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    100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @ucald4amarine
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      @ucald4amarine No, that's absurd. Use the latest Pi 3 model (3B+). Any game that would run on a Pi2 would run better on a Pi3.

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        ucald4amarine @mitu
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        @mitu well, there was a game list, that showed that some games, (specifications, metal slug.) Would run on the old versions, but wouldn't run on 3. So... That's why I'm asking.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @ucald4amarine
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          @ucald4amarine Where did you get this information ?

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            ucald4amarine @mitu
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            @mitu dankcushion left me this link:
            https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Arcade

            Under emulator types, (mame for all, etc) there is a list of games that work for that emulator.and it shows metal slug working under pi version 1 and 2, but failing under 3.

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              mitu Global Moderator @ucald4amarine
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              @ucald4amarine You are looking at the list for mame4all emulator, but that is an old and unmaintained emulator, that is used for Pi1/2 Pi 1/0, but not recommended for the Pi3. If you look at the page @dankcushions pointed, the recommended emulators for a Pi3 arelr-fbalpha and lr-mame2003, and especially for Neogeo games the lr-fbalpha is the best option. It's written right there on the same page. It seems you're ignoring or just flat out not reading the documentation and the replies on this topic.

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                ucald4amarine @mitu
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                @mitu No, no thats not it at all... When I try to bring up the list for 1r-fbalpha, the first listing for metal slug shows up as untested. And as far as 1r-mame2003, it wont load anything for me at all. Just says there is an issue with my browser size.
                Believe me, I am trying not to waste yours, or anyone elses time. Im simply asking questions here. Ill be the first to admit that I dont know everything to do with computers. But I am also more than willing to read and try my best at figuring it out. Which... I feel I have done due diligence on. Sorry if you feel Im wasting your time here...

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @ucald4amarine
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                  @ucald4amarine I don't know which page are you looking at, but I see it's supported for RPI3:

                  0_1542095405886_74059dd8-a456-44d3-a0ee-97d0cd605e9c-image.png

                  Also, Untested doesn't mean it doesn't work.

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                  • ClydeC
                    Clyde @ucald4amarine
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                    @ucald4amarine said in 100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......:

                    And as far as 1r-mame2003, it wont load anything for me at all. Just says there is an issue with my browser size.

                    Can you tell us the exact wording of the error?

                    Normally, lr-mame2003 "just works"ā„¢ if you got the correct ROM set.

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @Clyde
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                      @Clyde said in 100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......:

                      Can you tell us the exact wording of the error?

                      I think he/she is referring to the Google docs page that's not loading, not the actual ROM.

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                      • ClydeC
                        Clyde @mitu
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                        @mitu After reading his/her post again, I concur. It's too early in the morning here, I guess. 😳

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                        • rbakerR
                          rbaker @ucald4amarine
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                          @ucald4amarine said in 100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......:

                          But I am also more than willing to read and try my best at figuring it out

                          Did this help?

                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7247/guide-arcade-games-and-how-to-play-them-a-non-technical-mame-fba-tutorial

                          Which bits are confusing you?

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                            ucald4amarine @rbaker
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                            @rbaker great little breakdown. I didn't realize that using single room downloads wouldn't work until I put the pieces together from dankcushion. Now I'm having to do another search as the massive rom download I just didn't doesn't appear to actually be of use to me. Probably something to do with the wording in my search. I'll try again in the morning. Some progress has been made though. As of yesterday, I had one working game. As of this evening, I had 5 working games. As of now, I have 5 games that load, but the controls now longer function in game. So my adventure continues!

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                              ucald4amarine @mitu
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                              @mitu I think the issue was that I scrolled down until I saw the very first listing of metal slug and it showed untested. I did eventually scroll further down and see another listing for more of them.

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                                rbaker @ucald4amarine
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                                @ucald4amarine said in 100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......:

                                but the controls now longer function in game

                                If you downloaded the lr-mame 2003 0.78 romset, then, after you place your choice of rom from this download in the Arcade folder, the controls are automatically mapped to what you configured on first boot because it is a "lr" emulator. If controls are not working, this suggests that you are not using one such emulator - which one are you trying?

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                                  ucald4amarine @rbaker
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                                  @rbaker You were correct. Last night I reformated my Pi sd card and reinstalled retropie as I didnt want to go through the process of deleting about 100 dead roms. And when I put the working roms back on I forgot to set it for the correct emulator. Now I just have to find the Correct rom download... I know ppl have said multiple times that google is my friend, but so far, all its done is lead me to sites that turn out to be false advertising, or, turn out to be just virus filled garbage. Ill keep searching.

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                                    dankcushions Global Moderator
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                                    i've tried a various ways of searching for mame 0.78 romset and the link at the top of the list is always the one you want.

                                    remember, you're searching for the full romset, not individual roms. if you're searching for something like 'mame pacman rom' or whatever, you'll have a bad time.

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                                    • ClydeC
                                      Clyde @ucald4amarine
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                                      @ucald4amarine Because of the (completely understandable) forum rules, we can't be more specific than @dankcushions … but I second him that it shouldn't really be hard to find a fitting romset for MAME 0.78 if you just focus on what you want to find. (Yeah, I know, that's really helpful. šŸ˜’)

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                                        ucald4amarine
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                                        Ok, So... I got the Roms. And... Some of them even work! Now...
                                        See, I had several working. I had placed them into their appropriate sections. (MAME) and set them to their correct emulators. (in this case, what worked was Lr-mame2000) Then while trying to clean up the extra games, I deleted the ones I didnt want to... So... I put them back on. But they didnt work under MAME anymore. Only way they would work was under Arcade (lr-mame2003) and, some of the games that I had put on before that had worked great before no longer work at all... What did I do?!

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator @ucald4amarine
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                                          @ucald4amarine said in 100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......:

                                          . What did I do?!

                                          That ROM set do you have ? lr-mame2000 uses a different one than lr-mame2003, so it's important to know which one are you using.
                                          Can you give a concrete example ? - i.e. ROM that doesn't work, with the emulator you're using and from which ROM set the file was taken.

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                                            ucald4amarine @mitu
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                                            @mitu metal slugX worked on mame, lr-2003. And dinosaurs and Cadillacs wored on mame-libretro on I believe lr-2000. (It ran fine from the get go then I never bothered again.)
                                            I deleted the metal slug version accidentally, tried to reinstall it, no luck. Formated the SD card, put everything back where it was. Now, dinosaurs and Cadillacs no longer runs, and metal slug doesn't work under anything either. I tried placing them in arcade as well and selecting the emulations to use. With no success either. (I think I've answered your questions, let me know if I've missed anything.)

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