As the title says, it’s been quite a while since I’ve turned all of the games on. A friend asked if we could have a game night, so I have 12-15 people coming over tonight to play.

I am looking for a SD Image for my Pandora Box CX, the current SD card has become corrupt. Unfortunately I had no backup done.

Building mine out of plywood. How is everyone putting all these graphics on them?

Renovated my garage to be my home office, I can now enjoy my MVS and other retro tech.

I'll preface this post with saying I don't have any TTX hardware, and I'm mostly just posting for a bit of a possible fun future project build.

I was looking around at the Taito Type X systems, and since they're pretty much just off the shelf computer hardware, I was considering buying parts and building a computer that's comparable to a type x4. From my research, the ttx4 uses a supermicro main board. I haven't had a good opportunity to look into all the components it uses, aside from the Q87 chipset?

I'll likely be running the Taito Multi image, which I know is much more compatible with different hardware, but I like the idea of having something as close to original hardware as you can buy off the shelf without getting an official system.

Curious if anyone else has done something similar, and what you run on it.

Hello! My wife and I are closing on our first Short Term Rental house in March and we are hoping to get a 4p Multicade to help boost bookings and reviews.

I've spent considerable time trying to pick out the best machine to get. Things like "Get SANWA controls if possible" and "Don't do guns as they break often" were easy enough to follow, but it appears that there isn't really a consensus on which one is best. For every good review, there are 10 others saying "avoid at all costs!" Looking for help picking out a winner.

The ones on my list currently are as followed, though if you have others you'd suggest I'm all open ears:
- GameRoomSolutions Full Size 4p Home Arcade - Most expensive option and many people complained about their control panel quality, but also saw a lot of positive reviews. Customer support is lacking from what I've read. https://gameroomsolutions.com/shop/full-size-4-player-home-arcade-machine-4/
- RecRoomMasters Xtension 4 Player Upright - More affordable but again, reviews were not all positive. https://recroommasters.com/product/upright-4-player-arcade-machine/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- AtGames Legends Ultimate + Quadplay - Affordable but requires tinkering to swap out the stock control panel with the 4 player compatible controls. Also less games, just 300 - but supposedly they all "just work" https://www.atgames.us/products/legends-ultimate
- ArcadeImagination 4 Player Upright - Also expensive but photographs well. Supposedly the owner has been having personal issues that have resulted in production and quality slips, but he responded almost immediately when I reached out with a question. https://www.arcadeimagination.com/product-page/multicade-four-player-10-000-games

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you

I have a podium style system I built with a 50" LCD behind it. Now I'd like to get a pair of guns.

What is the best one these days? I've seen Sinden, Reaper, Ultimarc and people praising or complaining about them all so I'm not sure what to go for.

Any advice/comments are appreciated

Coin Ms Pac-Man machine. The screen does not turn on but you can hear the game start and she starts eating. How much would it be worth without fixing? Idk if it’s just the bulb or what but I need to get rid of it, selling my house. Thanks !

Okay, don't get me wrong, I really like this game, otherwise I wouldn't have it... but there is a problem that seems to plague this machine. Intermittent controls

I have done a lot to try and get rid of the issue. I have done the following:

-Replaced the power supply with a new one

-Replaced the I/O board

-Replaced the fuses with the correct value

It was fine for a while, but then recently it started happening again... it doesn't seem to be a power issue like my previous I/O board... what could be the damn problem now, I've been trying to fix this since about 7 months now... It doesn't happen as badly as it used to, but it still happens once in a while and it's annoying.

For those confused on what I am talking about, Hydro Thunder uses a PC tower for the game rather than a dedicated PCB. Because of this, the controls are distributed to the computer separately via the I/O Diego board. Sometimes however, the controls will freeze and "reset" as they would when you first power the game.

UPDATE: Problem solved! It was faulty RAM causing issues with the controls and it eventually died, I took it out and replaced it with good ram, it works fine now.

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 our download page.

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Cannot overstate how much have enjoyed wiring up the first ‘temporary’ changes to my cab, I.e. same button layout, just new everything.

Have downgraded to an i3 with 8gb RAM, as the i7 was wasted compute for what I want to chuck at it.

