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    "how to" mame beginners

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      drewpie1895 @drewpie1895
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      @drewpie1895 my offer still stands, anybody who wants to make an "easy" £100 and fix this mess please get in touch.

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        jonnykesh @drewpie1895
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        @drewpie1895 Sorry mate, you seem to be too focused on your problem rather than fixes, I can't help you. You have been asked for information that is NEEDED again and again yet you refuse to post it.
        Good luck but I'm out, I can only ask so many times.

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          drewpie1895 @jonnykesh
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          @jonnykesh i retraced my steps earlier, my image is official, I'm running ones and nes games no problem

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            mediamogul Global Moderator @drewpie1895
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            @drewpie1895 said in "how to" name beginners:

            anybody who wants to make an "easy" £100 and fix this mess please get in touch.

            I don't have to wear high heels or anything do I?

            RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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              drewpie1895 @mediamogul
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              @mediamogul at this point you can take a [...] on my face if it helps.

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                KN4THX @drewpie1895
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                @drewpie1895 I know you're frustrated but I think everyone is trying to help and I'd refrain from that talk.

                Can you look in your arcade rom folder either from the command line or winscp and tell us what files are listed?

                "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                  jonnykesh @drewpie1895
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                  [deleted by me]

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                    drewpie1895 @jonnykesh
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                    @jonnykesh meaning?

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                      drewpie1895 @KN4THX
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                      @thedatacereal i appreciate everyone is trying to help but this is obviously over my head ,i don't know what even winscp is , shame , i was looking forward to this since before christmas think i will save up and buy a mini cabinet online or something when i can afford it , once again thanks everybody goodbye.

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                        KN4THX @drewpie1895
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                        @drewpie1895 Whatever program you used to transfer your MAME ROMs should let you look in the arcade folder on the Pi and see what is in there.

                        "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                          rbaker @drewpie1895
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                          @drewpie1895 said in "how to" name beginners:

                          i appreciate everyone is trying to help but this is obviously over my head

                          You still have not posted what you did! and "errors are logged to /dev/shm/runcommand.log" is a message NOT a file. Why do you refuse to post what you did when you have been asked over and over again? I am starting to think..........

                          Why? https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15572/definitive-retropie-installation-using-a-mac just read back through this.

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                            drewpie1895 @rbaker
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                            @rbaker im not a troll I'm just somebody who does not know what I'm doing , i told you what i did before

                            i followed the guide i believe , i downloaded folders from the reference set on [Link Redacted] 0.78 zip 2003 set , i copied those into the arcade folder using the go/connect option , when i turn on the raspberry pi 3 only three games show up and won't let me enter , used the run command menu also to make sure the 0.78 are with ir name 2003.

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                              drewpie1895 @rbaker
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                              @rbaker that was just to get the raspberry pi 3 working I've done that, I'm running nes and snes games no problem.

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                                KN4THX @drewpie1895
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                                @drewpie1895 Where are you seeing this "go/connect" ? Is it a button in a program?

                                "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                                  mitu Global Moderator @drewpie1895
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                                  @drewpie1895 As people have said, you have to copy the .zip files where the rom are stored, not directly the folders. Here's a screenshot of my arcade folder (notice that I copied them in the arcade folder on the RetroPie).
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                                  Unzip the archive you downloaded, there should be a folder containing these individual zip files, just copy those .zip files over to the arcade folder and then restart Emulationstation.

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                                    rbaker @drewpie1895
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                                    @drewpie1895 said in "how to" name beginners:

                                    i told you what i did before

                                    Yeah, thing is that is not describing what you did and you have STILL not named the files you transferred. In your "I'm preparing" thread, the video posted there shows you all you need to do. The stages for MAME are clear. As they say on Dragons Den, I'm out! But, good luck!

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                                      drewpie1895 @KN4THX
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                                      @thedatacereal thats on my mac , how i connect to the pi , saw it on youtube works when I'm sending over nes roms etc

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                                        mitu Global Moderator @KN4THX
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                                        @thedatacereal said in "how to" name beginners:

                                        Where are you seeing this "go/connect" ? Is it a button in a program?

                                        It's macOs's way of connecting to a network share from the Finder (i.e. the equivalent of Windows Explorer in macOS's world) - https://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/apple/smb/

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                                          drewpie1895 @rbaker
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                                          @rbaker many thanks

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                                            drewpie1895 @mitu
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                                            @mitu ok now i have zip files in the folders but each rom has many zip files not just one for yours like "goldenaxeu.zip" for example.

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