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    Galaga wouldn't load via MAME4All nor other cores due to missing files

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    • dankcushionsD
      dankcushions Global Moderator
      last edited by

      because mame4all is not mame64. mame4all is essentially mame as it was in 2000, and uses a completely different romset. use the correct romset, as per the wiki.

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      • supersmilersS
        supersmilers
        last edited by

        Well, the Mame4all extracts the files to such similar zip via clrmamepro:

        missing files
        and you can see, its missing some files that clearly exist in MAME64 version like 2n.bin is same as prom-4.2n but different extension hence MAME4all won't find it

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        • herb_fargusH
          herb_fargus administrators @supersmilers
          last edited by

          @supersmilers different versions of mame have different romsets even if the files are the same. its all explained on the wiki page you keep ignoring.

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          • supersmilersS
            supersmilers @herb_fargus
            last edited by supersmilers

            @herb_fargus Oh. I guess. Well, I guess I have to find one with common romset as MAME64.
            Gotta keep looking with RomCenter
            Oh I found it: AdvancedMAME 1.2

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            • supersmilersS
              supersmilers @supersmilers
              last edited by supersmilers

              FYI:
              this is what I found:
              advmame

              Looks like I'm on track

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              • dankcushionsD
                dankcushions Global Moderator
                last edited by

                i don't understand what the problem is. clrmamepro should rename all these files for you, if they are the correct checksum. it's all in the wiki.

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                • supersmilersS
                  supersmilers @dankcushions
                  last edited by

                  @dankcushions Oh. look here... I found out that Advmame datfile doesn't have filesize for the samples... So I'm going to manually edit the datfile to get RomCenter to detect it.

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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    samples aren't placed in the zip in my experience. certainly not mandatory to get it to run.

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                    • supersmilersS
                      supersmilers @dankcushions
                      last edited by

                      @dankcushions well it is for donkey kong and others because some rely on effects for timing.

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                      • dankcushionsD
                        dankcushions Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        no, samples are not mandatory to load donkey kong.

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                        • supersmilersS
                          supersmilers @dankcushions
                          last edited by

                          @dankcushions oh

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                          • FinheadF
                            Finhead
                            last edited by

                            Smaples are only for certain sound effects in mame4all. It'll run fine without it.
                            Why not just download the correct romset for the correct mame? Shows in the wiki that you have been pointed to what version works with what romset.
                            Here is the MAME wiki again

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                            • Meneer JansenM
                              Meneer Jansen
                              last edited by

                              You might need Namco ROM 5.1 and or 5.4. Download 'm from the known places. My Pi version of Advance Mame needs 'm to play certain Namco games, but the Mame4all version doesn't...

                              Bear in mind, like others said, that there are quite al lot of Mame versions and each needs it own ROM set to plague us retro-gamers.

                              Succes. :-)

                              Avid Linux user.

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