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    DraStic games not appearing

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    drasticdrastic ndsnot working
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    • phillip_benoitP
      phillip_benoit @Arctic452910
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      @Arctic452910 first place I'd look is the file extensions. Sounds like the working files might be uncompressed while the ones you're not seeing still are.

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        Arctic452910 @Arctic452910
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        @Arctic452910 I also don't know how to save progress on drastic and would like some help with that too.

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          Arctic452910 @phillip_benoit
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          @phillip_benoit thanks for replying so quickly I will try that and get back to you on that. I feel dumb for asking, but how do I do that?

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            Arctic452910 @phillip_benoit
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            @phillip_benoit I figured it out and found all games I downloaded in the roms section of file manager. What do I do then?

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              phillip_benoit @Arctic452910
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              @Arctic452910 in a terminal, you can type:

              ls ~/RetroPie/roms/nds
              

              the extension will be the last part of the file name after the "."

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                Arctic452910 @Arctic452910
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                I haven't been able to figure out the next thing to do

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                  phillip_benoit @Arctic452910
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                  @Arctic452910 compare the extensions. What are the extensions of the files that work? What is the extension of the files that do not?

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                    Arctic452910 @phillip_benoit
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                    I'm not sure what you mean by extensions. I'm mostly new to this stuff

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                    • phillip_benoitP
                      phillip_benoit @Arctic452910
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                      @Arctic452910

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                        Arctic452910 @phillip_benoit
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                        @phillip_benoit thanks I'll watch it

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                          Arctic452910 @phillip_benoit
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                          @phillip_benoit there is a 7z beside the ones that don't work. There is a zip or nds beside the ones that do work.

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                            Arctic452910 @Arctic452910
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                            @phillip_benoit I don't know what to do in this situation

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                              phillip_benoit @Arctic452910
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                              @Arctic452910 7z is a type of compressed file that may not be compatible with your emulator. You'll either need to convert it to a zip file or uncompess it for the nds file inside.

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                                Arctic452910 @phillip_benoit
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                                @phillip_benoit how might I do that. Like I said I'm not good at this stuff

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                                  phillip_benoit @Arctic452910
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                                  @Arctic452910

                                  this:
                                  https://cloudconvert.com/7z-to-zip

                                  or this:
                                  https://gcore.com/learning/how-to-extract-7z-files-linux/

                                  remembering that Raspbian is a Debian derivative.

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                                    Arctic452910 @phillip_benoit
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                                    @phillip_benoit i just found a better one and used it and it worked instantly
                                    Convertio.com

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