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  1. Buying emulation boxes is never a good idea, they are scams.

    Mame can be one of the trickier emulators to get running because you really want to match the rom set and emulation versions to each other and you want to have a complete set if you are new to it.

     

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  2. If you don't have a full Mame set don't use the importer.

    Import the games you do have like any other normal system.

    I would advise though since you are new to emulation that you either source a full set from "the pleasuredome". Or you make sure your roms work with the version of Mame you have before importing. 

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  3. This is so needlessly complicated.
    We have a couple of NeoGeo rom copy batch files here on the forums in the downloads section that are far more simple if you felt you needed to have duplicate roms on your drive.

    On top of that you can just use Mame and a simple command line parameter to start the games in AES mode.

    aes %romfile% -bios usa

  4. 17 minutes ago, starfiretbt said:

    1. How do I get a newer, more functional mame (in other words updating it) while still being able to use the roms I have?

    You don't.

    18 minutes ago, starfiretbt said:

    I thought I can just replace the whole folder the emulator came in with the emulator but I hear from MadK9 saying that won't work.

    MadK9 is correct.

    If you know the version of the rom set you have then you can download that version of Mame from the Mame website.
    If you want the latest Mame you will want to download the version of the rom set to go with that to ensure the maximum compatibility.

  5. The speed difference will depend on the number of games imported and the size of the xml files. On top of that you have to take into consideration just how much you value those few seconds of loading time of LB. For me the few extra seconds of load time does not matter at all and because of my smaller library and limited images the responsiveness of LB / BB is still really smooth and snappy but if someone has a large library like 50,000+ games and all the different media types then the SSD speed might be worth more.

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