Mame not working properly

tom1155

I know I'm the 1000000th person to make a post about Mame not working. I have had a look at a few and mine still won't work.

It says "missing files" (like lots of other people) I have tried changing the emulator to the second one in the list but when I try to start a game with that one it tries loading the game but instead of saying "missing files" it just quits and goes to the original menu with all the Mame games listed.

If anyone could try to help me that would be awesome.

Thanks!

Pi Model or other hardware: 3
Power Supply used: Phone charger
RetroPie Version Used: 4.1
Built From:Image on RetroPie website
Controller used: ps4
Emulator: Mame4all

mediamogul

@tom1155

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

tom1155

@mediamogul I added what I understood.

mediamogul

@tom1155

Since you're using Mame4all, can you confirm that you are only using game ROMs from the Mame 0.37b5 ROM set? Information on verifying and managing ROM sets can be found here.

tom1155

@mediamogul I don't understand anything about emulation or roms. Are their only certain rom sets that will work the mame?

herb_fargus

@tom1155 if you don't understand anything about it you didn't read the documentation. Have another read on the wiki and come back if you still have questions

rbaker

@tom1155

I don't understand anything about emulation or roms. Are their only certain rom sets that will work the mame?

That question is very clearly explained in the very clear documentation provided. I wrote this to complement it all but you still post a crazy quotes like I don't understand. Take time and read this page. Its obvious you haven't.

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7247/guide-arcade-games-and-how-to-play-them-a-non-technical-mame-fba-tutorial

rbaker

@tom1155 Also I see you are using a phone charger to power your Pi3. It needs 2.5 A. If you plug stuff in and you are rated less than this, expect trouble.

tom1155

@rbaker Thanks, you have really helped a lot. what power supply would you recommend?

mediamogul

@tom1155
https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#powerReqs

tom1155

@mediamogul Thank you

mediamogul

@tom1155

Not a problem. As mentioned above, if you still have any questions after reading the documentation, get back with us.