IR-CD-I ???

[Folly]

@escc1986

What OS do you have ?

[escc1986]

@folly

Windows 10

[Folly]

@escc1986

I can't help you with all, but I think you have multiple options :

• you can install standalone MAME on windows 10
• you can install retroarch on windows 10 and install the libretro-cores with them
• I have heard of tutorials running RetroPie on windows
• you could run a linux os seperately on and usb stick and then install RetroPie

Most simple option is to install MAME, I think.
Look here :
https://www.mamedev.org/release.html
And here :
https://www.mamedev.org

[escc1986]

@folly

i have a question regarding the retoarch option ?

i have retroarch , but when asked if they have a core , everyone told me (in discord) there is no core ... do you know how i can download it on retroarch ?

or do you have anyone you may suggest that to help me with the mame portion ... im just really confused and have no idea when reading upon the mame ?

[Folly]

@escc1986

As far as I know you can download them from within the menu.

And otherwise you can download them and put them in the correct directory.

[escc1986]

@folly

when i look in the retroarch menu , no option within dowload a core ?

do you have a link for the core ?

[escc1986]

@Folly

yeah i have no clue , thank you for trying to help me

[Folly]

@escc1986

Have you looked here ?
https://www.retroarch.com/index.php?page=cores
https://docs.libretro.com/guides/download-cores/

[escc1986]

@folly yes i looked ... doesnt seem to help

[Folly]

@escc1986

here you can download nightly cores :
http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/

click x86 or x86_64 and find RetroArch-cores.7z

[escc1986]

@folly

let me try that

[Folly]

@escc1986

I am downloading the stable now.
I will check if it has cores in them.

You should also check you core-directory in the menu !

[escc1986]

@escc1986

ok , i downloaded it ... now im not sure what to look for ? like exact name ? ...

from what i see i dont see it .. or cd-i related... or if i have to download mame ... then i already have it

i forgot to mention , i found this earlyer today but i have no idea how to excute it

https://forums.libretro.com/t/guide-play-non-arcade-systems-with-mame-or-mess/17728

[Folly]

@escc1986

http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/x86_64/latest/
In above link you find them directly.
I can't find a mess core.

My advise, try mame standalone.

[escc1986]

@folly

ok with the mame (standalone core downloaded , then what do i do ? (mame is already in Retroarch for me on my win 10 pc )

[Folly]

@escc1986

Standalone mame isn't part of retroparch.
You can run it without.

You can run mame from your console
then you have to run, I think :
mame cdimono1 -cdrm game.chd

there should be a bios directory somewhere.
You have to place the cdimono1.zip in there.

or run mame with a click
You get into a menu.

Much is explained on https://docs.mamedev.org/
Look at the documentation.

[escc1986]

@folly

so mame is an exe file on my pc ?

im sorry all this is hard to understand for me , im sorry

can you remotly see my computer and help me ? (anydesk)

[Folly]

@escc1986

Did you install mame from my suggested link ?

[escc1986]

@folly

i didnt , because i downloded directly from within retroarch , im sorry for the confusion , let me do that now

ok

i just downloded mame_libretro.dll.zip

i just extracted it and all it is is

mame_libretro.dll

i dont know what to do ?

[Folly]

@escc1986

It is better to help you this way, so you learn.

I know it can be confusing, but once you know how it is structured, you know.