# MAME seems to crash **URL:** \ **Category:** GameShell\ **Tags:** mame\ **Created:** [October 17, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-seems-to-crash/11300 "2023-10-17T21:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NBBZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/919ad9/32.png) [@NBBZ](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/NBBZ)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-seems-to-crash/11300/1 "2023-10-17T21:11:15Z")
I have put my ROMs (in .zip format) in ~/games/MAME and they get recognized by the gameshell but when I try to run them (after the automatic setup) the screen just goes black for a few moments and spits me back to the main menu. I tried removing and downloading MAME a few times (through the RetroArch cores manager and the “automatic setup”) and still same result. I don’t know what the error is exactly as I do not know how to access the logs. Im pretty sure my ROMs are not the issue as they seem to be in the right format (tried 4 different ones) but if you have testing ROMs I can try them too. thanks in advance. P.S: I saw on another post someone was recommended to use FBA instead but if its not a hassle i want to specifically try to fix MAME first as it was the emualtor installed by default ---
**Author:** ![whoisalanjacobs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/whoisalanjacobs/32/3827_2.png) [@whoisalanjacobs](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/whoisalanjacobs)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-seems-to-crash/11300/2 "2023-12-13T11:39:03Z")
You need to have the compatible roms as well - as not all MAME roms will work with emulator. A quick internet search should be able to help here. I am currently running these two emulators, and not having any issues: - fbalpha2012\_libretro.so - mame2003\_plus\_libretro.so