Pacmania wont run anymore!

[nick]

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I recently reinstalled Mame on my old computer - Pacmania now runs very
slowly on it (Celeron 500, 256mb ram, 16mb Geforce card, Win98se) - it never
used to. I read something recently about new versions of Mame making certain
games slower, is this true? Can't believe Pacmania doesnt run on this
machine anymore. Can anyone throw some light on this?

 

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Nick wrote:

> I recently reinstalled Mame on my old computer - Pacmania now runs very
> slowly on it (Celeron 500, 256mb ram, 16mb Geforce card, Win98se) - it never
> used to. I read something recently about new versions of Mame making certain
> games slower, is this true? Can't believe Pacmania doesnt run on this
> machine anymore. Can anyone throw some light on this?
>
Look in the pull down menus under preferences (or is it options?) and
select "Disable Validity Checks". HTH

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FSogol

 

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FSogol <FSogol@nospamplease.org> wrote in
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> Look in the pull down menus under preferences (or is it options?) and
> select "Disable Validity Checks". HTH

Validity checks wouldn't have anything to do with how fast it runs. Only
how fast it starts.

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Peale wrote:

> FSogol <FSogol@nospamplease.org> wrote in
> news:4207baec$0$21641$c0de7616@dsl.net:
>
>
>
>>Look in the pull down menus under preferences (or is it options?) and
>>select "Disable Validity Checks". HTH
>
>
> Validity checks wouldn't have anything to do with how fast it runs. Only
> how fast it starts.
>
Damn reading comphrension. Its probably a virus scanner or some such
device running in the background.
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FSogol

 

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On 2005-02-07, Nick <nick@jimdigriz6.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Celeron 500, 256mb ram, 16mb Geforce card, Win98se

Get a real computer with a real OS.

OG.

 

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Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com> wrote in
news:slrnd0fo53.guf.galibert@m23.limsi.fr:

> On 2005-02-07, Nick <nick@jimdigriz6.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Celeron 500, 256mb ram, 16mb Geforce card, Win98se
>
> Get a real computer with a real OS.

Yeah, he should be running DOS. The computer's fine.

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Peale's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
were:
> Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com> wrote in
> news:slrnd0fo53.guf.galibert@m23.limsi.fr:
>> On 2005-02-07, Nick <nick@jimdigriz6.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Celeron 500, 256mb ram, 16mb Geforce card, Win98se
>> Get a real computer with a real OS.
> Yeah, he should be running DOS. The computer's fine.

Personally, I'd say Linux over DOS anymore. I'd also hope up that celly a
bit, but thats just me. I like having my hardware a bit more than stock

 

[nick]

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Points taken but fact is, it used to work fine on this computer. There's
nothing in the background, plenty of hard disk space, hdd has been defragged
etc. I can only assume that the newer versions of Mame are not as well
optimised as before ?


"Nick" <nick@jimdigriz6.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cu8di6$1p4$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>I recently reinstalled Mame on my old computer - Pacmania now runs very
>slowly on it (Celeron 500, 256mb ram, 16mb Geforce card, Win98se) - it
>never used to. I read something recently about new versions of Mame making
>certain games slower, is this true? Can't believe Pacmania doesnt run on
>this machine anymore. Can anyone throw some light on this?
>

 

[nick]

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definitely nothing in the background!


"FSogol" <FSogol@nospamplease.org> wrote in message
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>
>
> Peale wrote:
>
>> FSogol <FSogol@nospamplease.org> wrote in
>> news:4207baec$0$21641$c0de7616@dsl.net:
>>>Look in the pull down menus under preferences (or is it options?) and
>>>select "Disable Validity Checks". HTH
>>
>>
>> Validity checks wouldn't have anything to do with how fast it runs. Only
>> how fast it starts.
>>
> Damn reading comphrension. Its probably a virus scanner or some such
> device running in the background.
> --
> FSogol
>
>

 

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Just a suggestion but, if you want to play pacmania on your hardware, why
not play it on the older version that runs fine and avoid using the newer
versions until you upgrade your hardware =)


"Nick" <nick@jimdigriz6.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cue3cl$c5h$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Points taken but fact is, it used to work fine on this computer. There's
> nothing in the background, plenty of hard disk space, hdd has been
> defragged etc. I can only assume that the newer versions of Mame are not
> as well optimised as before ?
>
>
> "Nick" <nick@jimdigriz6.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cu8di6$1p4$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>I recently reinstalled Mame on my old computer - Pacmania now runs very
>>slowly on it (Celeron 500, 256mb ram, 16mb Geforce card, Win98se) - it
>>never used to. I read something recently about new versions of Mame making
>>certain games slower, is this true? Can't believe Pacmania doesnt run on
>>this machine anymore. Can anyone throw some light on this?
>>
>
>

 

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Nick wrote:
> Points taken but fact is, it used to work fine on this computer. There's
> nothing in the background, plenty of hard disk space, hdd has been defragged
> etc. I can only assume that the newer versions of Mame are not as well
> optimised as before ?

-----8<-----

I had to chuckle over that last sentence. MAME has /never/ been
optimized. Their philosophy has always been 'Make it run /perfectly/
first, /then/ make it run fast, and we should have time to do /that/
sometime in the decades following after they stop making arcade games.'
(or something like that)

If you want a (somewhat) optimized version, try fastMAME. (
http://tinyurl.com/44e5z )

--

Thnik about it!
Dead_Dad

 

[nick]

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yeah might just download the older mame and use that. Cheers!


"TonyT" <proroc@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:n9EOd.6688$WN.1656@fe08.lga...
> Just a suggestion but, if you want to play pacmania on your hardware, why
> not play it on the older version that runs fine and avoid using the newer
> versions until you upgrade your hardware =)
>
>
> "Nick" <nick@jimdigriz6.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cue3cl$c5h$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> Points taken but fact is, it used to work fine on this computer. There's
>> nothing in the background, plenty of hard disk space, hdd has been
>> defragged etc. I can only assume that the newer versions of Mame are not
>> as well optimised as before ?
>>
>>
>> "Nick" <nick@jimdigriz6.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:cu8di6$1p4$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>>I recently reinstalled Mame on my old computer - Pacmania now runs very
>>>slowly on it (Celeron 500, 256mb ram, 16mb Geforce card, Win98se) - it
>>>never used to. I read something recently about new versions of Mame
>>>making certain games slower, is this true? Can't believe Pacmania doesnt
>>>run on this machine anymore. Can anyone throw some light on this?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

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"Nick" <nick@jimdigriz6.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in
news:cue3cl$c5h$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk:

> Points taken but fact is, it used to work fine on this computer.
> There's nothing in the background, plenty of hard disk space, hdd has
> been defragged etc. I can only assume that the newer versions of Mame
> are not as well optimised as before ?

Perhaps something in the driver changed to make the emulation cleaner.
Check MAWS.