Having trouble getting Neo Geo Games to run and looking at the Error Logs.

Charmancer

Pi Model or other hardware: 3
Power Supply used: 5V 2.5A
RetroPie Version Used: 4.2
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website,
USB Devices connected: Custom Built USB Fightstick, iBuffalo SNES COntroller, USB Keyboard
Controller used: IBuffalo and Fightstick
Error messages received: Don't know
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant): Don't know. Cannot access
Guide used:
File:
Emulator: lr-fbalpha
Attachment of config files:
How to replicate the problem: So I was having trouble getting King of Fighters 96 to run on my retroPie through the Neo Geo Emulators it includes. I tried changing the emulator it runs and now, somehow, all my Neo Geo games will not run and I have no idea to fix it. I try to access the error log in /dev/shm.command.log but the system tells me it I do not have permission to run it. When I try to run Sudo before it it tells me thats not an action. I'm at a loss and any help I can get will be greatly appreciated.

rbaker

@charmancer said in Having trouble getting Neo Geo Games to run and looking at the Error Logs.:

Neo Geo Emulators

You appear to have incompatible roms for the emulators that you are using. For arcade emulation, the romset needs to match the emulator exactly. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Neo-Geo/ You seems to have roms from a variety of places? rather than a full set?

akafox

I found that to use neo-geo from the fba core I had to put the "neogeo.zip" inside the roms folder not the BIOS folder as one would assume.

and rbaker is correct you may have a bios problem...best thing to do is to use the Final Burn Alpha emulator itself..not the core or the one for the pi...the "raw"one from the FBAlpha website...make sure to get the correct version.

Look here to see what version of the emulator you are using (0.2.96.71 or 0.2.97.30 or v0.2.97.42)
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FinalBurn-Alpha

Yeah this is "the hard way" but..the full FBA emulator will give you information you might need to make sure you have what you you need. i.e. name(s) size(s) and correct CRC. BIOSes are a pain in the butt....but that is how it is.
Then you can drop that onto your pi and it should work.

Try dropping it into your folder with your roms first though..or leave a copy in your BIOS folder and have copy in your roms folder..doesn't hurt.