Hello and welcome to Mame32, This provides a quickstart checklist.

Ensure you have at least DirectX5 for Win95/98.  SP3 or greater for NT4.
(both available for download at www.microsoft.com)

1. Download the zipfile of mame32b-031.zip aprox 1MB.

2. Create a directory/folder on your hard drive i.e. c:\mame

3. Open this directory and copy the mame32b-031.zip file into it.

4. Using an archive program like WinZip or Pkunzip, extract the contents of
the mame32b-031.zip (ensure you use the -d option in Pkunzip to get recursed
subdirectories).

5. Place your game roms (readily available in convenient zip format) into
the sub-directory called c:\mame\roms [note game roms are *not* distributed
w/ Mame32]

6. Place your sample zip files into the sub-directory called c:\mame\samples
[note that the sample zips will have the same name as the game roms]

7. Double click Mame32.exe, select your game and press play!  Insert coin
with key 3, start 1 player game with key 1.

Suggested sound settings:
Windows NT - do not use the DirectSound settings, use Midas for sound,
22050 sample rate, 8b
Windows 98/95 - Seal/DirectSound at 22050,8b is the best reproduction for
all games.

Graphic suggestions:
Through testing on a variety of platforms it appears that the fastest mode
would be fullscreen with none of the doubling options selected.

John IV
98.04.26