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    Roms and Bios

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      raspberry79 @sirhenrythe5th
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      @sirhenrythe5th
      What is .BIN and .CUE files, are them bios

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        sirhenrythe5th @raspberry79
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        @raspberry79 said in Roms and Bios:

        @sirhenrythe5th
        What is .BIN and .CUE files, are them bios

        Well, there are some bios-files that end with *.bin, but as far as you also have a *.cue those will be ISOs.

        Why do you have such a mess? Why are there so many different file-types unsorted? This is quite unusual.

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          raspberry79 @sirhenrythe5th
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          @sirhenrythe5th
          So, i was downloading roms from yes safe sites. One of those roms i downloaded was
          Pac-Man - Adventures in Time (USA) .BIN .CUE
          and i downloaded a game and the file type was Disc Image File

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            sleve_mcdichael @raspberry79
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            @raspberry79 what system is Pac-Man - Adventures in Time (USA) .BIN .CUE for?

            and i downloaded a game and the file type was Disc Image File

            For what system?

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              dankcushions Global Moderator
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              looks like you've downloaded a windows game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man:_Adventures_in_Time

              we can't really account for this bizarre random way you seem to be acquiring games. retropie isn't some kind of encyclopedic videogame catch-all player; it is for emulating a limited subset of retro systems.

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                raspberry79 @dankcushions
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                @dankcushions
                So, what emulator would i put that in on Retropie or Lakka

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                  sirhenrythe5th @raspberry79
                  last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                  @raspberry79 there is no emulator for windows games.
                  So you cant use it with RetroPie or Lakka.

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                    raspberry79 @sirhenrythe5th
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                    @sirhenrythe5th
                    Pi 4 Retropie 4.8.
                    I hear online from some that you unzip the roms and others keep rom zip.
                    So What do u really do, do you keep the roms compressed or do you unzip them all.

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                      barbudreadmon @raspberry79
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                      @raspberry79 said in Roms and Bios:

                      do you keep the roms compressed or do you unzip them all

                      • Arcade emulators require their games to be zipped.
                      • Other emulators usually require their games to be unzipped, or to be a single file in a zip archive.
                      • There might be oddballs.

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                        raspberry79 @barbudreadmon
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                        @barbudreadmon
                        Got it, but i'm having a little problem launching Retropie from Kodi.
                        I have Kodi install on retropie, i set it to autostart at boot, but when in kodi, i can't exit to launch ES emulationstart???

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                          @raspberry79 you have already posted a topic on this.

                          To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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