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**This removes the nag screen that informs you if a rom doesn't work correctly, or if at all, if you use this no nag, then please do NOT go to the mame support site with issues with games, please only use if you understand that there will be no help from anyone at mamedev as you are using a modified version of mame.

Contents: mame.exe - Normal Mame with Nags removed. (Note mame no longer carries the 64 in its exe name changed by Devs in 0.229)

This version also allows the games Akai Katana and Dodonpachi Saidaioujou  to be played.

It's advisable to download the full mame official pack and install it, then just overwrite the exe with the replacement, this covers any changes the mame devs may have made to the support files.

After you have done this, make sure you copy the folders artwork, ctrlr, cheat, hlsl, ini, folders and the ini files from the root of your original mame folder, and move/copy them to the new install.  

If you are using your own installed/setup of mame then make sure you also set in the mame.ini  'Skip_gameinfo  1'

If you got Launchbox to setup mame for you when asked, you only need to replace the exe and play.

 

As some are not sure about  False Positives, and report a virus was detected, As goes for all versions i upload, they are all ran through virustotal before i upload, and if by any chance something did end up with an issue it would be noticed very quickly after upload and would be removed/restricted.

0.281 - VirusTotal - File - afcdbb6e53084d0dfb146ef07d32056bb43f2ed3c98f1979f18450b4759b8fa9

 

All NEW versions of the No-Nag will be posted in this download thread only, if you wish to get the new releases every month, either follow myself or the thread, As the download section will not show any new releases.

Edited by MadK9
Updated Virustotal for 0.281 & Tags


What's New in Version 0.281   See changelog

Released

from /r/mame

MAME 0.281

After what felt like a few short weeks, it’s time for MAME 0.281! First of all, with the proliferation of ARM-based notebook computers, we’re going to try offering binary packages for people running 64-bit ARM versions of Windows 10 or later. Please be aware that most MAME developers are still using x86-64 systems, so you may encounter issues specific to ARM systems (this goes for people running MAME on Apple M series CPUs and ARM-based Linux systems as well). When reporting issues, remember to specify the operating system and CPU family. And speaking of ARM CPUs, we’ve fixed a few lurking bugs in the 64-bit ARM recompiler back-end and improved performance a bit more. Emulated systems with Hitachi SuperH and Hyperstone E1 CPUs should benefit.

There are some big software list updates this month, with lots of original floppy and cassette dumps and modern homebrew releases added. More Sony NEWS workstations are now running. If you want to play with them, be aware that you’ll need to access them over an emulated network interface, as video output isn’t working. IBM RTPC emulation is still progressing steadily as well. There are some emulation improvements to the sound chip used by Akai MPC samplers as well as the SNK Hyper Neo Geo 64, although it’s still preliminary.

As always, you can read about everything that’s changed this month in the whatsnew.txt file, and the officical source code and original unmodified 64-bit Windows binary packages are available from the mamedev downloads page.

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MadK9

Posted (edited)

23 hours ago, BlackPredator72 said:

 

Thanks again! I really appreciate your work.

I have another small request: would it be possible to include the DAT files as well?

After each MAME update, I find myself checking this page more than a hundred times to see if the new DATs are available:
🔗 https://www.progettosnaps.net/dats/MAME/#bottom

It would be fantastic if, once MAME is updated, we could immediately use RomVault or any other tool to verify our sets, what’s complete and what’s still missing.

Thanks again for all your efforts!

 

Sorry, but as this is a modified mame, the dat set would be incomplete as there are 2 games that are re added by me, so no unfortunately i cant add the dats, and i no longer use dats.

As for normal dats just search 'pleasuredome git' in your fave search engine, you will find them on there fairly easily, or you could create the dats with clrmamepro and the mame.exe (this last one does have some draw backs though)

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breppusschlep

Posted

Followed every instruction in these comments to the letter, still getting nagged when I launch a game. Using MAME 279, really not sure why it isn't working.

MadK9

Posted

On 8/19/2025 at 2:52 AM, breppusschlep said:

Followed every instruction in these comments to the letter, still getting nagged when I launch a game. Using MAME 279, really not sure why it isn't working.

You to be a bit a little more descriptive on what is showing up on your screen, or a screenshot, this will help narrow down somethings. (are you running mame as a standalone emulator, or are you using the Launchbox installation, as these require two different approaches.) Some times people mistake what this actually does and removes, we will try to help you as much as we can, but as you are the only one reporting an error, it must be a simple error, that can probably be remedied easily. 

Most times just replacing the exe file in you mame setup will result in it working, if you run a standalone version that you installed manually (not using Launchbox's install option) you need to edit the mame.ini and just make sure  'Skip_gameinfo  1' is set. Thats all there is to it, you will know if its working as when you run a game that has a yellow/red warning will show a Warning Information option in the Tab menu when you are in the game.

 

dav777

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Thanks for the upload. Appreciated.

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greatbigjay

Posted

Fairly new at this, currently running 0.278 , is there a repository or somewhere i can get the no-nag for it? i just dont want to mess around updating my rom set. thanks

GodElite

Posted

3 minutes ago, greatbigjay said:

Fairly new at this, currently running 0.278 , is there a repository or somewhere i can get the no-nag for it? i just dont want to mess around updating my rom set. thanks

You are literally on the post where all new no-nag MAME versions are posted...

C-Beats

Posted

9 minutes ago, greatbigjay said:

Fairly new at this, currently running 0.278 , is there a repository or somewhere i can get the no-nag for it? i just dont want to mess around updating my rom set. thanks

Forum UI doesn't really reflect it but if you push Download File there are several versions you then have to pick which one to download. Just grab the one you're searching for.

greatbigjay

Posted

6 minutes ago, GodElite said:

You are literally on the post where all new no-nag MAME versions are posted...

yup...i can read... i cant find anywhere that older versions would be.. but thanks for the helpful reading tip bud... 

greatbigjay

Posted

2 minutes ago, C-Beats said:

Forum UI doesn't really reflect it but if you push Download File there are several versions you then have to pick which one to download. Just grab the one you're searching for.

Awesome, thanks for the help! ( see it wasn't that hard to just help out @GodElite) I never went that far because I just assumed that would have been just the 0.281 version

GodElite

Posted

7 minutes ago, greatbigjay said:

Awesome, thanks for the help! ( see it wasn't that hard to just help out @GodElite) I never went that far because I just assumed that would have been just the 0.281 version

didn't want to sound like a wise guy... I literally commented because I was trying to help. never thought you didn't tried clicking the Download file button yet.


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