Rom Files

jay81uk

Hey, I had an absolute nightmare last night. I used read the forum rules to download rom packs as I thought it would be quicker to sort through what I wanted. I did that and added the zip files to my Pi, only for them not to be recognised.

After researching, I found that you had to unzip every game and then copy the .nes file over for the version you want! It literally took me a good few hours!

I got a batch from somewhere else and the zip files played just fine. Is there an easier way?

Thanks

BuZz

@jay81uk https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2/forum-rules

meleu

@jay81uk to not mention sites where you can download roms is a good practice here.

jay81uk

My apologies. Are there any answers?

JWAM

unzip '*.zip'; rm *.zip; scp *.nes pi@<iptoyourpi>:~/whereveryouwantoplacethem/

jay81uk

It's not that easy though as each zipped rom has about 10 files inside, which are different versions and regions, so I have to manually sort through each one.

JWAM

@jay81uk What 10 files?
What exactly is your question?

mediamogul

@jay81uk

It sounds like you're describing a GoodTools set. Any answers you may possibly need will be more appropriately found on the standard Wikipedia entry.

edmaul69

@jay81uk if you unzip all the main zips then if you want say U.S. roms do a search for (U). Then move those files to your folder. Then do a search for (JUE). Then (UE). Then (JU).

JoseyWales

Hey Jay, Just use 7zip in windows. There is a context menu that appears when you right click. Simply unzip your package, find all the files and select/highlight all of them, drag them to the folder you want to unzip to using the right mouse button, when you release you will get a context menu, highlight 7zip and choose 'extract here'.

tehswiftone

A lot of the emulators accept a .zip extension. Simply check the wiki for the system and it will tell you acceptable file types. I've been leaving my roms zipped with no issues.

mediamogul

@tehswiftone said in Rom Files:

I've been leaving my roms zipped with no issues.

It sounds like his particular situation involves each zipped game having multiple rom dumps which confuses most, if not all emulators that normally support the zip format.

tehswiftone

@mediamogul Yea I noticed, but he also mentioned copying the .nes file over. Figured I'd let him/others know zip files are acceptable file extensions.

mediamogul

@tehswiftone Ah, gotcha.