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Re: MAME release postponed

Sun, 24 May 2026 15:10:40 -0500

Read please:

https://www.mamedev.org/

[Posted by: Bad A Billy]

MAME release postponed

Sun, 24 May 2026 14:57:36 -0500

Hi y'all

What is the reason MAME is now released after 2 months instead of 1 month?
And is this change for good or was it just one time?

[Posted by: atlantis1972]

Re: MAME 0.287 Benchmarks Intel Ultra 7 270 Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Sun, 24 May 2026 14:55:21 -0500

To John IV: can you maybe calculate the means for my system too? I have no knowledge of the math but I'm interested to see the result.

[Posted by: atlantis1972]

Re: Atari COPS

Fri, 22 May 2026 03:10:59 -0500

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtUw2YR1q3g

I remember this from Marineland in Canada, I always thought the BTTF connection amusing while racing around in a cop car

[Posted by: MonkeyWrench]

Re: Hotkey as in Retroarch?

Wed, 20 May 2026 11:46:02 -0500

Just press both the keys you want to have to press simultaneously when assigning the input.

[Posted by: Vas Crabb]

Re: Hotkey as in Retroarch?

Tue, 19 May 2026 23:57:34 -0500

mame has keyboard hot keys built in...

[Posted by: Nate]

Re: script to set up mame for windows users that dont have a clue

Tue, 19 May 2026 23:56:19 -0500

They don't

[Posted by: Nate]

Re: Arcade rarest Sega Sonic the Hedgehog short video.

Tue, 19 May 2026 23:50:32 -0500

for 20 years now.

[Posted by: Nate]

Atari COPS: Now here's one I didn't think we would see again...

Tue, 19 May 2026 18:19:08 -0500

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtUw2YR1q3g

[Posted by: hunkpap]

Re: MAME 0.287 Benchmarks Intel Ultra 7 270 Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Tue, 19 May 2026 11:50:14 -0500

I thought I post my benchmark here too for comparison.
System: Apple MacBook Pro M5 Max 18-Core/GPU 40-Core, 64 GB, 2 TB.
It was a gigantic performance boost compared to my sold M4 Max, thanks to the new super cores.

Same game list:

1048.12
1169.44
1573.16
4461.23
11445.89
1572.04
1769.22
9488.75
1334.64
1186.52
2801.15
1784.55
5196.36
3997.14
1177.28
62287.37
2766.41
1781.61
898.04
1089.23
4592.48
22377.92
1751.49
498.03
9003.10
7321.07
5575.96
1362.52
695.20
784.42
472.66
355.18
2735.20
1531.22
617.05
591.97

[Posted by: atlantis1972]

Re: FTP not connecting.

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:03:59 -0500

> Hi all.
>
> Anyone having issues to connect in to ftp.mameworld.info?
>
> I'm having a timeout error here.

Confirmed, it times out.

Hopefully you still have your alternate arrangements in place, given how long it took to fix things last time.

[Posted by: Robbbert]

Re: FTP not connecting.

Mon, 18 May 2026 12:57:19 -0500

> Hi all.
>
> Anyone having issues to connect in to ftp.mameworld.info?
>
> I'm having a timeout error here.

I've had the same problem since early May, too!

[Posted by: MASH]

Re: Mameui 0.287 don�t Save nvram files

Sun, 17 May 2026 23:58:17 -0500

> For some reason I don't know, version 0.287 Not Saving NVRAM files. I'm testing ROMs
> like Mortal Kombat II, NBA Play By Play, Neo Geo ROMs, etc., and it doesn't save the
> NVRAM file. Version 0.286 is OK.

I'm the one who actually has:
Code:

nvram_save                0

in mame.ini and uses:
Code:

mame.exe <machine_name> <cartridge_name> -nvram_save

when needed (easier to backup save data by not generating them automatically on tested machines). No problems here.

[Posted by: BIOS-D]

Re: Mameui 0.287 don�t Save nvram files

Sun, 17 May 2026 10:20:45 -0500

Top of tree is definitely saving NVRAM for me � I wouldn�t have been able to test Gunbuster linking without it. If it was really broken in 0.287, I think we would�ve got a lot more reports a lot sooner.

