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    Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]

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      Zering @retropieuser555
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      @retropieuser555 I've tried following the instructions in this thread, with no luck. However I haven't tried using xboxdrv, how does that work?

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        AdamBeGood @Zering
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        @Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2:

        @Folly Yeah I only remembered that about C-Bios after I posted.

        It also occurred to me that the issue with lr-fmsx might be the same. It only boots me to a BASIC prompt when I try to play a .dsk file, but they are few and far between so I never really noticed the issue before.

        Edit : lr-fmsx would be my preference because of how easy it is to set up joystick controls.
        However, at the end of the day, I'll go with whatever works.
        I can't help with the testing of SCC as I can't get openmsx to work.
        However if you guys want to try and sort this issue I'm very happy to help any other way that I am able.

        I'm in the same boat as you now, Zering. Non-SCC copy of SD Snatcher works on bluemsx without any problems. Very annoying that they haven't included the SCC options in the libretro core.

        .dsk and .m3u don't work on OpenMSX for me, although .roms do.

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          Zering @AdamBeGood
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          @AdamBeGood my understanding was that it is included, but that it doesn't work.

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            AdamBeGood @Zering
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            @Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2:

            @AdamBeGood my understanding was that it is included, but that it doesn't work.

            Yep, sorry, my mistake.

            I am glad to be able to play the game, even if the music isn't what it could be. Thanks for starting the thread and giving me the kick I needed.

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              Zering @AdamBeGood
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              @AdamBeGood No worries at all. I'm playing through Soul Reaver, but once I'm done I'm starting SD Snatcher, fix or not. We could discuss the game as we go?

              The MSX library seems chock full of gems like that. Six out kf eight disks of Illusion city for the turbo R have been translated and I hear that is also an incredible sci fi RPG.

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                AdamBeGood @Zering
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                @Zering It's a system I haven't really looked at before, I only downloaded it as Vampire Killer was on there and I'm a Castlevania fan!

                Let me know when you start SD Snatcher. Soul Reaver is on my list too.

                I finished Ecstatica on PC yesterday, 26 years after my first attempt.

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                  Folly
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                  For those who want to try it with openMSX with the machine "Boosted_MSX2_EN" here are the BIOS requirements in "/home/pi/.openMSX/share/systemroms" :
                  (you should already have most of them)

                  pi@raspberrypi:~/.openMSX/share/systemroms $ cd /home/pi/.openMSX/share/systemroms
                  pi@raspberrypi:~/.openMSX/share/systemroms $ sha1sum *.*
                  2dc4517ebd5a061f9b5aa6b449cc4d4a2073540c  FMPAC16.ROM
                  9d789166e3caf28e4742fe933d962e99618c633d  FMPAC.ROM
                  84a645becec0a25d3ab7a909cde1b242699a8662  KANJI.ROM
                  5c1f9c7fb655e43d38e5dd1fcc6b942b2ff68b02  MSX2EXT.ROM
                  6103b39f1e38d1aa2d84b1c3219c44f1abb5436e  MSX2.ROM
                  c3efedda7ab947a06d9345f7b8261076fa7ceeef  nms8250_disk.rom
                  22b3191d865010264001b9d896186a9818478a6b  phc-70fd2_basickun.rom
                  32760893ce06dbe3930627755ba065cc3d8ec6ca  yrw801.rom
                  
                  
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                    Zering @Folly
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                    @Folly i will try this later today and let you know if I can make it work! Thanks!

                    @AdamBeGood I'll let you know. I'm enjoying Soul Reaver so far although I hated Blood Omen. It reminds me of Shadowman, one of my favourite games from the period.
                    Did you look at the original metal gear games on MSX? The first one is good.

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                      AdamBeGood @Folly
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                      @Folly said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2:

                      For those who want to try it with openMSX with the machine "Boosted_MSX2_EN" here are the BIOS requirements in "/home/pi/.openMSX/share/systemroms" :
                      (you should already have most of them)

                      pi@raspberrypi:~/.openMSX/share/systemroms $ cd /home/pi/.openMSX/share/systemroms
                      pi@raspberrypi:~/.openMSX/share/systemroms $ sha1sum *.*
                      2dc4517ebd5a061f9b5aa6b449cc4d4a2073540c  FMPAC16.ROM
                      9d789166e3caf28e4742fe933d962e99618c633d  FMPAC.ROM
                      84a645becec0a25d3ab7a909cde1b242699a8662  KANJI.ROM
                      5c1f9c7fb655e43d38e5dd1fcc6b942b2ff68b02  MSX2EXT.ROM
                      6103b39f1e38d1aa2d84b1c3219c44f1abb5436e  MSX2.ROM
                      c3efedda7ab947a06d9345f7b8261076fa7ceeef  nms8250_disk.rom
                      22b3191d865010264001b9d896186a9818478a6b  phc-70fd2_basickun.rom
                      32760893ce06dbe3930627755ba065cc3d8ec6ca  yrw801.rom
                      
                      

                      Will this resolve the sound issue? Sorry for being ignorant here.

                      @Zering I've not bothered getting hold of Blood Omen, but Soul Reaver is sitting on my PS Classic ready to go. I have Shadowman to play on Dreamcast also. I've got the Metal Gear games on MSX, but haven't played them. So little time, so many games!

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                        Zering @AdamBeGood
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                        @AdamBeGood If you play Soul Reaver, play the Dreamcast version. It's much improved! Shadowman is also best on Dreamcast, avoid the PS1 version at all costs.

                        If we can get openmsx to boot SD Snatcher, then we should be able to use the SCC.

