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    • JirynJ

      Should BIOS files be zipped or unzipped?

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      JirynJ

      @Arrafart
      Oh I found them, just annoyed someone slightly renamed them.

      Same file, same check sum but say one's name was "R 243.BIN" and the official name is "REV 243.BIN"
      So I renamed them to the proper name, working perfectly!

      Would it have worked if I didn't?
      Like someone put a ! on one to say it's the genuine thing, but the official name didn't have the !

    • duglorD

      I'd like to play Bubsy in Atari Jaguar emulator Lr-Mess-Jaguar- Help. 2024

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      mituM

      There's no lr-mess-jaguar in RetroPie. If you're using @folly's scripts, then please post it that topic.

    • S

      Can’t get NAOMI working?

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      @mitu said in Can’t get NAOMI working?:

      @StuMcBill said in Can’t get NAOMI working?:

      I'm running on a Raspberry Pi 5 -

      For the Pi5, you need to run the '4k pages' linux kernel to prevent a few emulators crashing. Did you add kernel=kernel8.img to /boot/firmware/config.txt ? You also need to run the lr-flycast-dev core for full Naomi support, I'm not sure the original Flycast core has support for all Naomi games.

      That's worked a treat!

      Thanks for all your help.

    • N

      No Bios found lr-pcsx-rearmed [bios]

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      Thanks!
      Sort of resolved.

      I went through the verbose log.
      Found:

      [WARN] SYSTEM DIR is empty, assume CONTENT DIR /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/Silent Bomber (USA).cue [INFO] Environ SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/". no BIOS files found.

      Okay, odd, but lets just try putting a bios file next to the rom...

      If I put the bios files in the same folder as the ROM the bios gets found and performance improves as expected. Aka: Audio gets more consistent and it does no longer randomly just hang.

      This might not explain why it doesn't find the bios where it is supposed to be according to the docs. but then again who knows what I messed up when I set this up a few years ago. Point is the information from the log was accurate and helpful.

      This log to be precise:
      /dev/shm/runcommand.log

      Previously I have only looked at:
      /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_log.txt

    • ?

      Urgent: MAME closes with some games

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      mituM

      @SAVVYSCLUTTER We're not your 'support hotline' so it's useless to tag your topic with 'URGENT'. Don't be rude with the other forum members and don't shout.

      Come back when you're ready to talk politely.

    • Striderx99S

      Colecovision and the Super Game Module

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      @Striderx99 FBNeo is the emulator you want for SGM games, but it needs an FBNeo-specific ROMset. Pretty easy to find by Googling.

    • retropieuser555R

      Checks and error messages for missing bios files?

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    • L

      scph5501.bin file missing Ubuntu 18

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      @lexieye you would just need to add a PCSXR entry to your configs/psx/emulators.cfg file. See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Add-a-New-System-in-EmulationStation/#step-31-launch-roms-with-the-runcommand-script for some details (it's in the context of adding a new system but you can add a new emulator to an existing system in the same way.)

    • G

      Reicast - BIOS not found

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      @mitu

      flashed retropie image from official site, configured keyboard and wifi, installed reicast and put bios on dc/bios (home folder) and...worked!!

      Update image doesn´t works a good choice.
      Now i ll do it in my main SD card.

      Thanks anyway!

    • windgW

      The Installation of lr-scummvm needs confirmation from the user.

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      mituM

      Thanks for the report, we'll have to fix this.

      EDIT: should be fixed now, just need an update to RetroPie-Script to fix the upgrade issue.

    • J

      Handling the infinite tedium of split ROM sets

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      @JimmyFromTheBay said in Handling the infinite tedium of split ROM sets:

      I already tried /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame

      Just an alternative for you.
      I am surprised you never tried this :
      If you install the arcade category from the add-mamedev-systems.sh script the rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame will be added in the loader lines for lr-mame and mame.
      (only in the loader lines created by this script, I have to mention)
      So then the less important roms can be placed in :
      /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame

      Just have a try !

    • M

      Taito G-Net games

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      @sleve_mcdichael Regarding non G-Net games, I was also trying to get Guardian Force (grdforce) and Soukyugurentai / Terra Diver (sokyugrt) to work in MAME 2010. I had poor results in 2016, and according to the following compatibility list 2010 should be able to run them at some capacity:

      https://buildbot.libretro.com/compatibility_lists/cores/mame2010/mame2010.html

      However when I try to load these games in 2010 the emulator freezes. These are stvbios games which seem to have mixed results in MAME. Yet some, such as Shienryu, will even run in MAME 2003-Plus. Just curious if anybody had success with those particular two.

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      Optional Bios

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      @ALVIN_GHOST If it says optional then yeah, it's not needed. In some cases it can improve compatibility, like for Dreamcast or PS1.

    • K

      neogeocd lr-neocd problem

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      sirhenrythe5thS

      @dankcushions ok, i see.
      IMO it would be enough to exchange the title of this image to "a 3rd party-image".
      Does it really matter if is called Wolfanoz of Foxymouse Mega-Image to realize that those %$#!-images can bring trouble?
      Edit: i dont want to argue with you!!!! Its just that i hate these prebuilds :/

    • nunna78N

      RETROARCH under Retropie: how to keep a bios?

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      nunna78N

      @mitu While speaking with NETPLAY, an instant text/voice messaging application for the community (Teamspeak / Mumble / or better: Discord) would be great to find mate to do netplay games. Like i posted into another thread : link text

    • D

      All of a sudden: PSX no BIOS found, Saturn Yabasanshiro black screen

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      @dankcushions Thanks a lot for the replies and for this last tip. I've learned a lot with this thread (core options are always saved if modified in-game, I should not mess with them xD, a way to revert them back to defaults...).
      Br,
      Dimas.

    • UnknownU

      Why do some emulators need Bios files?

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      UnknownU

      @clyde thanks now I understand.

    • saikyo78S

      Boot Screen/Bios Animation Startup Help - Pi 3B/Retropie-buster-4.7.1

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    • J

      Sega CD Games Won't Launch

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      @iandaemon I'm in the exact same boat. I think the last new game I finished was Red Dead Redemption.

    • S

      Neogeo games won't run

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      @darksavior said in Neogeo games won't run:

      I'm not sure why someone that has no idea how roms work would make a tutorial about it

      To make money... and as you said, this guy probably doesn't understand what he is doing, he is only succeeding by sheer luck...

      @soren several issues with that video :

      it's outdated, FBAlpha is now FBNeo it doesn't cover the most important aspect of arcade emulation : romset validation