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    Unable to get many MAME roms working

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    • AlturisA
      Alturis
      last edited by

      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.

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      • rbakerR
        rbaker @Alturis
        last edited by

        @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.

        1. https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
        2. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/
        3. https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7247/guide-arcade-games-and-how-to-play-them-a-non-technical-mame-fba-tutorial
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        • rbakerR
          rbaker @Alturis
          last edited by

          @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.

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          • AlturisA
            Alturis
            last edited by

            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.

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              MoX
              last edited by

              Try final burn alpha

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              • AlturisA
                Alturis @MoX
                last edited by

                @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.

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                • quicksilverQ
                  quicksilver @Alturis
                  last edited by

                  @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.

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                    barbudreadmon @MoX
                    last edited by

                    @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).

                    FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                    • GtBFilmsG
                      GtBFilms @Alturis
                      last edited by 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.

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                      • caver01C
                        caver01 @GtBFilms
                        last edited by

                        @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

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                        • caver01C
                          caver01 @Alturis
                          last edited by

                          @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.

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                          • mediamogulM
                            mediamogul Global Moderator @caver01
                            last edited by 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

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                            • caver01C
                              caver01 @mediamogul
                              last edited by

                              @mediamogul

                              and I think these with same issue:

                              Arch Rivals
                              Rampage
                              Xenophobe

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