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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.

0.285 - VirusTotal - File - e1e32c05a4485ca9d5886c044b46e31d299ed3d2b164381b03beda07c5157a2a

 

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 0.285 & Tags


What's New in Version 0.285   See changelog

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MAME 0.285

Are you ready for the first MAME release of 2026? MAME 0.285 is out now! We’ve added support for an early, unreleased version of Atari’s Relief Pitcher running on their System 1 platform. Moon Raker, a Nichibutsu shooter from the late ’70s, has also been found and emulated. Sega’s Waku Waku series has been further filled out with the addition of Waku Waku Jumbo. And for something completely different, Apple’s first computer built around the WIMP paradigm, the Lisa, is starting the year in substantially better shape.

If you play arcade games that utilised lightguns, you’ll no doubt be aware that pulling the trigger while aiming the gun away from the screen was a common way to reload. You may also be aware that MAME had an option to make this a bit easier if you’re using a lightgun to play. That option has been removed, with a new plugin taking its place. The great news is that the plugin works even if you aren’t using a lightgun. That’s right, you can now assign a button to reload when you’re playing Virtua Cop or Lethal Enforcers with a keyboard, mouse or trackball. Check the plugin documentation for more details.

The Hanimex Pencil II computer has had a bit of an overhaul, which should make more software usable. A few more of the many BBC Micro peripherals have been emulated. Other improvements this month include better Apple IIgs periodic interrupt emulation, another working Apple II clone from behind the Iron Curtain, better representation of base Grid Compass hardware configurations, and better default sound routing for people using Apple notebook computers.

As always, you can read about everything that changed this month in the whatsnew.txt file, and the source code and 64-bit Windows binary packages are linked from the mamedev.org download 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

Posted

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.

SnorkelSealion

Posted

Just discovered this version today and it is very good thank you.

Can you add support for Clockwork Aquario? Apparently it is supported in some other versions of mame but I prefer your no nag version.

MadK9

Posted

3 hours ago, SnorkelSealion said:

Can you add support for Clockwork Aquario? Apparently it is supported in some other versions of mame but I prefer your no nag version.

Unfortunately not, as far as i know it was never released in the arcades due to it being canceled before completion, and as such has never been on mame. Im sure i read that there was a "possible leak" of the roms, but other than that, i think your best bet is either

the PS4 or Switch version of the game. If there is  a version that was added to a version of "mame" was probably a bit of a Frankenstein build of it.

I try to keep the no nag clean as possible, so adding something like a game into mame that wasn't there before is not something i would want to do.. 

Sorry..

SnorkelSealion

Posted

8 minutes ago, MadK9 said:

Unfortunately not, as far as i know it was never released in the arcades due to it being canceled before completion, and as such has never been on mame. Im sure i read that there was a "possible leak" of the roms, but other than that, i think your best bet is either

the PS4 or Switch version of the game. If there is  a version that was added to a version of "mame" was probably a bit of a Frankenstein build of it.

I try to keep the no nag clean as possible, so adding something like a game into mame that wasn't there before is not something i would want to do.. 

Sorry..

It seems like it only requires changes to segas18.cpp https://git.redump.net/hbmame/diff/src/hbmame/drivers/segas18.cpp?id=723738d56e87a9c448e492dec4baf3bba0540338

zugswang

Posted

Thanks for this, it's appreciated.

Is there any way you could look into doing Arcade64 nonag ?

I am sure I seen it once, but now nobody seems to be doing it.

Thanks again 👍

MadK9

Posted

13 hours ago, SnorkelSealion said:

Again as i said, the game was incomplete, and was never added to mame, so i will not be adding it to the nonag. Just add the game to your LB and just set the emu to hbmame for that one game.

3 hours ago, zugswang said:

Is there any way you could look into doing Arcade64 nonag ?

I did in the past, but there just isn't a demand for it. There was someone else posting it a few months back. But its not something i will go back to doing, as i have no use for it. 

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SnorkelSealion

Posted

5 hours ago, MadK9 said:

Again as i said, the game was incomplete, and was never added to mame, so i will not be adding it to the nonag. Just add the game to your LB and just set the emu to hbmame for that one game.

OK. Thanks for your consideration.

Stiles

Posted

On 11/29/2025 at 8:14 AM, zugswang said:

Thanks for this, it's appreciated.

Is there any way you could look into doing Arcade64 nonag ?

I am sure I seen it once, but now nobody seems to be doing it.

Thanks again 👍

There's no reason to do that in Arcade. If you go to the Advanced menu and change Seconds to Run to 1 that should enable it.

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dav777

Posted

Thanks for another great update. Appreciated 😁


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