Unable to get many MAME roms working

Alturis

I have a list of games that I was interested in getting working but so far have not been able to. It seems that the lr-fbalpha (i just updated it to the latest from source and that fixed at least one game) is the most reliable.

But games like the following refuse to start up

astdelux.zip
asteroid.zip
berzerk.zip
invaderl.zip
mslug6.zip (which surprised me as it seems like one of the most popular)
spyhuntp.zip
etc...

I have tried using each of the other emulators on them too (mame2000, mame3000, mame4all, pifba)

Just wondering if others have some more experience with MAME roms and could offer some suggestions on things to try.

rbaker

@alturis You need to read the instructions. MAME is an exact science. You have not searched either as you are asking the same question that has been asked 1000 times.

rbaker

@alturis said in Unable to get many MAME roms working:

I have tried using each of the other emulators on them too (mame2000, mame3000, mame4all, pifba)

Why? see above links and you will be running in less than 10 mins.

Alturis

Ok. So the real issue I am running into is that the roms I am finding are not the proper version for any of the emulators installed. Thank you.

MoX

Try final burn alpha

Alturis

@mox

Thanks. I have tried that yes. The issue was that I was finding MAME 0.184 roms and FBalpha would handle some of them but not many of them. I was able to locate Mame 2003 0.78 roms for the games I was interested in and seem to be on my way now.

Thanks for all the help guys.

quicksilver

@alturis https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Validating,-Rebuilding,-and-Filtering-Arcade-ROMs/

^ also very helpful for sorting your mame ROMs. With the right .dat file I was able to filter out all non working, adult, light gun, etc.

barbudreadmon

@mox said in Unable to get many MAME roms working:

Try final burn alpha

None of the games he mentioned will run in current fbalpha, and i think some of them will never be (naomi board).

GtBFilms

@alturis I use the 0.78 romset and most of them seem to work with MAME2003 okay. Occasionally I need to revert to using FBAlpha, or sometimes even Advmame0.98 but only in a very small number of cases.

I notice you mention Bezerk (great game!), you'll also need to get hold of the sample set if you want sound with that in MAME2003. Also note there's two sets for Bezerk - bezerk.zip and bezerk1.zip - one is a lot easier to play than the other as it ramps the difficulty up slower.

caver01

@gtbfilms said in Unable to get many MAME roms working:

there's two sets for Bezerk - bezerk.zip and bezerk1.zip

@Alturis Actually, these are misspelled. It is berzerk.zip and berzerk1.zip

caver01

@alturis Also, you might realize as you fine tune your setup is that some emulators play certain games better than others. For example, look into AdvanceMAME for vector titles. Asteroids looks MUCH better at your display's native resolution--something AdvMAME can deliver, while the libretro cores do not. In addition, many folks use FBA for neogeo titles. Finally, I seem to remember spyhunter has problems in lr-mame2003 so you may need to turn to another MAME (and romset) to play it.

mediamogul

@caver01 said in Unable to get many MAME roms working:

Finally, I seem to remember spyhunter has problems in lr-mame2003 so you may need to turn to another MAME (and romset) to play it.

All of the Midway MCR system games have issues in lr-mame2003. I believe the full list is

Spy Hunter
Kick/Kickman
Tron
Satan's Hollow
Tapper
Timber
Discs of Tron
Solar Fox
Two Tigers
Journey
NFL
Wacko
Demolition Derby
Sarge
Kozmik Krooz'r

caver01

@mediamogul

and I think these with same issue:

Arch Rivals
Rampage
Xenophobe