Take the MAME 0.239 ROM set you downloaded. You will see hundreds (or thousands) of .zip files (e.g., sf2.zip for Street Fighter II, pacman.zip for Pac-Man). MAME reads the zip files natively. Copy all of these zip files into your C:\MAME\roms folder.
Without these, games will fail to start. mame 0239 roms install
Fedora users can install MAME and associated tools using the DNF package manager: Take the MAME 0
Compressed Hunks of Data (CHDs) are images of arcade hard drives, laserdiscs, or CD-ROMs. Copy all of these zip files into your C:\MAME\roms folder
When following , here are the errors you will most likely encounter and how to fix them.
: If you prefer to store ROMs elsewhere, open MAME, go to General Settings > Configure Folders > ROMs , and add your custom path. Understanding ROMset Types