IR-CD-I ???

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.

escc1986

@folly

Thank you for wanting to teach me

so i downloaded what you suggested and extracted it ... all it was is a file named

mame_libretro.dll

Folly

@escc1986

You have to install this :
https://www.mamedev.org/release.html

This is an emulator that has nothing to do with retroarch and libretro-cores.
That's why it's called standalone.

escc1986

@folly

ok let me do that

escc1986

@escc1986

ok just installed mame

i have a folder structure

Folly

@escc1986

Try to run mame once.
There must be a mame.ini .
If you open this with a text editor there should be directory's in them.
So you can see where the roms have to go to.

Try to read from here.
https://docs.mamedev.org/usingmame/usingmame.html

ps: I have to quit now. Perhaps I can help you tomorrow again.

escc1986

@folly said in IR-CD-I ???:

mame.ini

i ran mame once

there is no mame.ini

only ini file i locate is

ui.ini

yes please help me tomorrow have a wonderful evening

Folly

@escc1986

Ok, try using the docs from the link I gave you.
Much is explained.

Perhaps i will install it too on a windows computer tomorrow.
So I can see what it does.

Good luck, for now.

escc1986

@folly

just read the doc you sent me ... no luck in understanding .. hope you could guide me tomorrow .... message me tomorrow if you have some luck on your end

Thank you .. until then

Folly

@escc1986

I created a directory called :
C:\Program Files\mame0229b_64bit

I copied the mame0229b_64bit file in that directory.

I extracted this file in the same directory.

I copied the bios in :
C:\Program Files\mame0229b_64bit\roms\cdimono1.zip
containing :
cdi200.rom
cdi220.rom
cdi220b.rom
zx405037p__cdi_servo_2.1__b43t__llek9215.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7201
zx405042p__cdi_slave_2.0__b43t__zzmk9213.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7206

I copied arcade classics (1996)(namco - philips)(eu)[!][compilation].chd in :

C:\Program Files\mame0229b_64bit\roms\cdimono1\arcade classics (1996)(namco - philips)(eu)[!][compilation].chd

In the dos-prompt I started mame like this :

C:\Users\yourname>cd "C:\Program Files\mame0229b_64bit"
C:\Program Files\mame0229b_64bit>mame cdimono1 -cdrm "C:\Program Files\mame0229b_64bit\roms\cdimono1\arcade classics (1996)(namco - philips)(eu)[!][compilation].chd"

So try this.

I could not get it running within the menu.
This loading depends on hash tables and so the naming and the directory structure has to be perfect.

Skipped this because I don't want to spend that much time on this.

I hope this works for you.

escc1986

@folly

Hi Folly

I Apologies i was unable to login in yesterday

I Appreciate The Effort , Time , & Attention you have showed me that you care that i get this set up to work on my pc , im sorry for the hassle and its really nice that you took time to help me , I Appreciate it

Im Going to try your advice now

Folly

@escc1986

No hard feelings.

Just make me a screenshot when it's working 😊

escc1986

@folly

Hi Folly

i Tried your approach with no luck , however i did get it to work with a similar alternate way

i actually

Downloaded messui229
Took The bios (containing :
cdi200.rom
cdi220.rom
cdi220b.rom

zx405037p__cdi_servo_2.1__b43t__llek9215.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7201

zx405042p__cdi_slave_2.0__b43t__zzmk9213.mc68hc705c8a_withtestrom.7206

Put the bios in the roms
put my rom "hotel mario" in the roms
ran the exe " messui.exe "
Selected "System" in the left section
looked for "CD-I Mono Pal"
i doubled clicked "CD-I Mono Pal"
brought up the menu , then i went to the top and selected Cdrom
cdrom mount file
i selected my chd .

12 . i then selected the options and selected soft reset

after 30 sec ... menu brought up and game played

tried this with 4 games all seem to work great ... thank you very much for all your advice and helped