MAME Recommendation Thread

[Anonymous No.1594193]

There are over 29,000 ROMs in a full MAME set. That's far too many to sift through on your own!

Use this thread to recommend cool retro arcade games that can be played in MAME. Please type a short description and explain why the game is fun. Screenshots are also appreciated! Any genre is okay. Well-known or hidden gem, it doesn't matter.

Also feel free to post your MAME setup, especially if you have a cool homemade cabinet.

[Anonymous No.1594206]

I'll start.

Ninja Baseball Batman.

It's a 4-player beat-em-up with tons of style and polish. Only one attack button, but the combat still manages to be fun. Lots of wacky levels and enemy designs, and the music is quirky and fun. Everything is baseball themed. It's a good time all around.

[Anonymous No.1594207]

Where can I download a full mameset?

[Anonymous No.1594210]

>>1594207

Pleasuredome lets you download the latest set for free. I'm sure you can get one from thepiratebay though.

[Anonymous No.1594252]

>>1594206

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfqkz6a_r9U

[Anonymous No.1594270]

Purikura Daisakusen (aka Princess Clara Daisakusen) is a lovely little isometric shooter by Atlus. Maul enemies with bullets, save fluffy animals!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL2uWyuk3hI

[Anonymous No.1594295]

It's not exactly an overlooked gem, but Gunwage is one of my personal favorites. It's a bizarre Japanese schmup that's even better in 2p mode (catbabytarantula reactions are priceless).

Also, the legendary DnD games (Tower of Doom & Shadows of Mysteria). SoM is quite possibly the best side-scrolling beat-em-up I've ever played.

[Anonymous No.1594302]

Pachinko Sexy Reaction because pachinko tits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66KrVZJND5g

[Anonymous No.1594307]

Pachinko sexy reaction because pachinko tits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6bVg4fNsWU

[Anonymous No.1594313]

>>1594307

Is there any skill to this at all?

[Anonymous No.1594327]

>>1594313
In Pachinko, you control the force the balls shoot with, if they shoot at all. It's a gambling game that the object is to win more balls than you buy but in virtual Pachinko you win titties. If you were good, it would cost a lot fewer tokens to see the titties than if you weren't but it's easy to just token feed.

It was how I learned the nuances of real pachinko though, and why I own a real pachinko machine (that and Shenmue 2 and childhood memories of The Price is Right)

[Anonymous No.1594375]

LandMaker

Interesting Puzzle Game

[Anonymous No.1594382]

Gals Panic 4

Qix clone with sexy anime girls. Better Gameplay then others in series IMO

[Anonymous No.1594389]

Armadillo Racing!

It's nothing that will keep you hooked for hours, but it's a silly racing game (best played with a trackball but I didn't think it was too bad when played with ps3 controller) with 2 courses, each one finishes with a little bowling minigame too.

I once tried to play through every rom in the full romset but gave up around F I think. A large amount don't work, are the roms from pinball/slot machines or are porn mahjong games from my experience.

[Anonymous No.1594402]

Mameworld had a database called "MAWS" that was a fantastic resource of games information and a huge customisable ratings list. It was invaluable for finding cool arcade games to play, classics and hidden gems alike. They got hacked or something and refuse to put the site back up. Fucking faggots. :(

[Anonymous No.1594405]

I was surprised to find out that the NFL Blitz games are fully supported in MAME. Good times, but better with friends of course.

[Anonymous No.1594410]

Konami Aliens - Awesome run n gun based on Aliens
Tenchi Wo Kurau 2/Warriors of Fate - Awesome beat em up with 3 kingdoms setting, you get a horse sometimes too its badass.
Wardner no Mori - hard as fuck ghosts n goblins style platformer by toaplan

Metro-Cross - I have no idea how to explain this game but it is really really really fun for how simple it is. Its kind of like pacland I guess (its on the same hardware I think) but set in space and its more about making good time than platforming. Fuck I cant do it justice just try it out its so fun.

[Anonymous No.1594416]

Why do these MAME sets include so many games that are in "preliminary" status? Seriously, like half of the ROMS aren't playable because MAME can't emulate them yet. Why even include them?

[Anonymous No.1594420]

>>1594416
for development I assume let anybody try to get the emulation working for those systems.

[Anonymous No.1594445]

>>1594416
Because that's how open source works, people contribute with what they can and little by little stuff gets made.

[Anonymous No.1594479]

2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge

It's NBA Jam, except hockey. It's just as good, if not better, but Jam gets all the attention.

[Anonymous No.1594586]

>>1594327
>childhood memories of The Price is Right

So it's like Plinko? I LOVE Plinko.

[Anonymous No.1594619]

>>1594479
can't you ice the puck or some dumb shit in that game? Theres some kind of infraction that fits in way less naturally than goaltending in NBA Jam. I still play open ice challenge pretty often on my mame cab anyway, good game regardless

[Anonymous No.1594624]

>>1594619

Not sure what you're talking about. There's no icing penalty, as far as I know at least.

[Anonymous No.1594626]

>>1594619

>my mame cab

Post pictures.

[Anonymous No.1594627]

>>1594624
maybe it was something else. I remember having to face off after something that wasn't a goal. Haven't played it in a while

[Anonymous No.1594631]

>>1594627

Oh, yeah. If the goalie gloves the puck, you have to pass it almost immediately, otherwise it goes to a face-off. That's kind of annoying, but I got over it.

[Anonymous No.1594634]

>>1594626
it's a vigolix, still need to do the marquee though

http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Super-Easy-Arcade-Machine-from-1-Sheet-of-Plywoo/

[Anonymous No.1594643]

>>1594634

Oh yeah, I've seen these. For me, it wouldn't be worth it without 2 sets of controls. Looks nice though.

