Setting up MAME for HyperSpin (Arcade Games)

In this series of Official HyperSpin Tutorials we will be guiding you through the complete setup and customization of this amazing frontend in as concise and logical a manner as possible. Let me know in the comments section if you have any questions or concerns and I will address them as soon as I am able. If I'm ever unclear about a point, or if I cover something too quickly, just let me know and I'll do my best to fix it! Today we're learning about how to add MAME to our HyperSpin setups for playing arcade games.

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---Introduction/Explanations---
0:10 Introduction

---MAME Installation---
0:24 MAME Developer Website - What is MAME?
0:45 Downloading/Extracting the Latest Version

---MAME Customization---
1:01 Eliminating Nag Screens with NONAG Compiled EXE
1:35 Configuring MAME
2:09 Hiscore Support

---MAME Roms---
2:18 Understanding MAME Roms, CHDs, and Split/Merged Sets

---MAME Database XMLs---
3:45 HyperList vs Custom User XMLs
4:26 Brief Introduction to Genre XMLs

---Conclusion---
4:36 Closing Remarks
5:03 End Card

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Arcade Classics Theme Intro by James Baker
HyperSpin Cinematic Themes by James Baker
Background Music: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure ReMix by Rexy: 'Another Sky' [Main Theme] (#3379)
ReMixer: Rexy

• Game: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Activision, 2011, WIN)
• ReMixer(s): Rexy
• Composer(s): Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
• Song(s): 'Skylanders Main Theme (Instrumental)'
• Posted: 2016-06-29, evaluated by djpretzel

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A very special thanks to the HyperSpin community. Thank you very much for watching!

[malcolmalty]

are you up for a 2024 update tried following but so much as changed.

[CHUKISTEIN]

Thank you. Just a question: which is actually this site you show on video..about the complete set of MAME?

[DavidRaggio]

How can I get just the roms I have to show up in hyperspin? not the full list.

[steveothehulk]

I have a question regarding mame game saves, is it safe to constantly make save states? Won’t this fill up your hard drive considering there is literally 1000s of games?
Can you delete them once you don’t need them?

[ReformedRabbit]

Bought a hyper spin drive but when I play arcade games it runs In Turbo mode. How do I get the games to normal speed?

[leokaiser]

When I click to scan in the Don's Rom renamer tool, it just crashes. Anyone have a solution?

[ticmike]

Have you not made the next video yet on setting up a disc based system?
I cant seem to see it.

[mranxiety]

I know n64 Is on it, but is the gamecube on it also?

[gregjaw]

Hey there, thank you for the great video. I have followed your directions, but when I double-click the mame64.exe file, I get a black screen that eventually says the program is not working and will close. I am using Windows 10 and a new Acer desktop machine. I have tried to go into the properties section of the .exe and run as an administrator, but I get the same result. Any advice? Many thanks for everything!

[Mario-tmuv]

Great video. A big help in getting to further understand HyperSpin. Could I ask where you get your updates of MAME roms (v0.175 to v0.176)?
Many thanks

[firthundr]

I have mame 32bit. If I open this it shows me a cmd and dissapears again. how can I configure mame then? or go to this gui?

[KapnKerfuffle]

Can you use MAMEUI as the emulator? Could you overwrite the mame.exe in MAMEUI as you do in MAME? Ordinary MAME is difficult to work with as far as setting go.

[acerimmer]

@The AVarcivst... I am getting " user must fix the following errors" when I do a audit.. How do I fix ithem? Great Guide by the way. oh My audit tool keeps chasing too.

[mikemagee]

Sorry, if this has been covered before, but I notice you are using this on your PC. Could I use a raspberry Pi 3 for all these games? Or something smaller for making a bartop arcade console? Thanks :)

[jjkempiners]

Please accept my sincere thanks for putting these videos together, they have been invaluable to me as I start this hobby. I too look forward to more videos in this series. Do you have a Patreon account?

[menime]

Thank you. Please sent me a direct link to the MAME roms

[tracyr]

you didn't actually talk about configuring hyperspin to actually point to anything or see anything.