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PS2 MAME EMULATOR guide here
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CJ420
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9. January 2007 @ 20:12 |
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curious if anyone was able to integrate with hdloader
couldnt use just put the mame elf file on the files folder of the hdloader? and the roms in a sub there?
anyone used mame with hdloader or is that too much?
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igf
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18. January 2007 @ 02:05 |
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When i try make the image file cdgenps2 says error in LBA subtable that the elf file collides with some roms can i chance the lba for the elf and what to?I have tried makeing the image without these roms and it works but then i get the black screen and blue border when i boot it(i have changed the romlist text after removing the roms).Can anyone please help me with this?
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Matrx
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21. January 2007 @ 07:53 |
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So to run the playstation 2 mame do you have to have anything special for the ps2 like a mod-chip and can I use a dvd-rw
(({$ Yung Twone $}))
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chingon07
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2. February 2007 @ 20:35 |
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i dont know how anyone does this but i just cant get passed step three
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2. February 2007 @ 23:00 |
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Originally posted by chingon07:
i dont know how anyone does this but i just cant get passed step three
why?,whats the problem?
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123jeffc
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8. February 2007 @ 17:00 |
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I feel so stupid for asking this but...
Can you please elaborate on the "when downloading them, you must save them to disc" part?
I believe I'm alright with the rest of the instructions.
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8. February 2007 @ 23:15 |
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it means just save them to the hardrive
they will come rar'd up,and you dont want to open them with WinRAR,thats all
when you download the rom,you will get a option pop up asking to save to disk or open
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123jeffc
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9. February 2007 @ 01:15 |
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O.K. I'll give it a shot. When I save them, I just get the folder with the zipper, not the fancy book icon (shown above). I can do the snes emu no problem.
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knives1
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9. February 2007 @ 17:08 |
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What happens if I use more than 30 roms?
Will it not work or nobody has actually tried it?
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chingon07
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9. February 2007 @ 19:58 |
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So i read everybodies problem about the blue squre and nothing else happens and that is my problem too does anybody have an answer to this i have burned 9 different cds all trying different methods but i always end up at the blue squre. can some one help me. Or just set up a link where i can download the image and just burn it cause am loosing hope and i really want to play kof97 on my ps2.
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10. February 2007 @ 00:21 |
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well lots of roms dont work on the mameps2 emu,that may just be the problem
@knives
if you use more than 30 roms,you need to put them in there own folder
the max i ever got was about 50,too many lba clashes
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123jeffc
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10. February 2007 @ 10:59 |
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Originally posted by hursty:
well lots of roms dont work on the mameps2 emu,that may just be the problem.
I think this is my problem.
I've loaded many roms and I think only one of them works so far:
My latest disk has 10 roms:
Galaga88, gauntlet, moonwalker, sanfran rush, shinobi, the simpsons, snow bros, T.M.N.T, xmen: All start to load then I get booted to the main menu.
The only one that worked is Mr. Do!
Do most roms have issues with mameps2 or am I still doing something wrong?
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mamey88
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13. February 2007 @ 16:51 |
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hello all,
the mame emulator for PS2 is based on an older version of mame (mame version 37), so downloading newer romsets means a lot of the games wont work anymore. and on the internet at the moment all you can find is the latest rom sets!
if you can find them, then use the roms closer to the mame release number 37. then all or most of the games should load properly.
the problem is trying to find the older roms on the internet. it's not easy.
lucky for me i have the full mame rom set for version 37 of mame here with me on cd so i am ok! ;-]
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mamey88
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13. February 2007 @ 16:57 |
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 1. September 2010 @ 22:49
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chingon07
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26. February 2007 @ 20:04 |
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Well where is the list of games that will work on the ps2
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mamey88
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27. February 2007 @ 01:52 |
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i dont know if there is one, i suppose you'd have to try them all and see which ones work
it's a big job, i guess nobody has got round to that!
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27. February 2007 @ 04:15 |
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i made this combo that works
1942
280ZZZAP
ARKANOI2
ASTINVAD
ATETRIS
ATHENA
AVALNCHE
BADDUDES
BAGMAN
BANKP
BIGPROWR
BOMBJACK
BOULDASH
BRKTHRU
BUBLBOBL
CARNIVAL
CCASTLES
CENTIPED
CHAMPBAS
CHEEKYMS
CIRCUSC
COMMANDO
CRASH
CSHIFT
DESTDERB
DIAMOND
DIGDUG
DIGDUG2
DKONG3
DKONGJR
DOCASTLE
DOGFIGHT
DOWILD
DRMARIO
DUCKHUNT
ELEVATOR
FROGGER
GALAGA
GALAXIAN
GGHOST
GORF
HYPERSPT
JACKAL
JRKING
KINGOFB
LWINGS
MARIO
MARKHAM
MEGATACK
METEOR
MIKIE
MISSILE
MPATROL
MSPACMAN
NATODEF
NAUGHTYB
NEMESIS
PANG
PHOENIX
PUNCHOUT
RAIDRS5T
RALLYX
RENEGADE
RETOFINV
SLAPBTUK
SLAPFIGH
SSI
TAPPER
TERRACRE
THEPIT
THIEF
TIMBER
TIMEPLT
TNZS2
TOKISENS
TP84
TRACKFLD
VANGRD2
VSYARD
WANTED
YIEAR
ZAXXON
ZODIACK
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chingon07
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27. February 2007 @ 20:48 |
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You are sure all those work?
