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    RetroPie games not working on some emulators

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
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      Arcade games are known to 'not load' if you're using the wrong romset version - see the documentation for a quick start. For the other emulators - 3DO and Amiga need BIOS files to be added to the corresponding BIOS folder to work, make sure you have the right BIOS files also copied.

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        Garrett216 @mitu
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        @mitu by the way, it is not just those emulators that don’t work- even some of the ones preinstalled via binary- not sure if my Roms are bad or smth..

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          barbudreadmon @Garrett216
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          @Garrett216 said in RetroPie games not working on some emulators:

          lr-mame

          Read https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/ (and possibly https://docs.libretro.com/guides/arcade-getting-started/ which goes into more details). Don't expect arcade emulation will work if you don't.

          As for the other emulators, you should read their documentations too.

          FBNeo developer - github - forum

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @Garrett216
            last edited by mitu

            @Garrett216 said in RetroPie games not working on some emulators:

            it is not just those emulators that don’t work..

            Most ROM files are known and their checksum can be easily verified against a known source of information like https://datomatic.no-intro.org or (for cd-rom ISO files) http://redump.org/. SNES/NES/GBA emulation is pretty much working fine so if you have issues with that, then I'd double check the ROM files.

            For arcade games, do follow @barbudreadmon's advice and read the docs first for it.
            If you feel that it's an emulator problem then provide a verbose log from running the emulator with the game(s) in question. Use pastebin.com to post the log file's content.

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              Garrett216 @mitu
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              @mitu thank you I will read it, but before this post is removed do you have any good ROM sites? I use RomsPedia but I’m still looking for another good site.

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @Garrett216
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                @Garrett216 we don't remove posts, even if they breach the forum rules, except for outright spam posts. As for your question - this is not a ROM site, see rule 1. of the forums.

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                  Garrett216 @mitu
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                  @mitu I don’t really know anything about BIOS files. Could you tell me more about them cause I don’t know where to get them.

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                    Garrett216 @Garrett216
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                    @Garrett216 or where to put them..

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                      Garrett216 @Garrett216
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                      @Garrett216 LET'S GOOO I GOT lr-opera WORKING!!!!

                      I just installed the wrong .BIN file, i just removed panafz1.bin and replaced it with panafz10.bin and it worked.

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                        Garrett216 @Garrett216
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                        @Garrett216 Now I can try the other ones- wish me luck.

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                          barbudreadmon @Garrett216
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                          @Garrett216 said in RetroPie games not working on some emulators:

                          wish me luck

                          Getting a core to work is usually a matter of reading its documentation, not a matter of luck.

                          FBNeo developer - github - forum

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