QUOTE(wildonrio @ Aug 15 2006, 12:03 AM)
As far as MameOx, do I basically just find it on google, download it, unzip it, transfer what I just unzipped into the emulators folder on my xbox, and put all of my roms in the rom folder within the MameOx main directly, and that's it? I'm just wondering if I can just transfer all of the unzipped files, or if there is an actual installation process I have to do, you know? Thanks for your help.
Set up the XBox version of MAME on your PC's hard disc, as it's easier than struggling to set it up on the XBox. For example, download MAMEOX, unzip (or unRAR) it to your PC, in, say:
c:\xbox\MAMEOX
then put all of your MAME ROMs (the games) into the MAMEOX \ROMS\ folder (which in the above example will probably be c:\xbox\MAMEOX\ROMS ), but DO NOT UNZIP THEM!!!! The ROMs must stay as ZIP files. Then transfer the MAMEOX folder and sub folders onto your XBox, which can be done in two ways:
1) FTP them across from the PC to the XBox, via a suitable cable, and a suitable program, such as FlashFXP, or
2) Burn a DVD with the MAMEOX folder and sub folders. To do this, you have to burn the DVD in XBox format, which later versions of Nero can do (select UDF format DVD from the wizard, and tick the XBox compatability box in the options page), or you can make an XBox format .iso file on your XBox hard disc, using a suitable PC program (see the PC programs at XBox-scene.com) and then burn the .iso to DVD. If you do decide to use a DVD to transfer MAMEOX across, you'll need an XBox installed file explorer/copier to copy MAMEOX from the DVD to your XBox (I'd recommend UnleashX, it has a great file explorer/copier). And the program must either be installed on your XBox beforehand, or must boot from a DVD, so that it runs, to allow you to use it to copy itself to the XBox, so you can insert the MAMEOX DVD into the XBox and then copy MAMEOX to the DVD. Basically, use the FTP method, unless (a) you absolutely can't, i.e. you don't have a PC, and have to use your friend's PC to get MAMEOX in the first place, or ((IMG:
style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) you want to run MAMEOX from a DVD permenantly (in which case, copy all of the data and subfolders from c:\xbox\MAMEOX onto the DVD, so that default.xbe is in the root directory, and there is no MAMEOX directory on the DVD).
As for where it goes on your XBox hard disc, try putting it in f:\games or f:\apps\emulators, or anywhere else that your dashboard menu program (UnleashX, Evo-X etc) will search for games and programs when run. The default.xbe file, which all programs have on the XBox as there starting file, must be in a subfolder to the folder you want your dashboard menu program to search, so if you copied MAMEOX to the f:\games
folder, then you'd have
f:\games\MAMEOX\default.xbe
f:\games\MAMEOX\ROMS\****loads of zip files, which are your MAME games****
and that's basically it. It's the same for any emulator (except some need their ROMs zipped up, others need them unzipped, and some emulators don't care either way), game or program on the XBox. The only two things to be aware of are that not all MAME ROMs will work with MAMEOX, either due to XBox limitations, (try the different versions of MAME for the XBox, though you can't guaranee success), or MAME bugs and rewrites (as you probably know, it's not uncommon for newer versions of MAME to lose compatability with games that the older version ran, plus sometimes newer versions of MAME require different ROM files for the same game), and you may have a problem finding XBox MAME versions, and any other XBox programs to. Read XBox-scene's FAQs for more information.
I hope that helped.
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