Is it possible to run Super Cassette Vision games?

SuperFromND

@edmaul69 Okay, so I just downloaded and installed the lr-mess core that you posted.
After trying to boot into a game, it goes into the RetroArch GUI immediately. It states that I'm running the Mame 0.174 core instead of MESS (which is probably due to the fact that MESS is a part of MAME), and the Quick Menu is completely empty. (it simply has the words "No items".)

Could you perhaps send me your retroarch.cfg file?

edmaul69

@supercatfooz you actually are somewhere. That means the emulator works. Now you need to find the correct mess 0.151 bios and/or roms. The bios zip file called scv.zip goes in the scv roms folder with the games.

SuperFromND

@edmaul69 Could you fetch me a CRC32 sum for scv.zip?

edmaul69

@supercatfooz i have no clue how to get a crc sum on the file

SuperFromND

@edmaul69 If you have 7-Zip on Windows, simply right-click a file and go to CRC-SHA -> CRC32. (There's also likely some online CRC summers.)

edmaul69

@supercatfooz i do not use 7-zip. I use winrar. So i will have to download it

edmaul69

@supercatfooz 4073 bytes crc32: C2F0462D

SuperFromND

@edmaul69 Alright, so I have the correct file size and correct CRC32 sum for the BIOS.
It still quits out, so perhaps my ROMs have the wrong hash?
What's the CRC32 for "astrwrs.zip", just as an example?

edmaul69

@supercatfooz if you hit reply on my post it will send me a notification. So i just remembered, did you give all the roms and bios 0777 permissions? It says you need to. Anyways the crc is E9B7F0DB. AND YOUR BIOS IS WITH YOUR ROMS CORRECT? Sorry for caps.

edmaul69

@supercatfooz you did reply to my last post. The site didnt notify me. Weird...

edmaul69

@supercatfooz also, did you create a retroarch file for the scv?

SuperFromND

@edmaul69 okay, so I just booted into a game after adding these three lines into /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch_core_options.cfg:

mame_softlists_enable = "enabled"
mame_softlists_auto_media = "enabled"
mame_boot_from_cli = "enabled"

and suddenly it booted into the game
...strange, but I don't care, I GOT IT TO BOOT.
Thank you so much for your help, man!

edmaul69

@supercatfooz ok. In the core options you were in you need to set the alternate render method to enabled. Otherwise you will have video issues. And yeah you need all those enabled so awesome!

SuperFromND

@edmaul69 oh yeah, one more quick question:
I probably shouldve just made another thread for this, but what would be required to run a system that doesn't require a BIOS file? (for example, the Emerson Arcadia 2001)

edmaul69

@supercatfooz nothing special. Just create an entry in es_systems.cfg and the emulators.cfg and add the correct roms. You have to remember in the emulators.cfg to identify the system correctly with the link i posted earlier. Then make sure you have the 0.151 romset for that system. However, systems that you can use in advmess will run better in that and the roms can be renamed. So i would first follow the guide i posted above for advmess. Dont rename roms until you know you have it working. I know astrocade and channel f work in advmess and im pretty sure the arcadia does as well.

SuperFromND

@edmaul69 Hrm, strange. I've tried running Arcadia 2001 games on lr-mess, and even after setting up the emulators.cfg, the properly-named-and-CRC32-summed rom files, the retroarch configs, the es_systems.cfg, adding the nine lines I posted in post #34, and giving chmod 777 perms to all the files listed above and it still won't boot into the game. (the emulator itself does work though, as it does briefly flash a MAME initializing screen)

If you wanna try it out yourself in LR-Mess, here's my ROMs and their CRC32 sums:

breakawy.zip - 2413 bytes, CRC32: 53946E24
nibblem.zip - 3019 bytes, CRC32: EDB41F9B
robtkllr.zip - 3196 bytes, CRC32: 1EAEC8AC

edmaul69

@supercatfooz i can confirm that it does indeed work in advmess

SuperFromND

@edmaul69 But does it also work in lr-mess? I'd like to keep with that emulator if possible, due to the convenience of RetroArch configurations and for the sake of emulator consistency.

edmaul69

@supercatfooz it doesnt work in lr-mess. it does work in adv mess. here are my settings:

es_systems.cfg

  <system>
    <name>arcadia</name> 
    <fullname>Emerson Arcadia 2001</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcadia</path>
    <extension>.bin .zip .BIN .ZIP</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ arcadia %ROM%</command>
    <platform>arcadia</platform>
    <theme>arcadia</theme>
  </system>

here is my emulators.cfg that goes in /opt/retropi/configs/arcadia/ . just so you know my advmess in this might not go to the same location as yours so edit this if it isnt linked correctly. this is advmess 3.4 that i am using.

default = "advmess"
advmess="/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin/advmess arcadia -cart %ROM%"

SuperFromND

@edmaul69 yep, just checked, works in Advmame.
As much as this is gonna bother my emulator OCD, it's good enough for me