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    Question about ROMs / Compatibility

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      giorgoc
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      Hiya all,

      Congrats for this wonderful project and unique community! Loved it so far :-) I have been playing MAME games on my PC for ages now. I have just started designing my own Mini Arcade Cabinet on which I am planning to build and install an RPi with RetroPie of course. (attached my TinkerCad 3D model, if anybody needs it, let me know).!!

      I have a question, maybe you could help me. On my PC , I have some roms, let's take as an example WWF Superstars. This ROM plays quite well on the PC. But on RetroPie , it won't even start. Anybody can help me understand how this work? Is it a compatibility issue? Is there any way I can get it to work? I worry because I want to build up my cabinet to play as many roms as possible. I am not sure if MAME32 for example is able to play more games than RetroPie.

      Anybody?

      Thank you,
      George

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      • dankcushionsD
        dankcushions Global Moderator @giorgoc
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        @giorgoc this should answer everything :) https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/

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        • herb_fargusH
          herb_fargus administrators @giorgoc
          last edited by

          @giorgoc said in Question about ROMs / Compatibility:

          This ROM plays quite well on the PC. But on RetroPie , it won't even start.

          I'd suggest you go back to the docs pages and have a read. Mame requires specific romsets for specific emulators.

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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