Hey y’all, I have a small collection of mostly 80s arcade game ROMs I like to play via MAME. They’re games like Robotron and Joust, nothing advanced. This is just me playing on my PC with a keyboard and mouse.

I currently play them via whatever the OOTB Mame GUI is called and it’s … very basic.

I’m not super familiar though with the latest options so what’s a better way to play Arcade games via Mame from my Ubuntu PC?

I’ve tried RetroArch and couldn’t really understand it. I don’t have the patience or time to set up a thousand little things and constantly tweak a lot of arcane settings, all of which require an internet search to get right.

If the answer is that’s still the best option, then I’ll stick with what I have since it’s simple and works OK today. But thanks for any ideas.

(Edited for clarity)

  • perishthethoughtOPEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    Thanks for these ideas.

    Does anyone know if Lutris can be made to front end mame? The idea just popped in my head.

    • eshep@social.trom.tf
      1·
      7 months ago

      @perishthethought You could very easily use #Lutris as a launcher for each game! Just set them up as you were launching a single game from the terminal. As far as a 3rd party GUI goes though, #RetroArch really is the most straight forward yer gonna find. Setting it up is not as huge an undertaking as it first appears. I’d be happy to help you get it configured if you need, just holler.