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AlphaMAME 0.66
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 2:55 am
by mahlemiut
http://marp.retrogames.com/exe/alphamame-066-1.zip (Win32 console)
http://marp.retrogames.com/exe/alphamame32-066-1.zip (Win32 GUI)
No DOS version yet. Probably will need a DOS version of GCC 3.2.2 too.
Silly me forgot to update and add the docs too.
Read them here -
http://mahlemiut.marpirc.net/alphamame.txt
Re: AlphaMAME 0.66
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 8:19 am
by Francois Daniel
Thanks Barry
Francois
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:10 am
by kranser
Yep, thanks Barry. But, I can't seem to download the files. Is there a problem with MARP?
Kranser.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:36 am
by diabolik
kranser wrote:Yep, thanks Barry. But, I can't seem to download the files. Is there a problem with MARP?
Kranser.
Try with right mouse button, then "save as".
Thanks
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 6:07 am
by kranser
Thanks diabolik! Downloading the files works fine today. But it definately didn't work yesterday - strange!.
Kranser.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:14 pm
by MJS
A pentium pro optimized version of AlphaMAME would be great for us with slow PCs! Please consider this
I tried with official mame and it makes a big difference... My PC is a Celeron 450 Mhz and the game which has a very noticeable difference is Raiden.
Optimizations might be good to speed up the encrytion also, right?
I can help to benchmark if needed
Thanks!
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:39 pm
by BBH
MJS wrote:A pentium pro optimized version of AlphaMAME would be great for us with slow PCs! Please consider this :)
I tried with official mame and it makes a big difference... My PC is a Celeron 450 Mhz and the game which has a very noticeable difference is Raiden.
Don't hold your breath hoping for one. Barry said he's not going to make one because there's enough versions as it is.
believe me, I'd love to see one too. especially seeing how I'm on a computer running at 450 mhz too. And now we can't even use older versions of MAME that might run certain games faster than the bloated pieces of shit that recent MAME's have become... all because of Alpha Blocking. The slow PC people get fucked over again. It's faaaaaantastic!
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 11:46 pm
by LN2
I thought Barry said he was going to make an alphamame 0.36 though.
That would help a lot of those with slower PCs as many games ran a lot faster in 0.36...although 0.36 has issues with some games.
Perhaps a 0.58 would be cool.
As quickly as alphamame 0.65 and 0.66 were out after that mame was out Barry seems to have it structured where he can conveniently just integrate the encryption routine(s) into any mame.
Given MARP's new alphamame blocking policy I agree for those of you with slow PCs that often use older versions for performance reasons, this currently sucks for you.
In that other thread I was focusing on performance of mame66 vs alphamame66 when the real focus perhaps should have been on the performance of many games in 66 vs 58 vs 53 vs 36.
Many if those with slower PCs can benchmark a few games in each of those versions to see a comparison of that performance, that might be enough to persuade Barry to make a build of a couple older versions with the alphamame components added(?). It can't hurt...he can just say no...nothing lost versus where you are now.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 1:58 am
by mahlemiut
Older versions probably aren't likely now that MAME is compiled with GCC 3.2, as it would appear that it won't work with MAME versions prior to 0.63.
I really don't have the disk space to store multiple versions of GCC, I have three already (DOS, Win32, Linux). It's enough with ten gazillion MAME versions.
Unless someone wants to buy me a nice large HD...
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:06 am
by Skyline
mahlemiut wrote:I really don't have the disk space to store multiple versions of GCC, I have three already (DOS, Win32, Linux). It's enough with ten gazillion MAME versions.
Unless someone wants to buy me a nice large HD...
Someone's never heard of CD burning....
J/K
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:12 am
by mahlemiut
Someone doesn't have a CD burner...
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:15 am
by Chad
ever try compiling from a cd??? barry's done already too much, give him a break... mame is slow! face it, get a faster computer if you want to play games that are slow in new mame. :)
then again alpha mame 36 would only have to be compiled once... until they ask for alphamame32 36 and pentium pro alphamame 36 and kay-pro alphamame 36 :)
btw, thanks again barry for a great product!
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:16 am
by BBH
mahlemiut wrote:Someone doesn't have a CD burner... :)
man even my crappy computer has a CD burner! :D :D
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:26 am
by Skyline
Chad wrote:barry's done already too much, btw, thanks again barry for a great product! give him a break...
Take it dooowwwwwwwwnnnn a notch..
Hence the "J/K"
Yesh doing ANYTHING with data streamed from a CD is a pain in the ass. But it would store unneccesary data/mp3s/pr0n/etc.
And double yesh, thanx Barry for all things AlphaMAME. Even if it makes Taito F3 games seem even more Satanic..
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 2:30 am
by MJS
Chad wrote:ever try compiling from a cd??? barry's done already too much, give him a break... mame is slow! face it, get a faster computer if you want to play games that are slow in new mame.
Ok ok I was expecting this answer!
You are right... I need to upgrade my machine. It's very slow and besides I think it's going to blow up anytime! The CPU is a Celeron 300A (300mhz) running at
450mhz! 
Optmized or not, AlphaMAME rules!!!