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What is the best MAME to use with Pi 4 4GB? (Largest library, highest compatability)

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    Jiryn @Darksavior
    last edited by 14 Jan 2021, 23:21

    @darksavior
    Any clue or advice on those two light gun games?

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      Darksavior @Jiryn
      last edited by 14 Jan 2021, 23:22

      @jiryn I haven't tried those games but I'd try mame2003plus first.

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        YFZdude @Jiryn
        last edited by 14 Jan 2021, 23:25

        @jiryn said in What is the best MAME to use with Pi 4 4GB? (Largest library, highest compatability):

        Anyone know what Mame is suggested for Area 51, Area 51: Site 4, and Maximum Force?

        I have no idea how they would run on a Pi but I have used MAME2003 to run Area 51 on my old PC and it works great.

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          barbudreadmon @Jiryn
          last edited by 15 Jan 2021, 08:26

          @jiryn said in What is the best MAME to use with Pi 4 4GB? (Largest library, highest compatability):

          I heard they got System 32 games running on FB Alpha or something recently..

          I don't think FBAlpha is updated anymore by anyone. If you are talking about FBNeo then no, it doesn't support sega s32 yet.

          FBNeo developer - github - forum

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            Jiryn @Darksavior
            last edited by 16 Jan 2021, 09:36

            @darksavior
            Do you happen to have Jurassic Park the arcade game working?
            I had it work for a bit, but every time the T-rex roars, the sound cuts out and I am wondering what is going on.
            Does it need Samples?
            Did I put my samples in the wrong folder?

            /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2016/samples/

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              Drdave79 @roslof
              last edited by 14 Feb 2021, 16:43

              @roslof This is a great spreadsheet! However, I tried 2010 for Tekken Tag (I tried all of them actually) and it just goes back to the main menu when I try to launch the game. I can't get Tekken Tag to load at all and I've tried a few different roms.

              How did you get it to run in 2010?

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                barbudreadmon @Drdave79
                last edited by 14 Feb 2021, 16:52

                @drdave79 said in What is the best MAME to use with Pi 4 4GB? (Largest library, highest compatability):

                I've tried a few different roms

                Clrmamepro is your friend.

                FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                  IanDaemon @Drdave79
                  last edited by IanDaemon 14 Feb 2021, 16:54

                  @drdave79 Don't try different random ROMs. Well, you could, but it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack frustrating. Use CLRMAMEPRO to verify/rebuild the ROM if it's at all possible.

                  • 5 Favorite Arcade Games in MAME
                  • Cocktail Cabinet Games
                  • Check out the MAME RoW
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                    Drdave79 @IanDaemon
                    last edited by Drdave79 14 Feb 2021, 17:12

                    @iandaemon I'm unfamiliar with Clrmamepro. I'm running on a Raspberry pi4 system. Can you elaborate please?

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                      dankcushions Global Moderator @Drdave79
                      last edited by 14 Feb 2021, 17:43

                      @drdave79
                      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/#step-2-select-the-right-rom-set

                      https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Validating%2C-Rebuilding%2C-and-Filtering-ROM-Collections/

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                        Drdave79 @dankcushions
                        last edited by 14 Feb 2021, 18:57

                        @dankcushions Alright, so I ran both Tekken Tag Tournament and Killer Instinct through Clrmamepro using 2010 and neither will load. Am I just picking two very difficult roms?

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                          dankcushions Global Moderator @Drdave79
                          last edited by 14 Feb 2021, 19:01

                          @drdave79 please supply a verbose log of the failed loads

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                            roslof @Drdave79
                            last edited by 14 Feb 2021, 21:06

                            @drdave79 said in What is the best MAME to use with Pi 4 4GB? (Largest library, highest compatability):

                            @roslof This is a great spreadsheet! However, I tried 2010 for Tekken Tag (I tried all of them actually) and it just goes back to the main menu when I try to launch the game. I can't get Tekken Tag to load at all and I've tried a few different roms.

                            How did you get it to run in 2010?

                            You will need a Tekken Tag rom specific to the 2010 emulator. A challenge of using multiple emulators is that you will have to ensure you verify the individual ROMS.

                            Keep in mind for this one, it doesn't run full speed with 2010 (45fps?, but it does run with the correct rom.

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                              Drdave79 @roslof
                              last edited by 14 Feb 2021, 21:56

                              @roslof This is so confusing. I thought the whole purpose of using CLRMAMEPRO was to modify the rom to work with the correct version of Mame. I guess I'm not fully understanding the purpose here.

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                                Darksavior @Drdave79
                                last edited by 14 Feb 2021, 22:12

                                @drdave79 Make it easy on yourself and hunt down the mame 2010 romset instead. And yea, the game will probably be too slow anyways.

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                                  barbudreadmon @Drdave79
                                  last edited by 14 Feb 2021, 23:37

                                  @drdave79 said in What is the best MAME to use with Pi 4 4GB? (Largest library, highest compatability):

                                  I thought the whole purpose of using CLRMAMEPRO was to modify the rom to work with the correct version of Mame

                                  The purpose is to check and manage your files, but it can't create the right file out of nothing. Everything is explained in the documentation.

                                  FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                                    IanDaemon
                                    last edited by IanDaemon 15 Feb 2021, 01:03

                                    Yes, you can't build from nothing, but from https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Validating%2C-Rebuilding%2C-and-Filtering-ROM-Collections/:

                                    "...It is possible to 'rebuild' from one version of an ROM collection to another. If you also have access to ROMs from a newer or older ROM collection you can 'roll forward' or 'roll back' your ROM version...."

                                    So everyone is right.

                                    • 5 Favorite Arcade Games in MAME
                                    • Cocktail Cabinet Games
                                    • Check out the MAME RoW
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                                      aidy80's @roslof
                                      last edited by aidy80's 28 Feb 2021, 19:41

                                      @roslof Thank you for sharing this spreadsheet, it's fantastic. I've been fumbling around with my arcade ROMs for awhile now but never been 100% happy. How does one go about compiling all the roms for the different emulators together by using that spreadsheet? Is it a case of going through each rom one by one?

                                      What I mean really is - how do I get my own ROMs and the respective emulators to match your list?

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                                        dankcushions Global Moderator @aidy80's
                                        last edited by 1 Mar 2021, 13:20

                                        @aidy80-s you would have to separately acquire the romsets of the respective emulators, and then manually transfer the game . zip from the desired emulator's romset to your /arcade/ directory, then select the same emulator via runcommand.

                                        you can build any romset via current MAME and the rollback set, but that's more complicated and time-consuming than just acquiring the individual romset collections.

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                                          aidy80's @dankcushions
                                          last edited by 1 Mar 2021, 22:07

                                          @dankcushions Thank you. Sounds like it'll be quite a lengthy job.

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