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    What am I doing wrong?

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      NurseAngela @Krakatoa
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      @Krakatoa I didn’t know you could change the emulator also!! Thank you for your help and advice it’s really appreciated when I get home I’ll have to have a proper play around with it. Guy in my local pc store said for £20 he would set it up properly for me but I just can’t afford that.

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        NurseAngela @mitu
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        @mitu I agree wrestling games are a very odd choice.

        Thank you for your help I know nothing about these systems so is it all explained about BIOS etc on the instructions?

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          ExarKunIv @NurseAngela
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          @NurseAngela yes it is all in the Docs on the site for each system.

          as @mitu said arcade is bit more complicated. so its best to start with the consoles. and work your way from there.

          and as always just ask here. the people are great and are always willing to help out

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            NurseAngela @ExarKunIv
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            @ExarKunIv said in What am I doing wrong?:

            @NurseAngela yes it is all in the Docs on the site for each system.

            as @mitu said arcade is bit more complicated. so its best to start with the consoles. and work your way from there.

            and as always just ask here. the people are great and are always willing to help out

            Thank you I really appreciate that.

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              NurseAngela @NurseAngela
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              I have just looked at the installation folder and under ‘manage main packages’ it says Ir-pcsx-rearmed (installed - via binary)

              Does that mean I already have it installed? Is it just the rom I need to check?

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                mitu Global Moderator @NurseAngela
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                @NurseAngela said in What am I doing wrong?:

                Does that mean I already have it installed? Is it just the rom I need to check?

                Yes, both the Sega CD and Playstaton 1 emulators are already installed on a RetroPie image.

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                  NurseAngela @mitu
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                  @mitu the Rom I downloaded for ps1 was a .rar file I’m guessing that’s wrong!

                  Also the ROMs I am downloading for mame are zip files and I don’t have to unzip these do I? I just drop them in the mame folder?

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                    dankcushions Global Moderator @NurseAngela
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                    @NurseAngela if you extract the .rar file using winrar or whatever you use on your PC, you may find that the files within are a supported format. see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/ for supported formats

                    Also the ROMs I am downloading for mame are zip files and I don’t have to unzip these do I? I just drop them in the mame folder?

                    mame supports .zip, but if you're downloading individual ROM files for MAME, are you sure they are the right romset version? see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/

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                      NurseAngela @dankcushions
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                      @dankcushions thank you for your reply I really don’t know how to check that they are the right Rom set version (so sorry I’m really not clever at all!)

                      I opened the zip file for the ps1 game and it said disk image file on it???

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                        dankcushions Global Moderator @NurseAngela
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                        @NurseAngela

                        really don’t know how to check that they are the right Rom set version (so sorry I’m really not clever at all!)

                        no problem! but rather than check the files you have, i would seek out a complete romset collection for the emulator you're using. we can't give any specific links, obviously.

                        I opened the zip file for the ps1 game and it said disk image file on it???

                        are you using windows? i think by default it hides known file extensions by default - you can change that via https://www.howtogeek.com/205086/beginner-how-to-make-windows-show-file-extensions/

                        however, i would guess that it's a support format when you extract it, so just move the extracted files across and try, if you're feeling lucky :)

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                          NurseAngela @dankcushions
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                          @dankcushions that’s so helpful thank you. I’m guessing a full Rom set is a few games bundled together that are suitable for the emulator?

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                            dankcushions Global Moderator @NurseAngela
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                            @NurseAngela with MAME the full romset is essentially every game MAME supported at that time. the full set is 10GB+, depending on the MAME emulator you're using. however, the source you find may allow you to download individual games from the romset version. good luck!

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                              NurseAngela @dankcushions
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                              @dankcushions I am using lr-mame2003 (I think as that is the one that was already loaded) so I would just search for lr-mame2003 Romset and see what it returns? I realise I am a pain, honestly if you ever need any help that is health related I promise I’ll be happy to advise you!!

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                                dankcushions Global Moderator @NurseAngela
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                                @NurseAngela that search gives me a good result, so yes - do that :)

                                if you ever need any help that is health related I promise I’ll be happy to advise you!!

                                haha! thanks for the offer - please find attached a photo of my rash :D

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                                  NurseAngela @dankcushions
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                                  @dankcushions said in What am I doing wrong?:

                                  @NurseAngela that search gives me a good result, so yes - do that :)

                                  if you ever need any help that is health related I promise I’ll be happy to advise you!!

                                  haha! thanks for the offer - please find attached a photo of my rash :D

                                  Ha ha you will need a certain type of clinic for that type rash!

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                                    NurseAngela @dankcushions
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                                    @dankcushions I have found a site that has Rom sets but it has a lot of different numbers like mame 0.61 and mame 0.139 to 0.140 update pack.

                                    Are these numbers for the version of mame I am running and if so how do I find that out please and do I need a main download and an update pack? Thank you

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                                      dankcushions Global Moderator @NurseAngela
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                                      @NurseAngela please see step 2 here: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/ (second column in the table)

                                      it also details what kind of pack you're looking for. i can't instruct on particular websites.

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                                        NurseAngela @dankcushions
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                                        @dankcushions no I wouldn’t ask you to and thank you it’s really helping me and I promise no more questions (for tonight at least)

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