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    How to build custom MAME Romsets?

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    • GreenHawk84G
      GreenHawk84
      last edited by GreenHawk84

      Oh thanks @dankcushions, the lite .DAT seems awesome for RPi setups. I would like to use this for my new arcade cabinet. I don't know where to begin though, :( noob.

      I guess I can start by acquiring .78 ROMs.

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        T1nmaN @thrussmeister
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        @thrussmeister Would it be possible for you to post a directory or a text file of the working roms? I really appreciate the hard work and would love to see this shared. Thanks so much for your hard work!!

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          mahcneto
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          Is there any Mame version that can run the 1st Killer Instinct?

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          • dankcushionsD
            dankcushions Global Moderator @mahcneto
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            @mahcneto said in How to get the best MAME Romset?:

            Is there any Mame version that can run the 1st Killer Instinct?

            yes, advmame can run it, but it's about 0.5fps on a pi3 so not much point. I gave instructions here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2248/ri3-killer-instinct-2-snk-vs-capcom-chaos-plus-not-woking-on-advmame-1-4-0-94/3

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              mahcneto @dankcushions
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              @dankcushions You think this is more an emulator thing or the Pi3 capacity thing? Maybe a better Mame version could come up eventually

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                dankcushions Global Moderator @mahcneto
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                @mahcneto said in How to get the best MAME Romset?:

                @dankcushions You think this is more an emulator thing or the Pi3 capacity thing? Maybe a better Mame version could come up eventually

                it's a (slightly) 3d accelerated game so mame won't get any faster, just by its nature. maybe later versions of the pi could run it in mame but they'll need to be quite a lot faster than the pi3!

                there was a killer instinct 1 & 2 emulator for the original xbox which might be a good base for a pi emulator, but as far as i can tell it's not open source and/or the source code can't be found.

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                • BuZzB
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                  Even if the source was available it wouldn't be a good base to start from, as it would likely be for the XBox API - DirectX / OS API similar to winnt - I would think a lot of work would be needed.

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  • thrussmeisterT
                    thrussmeister @T1nmaN
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                    @T1nmaN Hiya, actually got delayed on the project because of Children and boring life stuff happy to share when complete.

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                      T1nmaN @thrussmeister
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                      @thrussmeister Thanks! I hear you.

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                        jollster101 @thrussmeister
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                        @thrussmeister

                        Hi thrussmeister

                        I would be interested in any list as well if you have one.

                        Does anybody out there know if there is a master games list somewhere on the net for the 0.78 roms? I have run the lite dat file and now I only have 1650 odd games (eeeeek) in my arcade folder.

                        If I could get hold of a master list from somewhere then I could look to whittle it down further on paper and then cull on the pi itself.

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                          dankcushions Global Moderator @jollster101
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                          @jollster101 the lite set already removes all the known non-working roms. there may be a handful that have specific issues on the pi but not many.

                          anyway, the best list of all the games is the compatibility list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LP1MELCvcxu7TfiowF_0ZuvRVEMqlfQyTVetnOJvuJc/edit?usp=sharing

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                            jollster101 @dankcushions
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                            @dankcushions Its not the non working roms as such but more being able to whittle the total number in the lite down further. I am also looking at Don's Hyperspin Tools (or some other app that you can filter genres by) to possibly filter and reduce.

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