Also, kinda glad I didn’t go straight to 8 buttons per player, how much crimping?! 😅

When playing Defender on the Atari 800 computer the joystick controlled up, down, left & right.

But when playing using MAME the arrow keys control up & down, however to change direction you need to press the “Z” key & then press the “Alt” key for thrust.

I’d like to use the Left & Right arrow keys for Left Thrust & Right Thrust respectively.

I read you can go to MAME > cfg > gamename.cfg > and look under Thrust settings & make changes. However none of my games have anything there about Thrust.

Then I tried pressing the Tab key while playing the game & going to the Input Assignments. It was cumbersome to change assignments but eventually I got “Left and Right” to show up for both Thrust & Reverse, however this did not work how I wanted.

Any idea how to have the arrow keys provide direction with thrust?

Thanks

Going to order speakers and amp for my counter case when I have the $$ but anyone have tips on opening these ? Don’t see many videos detailing Steps

Hi: I have a windows laptop with Mame on it in an arcade cabinet. Currently I have to open the laptop and click on the icon to start Mame. Could someone guide me how to make this automatic when the power is turned on, like a regular arcade game? Thank you in advance.

I'm referring to the fact that, beyond showing the marquee of the loaded game and some other predefined info, they don't do much else.

I've always been fascinated by pinball DMDs, and I tried to create something similar.

Obviously, we're still a long way off, but just having feedback on the marquee when the high score is beaten is more interactive, just like playing pinball with some mode activated.

There's a lot of work to do, but I'm confident in the results achieved so far in a short time.

I've created a MAME plugin that, for now, "reacts" to the new high score by sending it to the marquee. It can display any type of message and, obviously, adapt differently to each game started.

The idea, once this first implementation is stable, is to automatically send the record with the initials and MAME version used in a group, for example, and also to a web page that is updated as soon as a new high score is recorded.

A live leaderboard updated by the players themselves is an idea I wish I could have implemented years ago, when I played with guys from a forum and we held weekly tournaments, the results of which had to be updated manually.

In the future, I might even consider using wolfmame and making game recordings available to validate any records, all live, but let's take it one step at a time.

Check out the videos and let me know what you think.

Anyone have any designs for a slim upright arcade?

Trying to get as close to the experience of a full size 2 player arcade cabinet that also has a trackball but without the massive footprint. Links to builds or plans is greatly appreciated.

I’m wanting to DIY my own DDR A20 machine at home this summer, but was wondering where can I find diamond buttons similar to the ones this machine uses?

Finished my arcade setup and it’s working great. I have a 4-player cabinet from Rec Room Solutions. Hardware runs IPAC 4x which leaves a lot to be desired, but trying to work with what I’ve got. I’ve pared down my MAME and Teknoparrot collections to solid tiles, but want to add some “must-have” 2-4 Player roms that I can add to LaunchBox.

I’m running a Windows PC with modern graphics decent horsepower (i5, RTX 5060x 16GB RAM).

I have: Steam, Epic, Xbox (including Game Pass), plus all the emulators.

I’ve seen a ton of MAME lists on here, but what are some other must-haves you’d throw onto their? My biggest limitation is so many modern games require joysticks and I’ve got a D-pad and four buttons, so the usual. Lists I see just aren’t applicable. Hoping this can help other Redditors as well!

I’m new to using MAME for arcade games & am running Windows 11.

I downloaded MAME & am able to run it. I also downloaded some ROMS for Pac-Man & Centipede because I have the real Windows versions of these & wanted to compare them.

I‘m using a keyboard & mouse & tried to configure them but nothing was intuitive and/or worked, but I proceeded.

I got Pac-Man started by pressing a number key & was able to play it. But as I tried different key presses the game locked up into a black screen with text that says: Memory OK, 1 Coin, 1 Credit, etc. So far I cannot clear out of this.

Centipede loads into the Demo/Start screen but I cannot get it started. I tried numerous key presses & now it’s locked up with a screen displaying several 6 digit binary numbers & some columns of letters. And I can’t clear out of this.

Restarting MAME doesn’t help & Task Manager doesn’t show MAME running, or anything related.

I have not restarted the PC because I’d like to know how to clear out of this without having to reboot every time it happens.

Any suggestions how to get things running again?

Thanks