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Testing ROMS locally before moving them to Link
Which emulator (version) should I get for Windows?
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I know ROMS' version, I just cannot find an emulator for PC.
If I use "MameUI64.143", it tells me 2/3 of my ROMS are not working, while opening them in Mame4all on the Link, they do work.
Try retroarch, that allows you to emulator most things.
Originally posted by Shark:
Try retroarch, that allows you to emulator most things.
Thanks, I tried briefly but I didn't understand how to load a ROM. Will check it out later.
If I load core MAME2000 and then try to laod a ROM, Retroarch quits... Do you have any link with a simple tutorial?
Nevermind, it's too complicated for my taste. Couldn't even go to settings with mouse only...
I'll keep doing as I've done so far.
The Steam Link MAME example is based on MAME4ALL, and should work on your PC if you build it with SDL 2.0 development libraries.
I compiled it following the README on github but if I extract its content and execute, I get this:

roughnecks@ubuntu:~/mame4all$ ./mame
bash: ./mame: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
roughnecks@ubuntu:~/mame4all$ file mame
mame: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3, for GNU/Linux 2.6.16, BuildID[sha1]=6e5cb608bed302f94dc80f41822dbfc9f8e7a42a, stripped
You need to run make manually. Don't use the build script, that builds it for Steam Link. :)

make clean
make

If you get an error like this:
src/sdl/minimal.h:35:17: fatal error: SDL.h: No such file or directory

Install the libsdl2-dev package:
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev

You'll also need to grab the latest code from GitHub, since I fixed building on 64-bit Linux.
Alright, thank you. I'll try it in a couple hours.
I just built it using your instructions and it runs very well, even on the VirtualBox VM.
Hopefully I will be able to dismiss all of the worst roms easily now :thumbsup:
Great. :)
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