Hacked Roms not loading

Spamdan

Hi Gamers

So almost all my pure roms work fine on my Emulator - great. However non of the hacked roms (and a few normal ones) do not load. I see the image but when I select the game I get a black screen and then in bounces me back to the original menu.

Any ideas?

Dan

sleve_mcdichael

@Spamdan please tell us more about your setup by providing the information requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Spamdan

Hi @sleve_mcdichael

Apologies -first time here

Pi Model or other hardware: I Have a Pi 4b
Power Supply used: 5v
RetroPie Version Used, 4.1
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: just 2x SNES style USB controllers
Controller used: 2x SNES style USB controllers
Error messages received: Non - just returns to game screen when I try to load hacked roms.

Spamdan

Thank you for getting back to me too :)

mitu

You forgot to mention which hacks are you using and which emulator ?

There's nothing in RetroPie that modifies the emulators' included to prevent hacks from working, but do note that certain emulators have checks in place that prevent loading hacks (i.e. FBNeo has a core option to allow loading 'hacked' roms. all arcade emulators will check the filename and their contents to be correct, etc.).

Also, version 4.1 of RetroPie cannot possibly work with a Pi 4B - which RetroPie version are you actually using and how did you install it ?

Spamdan

@mitu

Hi Mitu

Thank you for getting back to me.

I am using various SNES Mario Kart hacks such as:

Super Mario Kart - Real World Tracks
Reversed N Remixed
MoreSuperMarioKart1_01

I am not sure how to tell what versions I am iusing, I downloaded RetroPi about 2 months ago. Could it be version 4.8 or would that not work either?

Apologies for the noobish questions
Dan

mitu

@Spamdan said in Hacked Roms not loading:

I am using various SNES Mario Kart hacks such as:

How did you apply the hacks ? Do they work in another emulator - and which one ? Which emulator are you using the start the game ?

I am not sure how to tell what versions I am iusing, I downloaded RetroPi about 2 months ago. Could it be version 4.8 or would that not work either?

It's printed at the top of RetroPie-Setup, when you start it from EmulationStation.

mitu

I just tried the 1st ROM hack you mentioned Super Mario Kart - Real World Tracks and it seems to work fine on RetroPie, with lr-snes9x.

NOTE: to play a 'hacked' rom, you need both the original ROM file and the hack and they need to be combined together in order for the hack to work. If you have downloaded the patch/hack file from romhacking.net and you're trying to run it directly it will not work - see https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Apply_ROM_hacks_and_translations and an online site where you can patch your ROM here.

Spamdan

@mitu

Thank you all for this information, it is most appriciated.