MAME Arcade - LaunchBox Tutorial

In this video, We'll guide you through setting up MAME with LaunchBox, from a fresh install to importing and organizing your MAME ROM sets, including non-merged sets and merged sets. You'll learn how to enable high score leaderboards, download metadata, and bezels from the Bezel Project for an authentic arcade experience!
Chapters:
00:00 - LaunchBox Intro
00:15 - MAME Intro
02:39 - Setting up MAME in LaunchBox
03:27 - Differences between the MAME Sets
05:19 - Importing a MAME merged set
09:19 - Testing Donkey Kong (Merged set)
10:40 - Copying CHD Files
12:31 - MAME High Scores
14:44 - Importing a MAME non-merged set
17:16 - Testing Donkey Kong (Non-merged set)
18:15 - Using a non-merged set to export ROM files
19:22 - Video Recap
20:00 - New High Score?
20:17 - Sweet Revenge
21:28 - Video Outro
21:45 - Wait a minute!?!?!?
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[@matthewbusse1059]

LaunchBox is the best money I've ever spent

[@ru55ells]

Mate, wait till you discover lap dancing clubs.

[@GiacomBono]

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[@decline.enjoyer]

Agreed. So long as we are talking about JUST the windows license. The Android version is shoddily put together.

[@EggChen6DemonBag]

Same!

[@SolidHyunkel]

Thanks for this clarifying tutorial. I would love to see a similar one for updating and managing our ROM sets please.

[@G_Fresh_UK]

Glad i paid for the full version, so worth it. I love how easy it has now become.

[@gamaburst3217]

Excellent tutorial! Really like those kind of in deep video for LaunchBox

[@mcarri3]

Excellent walkthrough!

[@paul9249]

Thanks very informative. Helps out alot.

[@LightGunandRetroRacingLunatics]

You guys pump out great software

[@retroconsole_]

I'd agree. Great software and they deserve success. I've tried many front ends and this one is the best. You can even include pc games as well..that's how good it is..

[@GiacomBono]

@@retroconsole_ THE ONLY THING i DONT LIKE IN LAUNCHBOX IS THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE FRONT END WITH THE JOYSTICK, ALWAYS NEED A KEYBOARD AN MOUSE!!!!

[@ToTBoO]

@@GiacomBono Do you have Launchbox big box? Thats the way to control via joystick.

[@GiacomBono]

@@ToTBoO Still not mate, I know big box will looks like retrobat or coinops, I need the license

[@davidbalcar1226]

Gotta love the post movie credit scenes 🙂

[@brockandroll4004]

I still can't get the Mame rom full set to import. What is the newest romset for Mame? And where to get CHD files?

[@obsidian1710]

This was very helpful. I'm actually getting ready to update my MAME set and would really like to see the best method to do that in LaunchBox. It's a pretty significant jump in versions, I assume I can just copy over everything, and then have LaunchBox scan for newly added roms?

[@TheRafcave]

Thanks!

[@midnightrocker4271]

Is there a way to add pinmame to launchbox?

[@benjones6030]

Can we get a video like this for Launchbox on Android?

[@devinh296]

Can we get a video or can someone help me play win3xo games on LaunchBox? There are some great learning/preschool games that I'd love for my boys to play, but I am not technical at all. I also have access to the ISO, not sure if that would be easier.

[@desoxy2093]

Nice

[@a11danielvv]

thanks

[@SharkyLovedOne]

Why can’t we just use the zip roms and final burn neo through retroarch? I can’t get that to work at all even though all my other system roms work perfectly fine through retroarch.

[@PikaTNT]

You can. But you need a fbneo romset to do that. Keep in mind it’s not a complete set, but iirc all the CLASSICS are there.

[@SharkyLovedOne]

@@PikaTNT it’s strange cause I put my arcade rom set into the arcade folder in emulation station and it just works with FBN. I want to use Launch / Big Box but it doesn’t work easily like the other sets I have in Launch Box.

[@PikaTNT]

@@SharkyLovedOne that’s strange indeed. Maybe different fbneo versions?

[@SharkyLovedOne]

@@PikaTNT I can’t imagine that cause it works in every other front end perfectly even retrobat and retroarch is on all of those. It’s also the one that’s installed with launch box. Maybe I should try stand alone FBN

[@valenciamurillo7806]

Launchbox es compatible con steam deck? Me gusta mas launchbox que batocera, me gustaría que hicieras un vídeo de launchbox en steam deck

[@rickyoverton8702]

Would like to see a Bigbox version of this

[@ReaperDan]

Will there be a tutorial for games Xbox 360? How to add games, how to install add-ons and updates to the launchbox?

[@pholly]

Since this lets you select which MAME ROM set you are using would you be able to setup multiple MAME instances in LaunchBox and select which version you'd like to use. For example in the video version 0.264 was used. Could I name it MAME 0.264 instead of Arcade and then when I downloaded a new set could I keep the 0.264 version and add the 0.265 version and call it MAME 0.265 and be able to use both sets by selecting one of the MAME versions?

[@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC]

Short answer: yes

[@Big_Box_Customs]

Moved approx two year ago from Hyperspin to Launchbox and i never regret it.. there are some smaller things like for the visual which was simply more nice with HS, but functional LB is perfect. Another question about the Video, would be pretty nice to see how to update to a newer mame version?!! :)

[@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC]

You would essentially go through the same process shown in the video, which will update MAME and games to the new target version of your choosing.

[@Big_Box_Customs]

@@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC sounds to easy to be true :) I will give it a try, just a bit scared to kill my nice setup :D So it easily replace everything was i there :) Awesome.

[@DJLucaAngiolini]

I still can't find the way to play NEO GEO from MAME :(((

[@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC]

SNK Neo Geo MVS is playable from a full MAME set, so by following this video, you'll be able to play SNK Neo Geo MVS games.

[@user-qx3hr8tx1i]

Try using nebula or some other emulator like final burn. Why are you trying to use mame?

[@dhamihs]

Help! When I use Export to Android feature it wants to export my whole MAME library even when I select Specific Games only! Is this a bug? I imported MAME 0.266 non-merged ROM set.

[@gingertartancow4019]

Nobody wants to be a Billy Mitchell

[@MP-uk1yc]

Anyone else laugh when he mentioned anyone wanting to be the next Billy Mitchell? Lol, no one should ever want to be him.

[@RetroPython]

He does make some good hot sauce though!