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    Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME

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    • DTEAMD
      DTEAM @Retrodade
      last edited by

      @Retrodade
      Most are already in the list above (second post)

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      • DTEAMD
        DTEAM @DTEAM
        last edited by DTEAM

        @DTEAM said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

        For All in one:
        pballpup
        swclone
        tmntmutm

        Updated gamelist.xml for these three (video, marquee, image).

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          Retrodade @DTEAM
          last edited by Retrodade

          @DTEAM
          nice !
          With the 5 new Jakks, want me to tackle the scrape on those? let me know
          if not... ok too, but I think I can handle the 5

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          • DTEAMD
            DTEAM @Retrodade
            last edited by

            @Retrodade said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

            With the 5 new Jakks,

            Have you the names of those roms, Did you test them?

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              Retrodade
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              @DTEAM well, now you got me thinking, lol you probably have them then but mine worked and I had no scrapes from them, so I assume sine i grabbed your gamelist and they aren't on that gamelist.
              I decided to make these scrapes.. you can get the zip name from the game list text to add to a gamelist. here is the added text and the scrapes including video - let me know if these are "new working"

              https://mega.nz/folder/LT5EEDzQ#P9Grm2aAesDbgaFaAba7yg

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                Retrodade @DTEAM
                last edited by

                @DTEAM i would record video for tiger handheld , i can't figure out how lol with MAME, screen shot took a while to hunt down lol

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                • DTEAMD
                  DTEAM @Folly
                  last edited by

                  @Folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                  This is an early test on jakks how we could do that.
                  Here I use the completed sorted database.
                  Goal is to do it with the unsorted data before I create the sorted database 250 file.
                  cat /opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame0249_systems_sorted_info|grep jak_|cut -d " " -f2|while read driver;do [[ $(/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -listxml $driver|grep "emulation="|cut -d" -f4) == good ]] && echo $driver;done
                  jak_batm
                  jak_capc
                  jak_care
                  jak_dbz
                  jak_disf
                  jak_disn
                  jak_dora
                  jak_dorr
                  jak_dpr
                  jak_dprs
                  jak_dwmn
                  jak_dwmno
                  jak_fan4
                  jak_just
                  jak_mk
                  jak_mpac
                  jak_mpacw
                  jak_nick
                  jak_pooh
                  jak_sbfc
                  jak_sbjd
                  jak_sith
                  jak_sithp
                  jak_spdm
                  jak_swot
                  jak_wall
                  jak_wof
                  jak_wwe
                  jak_xmenp

                  We can do the same with all_in1 drivers (filtered on "in 1" & "in-1" & "non-arcade" with no jakks drivers "jak_") :
                  (manually drivers like fordrace could be added in the filter list)

                  Here's the gaps between our two list:

                  
                  
                  jak_batm		jak_batm
                  jak_capc		jak_capc
                  jak_care		jak_care
                  jak_dbz		        jak_dbz
                  jak_disf		jak_disf
                  jak_disn		jak_disn
                  jak_dora		jak_dora
                  jak_dorr		jak_dorr
                  jak_dpr		        jak_dpr
                  jak_dprs		jak_dprs
                  jak_dwmn		
                  jak_dwmno		
                  jak_fan4		jak_fan4
                  jak_just		jak_just
                  jak_mk		        jak_mk
                  jak_mpac		jak_mpac
                  jak_mpacw		jak_mpacw
                  jak_nick		jak_nick
                  jak_pooh		jak_pooh
                  jak_sbfc		jak_sbfc
                  jak_sbjd		jak_sbjd
                  		        jak_sdoo
                  jak_sith		jak_sith
                  jak_sithp		
                  jak_spdm		jak_spdm
                  jak_swot		
                  jak_wall		jak_wall
                  jak_wof		        jak_wof
                  jak_wwe		        jak_wwe
                  		        jak_wof
                  jak_xmenp		
                  

                  I will have to test and probably add:
                  jak_dwmn
                  jak_dwmno
                  jak_sithp
                  jak_swot
                  jak_xmenp

                  I know jak_sdoo is now in your list, but i'm not sure for jak_wof

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                  • DTEAMD
                    DTEAM @DTEAM
                    last edited by DTEAM

                    @DTEAM said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                    I will have to test and probably add:
                    jak_dwmn
                    jak_dwmno
                    jak_sithp
                    jak_swot
                    jak_xmenp

                    @Folly
                    jak_hmpt and also jakms41 are not tested yet. I'm going to add them to my to-do list too!

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                      Folly @DTEAM
                      last edited by Folly

                      @DTEAM said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                      I know jak_sdoo is now in your list, but i'm not sure for jak_wof

                      Yes it is, see the latest list :https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/blob/main/00-databases-00/sorted_info_creation/0XXX/jakks.ini

                      jak_hmpt and also jakms41 are not tested yet. I'm going to add them to my to-do list too!

                      Is most likely not a JAKKS game :
                      Driver jakms41 (KM-S4-1 VER 1.1): @business_terminal@computer@non-arcade

                      Curious about jak_hmpt.
                      Good luck with testing ;-)

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                      • DTEAMD
                        DTEAM @Folly
                        last edited by

                        @Folly
                        jak_hmpt = Hannah Montana Pop Tour - Guitar Video Game (JAKKS Pacific TV Game)

                        Kind of guitar hero.

