Autostarting Atari 5200 ROMs works with atari-800 only (not with lr-atari800)

weirdocollector

Hi!

Following docs instructions I've added headers to some of my Atari 5200 ROMs in order to directly launch them from EmuStation.

The newly created ROMs autostart automatically as expected using the atari800 Emu but the same ROMs just do not start with lr-atari800 sending me to the Atari Notepad screen.

Any hint to make ROMs with headers to start automatically also with lr-atari800 ?

I would like to take advantage of the controller compatibility offered by the Retroarch version.

Thanks for any help.

MrCoolSpan

@weirdocollector said in Autostarting Atari 5200 ROMs works with atari-800 only (not with lr-atari800):

lr-atari800

F1 into emulator menu I see the system is defined as atari 800. If change it to 5200 and exit out

weirdocollector

@MrCoolSpan said in Autostarting Atari 5200 ROMs works with atari-800 only (not with lr-atari800):

@weirdocollector said in Autostarting Atari 5200 ROMs works with atari-800 only (not with lr-atari800):

lr-atari800

F1 into emulator menu I see the system is defined as atari 800. If change it to 5200 and exit out

Tried, unfortunately this does not work.

If I select atari5200 in the System menu and hit ESC two times the cart starts correctly, but exiting to ES and launching again the same ROM sends me to the Atari Notepad.

mitu

If you use lr-atari800, set the system in the core Options, then save those options for that game only from the Options menu. This should preserve the system setting for that ROM when using lr-atari800.

weirdocollector

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weirdocollector

@mitu said in Autostarting Atari 5200 ROMs works with atari-800 only (not with lr-atari800):

If you use lr-atari800, set the system in the core Options, then save those options for that game only from the Options menu. This should preserve the system setting for that ROM when using lr-atari800.

It works! Thanks a lot for your help!

weirdocollector

There seems to be a collateral problem.

When I configure an Atari5200 cart in RetroArch Options to work with the 5200 system and I select any game from the Atari800 section always using the lr-atari800 emulator the same ROM I have played in the Atari5200 section pops up again and I have to go back in the RetroArch option to change the system to 400/800 for this new game if I want to play it correctly.

After doing this the Atari5200 cart I have played before do not start and looking at the RetroArch Option system for this ROM is back to 400/800.

How can avoid this and configure both systems independentely?

Do I have to use the atari-800 emu for the 400/800 games?

Thanks again.

weirdocollector

Ok, it was me not saving the config for the Rom in the Options menu...

Now it works perfectly.

Thanks again.