[Anonymous No.1594652]

>>1594586
Plinko is like a giant version of the original meiji pachinko gambling game. Modern pachinko is the modern ultimate-ification of it. You can drop a hundred balls a minute.

[Anonymous No.1595305]

is there a version of mame that can play primal rage 2?
i think im usin 149 right now

[Anonymous No.1595316]

>>1595305

Not supported in .153, the latest version.

[Anonymous No.1595321]

>>1595316
god dammit

[Anonymous No.1595657]

Motherfucking PHELIOS! It's your basic shmup based on Greek mythology.

[Anonymous No.1595668]

Lots and lots of fun for 2 - 4 players!

[Anonymous No.1595680]

>>1594479

Jesus fucking Christ that game is intense. Blitz ain't got shit on this one. Thanks for recommending that one - I wonder why it never caught on.

[Anonymous No.1595682]

Fixeight

shit is cash

cull horn master race reporting in

[Zombie George Harrison !cZWD.b7G9s No.1595695]

There was also a Mobile version in Japan, but Progear is a fun and accessible arcade shmup.

[Anonymous No.1595708]

>>1595668
>Armored Warriors
Muh Nigga

The sort-of sequel to this is actually a straight fighter named Cyberbots.

[Anonymous No.1596558]

>>1595668

There was an arcade version of Streets of Rage 2?

[Anonymous No.1596573]

>>1594416
>MAME is strictly a non-profit project. Its main purpose is to be a reference to the inner workings of the emulated arcade machines. This is done both for educational purposes and for preservation purposes, in order to prevent many historical games from disappearing forever once the hardware they run on stops working. Of course, in order to preserve the games and demonstrate that the emulated behavior matches the original, you must also be able to actually play the games. This is considered a nice side effect, and is not MAME's primary focus.

Being able to actually play games isn't even part of MAME's mission statement. It's just an added bonus.

[Anonymous No.1596589]

>>1596573

Of course they have to say that publicly, but they're not fooling anyone.

Besides, it's not like MAME itself puts out the complete ROMsets.

[Anonymous No.1596826]

TOP FIVE NEO GEO GAMES. GO.

1. Neo Turf Masters
2. Garou: Mark of the Wolves
3. Neo Drift Out
4. Aero Fighters 2
5. Windjammers

[Anonymous No.1596837]

>>1594210
There's also archive.org

[Anonymous No.1596838]

>>1596589
>Of course they have to say that publicly, but they're not fooling anyone.
They don't have any kind of accelerated 3D support. 3D games are emulated entirely in software, because the goal is not to make the games playable - it's to exactly document how the hardware functioned (i.e., HLE to some OpenGL renderer is explicitly NOT what MAME wants.)

[Anonymous No.1596856]

>>1596838

Emulating 3D arcade games is a pain in the ass. I've used Demul for NAOMI games, and it works okay, but it's pretty janky. There's a really good Sega Model 2 emulator, but it doesn't have many features. Am I missing anything?

[Anonymous No.1596892]

This thread is a good opportunity for me; I'm currently building a mame cabinet... well, more like repairing an old jamma cabinet and fitting a computer inside, so I'm kinda looking for a list of games to put in.

So far, I'm thinking of a lot of shoot'em up (dodonpachi, hotdog storm, UN squadron, raiden, etc...), a fair number of beat'em all (cadillac & dinosaurs, dungeons & dragons, cyberbots or something like this, alien vs predator...), of regular fighting games, some puzzle games (puyo puyo, puzzle bobble, that weird yet hillarious taisen-something game...), a few "sports" games (wind-motherfucking-jammers, soccer brawl...), and some misc. games (bishi bashi...). Maybe if I can mod my old Saturn light gun, I'll include lightgun games, too (Virtua Cop, House of the dead, Time Crisis...).

If you guys have any suggestions of worthy games, please go ahead and I'll give every game a try (if I haven't already). Just no mahjong/pachinko/quizz games, please.

[Anonymous No.1596909]

>>1596892

Back when I was toying around with building my own MAME cabinet, I autisticly went through an XML file containing the names/details of every MAME game and cut out every game that required anything beyond a standard joystick and buttons. I could upload it for you, if you want.

[Anonymous No.1596940]

>>1596558
on the mega play system yes

[Anonymous No.1596974]

>>1596909

That's very nice of you, but it could be done much more easily: using my mame+ version, all the games are already categorized (like "shooter/ flying horizontal", or "platform/ fighter scrolling"). From there, it's easy to both copy a lot of games and leave the one that require more than a joystick and 6 buttons.

I was thinking that perhaps you good /vr/ troopers could show some underrated games.

Out of curiosity, how many hours were needed for you to build that list?

[Anonymous No.1596986]

>>1596974

>how many hours were needed for you to build that list?

Countless. Never even built the cabinet, either. Eventually I just downloaded a full MAME set. Oh well.

[Anonymous No.1597819]

>>1596892

Money Puzzle Exchanger?
Neo Drift Out?

[Anonymous No.1598491]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L09t1k5O8qA

That engrish though

[Anonymous No.1598764]

>>1594193
I always suggest Juno First in these threads. IMHO, underrated game. It's kind of like a 2D free movement space harrier mixed with Galaxianesque formations and old arcade style. It's got a great feeling. and plays well.

[Anonymous No.1600760]

Bump? Figured people would be more interested in this.

[Anonymous No.1600774]

Play Dogyuun One of Toaplan's best and it isn't on either the Genesis or the Saturn. Or any console.

[Anonymous No.1600974]

Splatterhouse
It's a great tough-as-nails horror beat 'em up. Really nice atmosphere.

[Anonymous No.1601002]

Dungeons and FUCKING DRAGONS SHADOW OVER MYSTARA BEST BEAT EM UP I EVER PLAYED GOD DAMN