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    Atari 5200 - few games not working

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Chuck_B
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      @Chuck_B There are none. As I said, I just booted the game, opened the RetroArch gui, went into Options and chose the machine type as 5200, then chose _Save Options for this game` at the top. After this, I re-started the game and it worked.

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        Chuck_B
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        for playing Asteroids do you have to select cartridge type or does it start immediately?

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @Chuck_B
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          The option Autodetect A5200 CartType is set to ON.

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            Chuck_B @mitu
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            @mitu did you set to ON any other setting?

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator
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              I don't remember setting other option except these two.

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                Chuck_B
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                So, if you just changed two settings and you don't get the error I get what could be the problem?
                I reinstalled the core and restored the core settings to default, but this dint'help me.

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @Chuck_B
                  last edited by mitu

                  @Chuck_B Get a debug log from the Runcommand (/dev/shm/runcommand.log) and post it on pastebin.com.

                  EDIT: you can also try to remove the /home/pi/.atari800.cfg file, it will be re-created when you next run lr-atari800.

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                    Chuck_B @mitu
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                    @mitu that's the log

                    Parameters: 
                    Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-atari800/atari800_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/atari5200/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari5200/Asteroids.bin" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
                    [libretro-atari800]: Got size: 336 x 240.
                    [libretro-atari800]: Got size: 336 x 240.
                    [libretro-atari800]: Got size: 336 x 240.
                    [libretro-atari800]: Got size: 336 x 240.
                    Retro SYSTEM_DIRECTORY /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
                    Retro SAVE_DIRECTORY /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari5200/
                    Retro CONTENT_DIRECTORY /home/pi/.config/retroarch/downloads
                    WRAP EMU THD
                     0  prg
                     1  /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari5200/Asteroids.bin
                    Using Atari800 config file: /home/pi/.atari800.cfg
                    Created by Atari 800 Emulator, Version 3.1.0
                    
                    Core init
                    Error opening "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atari5200/Asteroids.bin"
                    First retrun to main thread!
                     port(0)=1 
                     port(1)=1 
                    exit emu
                    exit main
                    Retro DeInit
                    
                    
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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator
                      last edited by mitu

                      Are you sure the ROM file is ok ? Did you run the checksum on the Pi or on your PC ?
                      The Asteroids ROM I tried is .a52, but even if I still rename to .bin it starts ok.

                      EDIT: have you tried running the ROM with the standalone atari800 just to check if it works ?

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                        Chuck_B @mitu
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                        @mitu with the standalone atari800 I get the ATARI COMPUTER - MEMO PAD screen

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @Chuck_B
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                          @Chuck_B That seems to be because the default machine is the 400/800. Use F12 and change the machine to 5200, then restart the ROM.

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                            Chuck_B @mitu
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                            @mitu done. now I get the same error I get with lr-atari800

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                              Chuck_B
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                              i was able to make Asteroids to work with Retroarch on my pc. I copied the atari800.cfg from my pc to my raspberry (editing the bios directories) but the issue remains.
                              There is something in Retropie that for some reason does not make it to work

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @Chuck_B
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                                @Chuck_B Did you check the ROM, like I mentioned the last time ? Run a checksum calculation, but on the Pi - maybe the copy on your Raspberry Pi is corrupted.

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                                  Chuck_B @mitu
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                                  @mitu the ROM is okay. I overwrote it

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                                    Chuck_B @mitu
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                                    @mitu I solved it by zipping the roms

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                                      stoogesfan87 @mitu
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                                      @mitu I have Raspberry pi 400. I have RetroPie 4.8 installed and I have all 5 bios for lr-atari800

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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator @stoogesfan87
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                                        @stoogesfan87 Please open a separate topic instead of necro-bumping old topics.

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