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                          Folly @AdamBeGood
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                          @AdamBeGood said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2:

                          Will this resolve the sound issue? Sorry for being ignorant here.

                          No, this is for those who want to get openMSX running with original bios files(no c-bios), so they can run DSK files.
                          If you already have those bios files for openMSX, sound will work as described earlier.

                          SCC for SD Snatcher works in openMSX by adding (via menu)
                          Hardware/extensions/Konami RA-011 ......

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                            AdamBeGood @Zering
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                            @Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2:

                            @AdamBeGood If you play Soul Reaver, play the Dreamcast version. It's much improved! Shadowman is also best on Dreamcast, avoid the PS1 version at all costs.

                            If we can get openmsx to boot SD Snatcher, then we should be able to use the SCC.

                            Cool, I have the Dreamcast version so I'll go with that. I was playing Monster World IV on Megadrive, I should finish that first.

                            @Folly Thank you! I'll have a look at this in a bit.

                            I've had a go at this and I have the bios files mentioned, with the right Checksums, but I am still having no joy with .dsk and OpenMSX.

                            Did you have any luck, Zering? I just get booted straight back to Emulation Station.

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                              Zering @AdamBeGood
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                              @AdamBeGood I'm working on it as we speak. I've booted up a .ROM file to get into the OpenMSX interface, I loaded up all the necessary BIOS but it still hangs. I've caught a file that's wrong, but I've fixed it and restarting the Pi now, so stay tuned ^^

                              Edit : As much as I enjoy the MSX library... I don't enjoy its quantity of BIOS files...

                              Edit 2 : Nope. No luck. When I go to select 'openMSX team Boosted MSX2 EN' in the Hardware menu, it hangs. This is starting to frustrate me ^^

                              Edit 3 : I think I've found the issue on my end. My KANJI.ROM has the wrong sha1sum. I'm looking for a replacement now.

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                                Folly
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                                @Zering

                                Good luck, you are almost there. :)

                                sha1's have to match.

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                                  Zering @Folly
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                                  @Folly Any chance you could indicate which MSX machine your KANJI.ROM corresponds to? I've gone through Daewoo, Matsushita, and five others.

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                                    Folly @Zering
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                                    @Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2:

                                    @Folly Any chance you could indicate which MSX machine your KANJI.ROM corresponds to? I've gone through Daewoo, Matsushita, and five others.

                                    I tried to find it for you. In doing so, I found that it runs without KANJI.ROM .
                                    Try to remove this rom.

                                    added them one by one until it was working.

                                    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /opt/retropie/emulators/openmsx/bin/openmsx -machine Boosted_MSX2_EN
                                    Fatal error: Error in "Boosted_MSX2_EN" machine: Couldn't find ROM file for "MSX BIOS with BASIC ROM" nms8250_basic-bios2.rom (sha1: 6103b39f1e38d1aa2d84b1c3219c44f1abb5436e).
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /opt/retropie/emulators/openmsx/bin/openmsx -machine Boosted_MSX2_EN
                                    Fatal error: Error in "Boosted_MSX2_EN" machine: Couldn't find ROM file for "PanaSoft SW-M004 FMPAC ROM" fmpac.rom (sha1: fec451b9256570a0e4869355a40329c57f40705f).
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /opt/retropie/emulators/openmsx/bin/openmsx -machine Boosted_MSX2_EN
                                    Fatal error: Error in "Boosted_MSX2_EN" machine: Couldn't find ROM file for "BASIC Compiler" phc-70fd2_basickun.rom (sha1: 22b3191d865010264001b9d896186a9818478a6b).
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /opt/retropie/emulators/openmsx/bin/openmsx -machine Boosted_MSX2_EN
                                    Fatal error: Error in "Boosted_MSX2_EN" machine: Couldn't find ROM file for "Memory Mapped FDC ROM" nms8250_disk.rom (sha1: dab3e6f36843392665b71b04178aadd8762c6589).
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /opt/retropie/emulators/openmsx/bin/openmsx -machine Boosted_MSX2_EN
                                    Fatal error: Error in "Boosted_MSX2_EN" machine: Couldn't find ROM file for "Sunrise MoonSound wave ROM" yrw801.rom (sha1: 32760893ce06dbe3930627755ba065cc3d8ec6ca).
                                    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /opt/retropie/emulators/openmsx/bin/openmsx -machine Boosted_MSX2_EN
                                    

                                    Names can be different, sha1 have to match.

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                                      Zering @Folly
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                                      @Folly Removing KANJI.ROM did nothing. Thanks for trying though!

                                      However, something did occur to me.

                                      First off, the name of the machine I'm switching isn't Boosted_MSX2_EN, but openmsx Team Boosted MSX2 EN. Does that matter?

                                      Secondly... Should my .openmsx/share/machines directory be empty?

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                                        Folly @Zering
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                                        @Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2:

                                        @Folly Removing KANJI.ROM did nothing. Thanks for trying though!

                                        However, something did occur to me.

                                        First off, the name of the machine I'm switching isn't Boosted_MSX2_EN, but openmsx Team Boosted MSX2 EN. Does that matter?

                                        It's the same, but from the command line it is "Boosted....."

                                        Secondly... Should my .openmsx/share/machines directory be empty?

                                        Yes, your machines are in :
                                        /opt/retropie/emulators/openmsx/share/machines/*

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                                          Zering @Folly
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                                          @Folly Then that's probably it. Which files should I have in .openmsx/share/machines?

                                          My directory is empty.

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                                            Folly @Zering
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                                            @Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2:

                                            @Folly Then that's probably it. Which files should I have in .openmsx/share/machines?

                                            My directory is empty.

                                            Mine are empty too.

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