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chingon07
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27. February 2007 @ 20:51 |
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Is not that I dont trust you or anything but I wasted 10 cd's doing this I haven't got a single game to work.
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gohito
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9. March 2007 @ 02:53 |
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hi, I'm new
I loaded the elf file and it stucked in the WWW.PS2NEWZ.COM LOGO and that's it.
What should I do?
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RemyK313
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30. April 2007 @ 18:31 |
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In case anybody stumbles upon this again.....
A lot of game tools, especially emulation, aren't made by pirates.
That is to say, unlike swap-magic related stuff, and other PS2 utilities, a lot of tools for emulation aren't made with the intent of letting people play games or for security-breaking purposes.
Quite a few of the guys who make releases with security-breaking measures make money in some sort of way, or at the very least, get some kind of reward in security-related communities. For instance, the guys running the Swap Magic utilities aren't doing it as a free release, they do it to satisfy the needs of people who have swap magic, to keep them from switching away from their system.
With that said, I can now say that the guys at MAME are incredibly strict about how their program is used. Their main purpose isn't to allow people to play games, it's to correctly and completely emulate arcade hardware. The ability to play games comes as a byproduct and a benchmark. They're simply not interested in making games run fast, or implementing a lot of hacks (like they used to), or doing ANYTHING that would get them in trouble in the legal sector (for instance, I had to code up my own support for Tetris The Grandmaster 2 in MAME in order to play it, seeing as how Arika threatened them when they did it). In other words, just because they have capabilities to do things, it doesn't mean they're going to do it.
XMAME is a linux port of MAME. Linux has a distribution that works on the PS2, therefore, if you can run linux on your PS2, then you can run Xmame. However, there are a lot of things on the PS2 which make it hard to emulate...
I guess a lot of people don't really understand how computers work, or the fact that a lot of consoles don't use commonly available hardware. Computer engineering is not something you just pick up in a weekend, and it's not even like you can really get educated on really specific things. The best you can do is learn the basics, learn common stuff, and then move on to really specific platforms. For instance, the PS1 ran on a MIPS processor, which is incredibly common, but look how long it took to get the emulation mostly correct on it. This was mostly because of some of its unusual hardware, and lack of documentation on it. The Gameboy Advance runs on an ARM processor, which is also common, and look how laggy and buggy the emus for it run.... it's not because people don't know how they work, it's just that emulator authors don't generally have documentation specific enough to correctly emulate something. The best they can do is reverse-engineer and then try to port it over to PC.
So, it's always been in game companies' interest to NOT give out documentation, or even try to give people a chance to figure out what they're running. I'm sure there's thousands of things about the PS2 nobody knows except the guys that designed it, and maybe a few seasoned developers (Like EA, they make some amazing looking games on PS2), and this causes a problem when trying to develop for it WITHOUT help from Sony, WITHOUT technical documentation, and without any kind of direction or support whatsoever.
It's not just Sony, it's everyone. That's why emulators are at the state they're at : emu developers don't get paid to do what they do. And trust me, it's very easy to say "Fuck it" when not only can you not figure out how to make your damn emulator work, but when you get some annoying fanboy asking "When's it gonna work, I wanna play xxx game!!!111." On more than one occasion, the developers at MAME have stopped working on things because of this.
Basically, all I'm saying is that the MAME is incredibly difficult to make run, least of all, on a PS2 which is incredibly hard to develop for. In other works, if it doesn't work and the developers don't plan on working on it anymore, then it's NEVER going to work, unless you yourself decide to make it work.
I'm not flaming or anything... just, if enough people read this, less people will get frustrated with things not working right, and developers will get less crap for doing work for free.
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MrGospel
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16. May 2007 @ 00:54 |
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Thank you so much so i can play mame on my ps2 with XMAME and use a dvd disk
by the way im sure there is a gba emu for ps2
}8>D
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dandadub
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30. September 2007 @ 10:48 |
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can you use the swap magic 3.6 cd method rather than modifying your ps2 for this ps2mame emulator to work?
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jfar_22
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13. October 2007 @ 00:38 |
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I did follow all of your guides dudes,when i tried to change and edit system.cnf and i click the image button it seems some conflict on the LBA. Whats suppose to be the problem? Any help?
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Gerinych
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9. November 2007 @ 01:19 |
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i'm having an error with making the bin file.
After I do all this, I press on IMG, and:
"Error in LBA in subtable 22 y 7"
"In file PS2MAME.ELF LBA's 28967 30842"
"it collides with file MK3.ZIP LBA's 18890 28967"
Here's a list of roms, if than helps:
KINST
KINST2
MK
MK2
MK3
MK4
SOULCLBR
SOULEDGE
TEKKEN
TEKKEN2
TEKKEN3
TEKTAGT
UMK3
VF
VF2
VF3
VFKIDS
VFREMIX
Is it possible because the program is glitched or is is Vista's fault. Last time I did that with SNES Station on Windows XP, everything worked fine. Now I have CDGENPS2 from a Spanish PS2 utilities pack I picked up from eMule.
Without LBA fix it seems to make the image only I don't want to burn it or I'll screw up the disk.
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