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    • mediamogulM
      mediamogul Global Moderator @Rpie4TheWOLF
      last edited by mediamogul

      @Rpie4TheWOLF

      You can just bring up the rgui while in a game by pressing 'Select+X'. From there, navigate to 'Quick Menu' and then 'Options'. The setting can be enabled there.

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        Rpie4TheWOLF
        last edited by Rpie4TheWOLF

        Is not working while i am in game on MAME, when i press nothing happens, only if pres on keyboard 5 for credit or tab, i control the game with controller only after i credit the game and begin...but select + X is not working at all

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @Rpie4TheWOLF
          last edited by mediamogul

          @Rpie4TheWOLF

          It will be easier to help you further if you first follow the guidelines detailed in the link below:
          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            Rpie4TheWOLF
            last edited by Rpie4TheWOLF

            I already read those when i register. I tryed what you said and is working on other consoles but on MAME no.

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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator @Rpie4TheWOLF
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              @Rpie4TheWOLF said in MAME Cheats on RetroPie!:

              I already read those when i register.

              If you'll remember, those guidelines also make mention of the information required to help diagnose a problem like you're having. For example, what version of MAME are you running?

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                Rpie4TheWOLF
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                0.81

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                • markyh444M
                  markyh444 @Rpie4TheWOLF
                  last edited by

                  @Rpie4TheWOLF I call Troll!

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                  • mediamogulM
                    mediamogul Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Hah! Well, just in case he isn't, here is a list of all the Mame versions available in RetroPie. When you select a game, a little white window pops up for a moment or two and will say which version of Mame you're using. If the rgui is not acitvating, it's likely to be 'Mame4all-Pi', 'AdvanceMAME .94', or 'AdvanceMAME'.

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                      Rpie4TheWOLF
                      last edited by

                      I checked and it shows me advmame 0.94.0, after the full update, what i have to do next?

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                      • mediamogulM
                        mediamogul Global Moderator @Rpie4TheWOLF
                        last edited by mediamogul

                        @Rpie4TheWOLF said in MAME Cheats on RetroPie!:

                        it shows me advmame 0.94.0

                        That would indicate that you're using 'AdvanceMAME .94'. Unless you have a specific reason to stay with that emulator, you can use the runcommand window to select 'lr-mame2003' as your emulator and the instructions you've been attempting to follow previously would then apply. If you should choose to move in that direction, make sure you obtain ROMs from the 0.78 ROM set, otherwise known as the MAME 2003 Reference Set.

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                          JeffMD
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                          So currently, if you want to run MAME games, not use a totaly inferior ROM set (seriously.. .78? mame2003 needs to be abolished from retropi), and use cheats, you have to kick retropi to the curb and run mame using raspbian?

                          Seriously for consoles retropi is awesome... for mame/final burn it sucks.

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                          • mediamogulM
                            mediamogul Global Moderator @JeffMD
                            last edited by mediamogul

                            @JeffMD

                            It all depends on the games you like to play most. The Raspberry Pi in general is completely inadequate to run most any MAME title past the 90s, but as long as you're using something like lr-mame2003, where the overhead is much lower than a more modern MAME build, it's still an an excellent choice for playing the classics.

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                            • dankcushionsD
                              dankcushions Global Moderator @JeffMD
                              last edited by dankcushions

                              @JeffMD said in MAME Cheats on RetroPie!:

                              So currently, if you want to run MAME games, not use a totaly inferior ROM set (seriously.. .78? mame2003 needs to be abolished from retropi), and use cheats, you have to kick retropi to the curb and run mame using raspbian?

                              current mame in raspbian will barely run anything fullspeed, and basically nothing that's not in the mame 0.78 romset in the first place. to use it is to run less games. what's the point?

                              final burn it sucks.

                              current final burn is fully functional on the pi?

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                                Rpie4TheWOLF
                                last edited by

                                Is not working, in runcommand i have 2 options advmame-0.94.0 and advmame-1.4

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                                • mediamogulM
                                  mediamogul Global Moderator @Rpie4TheWOLF
                                  last edited by

                                  @Rpie4TheWOLF

                                  You can install it by using the information found here.

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                                    Rpie4TheWOLF @mediamogul
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                                    @mediamogul Where exactly? i was looking there but there is no point with mame or cheats installation, i also did most of those thing in that tutorial.

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                                    • mediamogulM
                                      mediamogul Global Moderator @Rpie4TheWOLF
                                      last edited by mediamogul

                                      @Rpie4TheWOLF

                                      Use that instructional link to first install lr-mame2003 and then you can enable cheats using the method we've been discussing in this thread.

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                                      • RiverstormR
                                        Riverstorm @mediamogul
                                        last edited by Riverstorm

                                        @mediamogul said in MAME Cheats on RetroPie!:

                                        @JeffMD

                                        It all depends on the games you like to play most. The Raspberry Pi in general is completely inadequate to run most any MAME title past the 90s, but as long as you're using something like lr-mame2003, where the overhead is much lower than a more modern MAME build, it's still an an excellent choice for playing the classics.

                                        Hey Media, completely non-related but do you work in a field that requires attention to detail when it pertains to grammar and punctuation? You sentences always seem to be so nice and squeaky clean, grammatically bright! ;) Vigilance in the rules of grammar aside, we all make mistakes but it seems typos and grammatical snafus are more about carelessness than aptitude anymore.

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                                          Rpie4TheWOLF
                                          last edited by Rpie4TheWOLF

                                          Ok, i downloaded this folder: mame2003-libretro-master, where i have to put it on pie?

                                          This drives me crazy: Extract cheat.dat from this .zip and place in:

                                          /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2003/
                                          Further to this, the 'enabled cheats' core option needs to be turned on via a setting in the retroarch-core-options.cfg file, found in:

                                          /opt/retropie/configs/all/
                                          The option is:

                                          mame2003-cheats = "enabled"

                                          How do i turn on via a setting in the retroarch-core-options.cfg?

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                                          • markyh444M
                                            markyh444 @Rpie4TheWOLF
                                            last edited by

                                            @Rpie4TheWOLF Have you actually read the link posted? Sounds like you've just downloaded part of the RetroPie repository rather than installing the emulator through the RetroPie setup script @mediamogul was referring to.

                                            Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
                                            Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
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