

We will eventually add in other operating systems, and other emulators. All these guides are written assuming the user is on a Windows XP, Vista, or 7 computer. I will say that several times through out this, so do not bother asking us for roms. The only caveat is that for legal reasons, we do not and will not distribute roms. We are utilizing the Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) mentality and will do our best to make the guide usable by people who are not terribly knowledgeable about computers. These are simply guides to get a user started, we will eventually add intermediate guides. We will not cover every aspect of an emulator, nor will we get really deep into configuring them. These are not the first guides of their kind, nor will they be the last. Welcome to the first of what should be many guides on how to setup emulators. If you have suggestions on how to improve it and would like to contribute, please let us know in the comments section below - thanks! This guide ended up rather large and just a bit rough around the edges, but we wanted to go ahead and publish it instead of endless tweaking it.


Fastbilly1 is an arcade enthusiast to say the least and he wanted to share his knowledge with the Racketboy community about how to properly setup MAME and how to avoid potential pitfalls. Note from Racketboy: As common as MAME is, it can be quite intimidating to install for those that are new to the scene.
