > > > It does add up, I arrived in the UK end of April 1997, and this was before the end > of > > the academic year, so before end of June. > > So v0.22 must have been the first version of MAME I've ever seen. > > Having had a Snes in the early 90s, and I probably had my Cyrix 150MHz back then, I > > was probably more into Nesticle, Genecyst and Zsnes myself at the time, so not sure > > what my first MAME ROMset would have been. It must have been around v0.36 as I > don't > > recall ever having gambling games in my set. > > > > With MAMEWorld forum being migrated at some point, I've got no idea when I > originally > > joined.
Thanks MrDo, now I remember clearly, it was at 9.22am