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    So My Megadrive Games are the problem, cant delete file and games are not showing up

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    • EhNam13E
      EhNam13
      last edited by

      So I have a Pi3, 64 gig card and in the Sega Megadrive rom folder games are not showing up.(guess thats why the scraper did not work on Megadrive) I tried deleting games but they never appear ,Tried adding them but says I already have that game in folder. Tried deleting folder... thats a no go. any Ideas guys?

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      • jonnykeshJ
        jonnykesh @EhNam13
        last edited by

        @ehnam13 what is the file extension of your ROMs?

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        • jonnykeshJ
          jonnykesh @EhNam13
          last edited by jonnykesh

          @ehnam13 Re-reading your post I'm actually not 100% sure what your issue is. Can you explain it again, but better? Is Megadrive showing up on the carousel in ES? How are you transferring the ROMs? What has the scraper got to do with it?

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          • EhNam13E
            EhNam13 @jonnykesh
            last edited by EhNam13

            @jonnykesh when I go to my pie via Ethernet I Go to the Roms folder. select Genesis and the folder is empty. When I try to add a game say..3 Ninjas it says the file exists already. When I load the Pie to my Tv It list all the games. But they wont play.
            I have uninstalled lr-picodrive and re installed it but that didnt work. This is my third Pie and this has me stumped. thanks again for any Help.

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            • ?
              A Former User
              last edited by

              Are they .zip files? If so, you’ll want to unzip them.

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              • EhNam13E
                EhNam13 @A Former User
                last edited by

                @livefastcyyoung they are Zipped, but the zipped files worked in the past. Plus I have tried just putting a Unzipped file in the Rom Folder /Genesis and it says [The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “6-Pak (USA).gen” already exists.]

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                • jonnykeshJ
                  jonnykesh @EhNam13
                  last edited by

                  @ehnam13 What says the file exists? If there are no ROMs in your folder the system should not even appear. Check in your Genesis folder, it is symlinked to Megadrive.
                  Delete the gamelist.xml for the Megadrive.
                  Are you using some sort of RetroPie file manager?

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                  • EhNam13E
                    EhNam13 @jonnykesh
                    last edited by

                    @jonnykesh Yeah the system does appear, and lists the games.. its the weirdest thing. No File manager. I remember putting the roms in there. they just dont appear.

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                    • EhNam13E
                      EhNam13 @jonnykesh
                      last edited by

                      @jonnykesh Not sure how too Delete the gamelist.xml. I assume its in the Config file but there is no Gamelist.

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                      • EhNam13E
                        EhNam13 @EhNam13
                        last edited by

                        the even weirder thing, the file says its empty... but when I go to add a game it says its already there....

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                        • jonnykeshJ
                          jonnykesh @EhNam13
                          last edited by

                          @ehnam13 it's not in the config file. It's either in the Megadrive fokder or in /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists Apologies again but you are not explaining yourself very well. I'm assuming English is not your native tongue and perhaps details are being lost in translation.

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                          • jonnykeshJ
                            jonnykesh @EhNam13
                            last edited by

                            @ehnam13 what says it is already there??? How is this message displayed? What is the actual message?

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                            • EhNam13E
                              EhNam13 @jonnykesh
                              last edited by

                              @jonnykesh said in So My Megadrive Games are the problem, cant delete file and games are not showing up:

                              /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists

                              No worries thanks for any help. On my computer the Roms folder. Genesis the file is empty and it wont let me transfer a rom/game(says its already there) even though the file is empty.
                              On the Tv in Emulation station, the sytem shows up listing 526 games. I can click on a game and it wont load.

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                              • EhNam13E
                                EhNam13 @jonnykesh
                                last edited by

                                @jonnykesh said in So My Megadrive Games are the problem, cant delete file and games are not showing up:

                                @ehnam13 what says it is already there??? How is this message displayed? What is the actual message?

                                This is the meassage i get trying to transfer a rom into the Genesis file
                                .{The operation can’t be completed because an item with the name “3 Ninjas Kick Back (USA).zip” already exists.}

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                                • edmaul69E
                                  edmaul69 @EhNam13
                                  last edited by

                                  @ehnam13 what program on your computer are you using to transfer the roms. You havent told us that and that is what he has been asking you.

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                                  • EhNam13E
                                    EhNam13 @edmaul69
                                    last edited by EhNam13

                                    @edmaul69 Im on a mac connected via Ethernet. My pie is connected via ethernet My Mac is on the same .. Every other game system works fine adding games.. FBA,Dreamcast,NES i have set up games this way, worked great.
                                    This is the3rd Pie I have set up and its For me and it gets wonkey. :D

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                                    • lostlessL
                                      lostless
                                      last edited by

                                      I find macs gave issues with Linux symbolic links on smb shares. They show up as blank folders. On the pie the genesis and mega drive folders are the exact same folder. Only a tag in Linux that makes the genesis and mega drive folders one in the same from the os point of view. Like alieses on mac or shortcuts on windows, but deeper rooted. It doesn't just point like the other two.
                                      So do Everything in the mega drive folder.

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