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                        • DTEAMD
                          DTEAM @DTEAM
                          last edited by DTEAM

                          @DTEAM said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                          For Tigerh:
                          tgaiden3
                          tgargnf
                          tmegaman3
                          tsimquest (already done)
                          tsuperman

                          @Folly
                          Now added to the gamelist on the drive . Only Megaman 3 and Castlevania Simon Quest videos are missing (MAME 0.251 needed).

                          New edit:
                          kbottom9
                          knascar
                          kskatedie
                          Are now added to the gamelist konamih

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                            Folly @DTEAM
                            last edited by

                            @DTEAM

                            Great !
                            Will have a look, when I can ;-)

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                            • DTEAMD
                              DTEAM @Folly
                              last edited by DTEAM

                              @Folly @Retrodade

                              jak_dwmn
                              jak_dwmno
                              jak_sithp
                              jak_swot
                              jak_xmenp

                              they work well, I'm gonna start to work on the gamelist

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                                Folly @DTEAM
                                last edited by Folly

                                @DTEAM

                                Great to hear !

                                I am busy with generating the new ini files.
                                They are almost done, took the whole day to create them.
                                Curious what comes out of them.
                                The jakks should appear. (edit : they are already there)

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                                • DTEAMD
                                  DTEAM @DTEAM
                                  last edited by

                                  @DTEAM said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                                  jak_dwmn
                                  jak_dwmno
                                  jak_sithp
                                  jak_swot
                                  jak_xmenp
                                  they work well, I'm gonna start to work on the gamelist

                                  @Folly
                                  the JAKKS gamelist is now updated

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                                    Retro Arcade Fan @DTEAM
                                    last edited by Retro Arcade Fan

                                    @DTEAM @Folly

                                    Hey everyone,

                                    I successfully added Konami Handheld, Tiger Handheld and Jakks. Having two problems with Classic Handheld. 1) I can't scrape using either scrapper. Says the platform isn't defined. Even though I used this:

                                    <name>classich</name>
                                    <fullname>Classic Handheld Systems</fullname>
                                    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/classich</path>
                                    <extension>.mgw .MGW .7z .zip</extension>
                                    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ classich %ROM%</command>
                                    <platform>classich</platform>
                                    <theme>classich</theme>
                                    

                                    </system>

                                    More importantly, the games won't launch. I copied the artwork into the artwork folder (even though not every rom file had a corresponding artwork file). Below is the verbose log:

                                    Parameters:
                                    Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-gw/gw_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/classich/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/classich/efootb4.zip" --verbose --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
                                    [INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/opt/retropie/configs/classich/retroarch.cfg".
                                    [INFO] [Config]: Appending config "/dev/shm/retroarch.cfg".
                                    [WARN] [GameMode]: GameMode cannot be enabled on this system ("dlopen failed - libgamemode.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.") https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode needs to be installed.
                                    [WARN] [Config]: GameMode unsupported - disabling...
                                    [INFO] RetroArch 1.10.0 (Git e9e85f3)
                                    [INFO] === Build =======================================
                                    [INFO] Capabilities: NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
                                    [INFO] Built: Jan 30 2022
                                    [INFO] Version: 1.10.0
                                    [INFO] Git: e9e85f3
                                    [INFO] =================================================
                                    [INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "x".
                                    [INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-gw/gw_libretro.so"
                                    [INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/Game & Watch/Game & Watch.cfg".
                                    [INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/Game & Watch/classich.cfg".
                                    [INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/Game & Watch/efootb4.cfg".
                                    [INFO] [Environ]: SET_VARIABLES.
                                    [INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
                                    [INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/opt/retropie/configs/classich/".
                                    [INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/classich/efootb4.srm".
                                    [INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/classich/efootb4.state".
                                    [INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
                                    [INFO] [Content]: Loading content file: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/classich/efootb4.zip".
                                    [ERROR] [Content]: Could not read content file "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/classich/efootb4.zip"

                                    [INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.
                                    [INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..
                                    [INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..

                                    And I'm using the following for the emulators.cfg file:

                                    lr-gw = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-gw/gw_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/classich/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
                                    mame = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame %BASENAME%"
                                    mame-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -autoframeskip %BASENAME%"
                                    default = "lr-gw"

                                    Any ideas why this one isn't working? Thank you for your help.

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                                      Folly @Retro Arcade Fan
                                      last edited by Folly

                                      @Retro-Arcade-Fan

                                      I think it's because.
                                      You have to load Madrigals roms (.mgw) with lr-gw.
                                      Btw. madrigals don't need artwork.

                                      Mame roms from "mame-merged" have to be loaded with mame or lr-mess.
                                      They will run without artwork but with artwork they will look how they should.

                                      Don't mix them up.
                                      (efootb4.zip is a mame rom so you have to load it with mame or lr-mess)

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                                        Retro Arcade Fan @Folly
                                        last edited by

                                        @Folly ahh, thank you Folly. That did the trick! They are now playable. I appreciate the help as always!

                                        Regarding the scrapping problem. Any suggestions there? Hard to find the video snaps manually on those.

                                        Thanks.

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                                        • DTEAMD
                                          DTEAM @Retro Arcade Fan
                                          last edited by DTEAM

                                          @Retro-Arcade-Fan

                                          Regarding the scrapping problem. Any suggestions there? Hard to find the video snaps manually on those.

                                          Thanks.

                                          Use Folly scipt to install that or Get the files here (for Classic) and put that in your classich rom folder. It should be ok

                                          For more systems, same approach.
                                          See here

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                                            Retro Arcade Fan @DTEAM
                                            last edited by

                                            @DTEAM Thanks!

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