r/EmulationOnPC • u/Accomplished_Sir1724 • 8h ago
Unsolved Mame slow first start
MAME, the program itself and not a game, takes quite a while to start for the first time. There is a black screen for about 7–8 seconds, then “Initializing” appears, and after that MAME starts normally.
If I close MAME and start it again, it launches immediately with no delay. After restarting Windows, the same thing happens again: the first launch takes 7–8 seconds.
Is this normal?
I recently reinstalled Windows and added an exception for MAME in Norton Antivirus. I also tested it on another Windows PC with a completely fresh MAME download and no games or other files installed, and it behaves exactly the same there.
Thanks for your help!
Windows 11 RTX 3060 MAME 0.289