NEO-GEO CD for Dummies

[shavecat]

@mitu
"When launching Libretro cores (those prefixed by lr-) the Runcommand launch menu presents the option to Launch with verbose logging. This outputs more information to the log file found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log which is useful, and often necessary, when diagnosing problems. Once the game is exited, the log file can be downloaded via SFTP or viewed directly via the command line.

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What im doing worng ???

I did got it runging with the fbeno-neocd
but its getting to the disc loding screen and quit
https://pastebin.com/URSMK3sW

[mitu]

@shavecat said in NEO-GEO CD for Dummies:

https://pastebin.com/URSMK3sW

Again, this is not a verbose log.

[shavecat]

@mitu
Hey again
so how do i do that ?
there is no explain ...

[mitu]

@shavecat said in NEO-GEO CD for Dummies:

so how do i do that ?

I think it's described pretty well in the docs - in the link posted by me or other posters. Just start the game by choosing the 'Launch with verbose logging' from the runcommand launch menu.

[shavecat]

@mitu
thanks u
for some reason didnt notice it
so im using the lr-neocd
and its loading but i just getting a black screen
https://pastebin.com/V64i6q1n

[mitu]

Either a bad .chd file or missing BIOS files - which should match what's described in https://github.com/libretro/neocd_libretro. Your SYSTEM folder is borked though, instead of pointing to the BIOS folder as it's configured in RetroPie, it points to the ROMs folder - you probably reset the RetroArch's configuration file or messed up the configuration when you created a separate system for NeoGeto CD.

[shavecat]

@mitu
Okay thanks
i will check it out :))
can i uninstall and install retrorach and it will fix it ?

[mitu]

@shavecat said in NEO-GEO CD for Dummies:

can i uninstall and install retrorach and it will fix it ?

No, that's not how it works.

[shavecat]

@mitu
didnt think so.
will give it a try with the bios system and chd thanks :)/

Got it working was needed to change in the retroach menu the bios select .
thanks a lot @mitu ! :)

[Unknown]

Why isn't neogeo cd in a separate folder from Neogeo by default? Just curious.

[simpleethat]

@Unknown I believe because it's an extremely recent addition to the package and the latest release for Pi4 is still beta

[Darksavior]

@Unknown Personal decision I suppose. The same reason why there isn't a tg16/pce-cd system folder. You're free to make them yourself. It's what I did.

[Zering]

Not to mention the fact that the Neo Geo CD catalogue has very few exclusives when compared to the original Neo Geo, I imagine it just makes sense to just put them all together.

[Unknown]

@Zering Yeah, but it would be simpler than having to select the correct emulator for each cd rom.

[Zering]

@Unknown You don't have to do that. You separate Neo Geo CD from the rest in your es_systems.cfg and create a retroarch.cfg and emulators.cfg for Neo Geo CD and you're all good.

[MortalWombat]

@dteam , thank you for writing this guide, getting my/any NeoGeo games to work had been something I'd been meaning to figure out.

For a noob tho, can you elaborate though on step 4A, how you got to entering the es_systems.cfg etc part?

Was it in the Main Menu, Options, Retropie Configuration, F4/Command Console, or somewhere else?

I'd tried all the steps you listed before (up until 4A), and when I tried loading any of the NeoGeo games, the CD graphic would show up but the games would never load (I think I tried both lr-fbneo & lr-fbneo-neocd as emulators, but one never worked (I forget which, possibly neocd) never loaded, it kept defaulting to the other.

As is, I'm not sure if it's because I DL'd different/better neocd / neocdz zips that I put into the retropie/BIOS/neocd folder, or if that matters at all, but all of my NeoGeo ROMs-- Burning Fight (NGM-018)(NGH-018), KOTMonsters (Set 1), Magician Lord (NGM-005), Mutation Nation (NGM-014)(NGH-014), Neo Bomberman, Sam Showdown/Sam Spirits (NGM-045) & Sengoku Denshou (NGM-017)(NGH-017) if it matters-- currently seem to be working out of my Arcade folder, running off of lr-mame2003 (fbneo & fbneo-neocd are optional emulators), w/the neoGeo.zip file in the same folder (as I understand you used to need to do).

However, for all I know, a simple update could render them all unworking again (I'm currently using Version 4.7.3, Last Commit 2 days ago, on a RPI4 [armv71 running on Raspian GNU/Linux 10 (buster]). So, I'd like to try your method/see if I could get them working out of the NeoGeo folder (where they also are, but not working) as well.

Guess the other question is, are there any other optional packages/versions of MAME or NeoGeo that could help them work? Because I also put these NG ROMs in the mame-libretro folder,band they didn't work there either.

Sorry for the long post, just didn't know what all info was pertinent. :/

[DTEAM]

@mortalwombat

1- Connect your Pi to FileZilla. For es_systems.cfg,you have to copy the one from /etc/emulationstation to /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation Your system now will priorise the one there and you will be able to custumize It , play with systems order and update your Retropie without a reset of your es_systems.cfg file

2 - Convert your rom in .chd. see : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/CHD-files/#creating-chds-from-cd-roms

3 - 4A. (MIX with NEOGEO (easier)) Go in neogeo system in es_systems.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation and add .CUE and .cue in <extension> line.

I forgot to mention to also add .chd and .CHD
For option 4A:

   <system>
    <name>neogeo</name>
    <fullname>Neo Geo</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo</path>
    <extension>.fba .zip .FBA .ZIP .7z .cue .CUE .chd .CHD</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ neogeo %ROM%</command>
    <platform>neogeo</platform>
    <theme>neogeo</theme>
  </system>

4 - lr-neocd is the good emulator

It should be ok now

For lr-fbneo, you need a specific romset

[MortalWombat]

@dteam appreciate it, but apologies, you're jumping way ahead... I didn't even know what Filezilla was (I had to Google SFTP too; after all your post said this was for dummies!!), nor did I have it installed on my Pi.

Fortunately I was able to use the sudo apt-get install Filezilla prompt on command line, but now, I'm not finding any prompts on how to launch Filezilla on command line on a Pi running Retropie (since you did say connect your Pi to Filezilla), or in general; most links that I've encountered (like this guy) just mention how to launch it on a desktop computer:

I was however able to enable SSH (as other sites have suggested), but that might be irrelevant to this process...
https://thepi.io/how-to-set-up-an-ftp-server-on-the-raspberry-pi/

[DTEAM]

@mortalwombat

FilleZilla is for Windows. It's an easy way to transfer and manage files in your Pi with your computer. To edit files, you will need Notepad++ on Windows. It's for Dummies, but you need to know some basic stuff. Do some search in the Docs section and in this forum before. You will found a lot of answers to your questions.

[MortalWombat]

@dteam Well bud, then the plot/guide thickens, as I'm a Mac user... and though it's implied that Filezilla is available for OSX, accordingly to the article below, Notepad++ itself is not (not sure if any of its equivalents would work the same).
https://setapp.com/how-to/alternative-to-notepad++-for-mac

I'm still not entirely sure why it's necessary to use 2 desktop/laptop apps to get these NeoGeo roms working? (after the initial formatting of the MicroSD, I've generally just had to use my laptop to download & USB the roms themselves).