I found this listing for all the versions of MAME 97. Some have FPS listings and if they say "overflow" in the right column I think that means the game will crash. This is an "mht" document so you will need to open it with your web browser. This is a much better alternative than booting up each version to check which games are supported.
Still haven't had any luck getting non corrupt copies of thoes 3 versions but I will continue to try.
I also noticed that you can use 'samples' but so far I've only tested Donkey Kong JR and it sounds great.
'artwork' of any kind seems to cause an overflow every time.
And I haven't tested it yet but I noticed there is an option to rotate the screen
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