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    neo geo pocket help needed

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    • UnknownU
      Unknown @ClassicGMR
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      @ClassicGMR said in neo geo pocket help needed:

      @Unknown Did you read any of the docs? lr-beetle-ngp doesn't need one.

      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Neo-Geo-Pocket/

      Where is this package located? I can't seem to find it in experimental.

      You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
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        @Unknown said in neo geo pocket help needed:

        I can't seem to find it in experimental.

        Because it's not in there. It should be already installed, it's a main package.

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        • UnknownU
          Unknown
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          @mitu Thanks for clarification, but why aren't my neogeo pocket roms visible?

          You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @Unknown
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            @Unknown Do the ROM files have the right extension, as described in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Neo-Geo-Pocket/ ?

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            • UnknownU
              Unknown
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              @mitu They are in the correct folder , and they are ".bin" files. I haven't messed with any retropie configuration, so I'm not sure what is wrong.

              You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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              • UnknownU
                Unknown @Unknown
                last edited by

                @Unknown said in neo geo pocket help needed:

                @mitu I haven't messed with any retropie configuration

                Well, I did install some NDS emulators from the experimental, but I kept them at default settings.

                You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @Unknown
                  last edited by

                  @Unknown You really need to click on those doc links and read on.

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                  • ClassicGMRC
                    ClassicGMR @Unknown
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                    @Unknown It is in the docs... the docs show that .bin is not valid.

                    .7z
                    .ngp
                    .zip

                    are readable formats for NGP and NGPC files. Also I don't believe you can just zip up your bins and expect them to work.

                    Growing older is mandatory. Growing up is optional!
                    Enjoy the ride!

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                    • UnknownU
                      Unknown
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                      @mitu @ClassicGMR Changing ".bin" to ".ngp" fixed the problem. Thank you, I apologize for not checking to see I my roms were named correctly .

                      You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                      • ClassicGMRC
                        ClassicGMR @Unknown
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                        @Unknown said in neo geo pocket help needed:

                        @mitu @ClassicGMR Changing ".bin" to ".ngp" fixed the problem. Thank you, I apologize for not checking to see I my roms were named correctly .

                        Glad you got it working. Just remember, when in doubt, RTFM almost always fixes the issue. :)

                        Growing older is mandatory. Growing up is optional!
                        Enjoy the ride!

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                        • UnknownU
                          Unknown
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                          @mitu Will zipping up these files disable them? I want to save memory space.

                          You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                          • simpleethatS
                            simpleethat @Unknown
                            last edited by simpleethat

                            @Unknown It will not disable them, the emulator can read both zip and 7z compressed files. If you have scraped the games already you could run into a problem with emulationstation looking for whatever-your-game-is-named.ngp instead of whatever-your-game-is-named.zip (or .7z) which can be solved by rescraping or editing the gamelist.xml for neo geo pocket.

                            [edit: realized I worded the first sentence very poorly...]

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