How to use MAME with RetroPie - Help Guide

IGA

@crush Yup, i know this variants. Wanted to try arcade

SNES version of KI is so poor... - Here's about run arcade https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjk9XdU3XuzuKAE0VFoKggw

Crush

@iga Should probably ask him how he did it then, cause the mame version runs nothing like that at all.
Edit: he does indeed not use MAME, and he has to run it on an unstable overclock of 2200. So no, you can't really play the arcade version of KI on a RPI4

IGA

@crush He use ultra 64 3.11. And said that is work better on twister os ( as we see he just runs it thru wine and box86). Also he promised release a video with manual how integrate it in RetroPie

@crush said in How to use MAME with RetroPie - Help Guide:

and he has to run it on an unstable overclock of 2200. So no, you can't really play the arcade version of KI on a RPI4

so what the problem?
Paste in Config.cfg lines:

arm_freq=2200
gpu_freq=750
gpu_mem=512
over_voltage=8

dankcushions

@iga said in How to use MAME with RetroPie - Help Guide:

gpu_mem=512

not a great idea: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Memory-Split/#raspberry-pi-4

IGA

@dankcushions maybe....
Ok, there more gentle overclock mode:

arm_freq=2000 (can also try 2145 there)
gpu_freq=750
over_voltage=6

Crush

@iga said in How to use MAME with RetroPie - Help Guide:

@crush He use ultra 64 3.11. And said that is work better on twister os ( as we see he just runs it thru wine and box86). Also he promised release a video with manual how integrate it in RetroPie

@crush said in How to use MAME with RetroPie - Help Guide:

and he has to run it on an unstable overclock of 2200. So no, you can't really play the arcade version of KI on a RPI4

so what the problem?

As i stated it's not stable, thats a pretty big problem.
I mean its a nice testcase, but not really a viable solution on the Pi4

Kchavpro

can someone please explain how I can get and install mame2010 to use MAME 0.139u1, I feel so stupid just looking around on every page and not knowing how to install mame2010 but seeing everyone talking about having it, I have the raspberry 4 and the only options I see are

125 mame

236 Ir-mame2003-plus
239 Ir-mame2015
240 Ir-mame2016
242 Ir-mame

may someone please help me or maybe point me to the right direction?

BPJerseyboy

@kchavpro This is a pretty easy fix. You aren't seeing 2010 because it is optional and you have to install it.

Hit start on your controller and select "Quit", then "Quit Emulationstation" and it will put you into command line. Type the following spaces and caps exactly as shown:

sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

That will bring you into the back end menu. You can also do this through the graphical menu by going to Retropie and then choosing the "Retropie Setup" option in the menu but I don't recommend it.

I recommend getting used to doing it through the command line to get comfortable with it. As you get better with this you may want to change other things and certain changes require you quit Emulationstation in order for the changes to commit, so it's best to practice.

Hit "Manage Packages" then "Manage Optional Packages". Scroll down until you see "lr-mame2010" and hit enter or A on you controller. I think it's line 239. You can install either via source or binary, but know that source will take a lot longer, so be patient.

Once the install is done, back out of the menus (escape key) until you get to one with an option to reboot. Hit reboot and wait for it to restart. If you back out too far and end up back in the command line, don't worry. Just type "emulationstation" and hit enter. It will restart the graphical interface.

Now when you go to configure a machine in MAME, 2010 should be in your list of options.

A little detail on the topic here. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Updating-RetroPie/#manage-packages If you need visuals. Search the web for "Install Optional Packages Retropie". There should be some good videos out there.

Good luck!

mitu

@Okinoto No, you can't and your reply is totally off-topic on this forum. Next time you'll break the forum rules, your account will be banned permanently.

George Spiggott

@dankcushions said in How to use MAME with RetroPie - Help Guide:

simply, you had a 0.139 romset (or closer) so mame2010 was the only one that was ever going to work for you. but if users are going to ignore the documentation and just download a random romset, rather than the one appropriate to the mame emulator they want to use (eg, mame2003 is 0.78), then what's the point of us setting a default? :)

This is one of the things that absolutely foxed me as a beginner to MAME emulation. I wonder if we're too far down the road now for the MAME cores to be renamed to something more descriptive, like MAME2003 being called MAME2003/078 or something similar.

dankcushions

@George-Spiggott it might be nice to display the module description when selecting the default emulator in the runcommand. this should show the version of most MAME cores (although i guess not lr-mame/mame, or any other cores that constantly update/change sets): https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mame2003.sh#L13

i don't think this is currently shown in this context. can anyone confirm?

wtstreetglow1

@Floob Amazing post. Thank you so much for making this for everyone!! (Years later, thank you so much again!)