How does MAME 8.9 wif command line work?

[Shadow Phoenix]

I have Winkawak but it can't play King of Fighters 2002 so I dl MAME 8.9 The only problem is I don't know how it works. Wuts up wif the command line thing? How do u open MAME and stuff? All I need to know are the basics. Any help would be appreciated.

[lugnut]

Explaining the command-line version to a first-time MAME user would take hours, so I'd recommend you get MAME32 instead. Same emulator, fancy Windows GUI.

Other than that, KOF2K2 isn't supported by *official* builds of MAME either. Which isn't to say that there aren't hacked versions around that will run it, same goes for Kawaks, but you're on your own for finding those.

[Shadow Phoenix]

This isn't my first time usin MAME. I have MAME32 but it doesn't support KOF02 so I decided 2 dl a newer version of MAME. But since u said MAME 8.9 wif command line doesn't support it either, than forget it. I just dl MAME32 plus ( The unoffical version ) and it doesn't have KOF02 either. So forget it.

P.S. When I went on Netplay on Winkawak, I can see people playing KOF 02 & 03. But since u said The officail build 1's doesn't support the game,than which emulator are they usin? I know they're usin MAME but which 1's?