Running handheld games on MAME

[OutOfQuarters]

I'm new, so I apologize if this topic is covered somewhere else.

I'm trying to get old Tiger and Konami handheld games to run on MAME, but I haven't had any success. I'm the furthest thing from an expert, but I know that you usually just put the game files in the rom folder and you're good to go. Well the handhelds have a game file as well as backdrop art. Where do I put these and how do I get them to run properly? I'm an amateur, so I really need this explained like I'm a five year old, or possibly a very clever four year old. Thanks!

[Hierophant]

I'm really sorry, but even though MESS is lumped in together with MAME nowadays, here we are only focussed on what MAME was originally all about, the arcade games. I can only suggest searching for MESS in MAME tutorials. For example, I just did a quick search and found a MESS User's Manual here:

http://mess.redump.net/mess/howto

[OutOfQuarters]

Thanks. I'll have a look at that.

[Incito]

GREAT AVATAR BTW!