Pc engine add new extension default
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Hi,
I have about 6 PC Engine CD games and they all work fine with the default emulator "lr-mednafen-pce-fast". I'd have to check when I get home but I believe all I have is a .cue and a matching .bin, the cue references the bin exactly, and the files are loose in the pcengine folder.
The BIOS syscard3.pce file is in my /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS folder.
I did have a second copy in with the roms folder as apparently this is required for Turbo CD games, but I removed mine from here - and it made no difference. So I only have a copy in my /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS folder now.
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@movisman Hi, I got matching sets for .cue and .bin but the syscard3.pce is a mystery as I'm unsure of what CD-Rom2 BIOS to use. I also noticed that pressing select brings up the backup menu but the Japanese text isn't display and it replaced by white bars. :)
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The TurboGrafx CD Super System Card (US) or Super CD-ROM Card (Japan) are the ones that were used for CDROM Games. These are usually referred to as version 3. I have not had access to a version 2 card, so I don't have experience with that one. It may be that v2.0 does not work correctly with the emulator.
The bios file name is version specific (case is important): syscard3.pce
No other file name will work properly.You will see syscard3.pce in the games list, and selecting it will load the card and display the splash screen (the same screen is shown before a CDROM game loads).
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Hi, I just checked this out for you now i'm in front of it - so what I mention above is true for my set up, in addition just to add some weight behind what @mrbwa1 says, my syscard3.pce version is also v3.00. So maybe you having v2.00 is no good. I would definitely suggest you source a later version.
I also confirm that I do not need the syscard3.pce in the roms directory for my CD games to work, placing the file into the BIOS folder is good enough. This also means the BIOS file doesn't appear in the rom list, which is nice. It must be named syscard3.pce though as previously mentioned.
Hope this helps.
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Hi, @movisman @BuZz @rocklima2 & @mrbwa1
I just got Dracula X up and running along with a few others so thank you very much for your help. I had to rename the ISO/BIN to what the CUE file was stating and yes, it is case sensitive (even the file type) So thank you all for your help! :)
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Hi,
Great no worries! Yes, literally everything is case sensitive. As long as the contents of your .cue file reference the iso/bin exactly as it is named, extension and all, it'll work. Glad it's sorted!
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So iso files work then? I was only able to get bin + cue to work on PC Engine CD. Maybe I had the issue with the capitalisation of the iso title in the cue not matching, works fine on RetroArch for Windows and on my Wii for all of my PC Engine CD games, be they iso + cue, or bin + cue.
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Yes, I believe at least one of my PC Engine CD roms is iso/cue, and it works just fine. I suspect it might be a capitalisation thing?
Cheers
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@movisman said in Pc engine add new extension default:
Yes, I believe at least one of my PC Engine CD roms is iso/cue, and it works just fine. I suspect it might be a capitalisation thing?
Cheers
Did yo have to add .iso and .ISO to the es_systems.cfg? I though only bin and cure were in there for the PC Engine?
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I'll check my cue file for Gate of Thunder this evening. If iso is not in the es_systems.cfg, can this be added please? There are plenty of iso+cue rips floating around.
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As far as I understand, if you have a .cue file, neither .iso or .bin need to be in the es_systems.cfg. Having those in there means both the .cue, .bin and/or .iso will appear in your games list - which looks a bit strange and cluttered. The .cue extension is already in es_systems.cfg, and that should be all you need.
I had this with the PSX emulator, because by default .cue and .bin are both in es_systems.cfg, so all the individual audio tracks (in .bin format) were appearing and cluttering up my list. I have a .cue file for every game (i managed to find an entire .cue zip on the web which helped), so I removed .bin from es_systems.cfg to clean up the list. Now my gamelist just has one entry for the game - essentially the .cue file which just calls the .bin.
Does that help?
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It worked! I checked the cue file on my laptop and it had the name of the iso in capital letters, I simply copy pasted the iso name into the cue file and ensured the .iso extension was also in lower case. I didn't even have to edit my es_systems.cfg. I understand now that this must be because Windows is not case sensitive and Linux is.
Thanks for all your help, much appreciated! I can do this with all my Super CD isos now :)
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Awesome! Yes that seems to be a common thing, lots of PCE .iso files have the extension in capital letters. I did the same with all my cue files, just paste the full filename into the cue including extension to ensure it is identical.
On PC Engine, neither .bin or .iso are in the es_systems.cfg by default, so you should only have one entry per game anyway, which is good. For PSX users they may wish to remove .bin/.iso from their es_systems.cfg if they are using .cue files, as this will tidy up their game list. That's what works for me, anyway.
Enjoy!
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Yep, only one entry in my gamelist in Emulation Station. Actually, I wonder will iso files containing ogg tracks work, it would save a lot of space. Time to do some more testing! :)
EDIT: Yep, that works too! This is a great way to save space :) I might see about converting all my games to this format.
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Nice! I wonder if this would work with PSX games.
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Support for ogg would probably have to be added to the mainline PSX emulator if it has not been done already, then it work in the libretro core I guess.
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I've been working on getting Turbografx CD games for some time. So far no luck. Here's what I have done:
-Edited the .cue files so that the name of the .iso file matches
-Put the syscard3.pce file in the Bios folder
-Put the syscard3.pce file in the Roms folder
-Run the syscard3.pce file from the Roms folder (I get the CD Game start screen, all in english, confirming that it is Version 3.0)Someone up above mentioned having different Bios files for the different types of CD games. My question is how would I put them in the Bios folder if I have to name them all "syscard3.pce"? I can only have one file named that.
Also, where is the location of this file: es_systems.cfg
Should I next try editing that?Are my CD game roms(.iso or .bin files) somehow wrong/broken/corrupted? I've tried the games Avenger, Star Parodius, and Psychic Storm.
When I select a game rom to play, the screen goes black, then a couple seconds later it fades back into the game list.
I know plenty of folks have gotten it to work, kinda making me little crazy....
thanks! M
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Hi,
You don't need to edit the es_systems.cfg for Turbografx CD games to work, the .cue files you are using are already listed in there and if the game shows up in ES it's fine.
I cannot vouch for the quality of the BIOS you are using or games and if either/both are corrupted, but for me all I did was:
Put the syscard3.pce in the BIOS folder (it doesn't appear to be needed anywhere else), my syscard3.pce is v3.00
Put the matching .cue and .iso into the pcengine roms folder
Made sure 100% that the .cue file references the .iso EXACTLY, I mean extension and all. Lots of CD games have their ISO with a capital letter file extension, but the .cue references it in lower case.Turbografx CD games also show the BIOS screen prior to game launch and you have to push run to continue, if you are not getting this i'd be tempted to try another BIOS.
I use lr-mednafen-pce-fast as my emulator, I believe this is the default anyway.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the reply, I would say that these are all the steps I've done as well, but I will check the .cue and .iso names again. The way I changed the .cue was to open them in TextEdit, and copy the filename of the .iso file into the top line on the .cue file, inbetween the quotations. I made sure the file extension was lowercase as well.
I will also look for another version of the bios file. I have two, one is (I think) 265k, and the other is 264k. Regardless, I did note that one was 1k less than the other.
cheers,
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Hi,
No worries. Try searching for syscard3.pce in google and go for the second result (think of palm trees!?) Anyway, once you have located the syscard3.zip, unzip that to the /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS folder.
It should be 262656 bytes (the .pce file that is).
Make sure you are using the same emulator as me just to be sure, lr-mednafen-pce-fast.
Thanks
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