Lr-Mess and GX4000 setup not working

a7mag3ddon

Yeah I know, I assumed by BIOS they meant for the system your trying to run, given gx doesn't have one I didn't bother. My main issue was I couldn't get it to list a cart, if I got that going I could play with commandlines until I fot it going but nothing.

edmaul69

Ok so i changed the name of a few of the roms i had to their mess name in the xml file for gx4000. After this they show a red screen with my scanlines i have set for the emulator before it goes the rgui. So somewhere out there there must be a mess rom set for these systems. Now to try to hunt them down.

a7mag3ddon

Yes there is a romset. Well a DAT unused to create a software list cart set which I'm using.

edmaul69

@a7mag3ddon can you please remove the site name. Forum rules and stuff.

vesne

Heys folks! Im trying to put to work the GX4000 but with no success... I can get the AM to read the roms, but when i try to play it, it kicks me out as soon as i press the button...any updates from you guys? did you manage to get to work:?
ive already pu the filex and roms exactly like xml that is located in mame folder(bios)...
When i added the emulator at AM, i ve put... 0 SYS lr-mess2016 "rom......etc
TAKE CARE

edmaul69

@vesne i couldnt get it to work either. I gave up a while ago.

Gavlarr1

I’m looking at doing a similar thing for Archimedes through mess, it looks and sounds messy (excuse the pun). Where do I even start?

Sid1968

Hi folks,
I have that problem too. The Amstrad GX4000 with its roms is shown in the Menue of RetroPie 4.6. I start the roms with lr-mess or lr-mame but dont have success. The gx4000.xml exists in the folder "/BIOS/mame/hash". My rom files are cpr-files. Did anyone of you get the Armstrad 4000 run on RetroPie (after 4 years...)?

I use this in my es_systems.cfg

<system>
<name>gx4000</name>
<fullname>Amstrad GX4000</fullname>
<path>/mnt/hdd/roms/gx4000</path>
<extension>.cpr .CPR</extension>
<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS gx4000 %ROM%</command>
<platform>gx4000</platform>
<theme>gx4000</theme>
</system>

Cheers
Sid1968

Sid1968

Ok I found the solution myself.

First of all, I am now using bin-files. I named this exactly as it is called in the gx4000.xml from the "/ BIOS / mame / hash" folder.
After that I packed every single renamed bin-file with zip. These files are now used in the "... / roms / gx4000" folder.

Now I have created the file emulators.cfg in the folder "/ opt / retropie / configs / gx4000" and have written it here:

After that i copied the file "retroarch.cfg" from the folder "/ opt / retropie / configs / coleco" to the folder "/ opt / retropie / configs / gx4000".

My entry in the es_systems.cfg now looks like this:

<system>
<name>gx4000</name>
<fullname>Amstrad GX4000</fullname>
<path>/mnt/toshiba/roms/gx4000</path>
<extension>.bin .cpr .zip .BIN .CPR .ZIP</extension>
<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS gx4000 %ROM%</command>
<platform>gx4000</platform>
<theme>gx4000</theme>
</system>

I now start the programs with lr-mame sucessfully. :-))

Cyborgbob

Folks I have been working hard to make this work, and I am unsure of where I may have dropped the ball.

I am running this on a PC and not a Pi. I am also not a Ubuntu Guru by any means. That being said I followed your instructions, and I am able to see my games, but they are not lunching. I get the following in my Logs.

code_textParameters: 
Executing: SYS
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1251: SYS: command not found

Any ideas what I have done wrong?