I created a new cfg file, but without a definition for "default", I get an error when starting MAME. (Fatal error: Could not load contoroller configuration file hoge.cfg) <system name="default"> </system>. This is not a big problem, but it bothered me a little, so I reported it.

Thank you! Understood.
I put the joypad.cfg in the trash and also deleted the ctrlr value in mame.ini.
Then it worked as expected.

Goodbye, my joypad.cfg!

I used to create joypad.cfg in the ctrlr folder and specify joypad in ctrlr in mame.ini.
Since 0.252, it seems that joypad.cfg is not loaded even with this setting.
With 0.251, I have confirmed that joypad.cfg is loaded with this setting.

I used the following to create a total of six files with extensions 24 to 26 and 41 to 43 from fz1_7536a.p00. http://zarala.g2.xrea.com/soft/fzcc_unknown.txt I then replaced them with files with the same extensions in fantzone, ran them through MAME and FBN, and they worked! (with CRC errors, of cou...

I used a tool (fzcc_unpack.zip) to extract 4 different ROMs from the Playstation2 version. Two of the four were newer than the ones supported by MAME, and they also supported continue (fz1_7536a.p00 and fz1_07536a.p00). One of the other two types seems to be the same as fantzone, and the other is a ...

There is no version of Fantasy Zone supported by MAME in which continues are available. However, the PlayStation2 and Astro City Mini versions do allow continue. Is this simply because the versions playable on PlayStation2 and Astro City Mini are not supported by MAME? Or is the DIP switch setting i...