Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]

[Zering]

@Folly said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]:

@Zering

Again, no succes with bluemsx and SCC

How exactly did you attempt to use the roms?
I assume lr-bluemsx would be looking for those roms in a very particular place.

[Folly]

@Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]:

@Folly said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]:

@Zering

Again, no succes with bluemsx and SCC

How exactly did you attempt to use the roms?
I assume lr-bluemsx would be looking for those roms in a very particular place.

Placed them in the BIOS directory together with the others.

[Zering]

@Folly I'm assuming that's where bluemsx on your PC looks for those roms?

[Folly]

@Zering
The file I presumed it would be the one, is just an arabic msx type :

$ grep -r "SWP.rom"
MSX2 - Al Alamiah AX-350/config.ini:0 2 2 4 42 "Machines/MSX2 - Al Alamiah AX-350/AX350SWP.rom" ""
MSX2 - Al Alamiah AX-370/config.ini:0 2 2 4 20 "Machines/MSX2 - Al Alamiah AX-370/AX370SWP.rom" ""
MSX2 - Arabic/config.ini:0 2 2 4 42 "Machines/Shared Roms/SWP.rom" ""

It was a nice try/idea. But I don't think it's the solution.

[Zering]

@Folly Should we maybe see about bringing the issue to the attention of the core developers?

[Folly]

@Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]:

@Folly Should we maybe see about bringing the issue to the attention of the core developers?

That would be a good idea.

[Folly]

Sharp X1 is working.
But compilation .2d disks hang in "disk menu", any ideas ?

[Zering]

@Folly I'm not sure what you mean. Could you send a screenshot?

[Folly]

@Zering

[Zering]

@Folly I think I had that once because the lr core looked for the bios in the wrong place.
If it's not then I honestly don't know!

[Folly]

@Zering
Others work fine. Perhaps they just don't work then.

[Zering]

.2d files was it? I'll see if I have any.

Edit : Just loaded 177.2d
It's running. Maybe one of your bios is wrong?

[Folly]

@Zering
Will have look at it tomorrow.
Indeed i saw 2 different turbo files.
Thanks.

[Folly]

@Folly said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]:

@Zering
Will have look at it tomorrow.
Indeed i saw 2 different turbo files. (Sharp x1 discussion)

Well , doesn't work. will try something else later on.

@Zering in [Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]]
Should we maybe see about bringing the issue to the attention of the core developers? (SD Snatcher discussion)

Seems these issues are already submitted :
specific:
https://github.com/libretro/blueMSX-libretro/issues/92
general:
https://github.com/libretro/blueMSX-libretro/issues

[Zering]

@Folly Is that core still maintained?

[Folly]

@Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]:

@Folly Is that core still maintained?

@Zering
Indeed it seems a long time ago.

But a few moths ago the libretro cores were wiped from github.
So they restored old backups.
Everything is behind now.

Last commit was from 2 april 2020. So it's still maintained.

[AdamBeGood]

@Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]:

@AdamBeGood @Folly Just found this awesome game for the X68000 : R+R

It's very hard to find, and you'll need to use a piece of software called Virtual Floppy Image Converter to convert your file into .dim, but it's great fun. It's as fast as Chourensha but it plays like Rude Breaker horizontally.

I know this is off topic now, but fun exclusive (I think) X68000 games that I've found so far are:

• Die Bahnwelt - Top Down Dungeon Shooter, with RPG bits
• Knight Arms - Space Harrier-alike and side-scrolling shooter
• Metal Sight - Space Harrier-alike, it was in fashion then :p
• Zugya - Top Down Wrap-around Shooter

I can't get Neural Gear to react to any controls, which is irritating. I think that might be an exclusive also. If you fancy trying to get it to work, please do.

[Zering]

@AdamBeGood we've got a thread now in general discussion! I'll try those and report there :D

[AdamBeGood]

@Zering said in Cannot run SD Snatcher, MSX2 [SOLVED]:

@AdamBeGood we've got a thread now in general discussion! I'll try those and report there :D

That's fine, I'll pop them there!

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-japanese-computer-appreciation-thread/3

[Folly]

While experimenting with Apple2gs i found a way to use lr-mess directly and with a sort of .cmd file booting with 2 floppy's

Nice thing about this is that all run commands in all emulators.cfg are essentially the same.
The system information is stored in the .cmd file.
If a system supports multiple floppy's or in combination with cartridge.
you can make your own .cmd file for a game.

Then I did a test with SD-snatcher booting a cart and a flop1 in msx hbf700p (only supports one floppy).
Cartridge containing "sdsnatch" (Sound cartridge for SD Snatcher)
Floppy 1 containing the first disk of SD Snatcher.

Booted this up and I got SCC+ sound in lr-mess !!!

So basically this is what I have done.

/opt/retropie/configs/msx/emulators.cfg :

default = "lr-mess-msx-cmd"
lr-mess-msx-cmd = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/msx/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/Super Deform Snatcher (1990)(Konami)_cmd.cmd :

hbf700p -rp /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs "-cart1" "sdsnatch" "-flop1" "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/msx/Super Deform Snatcher (1990)(Konami)(Disk 1 of 3).dsk"

added extension .cmd in /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg for the specific system.