FAQ:Games
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The volume in the Mortal Kombat and other recent Williams games is very low.
The newest Neo Geo games lock up when loading the ROMs.
How do I turn on blood in the Metal Slug and King of Fighters games?
Simpsons Bowling (or any other post-1986 Konami game) says a ROM is bad or BAD EEPROM etc.
Die Hard Arcade says "operation of this cartridge is disallowed in this country".
Hard Drivin' is uncontrollable! It brakes all the time!
Hard Drivin', Metal Slug 2 and Double Dragon are choppy, but I have enough CPU power.
How can I play Cruis'n USA when it frameskips so badly?
How do I set up D&D - Shadow over Mystara or other games for 4 player use?
How do I calibrate the guns in Terminator 2? Can I use a light gun?
How do I calibrate the guns in Namco games? (Golly! Ghost, Lucky & Wild etc.)
Why doesn't 720 Degrees work with my analog joystick?
I am trying to play a Williams game (Joust, Defender, Bubbles, etc.) and I can't get into the game itself.
When I run Zookeeper, I get stuck on a THIS LOCATION screen.
What's wrong with the NVRAM in Food Fight?
The first time you run the game, it re-initializes the NVRAM (Non-volatile RAM) memory. To get past the initialization screen, hit the primary fire button (Left Control key, or the first joystick button).
When I try to play MACH 3 or Us vs. Them, I just get a "Disc" message.
These are laserdisc games. In the '80s, several "hybrid" video/laserdisc games appeared. Unlike Space Ace and Dragon's Lair — which were essentially interactive cartoons — these games mixed graphics and video for a more intense gaming experience. The MAME team decided to emulate the normal graphics portions of the games, and worry later about how to emulate the laserdisc video. Hence, you cannot play these games at this time in MAME. However, a lot of the laserdisc games are emulated in Daphne.
How do I play Water Match?
The instructions are on the game's bezel. The game involves waggling the two joysticks around like an idiot. Here's what you have to do:
For freestyle and backstroke swimming, move the two joysticks up and down in opposition to each other (when one is up, the other must be down).
For butterfly, turn the joysticks "outward" — left clockwise, right counterclockwise. For breaststroke, turn them "inward" (left counterclockwise, right clockwise).
(You need to use the start button to dive into the pool and the turn button to turn around.)
For rowing the rowboat, move the joysticks up and down in sync (both up, both down, both up, etc.).
For rowing the canoe, move the joysticks up and down independently: the left one if the canoe is veering to the left or the right one if the canoe is veering to the right. (One of the buttons is involved as well, but it's too hard to make out in the photo.) You have to press one of the buttons (not sure which one) to right your canoe when it capsizes.
How do I start a PlayChoice-10 game?
The Playchoice-10 system was a multigame arcade machine. MAME emulates a Playchoice-10 with one game in it. However, the "channel select" menus and timer still are there in MAME. PC-10 games are timer-based, which means coins buy playing time, instead of a certain number of lives. Game ends when time is up, although you can reset, start and continue unlimited times, as long as you have time left).
To start the game, do the following:
- Run MAME with the PC-10 game you want to play (ex. "MAME PC_SMB3" would run Super Mario Bros 3, or "MAME PC_RCPAM" would run RC Pro-AM).
- Insert a coin by pressing 5 to put some time on the timer (300 Units Per coin).
- Press 0 to select channel one.
- Press - to "Enter" the game.
- Press 1 to select Options.
- Press 2 to Start Game.
