Hello and welcome to Mame32, this quickdoc provides a checklist to get started.

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 mame32 aprox 1.2MB.

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

3. Open this directory and copy the mame32 zipfile into it.

4. Using an archive program like WinZip or Pkunzip, extract the contents of
the mame32.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.

8. With version 0.33, you can now have a background image for your details view.  This can be
any color depth up to 32bpp.  You can also have icons for each individual game on the
list, they must be the same name as the game driver, i.e. dkong.ico.  If a game doesn't
have an icon it will default to using one of the four 'base' icons, roms.ico, noroms.ico,
unknown.ico and warning.ico.  As you might imagine this makes your personal view of Mame32
quite customizable.

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.  DirectSound as a setting has gotten *a lot* better, it is still louder than 
Seal/DirectSound but is a viable option.

Graphic suggestions:
Through testing on a variety of platforms it appears that the fastest mode
would be fullscreen/bestfit with none of the doubling options selected with draw only 
changes chosen.  If you do want to use the 'double' feature, try using the 'blit' setting, 
this will preclude using scanlines but it may be faster than having blit unselected.  GDI is usually
faster in the windowed modes at most color depths, things bog down above 16bpp 
desktops for some of the newer games.

Troubleshooting:
One of the best ways to clear up odd behaviour is to kill the Mame32 registry key, launch
regedit and search for and kill the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freeware
This will force Mame32 to re-initialize.

More info: check the other docs in this package, we include the latest MameDOS documents too.
See the Mame FAQ by Shane Monroe, accessible from either Insert Coin or 
www.davesclassics.com.
If all else fails post on Dave's Mame message boards.

John L. Hardy IV, Seattle, WA
98.08.02