[Posted by: Vas Crabb]

Mameui 0.287 don�t Save nvram files

Sun, 17 May 2026 07:00:30 -0500

For some reason I don't know, version 0.287 Not Saving NVRAM files. I'm testing ROMs like Mortal Kombat II, NBA Play By Play, Neo Geo ROMs, etc., and it doesn't save the NVRAM file. Version 0.286 is OK.

[Posted by: Prince_Ales]

Re: MAME 0.287 Benchmarks Intel Ultra 7 270 Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Fri, 15 May 2026 22:26:09 -0500

stock runs, ddr5 6000 win 11

[Posted by: taz-nz]

Re: MAME 0.287 Benchmarks Intel Ultra 7 270 Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Fri, 15 May 2026 21:51:33 -0500

I should have been more precise; I'd be targeting the u9 290 when it gets here; not the 285. The refreshed 270 you benched is much more competitive against the older u9 285, you're correct.

Oh Taz, were these stock runs?

[Posted by: John IV]

Re: MAME 0.287 Benchmarks Intel Ultra 7 270 Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Fri, 15 May 2026 20:58:23 -0500

Despite Intel's naming the Ultra 7 270K Plus is actually the better CPU in most cases, it has bunch of minor tweaks that put it ahead of the Ultra 9 285K in most cases.

You're better to save the money on the CPU and put it towards high clock speed RAM to close the small single threaded gap.

The 270K Plus also overclocks better than the 285K, so with a 360 AIO you can beat the 285K all round.

[Posted by: taz-nz]

FTP not connecting.

Fri, 15 May 2026 20:14:28 -0500

Hi all.

Anyone having issues to connect in to ftp.mameworld.info?

I'm having a timeout error here.

[Posted by: Ashura-X]

Re: MAME 0.287 Benchmarks Intel Ultra 7 270 Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Fri, 15 May 2026 19:54:11 -0500

Great, thanks taz-nz! That's a 41% arithmetic, 30% geometric, and 33% harmonic uplift over my 12700K. The harmonic mean targets the heaviest games, so that's nice boost before Nova Lake next year.

I'll probably pick up an Ultra 9 290 when I move to AZ in a few months.

[Posted by: John IV]

MAME 0.287 Benchmarks Intel Ultra 7 270 Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Fri, 15 May 2026 09:28:44 -0500

I got a change to do a quick benchmark run on two current generation CPUs. I tried and failed to use John IV benchmarking script, so it did it the old way and manually typed and ran benchmark from command prompt.
This led to me missing a couple of the scores.

Game		    Ultra 7 270K Plus	     Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Blitz			  455.60		  516.77
crusnusa		  579.83		  missed
cubeqst			  777.44		  635.10
cyvern			  missed		 2225.31
dkong			 5710.06		 5537.61
drivedge		  777.28		  588.07
gauntleg		  879.11		  827.85
gnbarich		 4736.92		 3190.49
gradius4		  610.49		  657.42
gtfore06		  580.04		  472.60
harddriv		 1382.56		 1070.45
kidniki			  887.51		  802.56
kof98			 2588.83		 2033.01
mario			 1998.26		 1780.74
mk4			  578.26		  445.15
pacman			32120.73		25027.20
pinkswts		 1380.54		  996.50
pong			  841.28		  881.31
propcycl		  445.14		  411.91
radikalb		  538.99		  456.97
roadblst		 2293.34		 1870.47
robotron		12683.96		 9943.55
rvschool		  867.03		  608.52
scud			  245.10		  237.84
sf2			 4563.05		 3897.19
sfa2			 3715.11		 3109.45
sfiii			 2781.56		 2673.67
slrasslt		  604.14		  679.33
spacfury		  319.65		  345.72
starblad		  385.11		  317.37
starsldr		  234.91		  190.35
sushibar		  166.62		  130.56
tekken			 1306.22		  942.85
tekken3			  760.20		  555.61
vf2			  302.90		  274.40
vfkids			  285.42		  263.41

The SCUD score should be taken with a giant grain of salt, due to current state of driver, it bugs out before getting to actual game play. (not a complaint Devs)

I didn't benchmark it, but I ran Dolphin Blue with F11 performance display up, while in attract mode, and it's getting close to playable speeds now, the intro sub flyover barely dipped below in 90% in one spot, but was mostly at 100%, in game play it floated between 95%-100% most of the time an only dipped down to 87% when fire was exploding from helicopter. I think one more generation CPUs and I might be able to play it without stuttering.

[Posted by: taz-nz]